Luisa Miller - DVD

Darina Takova, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Alexander Vinogradov, and Damiano Salerno star in this 2006 La Fenice production of the Verdi opera conducted by Maurizio Benini.

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 is part of the Tutto Verdi project.

For the very first time, Rossini's tragic opera Mosè is staged inside a cathedral, in a semi-scenic performance at the amazing Duomo di Milano. The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, in the wake of a centuries-old tradition of dialogue with the contemporary, chooses the most advanced technology to open up to the world and the public with an immediacy never achieved until now, including lights and colors effects that characterize the scenes of the show, with an evocative video mapping technique. As bonus included is a documentary revealing the secrets of the Duomo di Milano, along a seven-centuries lasting path and outlining the Veneranda Fabbrica's centuries-old story.