Giuseppe Verdi
AIDA – STERNSTUNDEN DER OPER
Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1985
Soloists: Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova Orchestra, Chorus: Corpo di Ballo e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Lorin Maazel Director: Luca Ronconi
Luciano Pavarotti heads an exceptional cast in this spectacular live recording from La Scala, Milan, with Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Chiara, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Juan Pons, all in peak form. Luca Ronconi's magnificent...
The Vienna version of Alceste was Gluck’s second reform opera after Orfeo ed Euridice. The libretto and music revolve around a self-sacrificing main character, and it is quite probable that the courageous bearing of...