Movies: Michele Pertusi

  • 1987
    Opera

    Opera (1987)

    Opera

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    A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself....

    Opera
  • 2014
    Bizet Carmen

    Bizet Carmen (2014)

    Bizet Carmen

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    Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', appears with international star Vesselina Kasarova in Zürich Opera's starkly palpable staging of Bizet's ever-popular Carmen. The production sees Don Jo...

    Bizet Carmen
  • 2019
    I Vespri Siciliani

    I Vespri Siciliani (2019)

    I Vespri Siciliani

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    I Vespri Siciliani
  • 1997
    La Cenerentola

    La Cenerentola (1997)

    La Cenerentola

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    A timeless tale told in a florid bel canto style, Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story offers an ideal propellant for a virtuosic mezzo-soprano to rocket from rags to riches. But in this retelling, the supporting characters soar just as high: Cinde...

    La Cenerentola
  • 2009
    I Lombardi alla prima crociata

    I Lombardi alla prima crociata (2009)

    I Lombardi alla prima crociata

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    I Lombardi alla prima crociata (The Lombards on the First Crusade) was Verdi’s fourth opera and received its first performance at La Scala, Milan, in February 1843. The grandiloquent subject matter is fleshed-out with broad-brushed musical and dramat...

    I Lombardi alla prima crociata
  • 2018
    Donizetti: Don Pasquale

    Donizetti: Don Pasquale (2018)

    Donizetti: Don Pasquale

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    First performed in Paris in 1843, at the turning point of several eras, Don Pasquale, a composite and varied work, is the apotheosis of opera buffa. Performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, the production has been entrusted to the Italian dir...

    Donizetti: Don Pasquale
  • 2001
    Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola (2001)

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

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    La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. The op...

    Rossini: La Cenerentola
  • 2018
    Don Pasquale - Palais Garnier

    Don Pasquale - Palais Garnier (2018)

    Don Pasquale - Palais Garnier

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    “Foolish indeed is he who marries in old age.” Thus ends Don Pasquale: with a wise dictum not lacking in irony that sums up the disappointments of its hero, a rich bachelor keen to marry who is deceived by his nephew Ernesto and his young bride-to-be...

    Don Pasquale - Palais Garnier
  • 2010
    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula (2010)

    La Sonnambula

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    For the first time at the Paris Opera, Natalie Dessay sings one of the most beautiful roles of Italian romanticism. She embodies the modest and charming Amina, this sleepwalker who, escaping from her bedroom, becomes another person as she wanders th...

    La Sonnambula
  • 2009
    La Sonnambula

    La Sonnambula (2009)

    La Sonnambula

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    Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to say nothing of her fiancé—asleep in the bedroom of a stranger. It takes the young man two acts to figure out that sleepwalking is to blame, and everyt...

    La Sonnambula
  • 2022
    The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

    The Metropolitan Opera: Medea (2022)

    The Metropolitan Opera: Medea

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    Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky stars as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance. Joining Radvanovsky in the Met-premiere production of Cherubini’s rar...

    The Metropolitan Opera: Medea
  • 2022
    Don Carlo

    Don Carlo (2022)

    Don Carlo

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    The 2022 Don Carlo at the Teatro di San Carlo, staged by Claus Guth, offers a contemporary, psychologically driven interpretation of Verdi's opera. Set in minimalist, stark environments, the production explores themes of power, betrayal, and inner co...

    Don Carlo
  • 2021
    Verdi: Don Carlo

    Verdi: Don Carlo (2021)

    Verdi: Don Carlo

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    Performance in memory of Mirella Freni and Nicolai Ghiaurov, great interpreters of Don Carlo and beloved citizens of Modena....

    Verdi: Don Carlo
  • 2019
    Rossini Opera Gala

    Rossini Opera Gala (2019)

    Rossini Opera Gala

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    Rossini Opera Gala
  • 2004
    Thais

    Thais (2004)

    Thais

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    The title role, in this excellent production, is sung by an Eva Mei in great vocal form, who gives an interpretation of extraordinary depth. Beside her, the famous bass-baritone Michele Pertusi, as Athanaël, shows once again his unquestionable style....

    Thais
  • 2002
    Marin Faliero

    Marin Faliero (2002)

    Marin Faliero

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    Rare production of the opera which immediately preceded Lucia di Lammermoor in Donizetti’s oeuvre. This performance was taped live at the Teatro Regio di Parma, January 5, 2002....

    Marin Faliero
  • 2021
    Norma - La Monnaie / De Munt

    Norma - La Monnaie / De Munt (2021)

    Norma - La Monnaie / De Munt

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    A drama about fundamentalist obstinance, hatred, and revenge....

    Norma - La Monnaie / De Munt
  • 2020
    Nabucco - TEATRO REGIO PARMA

    Nabucco - TEATRO REGIO PARMA (2020)

    Nabucco - TEATRO REGIO PARMA

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    The opera that established Verdi’s greatness as a composer, Nabucco follows the plight of the Jews as they are exiled from their homeland by the eponymous Babylonian King. This 2019 production from Verdi Festival Parma won critical acclaim for its d...

    Nabucco - TEATRO REGIO PARMA