DVD: Giorgio Zancanaro

DVD: Giorgio Zancanaro

DVD:

Giorgio Zancanaro

Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani / Merritt, Studer, Furlanetto, Zancanaro, Musinu, Banditelli, Gavazzi, Muti, La ...

Cheryl Studer, Chris Merritt

BBC / Opus Arte, 2004

Excellent singing
This is an excellent DVD musically. The only fault I can find with it is a fault common to many DVDs of operas; some of the leading singers look much older than their rolls. In the opera house this is not a problem because you cannot see the singers closely enough to ...

Verdi - I Vespri Siciliani

Giorgio Zancanaro, Enzo Capuano

Image Entertainment, 1998

Vocal feast
NOTE: Be sure to buy the less expensive release now available (I just bought this one at more than twice the other's price...!!!). This is a rich rich melodic feast sung by wonderful voices...particularly the baritone and bass. Contrary to other reviews here,I don't ...

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell / Luca Ronconi · Riccardo Muti · G. Zancanaro · C. Merritt · Teatro alla ...

Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt (II)

Image Entertainment, 1998

Stunning production, superbly conducted
This video is a wonderful document of a beautifully conceived production of this monumental opera. The use of enormous screens to project scenes from the mountains of Switzerland is superbly handled, frequently breathtaking, and the visuals always complement the mood ...

Don Carlo [Region 2]
Ileana Cotrubas, Patricia Parker

Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala

Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim

Image Entertainment, 2001

Catch this Butterfly
If one can get over a need for superstars in this opera, here is the DVD to have. Directed by a Japanese director for La Scala, it is totally convincing. Butterfly and Susuki don't have to pretend that they are small Oriental women because they ARE small Oriental ...

Verdi - Attila / Jérôme Savary · Riccardo Muti · Samuel Ramey · Teatro alla Scala

Samuel Ramey, Giorgio Zancanaro

Image Entertainment, 1998

Can't believe it's not listed amoung Verdi's classics...
Loved it from the moment Odabella (played masterfully by Cheryl Struder) jumped into Attila's face, and took his sword. She sings a song about killing him for vengeance, while he falls in love with this fiesty slave. Well sung and played by all four of the principles. ...

La Traviata [Region 2]

Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff

More than 5 stars - and a Deep Bow to Mr. Shicoff
Yes of course Mme Gruberova is fabulous; that's how she exists. I direct your attention to Mr. Shicoff. I have been listening to and watching performances of La Traviata for approximately 50 years. I'm used to it. But I was amazed at Mr. Shicoff's acting in Act ...

Verdi - La Traviata / Gruberova, Shicoff, Zancanaro, Rizzi, La Fenice

Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff

Kultur Video, 2005

More than 5 stars - and a Deep Bow to Mr. Shicoff
Yes of course Mme Gruberova is fabulous; that's how she exists. I direct your attention to Mr. Shicoff. I have been listening to and watching performances of La Traviata for approximately 50 years. I'm used to it. But I was amazed at Mr. Shicoff's acting in Act ...

Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Serra, Kraus, Zancanaro, Solman, Matinovic, Malvisi, Manganotti, Campori, ...
Luciana Serra, Angelo Campori

Hardy Classic, 2005

HARDY CLASSICS HCD 4020 Luciana Serra, Alfredo Kraus, Giorgio Zancanaro, Teatro Regio di Parma, Orchestra "Arturo Toscanni", Angelo Campori conductor. Color, 144 min., 1986 production

Rossini - Guglielmo Tell / Zancanaro, Merritt, Studer, Surjan, d¿Intino, Muti, La Scala Opera

Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt

BBC / Opus Arte, 2004

An Uncut 'William Tell' from La Scala
This production, from the late 1980s, is from La Scala and had been released previously on both DVD and VHS, but I've heard those were in an inferior transfer. This 2 DVD set is from the original RAI television production and the visuals are quite sharp, the sound ...