The writer Dario Fo applies his inventive genius to Rossini's comic opera in its premiere DVD release. Recorded in 2005 under the musical direction of Maurizio Barbacini, Fo's production brings fresh vitality and colour to the story of Lisetta, and of her father Don Pomponio's increasingly ridiculous attempts to find a husband for her through an advertisement in the newspaper LA GAZZETTA. Filmed using high definition cameras with multitrack sound.

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make...

This telecast offers a rare opportunity to see the legendary Joan Sutherland in the role that first ...

Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert...

The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pag...

Opera in one act, libretto by G. Forzano based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Third part of his opera Tri...

Here is a rare and exceptional example in which the director and costume designer amuse themselves w...

Stage director Emilio Sagi's production of the legendary Barber of Seville is enriched by a bright d...

La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma...

This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations a...
A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.

Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghi...

Sasha Regan’s award-winning All-male Company are set to lift everyone’s spirits with a treat in thei...

Charles Mackerras teases the romantic beauty from Gounod's score, which has been widely admired sinc...

Turn of the century Paris provides the glittering setting for this light hearted tale of political a...

Renée Fleming stars in the title role of one of Handel’s greatest dramas, seen in Stephen Wadsworth’...

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up her...

Axel Köhler’s production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep...