Puccini

A fake death, a perverse woman and a pure woman, a man torn between them, a murder: the story of Edgar, Giacomo Puccini’s second opera, is full of dramatic turns of events. Arthaus Musik presents this powerful and tragic opera now in a version which was count for lost for nearly 120 years. For the first time the original version in four acts of Edgar by Giacomo Puccini was staged at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 2008. Thanks to the rediscovery of the manuscript score, after 119 years since the first and only performance in Milan in 1889 and after numerous versions condensing the opera in three acts, it will be again possible to experience the original opera that Puccini wrote.

Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut (2006) [DVD] {Deutsche Grammophon}
DVD9 -> 7.08 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | Italiano (LPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 6 ch) | ~ 132 min | ISO Image
Subs: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 92 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2006 Deutsche Grammophon | 00440 073 4241
Classical / Opera

James Levine conducts Renata Scotto and Placido Domingo in the Metropolitan Opera's 1980 production of Puccini's early masterpiece, a performance of 'fluid movement, eye-catching invention, sex appear and above all, a sense of humor.' Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to see Renata Scotto live in the theatre, but I am told that she is an excellent singing actress. Witness that for yourself in this magnificent production of one of my favourite Puccini operas. When Scotto is on stage you can't take your eyes off her, and watch her face at the end of Act III as DeGrieux pleads with the Captain to let him join her on board ship - what an amazing actress she is.

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Chilean-American tenor Jonathan Tetelman and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Musical Director Daniel Harding announce their upcoming album, on which they are joined by an array of performers to present Puccini’s operatic thriller Tosca.