Verdi Box-Set

Giuseppe Verdi Box-Set

Three masterpieces by Verdi in a limited edition box set: internationnaly acclaimed productions from Aix Festival, Zurich Opera House and Paris Opera, by Peter Mussbach (Traviata), Nicolas Joel (Aida) and Dmitri Tcherniakov (Macbeth). Artists as Mireille Delunsch, Nina Stemme, Salvatore Licitra, Violeta Urmana and world famous conductors as Yutaka Sado, Adam Fischer and Teodor Currentzis.

LA TRAVIATA

We all identify “Traviata” with the corrupt, led-astray heroine of Verdi’s opera; with those women whose fatal sensuality incriminated families, threatening the social order, and compromising a morality where desire, with its subversive powers, was to
be eliminated.

However, every myth benefits from a fresh perspective. And from the bedside of a repentant Madeleine, the guilty conscience of the XIXth century’s hypocritical honesty, Peter Mussbach sees this myth differently. He sees it from a closer perspective. Perhaps his very contemporary vision of this past era can shed some
light on our vision of the modern woman.

The only performance from the eventful 2003 Festival d’Aix, this “Traviata” is carried all the way through by a radiant Mireille Delunsch, who, as always, pushes the limits of her art. Appearing in a wedding dress, evoking the sacrificed icon reminiscent of both Marylin and Lady Di, trapped by tragedy, Mireille Delunsch is Violetta.

Filmed by Don Kent, a master in the domain, Peter Mussbach’s brilliant production is one long flashback, which leaves the spectator breathless. A truly remarkable director of actors, Mussbach focuses on the psychology of the opera’s characters, and knows how to get the best out of his singers. For him, “La Traviata” is “written like a film in which the final act is one long twenty five minute shot, where we act as witnesses to Violetta’s agony.”

AIDA

MACBETH

Verdi Box-Set

LA TRAVIATA

Stage direction : Peter Mussbach

Violetta Valéry Mireille Delunsch
Alfredo Germont Matthew Polenzani
Giorgio Germont Zeljko Lucic
Flora Bervoix Damiana Pinti
Gastone Olivier Hernandez
Barone Douphol Enrico Marabelli

EuropaChorAkademie
Orchestre de Paris

Conductor : Yutaka Sado

HD recording : Festival d’Aix en Provence | 2003
TV direction : Don Kent

AIDA

Stage direction : Nicolas Joel

Aida Nina Stemme
Radamès Salvatore Licitra
Il Re Günther Groissböck
Amneris Luciana D’Intino
Ramfis Matti Salminen

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Zurich

Conductor : Adam Fischer

HD recording : Opéra de Zurich | 2006
TV direction : Andy Sommer

MACBETH

Stage direction : Dmitri Tcherniakov

Macbeth Dimitris Tiliakos
Banco Ferruccio Furlanetto
Lady Macbeth Violeta Urmana
Dama di Macbeth Letitia Singleton
Macduff Stefano Secco
Malcolm Alfredo Nigro
Medico Yuri Kissin

Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra de Paris

Conductor Teodor Currentzis

HD recording : Opéra national de Paris (Opéra Bastille) | 2009
TV direction : Andy Sommer