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Verdi: Falstaff, Macbeth, La Traviata / Mehta, Bartoletti, Maazel [3 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Macbeth; La traviata
Performers: Borgogelli, Noris; Bosi, Carlo; Cantarero, Mariola; Casagrande, Antonio; Ciofi, Patrizia; Cordella, Salvatore; Di Stefano, Riccardo; Favaron, Luca; Floris, Gianluca; Frittoli, Barbara; Giacalone, Sal...
Ensemble: Chorus del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Teatro La Fenice Chorus ; Teatro La Fenice Orchestra ; Teatro Regio Chorus ; Teatro Regio Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as TDK BLGISP. Following a...continue...
Run Time: 430 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Ital...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Pido/Suisse Romande / Ciofi, Alaimo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques (DVD) / 2008-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Alaimo, Simone; Braun, Romaric; Ciofi, Patrizia; Giossi, Marzio; Shankle, Norman
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Bel Air presents 'Don Pasquale', a comic masterpiece from the pen of Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). One of the most riotous operas ever composed, it also...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Meyerbeer: Il Crociato in Egitto / Villaume/Teatro La Fenice, Maniaci, Ciofi, Vinco [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2008-01-04

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Favaron, Luca; Gibellato, Stefano; Maniaci, Michael; Pasini, Silvia; Pedrini, Emanuele; Polverelli, Laura; Portari, Fernando; Vinco, Marco; Zennaro, Iorio
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice

'Il Crociato in Egitto' was Meyerbeer's last and greatest Italian success and it was the opera that made his name on the international scene. Meyerbeer...continue...
Run Time: 203 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Massenet: Cherubin / Breedt, Ciofi, Remigio, di Bari, Novaro, Perucca/Orchestra & Chorus del Teaatro Liri [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2007-01-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Ciofi, Patrizia; Di Bari, Teresa; Ebau, Nicola; Palomba, Alessandra; Remigio, Carmela; Surian, Giorgio
Ensemble: Cagliari Theater Chorus ; Cagliari Theater Orchestra

In June 1901 Massenet attended the dress rehearsal of Cherubin, a three-act comedy by Francis de Croisset, a playwright who was also the author of...continue...
Run Time: 120 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio / Mehta/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, John, Mei, Rydl, Trost [DVD]

8 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K 384
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; John, Markus; Mei, Eva; Montazeri, Mehrzad; Rydl, Kurt; Trost, Rainer
Ensemble:

Written for the German Opera Company, set up by Joseph II, National-Singspiel, Mozart created one of the more interesting manifestations of the current penchant for...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fre...continue...

Donizetti: Daughter of the Regiment / Juan Diego Florez, Patrizia Ciofi [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers: Benini, Dario; Bettoschi, Filippo; Ciofi, Patrizia; Flórez, Juan Diego; Franci, Francesca; Ulivieri, Nicola
Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus ; Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra

Sensational Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez and acclaimed Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi lead a superb ensemble cast in Donizetti's sparkling opera-comique from the Teatro Carlo...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi / Luciano Acocella/Orchestra Internazionale dÆItalia, Sacchi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2006-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Performers: Amodio, Nicola; Ciofi, Patrizia; Formaggia, Danilo; Polito, Clara; Sacchi, Federico
Ensemble: Bratislava Chamber Chorus ; Italian International Orchestra

"The Capuleti e i Montecchi is altogether a more serious affair, and one of the best versions of this opera on disc (the only DVD...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Opera) / Zubin Mehta, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorenti [2 D

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2006-01-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Gallo, Lucio; Gvazava, Eteri; Surian, Giorgio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata (Opera) / Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro La Fenice, Stage Director: Robert Carsen [D

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Sacca, Roberto
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus ; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Gaetano DonizettiI: Pia De' Tolomei / Paolo Arrivabeni / Teatro La Fenice di Venzia [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2005-10-07

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Polverelli, Laura; Schmunck, Dario

Run Time: 137 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Various / Gala Reopening Of The Teatro / Conductor: Riccardo Muti; Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro La Fe

1 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-06-21

Works: Various Composers: Works
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Pertusi, Michele; Sacca, Roberto
Ensemble:

The day after a fire destroyed the Gran Teatro La Fenice in 1996, Venetian Mayor Massimo Cacciari told the arts world: 'We will rebuild the...continue...
Run Time: 66 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Country of Origin: Italy...continue...