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1.Verdi: La Traviata [Blu-ray] starring: Verdi, Gheorghiu, Vargas, Frontali directed by: Maazel September 30, 2008
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I was very impressed by this version. From the first minutes you understand that new era of high quality video has already become. The image is so three-D-mentional that it's even hard to see something similar in our every-day reality. Modern HD-cameras create the effect of physical presence in the scene. I saw this blu-ray at 52" plazma TV, and I felt that I'm in the scene, even can touch any object. It reminds me of my experience in IMAX-theaters. Take into mind that creators of this production use plenty of luxury fabrics, authentic props and similiar things, and in the whole pay much attention to detailes of scenery. The ball scenes are truly of royal range. The image of these materials has high contrast, deep colours, well-shaped textures of everything, shine ... Read More

2.La Traviata at La Scala starring: Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Frontali, Lorin Maazel directed by: Liliana Cavani September 30, 2008
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Four and 1/2 stars actually, if Amazon provided that option. The sets, costumes, conducting, and singing of Vargas and Frontali are as fine as the other commentators here have claimed them to be. I draw the line, though, at the raving over Gheorghiu. It's unusual ever to hear the role of Violetta sung anywhere near close to perfection, and one doesn't experience it, sorry to say, in Gheorghiu's performance. The role calls for a prima donna assoluta, and what may have been intended by this designation was that great rarity, a singer who combined the coloratura skills demanded in Act I with the large, warm body of tone called for in Acts II and III. The role calls, that is, for a Galli-Curci coupled with a Tebaldi. It is in the demands of Act I that Gheorghiu falls way short of ideal. Nobody, I believe, ... Read More

3.Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Bonfadelli, Alvarez, Frontali, Olivieri, Palazzi, Fournillier, Genoa Opera starring: Donizetti, Marcelo Alvarez, Stefania Bonfadelli, Patrick Fournillier, Roberto Frontali October 19, 2004
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I seem to begin watching every opera nowadays with a critical eye, as I did this one. But, within a very short time, I was completely taken in. Roberto Frontali as Enrico was rivetting as a singer and villain. Stefania Bonfadelli, with her expressive doe-like eyes, was superb. She sang and acted the entire opera with unfading energy and precision. Her duet with the flute was magnificent. Her entire performance was magnificent. She deserves ten stars. Marcelo Alvarez as Edgardo exceeded my expectations, too. He was also excellent. The rest of the cast and the chorus were terrific also. Highly recommended!

4.Verdi - Falstaff / Muti, Maestri, Frittoli, Florez, Frontali, Antonacci, Busseto Teatro Verdi starring: Barbara Frittoli, Ambrogio Maestri, Juan Diego Florez, Roberto Frontali, Riccardo Muti November 18, 2003
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

5.New Year's Concert 2007 - Teatro La Fenice starring: Dimitra Theodossiou, Giuseppe Filianoti, Roberto Frontali, Massimo Quarta, Kazushi Ono April 24, 2007
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

6.Verdi Box Set: Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore starring: Marcelo Alvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Bryn Terfel, Jose Cura, Christine Schafer directed by: David McVicar June 26, 2007
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

7.Verdi: Simon Boccanegra starring: Frontali, Prestia, Teatro Comunale di Bologna June 24, 2008
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

8.Falstaff starring: Ambrosio Maestri, Roberto Frontali, Juan Diego Flórez, Barbara Frittoli, Inva Mula directed by: Pierre Cavassilas
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

9.Falstaff starring: Bryn Terfel, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Frontali, Désirée Rancatore, Kenneth Tarver directed by: Humphrey Burton
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Famous Verdi`s operatic last words: "Tutto nel mondo e burla, l`uomo e nato burlone burlon" would translate in something like "Everything in this world is a tease. Human beings were born teasers". Everytime I listen at this opera I get the strange feeling that indeed, old Verdi has been teasing us with an opera that breaks every single stylistic paradigm, demonstrating to the hypercritical young composers of his times (including Arrigo Boito himself) that old Verdi could rule even on the territory of the verismo. If I should have to define Falstaff with a single word that would be: "Exquisite". The monumental darkness of Othello and the Requiem are left behind and Falstaff rises as a completely fresh, "young" and enlightened approach to the Italian opera for the XX century. I perceive Falstaff as an intimate masterpiece ... Read More

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