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From the small village of Le Roncole, near Parma, where Verdi was born, to the estate situated close to Parma, where Verdi always returned and chose to spend most of his life, despite the great triumphs he achieved in Milan, Venice, Naples and other major cities. 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Solera, based on events described in the Bible. (Nabucco is a shortened Italian rendering of the name of King Nebuchadnezzar II). It was this opera, the third in Verdi’s oeuvre, that brought him true fame. It tells of the tribulations of the Jews, their captivity by the Babylonians, and their subsequent release to their homeland by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon.\r Giuseppe Verdi’s opera ‘Nabucco’, is a monumental work that tells the story of the enslavement of the Hebrew people by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco) and their journey towards redemption. The premiere took place on 9 March 1842 at La Scala in Milan. The first performance of the final version was held at the Teatro San Giacomo in Corfu in September 1844. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, ‘Tutto Verdi’. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma, 12–14 October 2009.",2.5253,"\u002FfXuHbMonMmGSD5wnI0rUFZf05yZ.jpg","2009-10-12","545f6e090e0a262359001be0",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":104,"genre_ids":105,"id":107,"title":108,"original_language":109,"original_title":108,"overview":110,"popularity":111,"poster_path":112,"release_date":113,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":114,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":115,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fq2o7dlbdyo5EyNgeri2EaJg3Bw9.jpg",[37,72,106],10749,391065,"Eugene Onegin","ru","In Trelinski's timeless production he leads a superb, first-class young cast headed by Artur Ruzinski as Onegin and Kristīne Opolais as Tatyana. Mariusz Trelinski, Polish filmmaker and theater director, has created a series of dream-like, surrealist tableaux of great suggestive beauty.",0.8028,"\u002FrdsPcVpbULkiMtRg3fD0Twl5mKc.jpg","2013-05-28",8,"616a27b95cea180062774f5d",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":117,"id":118,"title":119,"original_language":62,"original_title":119,"overview":6,"popularity":120,"poster_path":121,"release_date":122,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":123,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],1203538,"Giacomo Puccini - Tosca aus der Arena von Verona",0.9588,"\u002FtJrCg1lU4iZelx2lmwYM8X6EV0C.jpg","2024-04-18","654f755cd4653700fe35e27a",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":125,"id":126,"title":127,"original_language":40,"original_title":127,"overview":128,"popularity":129,"poster_path":130,"release_date":131,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":132,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],649600,"Verdi Aida","Originally commissioned to celebrate the completion of the Suez Canal and the opening of Cairos new opera house, Verdis Egyptian epic Aida is here seen in a spectacular new staging in the Teatro Regio Torino by the Oscar-winning American film director William Friedkin, creator of such famous movies as The Exorcist and The French Connection. The cast features American soprano Kristin Lewis who has been heralded for her remarkable voice, which she uses with powerful dramatic instinct, and Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, whose Amneris dominates the stage with her dark, rounded, irresistible voice and extraordinary stage presence. Gianandrea Noseda leading the Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio Torino received accolaides from all: he controls everything- orchestra, singers, chorus, dancers, acrobats- with an all-encompassing overview. He knows exactly when its time to linger over a timbre, a color, an expressive chord.",1.0761,"\u002FeFJOUm1hOfQnMeiiRstF7wN2nAh.jpg","2015-04-03","63344d78dd4716008bca7b8b",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":134,"id":136,"title":137,"original_language":23,"original_title":137,"overview":138,"popularity":139,"poster_path":140,"release_date":141,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":142,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37,135,72,106],35,736806,"Rossini - Matilde di Shabran","Juan Diego Flórez takes on the lead role in this performance of Rossini's opera at the 2012 Pesaro Festival. Corradino (Flórez), a paranoid, misogynistic lord, is in the care of Aliprando (Nicola Alaimo), a doctor who is concerned that the poor spirits of his employer will damage his health. He duly attempts to make Corradino fall in love with the beautiful and self-willed Matilde (Olga Peretyatko). Will the plan succeed?",0.9791,"\u002FoDNF5EEvBcszaPYqLm6zm7fYS9L.jpg","2013-08-05","6363380e69d280007d1a3826",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":144,"genre_ids":145,"id":146,"title":147,"original_language":23,"original_title":147,"overview":148,"popularity":149,"poster_path":150,"release_date":151,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":152,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FgpdEzME5HouzGdU09RLsAGkisXU.jpg",[37],378618,"Verdi: Aida","Set in Memphis and Thebes during the time of the pharaohs, the story centres on a love affair between Aida, an Ethiopian slave owned by Amneris, the pharaoh’s daughter, and Radamès, a captain in the Egyptian guard. Their relationship is thwarted by the armed conflict between their two peoples and the jealousy of Amneris, who is in love with Radamès.\r ‘Aida’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni based on a plot by Auguste Mariette, premiered on 24 December 1871 at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo. From the box set ‘Tutto Verdi’, featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 1 and 5 February 2012.",1.4075,"\u002Fi9ThgGXc67rlQvlEIicSsgqwjPn.jpg","2012-02-28","56a1110692514149bc006eb0",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":154,"genre_ids":155,"id":156,"title":157,"original_language":23,"original_title":157,"overview":158,"popularity":159,"poster_path":160,"release_date":161,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":162,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FoTcV9ieup5jGYKQ6swM8S6DMA5b.jpg",[37],378958,"Verdi: Don Carlo","In 1559 in the Forest of Fontainebleau, during the peace negotiations between France and Spain: under the terms of the treaty, the Infante of Spain, Carlos, was to marry Elisabeth de Valois, the daughter of King Henry II of France. During a hunting party, the Infante Carlos (tenor), who loves (Io la vidi) Elisabeth de Valois (soprano), daughter of the King of France, whom he is soon to marry, manages to meet her and declare his love, which is reciprocated. But his father, the King of Spain, Philip II, decides to marry Elisabeth himself.\r ‘Don Carlos 7’ is a ‘grand opera à la française’ in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on Friedrich von Schiller’s tragedy ‘Don Carlos’, premiered on 11 March 1867 at the Paris Opera.  From the box set ‘Tutto Verdi’ featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Comunale ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ in Modena on 5, 17, 19 and 21 October 2012.",0.9732,"\u002FbOwpgPAYgtXdl8RBQWMyMarrKOh.jpg","2012-10-05","56a4a677925141521600193b",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":164,"genre_ids":165,"id":166,"title":167,"original_language":23,"original_title":167,"overview":168,"popularity":169,"poster_path":170,"release_date":171,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":172,"vote_count":173,"credit_id":174,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fpw2cJx4UuWnZr5wUWD5G5xbZWCl.jpg",[37],379172,"Il Trovatore - Staatsoper Berlin","Daniel Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in this production of Verdi's opera starring Anna Netrebko and Plácido Domingo. The Count Di Luna believes that his younger brother was murdered years before by a vengeful gypsy but still hopes that he may be alive. When he attempts to court the beautiful Leonora, he is enraged to discover that she has a lover – the troubadour, Manrico. Manrico and the Count duel, and afterwards Manrico reveals to Azucena, the woman he believes to be his mother, that when he had the opportunity to kill the Count he felt something holding him back.",2.3149,"\u002FlWnpLaEaMgyboKH0h1bbghIMQet.jpg","2013-11-29",7.7,3,"56a51270c3a368388e00783b",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":176,"genre_ids":177,"id":178,"title":179,"original_language":23,"original_title":179,"overview":180,"popularity":181,"poster_path":182,"release_date":183,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":184,"vote_count":8,"credit_id":185,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FwzcMgbl8tDy6FUksx8uvNHfUf7B.jpg",[37],379167,"Verdi: Il Trovatore","In medieval Spain, the gypsy Azucena abducted the son of the Count of Luna to avenge her mother, whom the old count had sent to the stake. She raised him as her own son, under the name of Manrico. In the service of Urgel and banished by the King of Aragon, Manrico nevertheless falls in love with Leonora, the Queen’s lady-in-waiting.\r ‘Il trovatore’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Salvatore Cammarano and Leone Emanuele Bardare, based on the Spanish drama ‘El Trovador’ (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It premiered on 19 January 1853 at the Teatro Apollo in Rome, and was subsequently performed in Paris, at the Théâtre-Italien, in its original version, on 23 December 1854. From the box set “Tutto Verdi”, featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 5 and 9 October 2010.",1.1579,"\u002FVi6hCfK51yQITNtJJD5y0VOEds.jpg","2010-10-09",6,"56a52d1fc3a368388b008062",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":187,"genre_ids":188,"id":189,"title":190,"original_language":23,"original_title":190,"overview":191,"popularity":192,"poster_path":193,"release_date":194,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":195,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FfDg5L1nwcNhZOnSiIBw4Q8QIuHY.jpg",[37],382022,"Giovanna d'Arco","In Domrémy, in 1429, Charles VII (Carlo) informed the King of England of his intention to abdicate or to cease fighting, as the Virgin Mary had appeared to him in a dream and ordered him to lay down his arms in a wood. When the king recounted this dream, he was told of a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary situated in that very wood. He decided to go there and lay down his arms. In the same forest, there was also a small sheepfold where Jacques (Giacomo) and his daughter Jeanne (Giovanna) lived. Jeanne returns from the little chapel of the Virgin Mary, disheartened at being unable to fight for France, which is increasingly under English rule. Good spirits visit Jeanne and tell her that her greatest wish is about to come true: she will finally be able to fight, but must not succumb to any worldly love.\r Premiered on 3 November 1844. From the box set ‘Tutto Verdi’ featuring 27 of Verdi’s operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 7 and 17 October 2008.",0.9302,"\u002F5yWh0E1qSRofOSvmbj1Svss70Vh.jpg","2008-10-07","56bb6f4bc3a3681f01000285",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":197,"genre_ids":198,"id":199,"title":200,"original_language":23,"original_title":200,"overview":201,"popularity":202,"poster_path":203,"release_date":204,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":205,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FxKLKfVErUM204NPnBG5fz48uMNM.jpg",[37],382025,"Verdi: I due Foscari","Jacopo, son of Doge Francesco Foscari, was accused of murder and banished from Venice. Longing for his homeland, he writes to the Duke of Milan asking him to intercede with the city council. The letter is intercepted, and Jacopo is brought back to Venice to face further questioning.\r An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on a historical play by George Byron. Premiered on 3 November 1844. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, ‘Tutto Verdi’. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 3, 6, 8, 11 and 19 May 2005.",1.4595,"\u002Fbc2Uu5Su5DtJwIthZevQC0xYrqC.jpg","2009-10-08","56bb78fac3a36847210000e9",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":207,"genre_ids":208,"id":209,"title":210,"original_language":23,"original_title":210,"overview":211,"popularity":212,"poster_path":213,"release_date":214,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":215,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fm6N7FgQaUbp9E8xxnZsbyDYxg9v.jpg",[37],382027,"Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata","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 dramatic effects and lavish choral scenes created a correspondingly impressive impact. A great success in Milan, it spread to the rest of Europe within a matter of only a few years.",1.6213,"\u002Fy4b7o0Uz8tG5kr4tZkTtXCT3KTW.jpg","2009-01-15","56bc61f6c3a36860d0002dba",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":217,"genre_ids":218,"id":219,"title":220,"original_language":23,"original_title":220,"overview":221,"popularity":222,"poster_path":223,"release_date":224,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":225,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F2qZyMxv727FNQp0K6x4MxlykvAK.jpg",[37],382028,"Verdi: Il corsaro","The corsair Corrado, having taken refuge on an island in the Aegean Sea, decides to launch an expedition against the Muslims, during which he is taken prisoner. Gulnara, the favorite of Pasha Seïd, falls in love with Corrado and helps him escape after murdering Seïd herself. Meanwhile, Medora, Corrado’s beloved, has poisoned herself upon hearing the false news of her lover’s death. She dies in the arms of her lover, who has returned too late. Corrado, in despair, throws himself into the sea, while Gulnara collapses, overcome by grief.\r “Il corsaro” is a lyric drama (“melodramma tragico”) in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Lord Byron’s poem “The Corsair.” It premiered on October 25, 1848, at the Grand Theatre in Trieste. The opera was taken off the bill after three performances and replaced by “Macbeth.” From the “Tutto Verdi” box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on October 19 and 21, 2008.",1.0696,"\u002FkAzv5iBfaymkvG7sxe7g5HL3EVX.jpg","2008-10-19","56bc671dc3a36860ec00280e",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":227,"genre_ids":228,"id":229,"title":230,"original_language":23,"original_title":231,"overview":232,"popularity":233,"poster_path":234,"release_date":235,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":236,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F4SZ9bViAzhcIuNqqd0Xk3p2rXbi.jpg",[37],382030,"Giuseppe Verdi : La forza del destino","Verdi: La forza del destino","Donna Leonora, daughter of the Marquis of Calatrava, is about to flee secretly with her lover Don Alvaro (son of the Viceroy of Mexico and an Inca princess). The Marquis bursts in unexpectedly. Alvaro hesitates to raise his weapon against his lover’s father and throws his pistol. As it falls, the pistol goes off and the Marquis is mortally wounded. As he lies dying, he curses his daughter. Don Carlo di Vargas, Leonora’s brother, resolves to avenge his sister and her fiancé for their father’s death. In the turmoil of the chase, Leonora and Alvaro lose track of one another...\r ‘La forza del destino’ is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, adapted from the play ‘Don Álvaro o la fuerza del destino’ (Spain, 1835) by Ángel de Saavedra, the Duke of Rivas. Premiered on 10 November 1862 at the Imperial Theatre in Saint Petersburg. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 2 and 5 February 2011.",1.3973,"\u002F1956KzyZBDOKgyDSWxqBF7FizOd.jpg","2011-02-02","56bc6c73c3a36860e1002724",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":238,"genre_ids":239,"id":240,"title":241,"original_language":23,"original_title":241,"overview":242,"popularity":243,"poster_path":244,"release_date":245,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":246,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F26q5xU5lHFcqieeWiRXSf8Q3NmO.jpg",[37],382034,"Verdi: Un ballo in maschera","In Boston, at the governor’s palace. The courtiers, divided into friends and foes—including Tom and Samuel—await the arrival of the governor, Count Riccardo di Warwick. He makes his entrance, and his page, Oscar, hands him the guest list for the masked ball scheduled for the following day. Among the guests is Amelia, whom he secretly loves, but who is the wife of his adviser and friend Renato. Renato arrives and believes he has guessed the cause of his master’s visible distress: a plot being hatched against his life. But Riccardo wishes to ignore this plot and its instigators; in vain does Renato implore him not to take the matter lightly...\r ‘Un ballo in maschera’ is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Antonio Somma based on a story by Eugène Scribe. It premiered on 17 February 1859 at the Teatro Apollo in Rome. From the ‘Tutto Verdi’ box set of 27 Verdi operas. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio di Parma on 1, 5, 9, 13, 20 and 23 October 2011.",1.144,"\u002FFUOH8IUMHAax4Z4Vx6eBKz4zkL.jpg","2011-10-01","56bc7bdf92514174a5001357",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":248,"genre_ids":249,"id":250,"title":251,"original_language":23,"original_title":251,"overview":252,"popularity":253,"poster_path":254,"release_date":255,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":256,"vote_count":173,"credit_id":257,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fu8BcHsssIHZWNBcTuYW6dyDKIPl.jpg",[37],382039,"Verdi: La Traviata","Around 1850, in Paris. At a soirée, Alfredo Germont, a young man from a respectable Provençal family, falls in love with Violetta Valéry, a courtesan. Deeply in love, Violetta gives up her profession and devotes herself entirely to Alfredo. However, Mr Germont senior, in the name of bourgeois respectability, persuades her to break up with his son. Violetta then writes a letter of separation to Alfredo without revealing the real reason for her decision. The fatal illness from which she was already suffering then flares up once more. A month later, Alfredo learns from his father that Violetta never stopped loving him...\r ‘La traviata’ is a 3 act opera by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on the novel ‘The Lady of the Camellias’ by Alexandre Dumas, fils (1848) and its stage adaptation (1852). Premiered on 6 March 1853 at La Fenice in Venice. From the 27-opera Verdi box set “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 4 April 2012.",1.2345,"\u002F2pQljZhf3py2OpvXJujxGBEeARH.jpg","2012-04-04",5,"56bc9cfac3a36860d600335c",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":259,"genre_ids":260,"id":261,"title":262,"original_language":23,"original_title":262,"overview":263,"popularity":264,"poster_path":265,"release_date":266,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":267,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fouga8QpwRShZFBGIMKqHamIqUGd.jpg",[37],382038,"I vespri siciliani","In March 1282, in Palermo during the Easter celebrations. Duchess Hélène, whose brother has been sentenced to death, is forced by a French soldier to sing. Through her song, she stirs up the Sicilians’ hatred against the French. Montfort, the governor, intervenes and calms everyone down. Henri appears; he has just been pardoned and insults Montfort, unaware that the latter is standing right in front of him...\r ‘I vespri siciliani’ (The Sicilian Vespers) is a grand opera in five acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier. Premiered on 13 June 1855 at the Opéra Le Peletier in Paris. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 13 and 17 October 2010.",0.6928,"\u002F4hDhcJ719ruy0gwIckeSd7IRnR2.jpg","2010-10-20","56bc90dfc3a36860d9003119",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":269,"genre_ids":270,"id":271,"title":272,"original_language":23,"original_title":272,"overview":273,"popularity":274,"poster_path":275,"release_date":276,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":277,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F4OW44FkDvWv6cmul4zoOuVe1vEm.jpg",[37],382040,"Verdi: Simon Boccanegra","In the 14th century, Genoa was torn apart by strife between the patricians and the plebeians. The sailor Simon Boccanegra and his lover Maria Fiesco bore the brunt of these internal conflicts: Maria’s father was none other than the city’s doge, the patrician Jacopo Fiesco. When he learnt that Maria had borne Simon a child, he placed his daughter under house arrest. The two lovers had entrusted their daughter to an elderly servant, but she died, and the child mysteriously disappeared.\r ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on a play by Antonio García Gutiérrez. The first version premiered on 12 March 1857 at La Fenice in Venice. A second version, with a libretto revised by Arrigo Boito, premiered 24 years later, on 24 March 1881, at La Scala in Milan. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 23, 25 and 28 March 2010.",1.1393,"\u002Fp6QpBD9ytLhmDbYB8yLmi7dcVw1.jpg","2010-03-23","56bca4e59251413a300000d0",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":279,"genre_ids":280,"id":281,"title":282,"original_language":23,"original_title":282,"overview":283,"popularity":284,"poster_path":285,"release_date":286,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":287,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F7I9jUlwlD5IC3vxZsfb6I2bFLPf.jpg",[37],382047,"Verdi: Alzira","Part of Tutto Verdi series - Alzira (2012) Dobbiaco. This is a concert performance. Alzira is an opera in a prologue and two acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on the play Alzire, ou les Américains by Voltaire. The first performance was at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 12 August 1845.",1.9897,"\u002FrGaE6OIaWBZvyEmAKW5eo90uA7F.jpg","2012-09-13","56bcc1a59251411141000d42",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":289,"genre_ids":290,"id":291,"title":292,"original_language":23,"original_title":292,"overview":293,"popularity":294,"poster_path":295,"release_date":296,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":297,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FePXKRw7N9NoleW0JItne85xsQaX.jpg",[37],382041,"Verdi: Stiffelio","In Germany, at the castle of the Count of Stankar, on the banks of the Salzbach and in the vicinity of Salzburg, in the early 19th century. Upon his return from his travels, Pastor Stiffelio recounts his adventures: a boatman had handed him the wallet of a man who, fleeing from a woman’s bedroom, had thrown himself into the river. In the spirit of forgiveness, Stiffelio destroys the piece of evidence, unaware that it is proof that his wife, Lina, is guilty of adultery.\r ‘Stiffelio’ is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on ‘Le Pasteur ou l’évangile au foyer’ by Émile Souvestre and Eugène Bourgeois. Premiered in its original version on 26 December 1968 at the Teatro Regio in Parma. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 18 and 24 April 2012.",1.4172,"\u002FaMztbVVMKiedAsLGE6DYm3Nkd0V.jpg","2012-04-18","56bcadde9251411141000907",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":299,"id":300,"title":301,"original_language":23,"original_title":302,"overview":303,"popularity":304,"poster_path":305,"release_date":306,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":307,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[],382188,"Puccini: Edgar (Teatro Regio di Torino)","Edgar","Puccini’s operas are among the most beloved and best-known works in the classical repertoire, but Edgar may be unknown even to aficionados, at least as it is presented here. This original four-act version of Edgar, first performed in 1889, was believed lost for over a century when Puccini’s granddaughter Simonetta discovered the score fully intact in 2008. In addition to the third act’s funeral music, which Arturo Toscanini conducted at Puccini’s funeral in 1924, listeners may recognize the duet from the now-restored fourth act, cut by Puccini in subsequent revisions of the work: it bears more than a passing similarity to the third-act duet in Tosca.",1.3894,"\u002F1iAi34eveS8IWkXeyiFEQs2hUon.jpg","2008-06-25","56bcd9659251417359000316",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":309,"genre_ids":310,"id":311,"title":312,"original_language":23,"original_title":312,"overview":313,"popularity":314,"poster_path":315,"release_date":316,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":256,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":317,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FvdnHIM4D4p4iizfKJGZudFyOBeP.jpg",[37],382048,"Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano","Part of Tutto Verdi series - La battaglia di Legnano (2012) Trieste. 