La Traviata Costumes

This film looks beautiful and the performances by Domingo and Stratas are wonderfu

"All-around beautiful and worth picking up for anyone interested in fashion, theatre, theatrical costuming, and art." —Looking for a Good Book"This book is an absolute delight for any fan of costume design history, and it is sure to inspire budding theatrical designers. Brilliant and colorful." — bookaddictionA fan-bearing slave girl, a worshipper of Horus, the wife of a Russian boyar, Ceres, a mermaid, and a gypsy dancer are among the 49 theatrical costumes selected for this tribute to the ... [Read More]

Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas, and Roberto Frontali star in this 2007 La Scala production of the Verdi opera conducted by Lorin Maazel.

Verdi's tragic masterpiece is elegantly updated by director Tom Cairns in this 'fresh and thrillingly unfamiliar' (Independent) Glyndebourne production, in which Violetta's death is cast as an idée fixe, creating a liberating framework that is well supported by Hildegard Bechtler's semi-abstract designs. Described as a soprano of 'huge presence, compelling to watch', Venera Gimadieva is 'thrilling' (Guardian) in her company debut as the doomed courtesan, well matched by Michael Fabiano's sharpl... [Read More]

This tale of love, disguised nobility, murder, and love lost may sound like any other opera to some. But Verdi's Luisa Miller is a gem of the verismo genre. The gorgeous staging is surmounted only by a cast which includes Marcelo Alavarez, Leo Nucci, Fiorenca Cedolins, and Giorgio Surian. This release is part of the Tutto Verdi project.

WorksVerdi: Il trovatore (2002) from OA0849D/OABD7006D José Cura (Manrico); Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Count di Luna); Yvonne Naef (Azucena); Verónica Vilarroel (Leonora); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Carlo Rizzi Verdi: La traviata (2009) from OA1040D/OABD7076D Renée Fleming (Violetta); Joseph Calleja (Alfredo); Thomas Hampson (Germont); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Antonio Pappano Verdi: Macbeth (2011) from OA1063D/OABD7095D Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth); Liudmyla Monasty... [Read More]