Orchestra Dell'Arena Di Verona Domingo Yoncheva Grigolo - Love Duets - DVD

In the imposing Arena di Verona, soprano Sonya Yoncheva and tenor Vittorio Grigolo present with dramatic and passionate synergy an evening of the most beautiful operatic love arias and duets in opera history. Passion that burns, consumes and sometimes kills is the central theme of this concert including arias from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod as well as from Puccini´s Tosca, La bohème, Madama Butterfly and Verdi´s La traviata, all conducted by Plácido Domingo. Sonya Yoncheva has the full and vibrant timbre of a true lyrical soprano while Vittorio Grigolo, like Cavaradossi and Rodolfo, plays the cards of ardor and passion, with sweet and affectionate colors. An overall successful evening.

Opera legend Plácido Domingo returns to the spectacular Arena di Verona, where he more than 50 years ago made his debut. Plácido Domingo and Saioa Hernández perform a programme dedicated to the great Italian composers Verdi and Giordano. Jordi Bernàcer conducts the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona from the center of the Arena, which creates an incredible SS, embedded in a perfectly staged light show. It had been an extraordinary evening, where Inchthe duets saw the artists perfectly in harmonyInch (OperaClick) and InchDomingo performed with bravura, alternating with the spectacular Saioa HernándezInch (operaactual. Com).

It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphitheater with it's gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of it's kind, and with over 22,000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armored knights, a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking fights Inchhis perhaps best arena productionInch (Opernglas). It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas. Next to Anna Netrebko as Leonora perform Verdi accomplished baritone Luca Salsi as Count di Luna and Yusif Eyvazov returns to the Arena as his powerful-voiced opponent Manrico. MET star Dolora Zajick as Azucena and young rising Italian bass Riccardo Fassi as Ferrando join the prestigious ensemble. InchZeffirelli gives to the arena what it merits a colourful, multifaceted staging in which impressive mass scenes alternate with intimate moments [...]Inch (Der Neue Merker) InchUnforgettableInch (Verona Settegiorni)