Francesco Meli
1980 (46 лет)Verdi : I Due Foscari
Thaddeus Strassberger
Plácido Domingo, Maria Agresta
In Giuseppe Verdi's little-known early tragedy, a despairing father is torn between love for his family and his duty to a corrupt city. Jacopo Foscari, son of a 15th-century Doge of Venice, is convicted of murder and treason on a trumped-up charge. His wife Lucrezia is sure of his innocence. But the Doge, trapped by the machinations of the city, is forced to make a terrible decision.
Verdi : I Due Foscari - Royal Opera House
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Bepi Morassi
Francesco Meli, Bruno de Simone
Комическая опера в двух действиях; либретто Ч. Стербини по комедии П. -О. Карона де Бомарше "Севильский цирюльник, или Тщетная предосторожность". Первая постановка: Рим, театр "Арджентина", 20 февраля 1816 года. Запись из Teatro La Fenice апрель 2008 года
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Un ballo in maschera
Pier Luigi Samaritani, Tiziano Mancini
Francesco Meli, Vladimir Stoyanov
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Un ballo in maschera (2011) Parma. Based on a Scribe libretto and begun as 'Gustavo III' set in Sweden, it became 'Una vendetta in dominò' set in Germany, and finally 'Un ballo', set not in Sweden but in Boston, Massachusetts during the colonial era. These changes were caused by a combination of censorship regulations in both Naples and Rome, as well as by the political situation in France in January 1858.
Un ballo in maschera
Simon Boccanegra
Marina Bianchi, Giorgio Gallione
Leo Nucci, Roberto Scandiuzzi
Part of Tutto Verdi series - Simon Boccanegra (2010) Parma. Revised version (1881). 'Simon Boccanegra' is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play 'Simón Bocanegra' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play 'El trovador' had been the basis for Verdi's 1853 opera, 'Il trovatore'. Simon Boccanegra was first performed at Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 12 March 1857
Simon Boccanegra
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Tiziano Mancini, Lamberto Puggelli
Francesco Meli, Dimitra Theodossiou
I Lombardi alla prima crociata (The Lombards on the First Crusade) was Verdi’s fourth opera and received its first performance at La Scala, Milan, in February 1843. The grandiloquent subject matter is fleshed-out with broad-brushed musical and dramatic effects and lavish choral scenes created a correspondingly impressive impact. A great success in Milan, it spread to the rest of Europe within a matter of only a few years.
I Lombardi alla prima crociata
Verdi Requiem
Tiziano Mancini
Lorin Maazel, Francesco Meli
The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in November 2007, it highlights the cathedral's splendor, the reverent audience, the soloists, orchestra and chorus with near-perfect cinematography. The soundtrack is also acceptable, which may have been quite a task to achieve, given the Basilica's over-reverberant acoustics. Alas, the performance itself does not rise to the occasion. Despite the occasional minor insecurity in ensemble and a visible lack of joy, the Symphonica Toscanini musicians play well, the Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino members sing equally well, and the soloists are more than adequate, almost tangibly trying to excel.
Verdi Requiem
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Brian Large
Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko
Gaetano Donizetti and his librettist Felice Romani kept the focus of their opera ANNA BOLENA on the personal rather than the political in this fictionalized Tudor tale: Henry VIII of England wants to get rid of his second wife, Anne Boleyn, so that he can marry her lady-in-waiting, Jane Seymour. He brings Lord Richard Percy, Anne's first love, back from exile so that he can find an excuse to accuse her of adultery. With the unwitting aid of Smeaton, a court musician, and Lord Rochefort, Anne's brother, the trap is easily sprung. This 2011 live recording from the Wiener Staatsoper showcases Anna Netrebko as she "scored a personal triumph" in her debut as the hapless Tudor Queen, while her stage partners - notably Elīna Garanča as Jane Seymour and Ildebrando D'Arcangelo as Henry VIII - were likewise showered with critical acclaim.
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Royal Opera House: Carmen
Barrie Kosky, Pati Marr
Anna Goryachova, Francesco Meli
This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.
Carmen
Giovanna d'Arco
Patrice Caurier, Moshe Leiser
Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli
Открытие нового сезона театра "Ла Скала". Прямая трансляция оперы Джузеппе Верди "Жанна Д'Арк" . Знаменитый итальянский театр "Ла Скала" по традиции открывает новый сезон 7 декабря, в день Святого Амвросия, покровителя города Милан. Опера "Жанна Д'Арк" написана Верди на либретто Темистокле Солера по мотивам драмы Фридриха Шиллера "Орлеанская дева". Мировая премьера оперы состоялась в театре "Ла Скала" 170 лет назад, 15 февраля 1845 года. Партию Жанны Д‘Арк в XIX веке исполняли Эрминия Фреццолини, для которой она и была специально написана, Тереза Штольц и Аделина Патти. В XX веке в записи оперы приняла участие Монтсеррат Кабалье. В день открытия нового сезона за дирижерским пультом – Риккардо Шайи, для которого это первый сезон в качестве главного дирижера театра "Ла Скала". При участии хора и Симфонического оркестра театра "Ла Скала".
Giovanna d'Arco
Teatro alla Scala: Giovanna d'Arco
Patrice Caurier, Moshe Leiser
Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli
"Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The opera partly reflects the story of Joan of Arc and is based on a play by Friedrich von Schiller, although claimed by the librettist to be "an entirely original Italian drama." If the thought of Anna Netrebko strutting her stuff in a suit of armour and tin hat sets your factor tingling then this is a must. It's an inconsistent opera but has some quite wonderful music along the way. The rest of the cast is good and the production won't offend either. Get it for Ms Netrebko's incredible performance alone.
Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
Il Trovatore
Alvis Hermanis
Daniele Gatti, Francesco Meli
The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover – the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.
Il Trovatore
