Verdi Edition - 12 Great Operas
What More Could You Ask For?
For this paltry sum you can own twelve complete recordings of Verdi operas on DVD in mostly marvelous, recent (the oldest from 1998) productions. Look at the fine print on the picture of the back side of this huge box and you'll see. Consider:
From Covent Garden:
Simon Keenlyside in 'Macbeth'
Christine Schäfer and Marcelo Álvarez in 'Rigoletto (the Rigoletto, Paolo Gavanelli, I'd never heard of but he's good)
José Cura, Veronica Villarroel and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in 'Trovatore'
Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja and Thomas Hampson in 'Traviata'
Placído Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Ferruccio Furlanetto and Joseph Calleja in 'Simon Boccanegra'
Bryn Terfel and Barbara Frittoli in 'Falstaff'
From the Netherlands Opera:
'Sicilian Vespers' with singers I didn't know but who carry this difficult opera off admirably
Robert Lloyd, Rolando Villazon, Amanda Roocroft in 'Don Carlo'
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