Il Vologeso - DVD

Niccolò Jommelli was an innovative superstar among composers in his day, and is now recognized as a precursor of the new Viennese Classical taste in music. With it's intense story of love, life and death, Il Vologeso sets one of the most powerful libretti written for the European opera stage. This critically acclaimed production is considered to be it's first staged performance for over two centuries, and the highly successful opera directors Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito have revived a Baroque gem with their exciting, present-day staging.

When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor. Known as InchThe Traveler,Inch he is taken to the police station for questioning. There, he recounts tales of horrors from his life, chronicling portals leading to other worlds, mythical beings, demons and the undead; he speaks of legends from Latin America. Satanic Hispanics tells stories by top Latin filmmakers that showcase the skills of Hispanic talent, both on and off screen.

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.