Il Re - DVD

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique project. All of the composer's 26 Operas, as well as the Requiem, which is closely related to the Operas, will be performed and audio visually recorded in and around Parma. For the first time ever, and just in time for the composer's 200th birthday, Verdi's Operatic oeuvre, which comprises the labor of more than 50 years, will be available in High Definition and Surround Sound and released on DVD and Blu-ray by C Major Entertainment. This unique project has been staged by Pier Alli and includes a 10 minute bonus feature with an introduction to the opera.

Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) was considered one of the greatest creators of his time during his lifetime, and his compositions were deemed excellent in many aspects. Currently, his works are not so well known to a wider audience. The present video album, presented by the Institute of Opera - a joint project of Warsaw art universities the Theatre Academy, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the Academy of Fine Arts, includes the complete performance of the opera Il Trespolo tutore by Stradella. This is the first phonographic undertaking in the world associated with this work.

How to take the place of the empress of Rome? Poppaea, a courtesan and mistress of Emperor Nero, removes every obstacle that stands between her and the throne she leaves her lover, Otho, the philosopher Seneca commits suicide, Empress Octavia is banished, and finally she achieves her goal, marrying Nero. Through Monteverdi's music, this triumph of immorality is elevated into a hymn to the power of desire. Monteverdi's last opera is also the first masterpiece of the genre, extraordinarily and enduringly modern. Here, it is filmed at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, with a young and committed c ast, guided through a mafia-baroque world by director Ted Huffman and the sensational Leonardo García Alarcón!