Movies: Charles Castronovo

  • 2019
    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival)

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival) (2019)

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival)

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    Power struggles among rival families in 14th-century Genoa, a story of tragic love, a young girl gone missing… Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra combines the perfect ingredients for gripping dramatic opera with a strong political message. On the stage of the ...

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Salzburg Festival)
  • 2018
    Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

    Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata (2018)

    Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata

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    In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdi’s ...

    Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's La Traviata
  • 2012
    Becoming Traviata

    Becoming Traviata (2012)

    Becoming Traviata

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    How can emotion come to light on the opera set? Does it come from singing, acting or music? How can someone become the incarnation of Verdi's masterpiece? Following world famous French soprano Natalie Dessay from the first repetitions until the prem...

    Becoming Traviata
  • 2015
    Puccini La Rondine

    Puccini La Rondine (2015)

    Puccini La Rondine

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    La Rondine (The Swallow) is possibly the least performed of Giacomo Puccinis later operas, but is still just as much a masterwork as its more performed counterparts. Originally conceived as the composers first operetta, the work is an artful blend of...

    Puccini La Rondine
  • 2016
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor (2016)

    Lucia di Lammermoor

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    Diana Damrau’s reputation as the world’s leading coloratura soprano has been built on her extraordinary technical virtuosity, her sensitive musicianship and her acute psychological insight. In this DVD of Katie Mitchell’s sometimes radical production...

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 2006
    The Abduction from the Seraglio

    The Abduction from the Seraglio (2006)

    The Abduction from the Seraglio

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    Without question, this is an incredibly bizarre production. The revised storyline makes little sense, and there is a surprising amount of violence and sexual innuendo. However, the singers are superb, both vocally and in regard to their stage presenc...

    The Abduction from the Seraglio
  • 2011
    La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

    La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (2011)

    La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

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    Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-François Sivadier at the 2011 Aix-en-Provence Festival. This DVD captures her intense performance in the company of American...

    La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
  • 2010
    Mireille

    Mireille (2010)

    Mireille

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    In 2009, Frédéric Mistral’s tale of love and loss in Provence came to the Opéra de Paris with a new production of Gounod’s 1864 opera Mireille. Nicolas Joel’s naturalistic staging frames the accomplished performances of Albanian soprano Inva Mula as ...

    Mireille
  • 2021
    La Bohème from the Royal Opera House

    La Bohème from the Royal Opera House (2021)

    La Bohème from the Royal Opera House

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    Ever since its premiere in Turin in 1896, La bohème has been a huge hit with audiences across the world. Within two years, it had been seen in Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Prague, Berlin, Manchester and beyond. With over 500 performances chalked up at ...

    La Bohème from the Royal Opera House
  • 2020
    Royal Opera All-Star Gala

    Royal Opera All-Star Gala (2020)

    Royal Opera All-Star Gala

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    Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar cast of singers in favourite arias, duets and choruses from operas by Rossini, Donizetti and Puccini, along with the thrilling finale of Bizet’s Carmen. Italian baritone Vito Priante offers haircuts as the Barber of...

    Royal Opera All-Star Gala
  • 2016
    Mefistofele

    Mefistofele (2016)

    Mefistofele

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    Presented at Baden-Baden’s Pentecost Festival, this production of Boito’s Mefistofele captured the hearts of both audiences and critics—a rare feat! The success was unmistakably due in great part to the presence of Erwin Schrott—already celebrated fo...

    Mefistofele
  • 2022
    La Traviata - ROH

    La Traviata - ROH (2022)

    La Traviata - ROH

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    La Traviata - ROH
  • 2020
    Puccini: La bohème

    Puccini: La bohème (2020)

    Puccini: La bohème

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    Richard Jones’ “La bohème” is an important weapon in the Royal Opera’s commercial arsenal. This is its second revival since Jones’ production hit the stage in autumn 2017, replacing John Copley’s beloved 40-year old staging, resplendent with period d...

    Puccini: La bohème
  • 2021
    Gluck: Alceste

    Gluck: Alceste (2021)

    Gluck: Alceste

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    The Belgian dancer and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui interprets Glucks late Baroque opera Alceste as an impressive symbiosis between dance and music. The opera can be experienced here in all its existential power. (SZ) It is here performed in th...

    Gluck: Alceste