THE VERDI EDITION

Works:

Macbeth (ROH)

Simon Keenlyside; Steven Ebel; Raymond Aceto; Elisabeth Meister Liudmyla Monastryrska; Dmitri Pittas; Nigel Cliffe; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Phyllida Lloyd

«… truly thrilling.» (The Guardian)

Rigoletto (ROH)
Paolo Gavanelli; Marcelo Alvarez; Christine Schäefer
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Edward Downes Director: David McVicar

«Bold and sensational…» (Gramophone)

Il trovatore (ROH)
José Cura; Dmitri Hvorostovsky; Yvonne Naef; Verónica Vilarroel
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Director: Elijah Moshinsky

«… a reminder that not every golden age happened long ago.» (San Francisco Chronicle)

La traviata (ROH)
Renée Fleming; Joseph Calleja; Thomas Hampson; Eddie Wade
Richard Wiegold; Haoyin Xue; Sarah Pring; Neil Gillespie; Charbel Matter; Jonathan Coad
Royal Opera Chorus; The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Richard Eyre

«… a supple, sentient reading that sweeps you along.» (The Guardian)

Les vêpres siciliennes (DNO)

Barbara Haveman; Lívia Ághová; Burkhard Fritz; Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester; Balint Szabo; Hubert Francis; Fabrice Farina; Rudi de Vries; Roger Smeets; Jeremy White; Christophe Fel; Koor van De Nederlandse Opera; Nederlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Paolo Carignani Director: Christof Loy

Simon Boccanegra (ROH)

Plácido Domingo; Mariana Polavskaya; Joseph Calleja; Ferruccio Furlanetto;
Jonathan Summers; Lukas Jakobski; Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Antonio Pappano Director: Elijah Moshinsky

Un ballo in maschera (Teatro Real)Marcelo Álvarez; Violeta Urmana; Marco Vratogna; Alessandra Marianelli;
Elena Zaremba; Miguel Sola; Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro Real
Conductor: Jesús López Cobos

La forza del destino (Mariinsky Theatre)

Galina Gorchakova; Nikolai Putilin; Gregam Grigorian; Marianna Tarasova
The Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev Director: Elijah Moshinsky

«… an exciting account …» (BBC Music Magazine)

Don Carlo (DNO)
Robert Lloyd; Rolando Villazón; Amanda Roocroft; Dwayne Croft Jaakko Ryhänen; Giorgio Giuseppini; Violeta Urmana; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; De Nederlandse Opera Chorus Conductor: Riccardo Chailly Director: Willy Decker

«…a fabulous summation of Chailly’s qualities as a Verdi conductor…» (The Guardian)

Aida (Liceu)
Stefano Palatchi; Elisabetta Fiorillo; Daniela Dessì; Fabio Armiliato;
Roberto Scandiuzzi; Juan Pons
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor: Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez Director: Gómez Martínez

«… this sumptuous production will please any opera fan.» (www.new-classics.com)

Otello (Liceu)
José Cura; Krassimira Stoyanova; Lado Ataneli; Vittorio Grigolo
Ketevan Kemoklidze; Vicenç Esteve Madrid; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Conductor: Antoni Ros-Marbà Director: Willy Decker

Falstaff (ROH)
Bryn Terfel; Roberto Frontali; Kenneth Tarver; Robin Legatte; Peter Hoare; Barbara Frittoli
Royal Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Conductor: Bernard Haitink Director: Graham Vick

«…a true joy to the eye as Bryn Terfel dazzles us with stature, voice and gesture…» (Diapason)