Emmanuel Villaume - 2 Crociato in Egitto - DVD

The opera La campana sommersa ('The Sunken Bell') is Respighi's operatic masterpiece. A symbolist drama on a supernatural theme, it is steeped in beauty, mystery and foreboding, and orchestrated with the Romantic opulence familiar from his sumptuous trilogy of Roman tone poems. It's triumph at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1928 was repeated at La Scala, Milan, and this most recent production at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, world-renowned for it's staging of rarities, was hailed for it's 'brilliant production' and magnificent performances. Directed by Pier Francesco Maestrini, this production features a lineup of modern opera stars including Valentina Farcas, Maria Luigia Borsi, Agostina Smimmero, Angelo Villari, and more.

This presents a rarely performed masterpiece Gioachino Rossini's Mosè in Egitto at the Bregenz Festival staged by Lotte de Beer, who retrieves this hidden gem of opera literature for a spectacular staging. de Beer, one of the most sought-after stage directors of her generation (International Opera Newcomer Award 2015) teams up with the Dutch theatre collective Hotel Modern to tell the story of the Biblical Exodus. Their unique production concept for Mosè in Egitto revolves around the ingenuity of Hotel Modern. The theatre group conjures up it's own reality by using live animations to portray the mass scenes and the parallel narratives of the people and the slaves. Miniature cameras, thousands of puppets, models of villages and cities and a spectacular aquarium installation present the biblical tale of plagues and the parting of the Red Sea on the Bregenz stage - Incha stroke of geniusInch (Der Standard).

Inspired by the novel of the same name by Abbé Prévost, Puccini achieved his first great triumph with Manon Lescaut. The story of the rise and fall of the courtesan Manon was written with a haunting music, faithful to the principles of the verisme. In this production Liudmyla Monastyrska Inchone of the most important voices of todayInch (Beckmesser. Com) has a Inchmagnificent voiceInch (Operawire), Gregory Kunde's Des Grieux Inchis genuinely PuccinianInch (opera online) and InchCarlos Chausson... offered a masterful performanceInch (bachtrack). Conductor Emmanuel Villaume Inchprovides a vehement and passionate musical reading. Inch (El Mundo)