Various / La Scala Box Set / Various [12 DVD]

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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)

Notes & Reviews:

Run Time: 1832 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA



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Works Details

>Pergolesi, Giovanni : Lo frate 'nnamorato
  • Performers: Amelia Felle (Soprano); Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano); Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mezzo Soprano); Nuccia Focile (Soprano); Nicoletta Curiel (Mezzo Soprano); Luciana D'Intino (Soprano); Ezio Di Cesare (Tenor); Bruno De Simone (Baritone); Alessandro Corbelli (Bass)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Running Time: 172 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1732
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Puccini, Giacomo : La Fanciulla del West
  • Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Juan Pons (Baritone); Luigi Roni (Bass); Antonio Salvadori (Baritone); Mara Zampieri (Soprano); Sergio Bertocchi (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Lorin Maazel
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Running Time: 144 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1910
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor
  • Performers: Carlo Colombara (Bass); Renato Bruson (Baritone); Marco Berti (Tenor); Vincenzo La Scola (Tenor); Mariella Devia (Soprano); Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor); Floriana Sovilla (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Stefano Ranzani
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Running Time: 140 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1835
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell
  • Performers: Cheryl Studer (Mezzo Soprano); Luciana D'Intino (Soprano); Vittorio Terranova (Tenor); Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Chris Merritt (Tenor); Alberto Noli (Baritone); Luigi Roni (Bass); Amelia Felle (Soprano); Carla Gavazzi (Soprano); Franco De Grandis (Baritone); Giorgio Surjan (Bass)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: Corale Polifonica di Sommariva Bosco
  • Running Time: 240 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1829
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni, K 527
  • Performers: Ann Murray (Soprano); Thomas Allen (Bass); Susanne Mentzer (Mezzo Soprano); Francisco Araiza (Tenor); Natale de Carolis (Bass Baritone); Claudio Desderi (Baritone); Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Running Time: 179 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1787
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588
  • Performers: Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano); Adelina Scarabelli (Soprano); Alessandro Corbelli (Baritone); Claudio Desderi (Bass); Daniela Dessì (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic Chorus
  • Running Time: 187 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1790
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : I due Foscari
  • Performers: Alberto Cupido (Tenor); Aldo Bottion (Tenor); Monica Tagliasacchi (Mezzo Soprano); Luigi Roni (Bass); Renato Cazzaniga (Tenor); Aldo Bramante (Baritone); Renato Bruson (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic Chorus
  • Running Time: 115 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1844
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani
  • Performers: Chris Merritt (Tenor); Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Francesco Musinu (Baritone); Ferruccio Furlanetto (Bass); Cheryl Studer (Mezzo Soprano); Enzo Capuano (Bass)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic Chorus
  • Running Time: 211 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1855
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Rossini, Gioachino : La donna del lago
  • Performers: Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor); Martine Dupuy (Mezzo Soprano); Rockwell Blake (Tenor); June Anderson (Soprano); Chris Merritt (Tenor); Ferrero Poggi (Tenor); Marilena Laurenza (Soprano); Giorgio Surjan (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic
  • Running Time: 167 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1819
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila
  • Performers: Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor); Giorgio Zancanaro (Baritone); Cheryl Studer (Mezzo Soprano); Mario Luperi (Bass); Kaludi Kaludov (Tenor); Samuel Ramey (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Riccardo Muti
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic Chorus
  • Running Time: 118 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1846
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur
  • Performers: Ivo Vinco (Bass); Alessandro Cassis (Baritone); Giuseppe Riva (Bass); Sara Mingardo (Soprano); Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Peter Dvorsky (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
  • Ensemble: La Scala Philharmonic Chorus
  • Running Time: 159 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1902
  • Language: Italian
  • Studio/Live: Live