WITH 11 OPERAS AND OVER 30 HOURS OF PERFORMANCES, OPUS ARTE PRESENTS OUTSTANDING RAI TELEVISION RECORDINGS OF PERFORMANCES FROM THE TEATRO ALLA SCALA, BEAUTIFULLY PACKAGED AS A HIGH QUALITY BOX SET, EACH TITLE COMPLETE WITH AN INFORMATIVE BOOKLET. THE LA SCALA COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER WORKS FROM SOME OF THE BEST-LOVED OPERA COMPOSERS - DONIZETTI, MOZART, PUCCINI, ROSSINI, VERDI AND PERGOLESI. RENOWNED CONDUCTORS RICCARDO MUTI, GIANANDREA GAVAZZENI, LORIN MAAZEL AND STEFANO RANZANI LEAD THE ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN THESE MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTIONS. THESE SPLENDID PERFORMANCES FEATURE SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS OPERA SINGERS IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING THOMAS ALLEN, PLACIDO DOMINGO, RENATO BRUSON, DANIELA DESSI, ALESSANDRO CORBELLI, GIORGIO ZANCANARO, CHRIS MERRITT, CHERYL STUDER AND SARA MINGARDO. THIS COLLECTION OFFERS A WEALTH A MATERIAL TO ENRICH ANY LIBRARY - A COLLECTION NO OPERA LOVER SHOULD BE WITHOUT. (11 DVD SET / 30 HOURS, 32 MINUTES / FULL SCREEN AND LETTERBOX / PICTURE FORMAT 4/3 / ENGLISH SUBTITLES / BOOKLETS WITH FULL LIBRETTI / AUDIO: DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO)
COMPOSERS:
• FRANCESCO CILÈA (1866 - 1950)
• GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797 - 1848)
• WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756 - 1791)
• GIO BATTISTA PERGOLESI (1710 - 1736)
• GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858 - 1924)
• GIOACCHINO ROSSINI (1792 - 1868)
• GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 - 1901)
PERFORMERS:
• THOMAS ALLEN (BASS)
• JUNE ANDERSON (SOPRANO)
• FRANCISCO ARAIZA (TENOR)
• MARCO BERTI (TENOR)
• SERGIO BERTOCCHI (TENOR)
• ROCKWELL BLAKE (TENOR)
• ALDO BOTTION (TENOR)
• ALDO BRAMANTE (BARITONE)
• RENATO BRUSON (BARITONE)
• ENZO CAPUANO (BASS)
• ALESSANDRO CASSIS (BARITONE)
• RENATO CAZZANIGA (TENOR)
• CARLO COLOMBARA (BASS)
• ALESSANDRO CORBELLI (BARITONE)
• ALESSANDRO CORBELLI (BASS)
• FIORENZA COSSOTTO (MEZZO SOPRANO)
• ALBERTO CUPIDO (TENOR)
• NICOLETTA CURIEL (MEZZO SOPRANO)
• LUCIANA D'INTINO (SOPRANO)
• NATALE DE CAROLIS (BASS BARITONE)
• FRANCO DE GRANDIS (BARITONE)
• BRUNO DE SIMONE (BARITONE)
• CLAUDIO DESDERI (BASS)
• CLAUDIO DESDERI (BARITONE)
• DANIELA DESSÌ (SOPRANO)
• MARIELLA DEVIA (SOPRANO)
• EZIO DI CESARE (TENOR)
• PLACIDO DOMINGO (TENOR)
• MARTINE DUPUY (MEZZO SOPRANO)
• PETER DVORSKY (TENOR)
• AMELIA FELLE (SOPRANO)
• NUCCIA FOCILE (SOPRANO)
• MIRELLA FRENI (SOPRANO)
• FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO (BASS)
• CARLA GAVAZZI (SOPRANO)
• ERNESTO GAVAZZI (TENOR)
• EDITA GRUBEROVA (SOPRANO)
• KALUDI KALUDOV (TENOR)
• VINCENZO LA SCOLA (TENOR)
• MARILENA LAURENZA (SOPRANO)
• MARIO LUPERI (BASS)
• BERNADETTE MANCA DI NISSA (MEZZO SOPRANO)
• SUSANNE MENTZER (MEZZO SOPRANO)
• CHRIS MERRITT (TENOR)
• SARA MINGARDO (SOPRANO)
• ANN MURRAY (SOPRANO)
• FRANCESCO MUSINU (BARITONE)
• ALBERTO NOLI (BARITONE)
• ELISABETH NORBERG-SCHULZ (SOPRANO)
• FERRERO POGGI (TENOR)
• JUAN PONS (BARITONE)
• SAMUEL RAMEY (BARITONE)
• GIUSEPPE RIVA (BASS)
• LUIGI RONI (BASS)
• ANTONIO SALVADORI (BARITONE)
• ADELINA SCARABELLI (SOPRANO)
• FLORIANA SOVILLA (S