'La battaglia di Legnano' ('The Battle of Legnano') is an opera in four acts, with music by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian-language libretto by Salvadore Cammarano. Most of the early Verdi operas are sort of rare for a reason. They do not rise to the heights of genius that his middle period and late period operas did. However, there are always some beautiful arias or choruses and most of them are great fun......sort of like bel canto on steroids! What I mean is that you can hear that he was coming from the bel canto tradition, but he liked to inject a lot more power into the characters and their music.",1.2355,"\u002FakWPrqyfBR8gGOJWSF3MnByDP4A.jpg","2012-02-23","56bce744c3a368180200062c",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":319,"genre_ids":320,"id":321,"title":322,"original_language":23,"original_title":322,"overview":323,"popularity":324,"poster_path":325,"release_date":326,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":327,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fh4bqBJ6pPeIWFd3SgC6BcMH2xo5.jpg",[37],382017,"Verdi: Attila","In Aquileia, around the middle of the 5th century. Odabella, daughter of the city’s lord, lost her family during the sacking carried out by Attila and intends to take revenge by killing him (Santo di patria indefinito amor). She herself was spared by Uldino, one of Attila’s slaves. Impressed by her courage, Attila gives her his sword. General Ezio, sent from Rome, proposes to Attila a deal to divide the Empire (Avrai tu l'universo, resti l'Italia a me!). But Attila denounces him as a traitor and refuses.\r Attila is an opera in a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Temistocle Solera based on Zacharias Werner’s tragedy, Attila, König der Hunnen, and premiered at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice on March 17, 1846. From the box set of 27 Verdi operas, “Tutto Verdi.” Recorded live at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto on October 21 and 25, 2010.",3.2327,"\u002FwY3xJ5QNMsUT8rI8u2f3Ct3slDS.jpg","2010-10-21","56bdcc5fc3a36817f20031b7",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":329,"genre_ids":330,"id":331,"title":332,"original_language":23,"original_title":332,"overview":333,"popularity":334,"poster_path":335,"release_date":336,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":114,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":337,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F2ajP620o9iPRmGy0Q150xfK3LOW.jpg",[37],382020,"Verdi: Falstaff","In England, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV of England (1399–1413). Sir John Falstaff, also known as ‘Il Pancione’ (the Potbelly), has two identical love letters sent out, one to Meg Page and the other to Alice Ford, then delivers a sarcastic lecture on honour to his servants Bardolfo and Pistola. In Ford’s garden, his wife Alice and her friend Meg notice the similarity between Falstaff’s letters and decide to take revenge on him by pretending that Alice is receiving him at home whilst Ford is away.\r ‘Falstaff’ is a three-act opera buffa by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and ‘Henry IV’, Parts I and II. It premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala in Milan and on 18 April 1894 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. It was the last opera composed by the composer, then aged 80. Taken from the 27-opera Verdi box set “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 10, 12, 15, 22 and 25 October 2011.",2.3091,"\u002FygbBeef30e82Xwj2xKS3qDLSMeD.jpg","2011-10-10","56bdeed6c3a36817fd0038c4",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":339,"genre_ids":340,"id":341,"title":342,"original_language":62,"original_title":342,"overview":343,"popularity":344,"poster_path":345,"release_date":346,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":347,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F1VrAFTB6zW2udVlAxlGYW6WroN9.jpg",[37],382381,"Wagner: Das Rheingold","In the words of the prestigious German weekly 'Die Zeit,' the stage production of Wagner's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' by La Fura dels Baus 'quite possibly shows us the path that musical theater will be taking in the future.' There's no doubt about it: the Catalan city of Valencia is setting new accents in 21st-century opera not only with its spectacular new theater designed by Santiago Calatrava, but also with its visually transfixing production of Wagner's 'Ring' staged by Carlus Padrissa and his theater group La Fura dels Baus.",0.883,"\u002FqAoXll1ICNqj5U65AiTMVJfOBmo.jpg","2009-11-16","56be11bb925141734d004019",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":349,"genre_ids":350,"id":351,"title":352,"original_language":62,"original_title":352,"overview":353,"popularity":354,"poster_path":355,"release_date":356,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":91,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":357,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FKnZM6Uck2N7txBaqtoeS6aCCjs.jpg",[37],382382,"Wagner: Die Walküre","It has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, warrior women who bring dead heroes to Valhalla (the castle of the Gods).  Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.",0.8631,"\u002F6eUQBXtQlVnDWGNdBtmhkF0A4Ap.jpg","2010-10-11","56be15fbc3a3681806003fd9",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":359,"genre_ids":360,"id":361,"title":362,"original_language":62,"original_title":362,"overview":363,"popularity":364,"poster_path":365,"release_date":356,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":366,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F1rAvjNAg54a4wSUfMe72TffT9mU.jpg",[37],382383,"Wagner: Siegfried","Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 30 computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner's visionary expressive world.",0.5535,"\u002F7iT0TuMx9oDTwhSEAkx21CTyX6m.jpg","56be186ac3a36817f40043f9",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":368,"genre_ids":369,"id":370,"title":371,"original_language":23,"original_title":371,"overview":372,"popularity":373,"poster_path":374,"release_date":375,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":376,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FgamOPRZozy2xLgj5AnggDxsW47S.jpg",[37],211610,"Verdi: Oberto","Part of Tutto Verdi series - Oberto (2007) Parma.  Oberto was the first of Verdi’s operas to be staged and was heard for the first time at La Scala, Milan, in November 1839. As a young and unknown composer, Verdi was subject to the rules then governing the opera industry in Italy. Even so, there are already many scenes in this early work that reveal unmistakable signs of the composer’s individual style.",1.7645,"\u002F3xADlomQ8M3X6Ize6WI6BuZ0y0y.jpg","2007-10-16","56bdfb22c3a36817fd003b2c",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":378,"genre_ids":379,"id":380,"title":381,"original_language":62,"original_title":381,"overview":363,"popularity":382,"poster_path":383,"release_date":356,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":384,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fij3eaM6ijVGdA9Al0HYbjQoKnNF.jpg",[37],382391,"Wagner: Götterdämmerung",0.6284,"\u002Fl96bV84SM4KhNhhl1DyvG4GX9ll.jpg","56be1c9b9251417356004252",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":386,"id":387,"title":388,"original_language":23,"original_title":388,"overview":389,"popularity":390,"poster_path":391,"release_date":392,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":393,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],401858,"Rossini Sigismondo","Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a mad king and his delusions, was rarely played after its premiere in 1814. This performance marked the first from the critical new edition at the 2010 Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro and was hailed as a \"perfect symbiosis of music and stage work\" resulting in \"truly brilliant theatre.\" Complete with a cast of sought-after Rossini singers, this is not to be missed.",0.5617,"\u002FbJalXuHbIB7wCBHCcsRjzNRw4Ya.jpg","2010-06-12","575dad0892514103e8000861",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":395,"id":396,"title":397,"original_language":23,"original_title":397,"overview":398,"popularity":399,"poster_path":400,"release_date":401,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":402,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],381869,"La Gioconda","Live from the Arena di Verona 2005",0.6021,"\u002Fd5RdYN952vvyA87niLvIYRatrd1.jpg","2005-06-17","57dd4074c3a3685fc5001960",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":404,"id":405,"title":406,"original_language":23,"original_title":406,"overview":407,"popularity":408,"poster_path":409,"release_date":410,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":411,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],416420,"Maometto secondo","Maometto II (or Maometto secondo) is an 1820 opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Cesare della Valle. Set in the 1470s during a time of war between the Turks and Venetians, the work was commissioned by the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. Della Valle based his libretto on his earlier play Anna Erizo. The name of the title character, Maometto II, refers to the real-life Ottoman Sultan and conqueror of Constantinople Mehmed II, who lived from 1432 to 1481.",0.6053,"\u002FvdH0EYpL5JesvAmQ3EWfLJvOKkU.jpg","2005-11-01","57dd624ec3a3685fff0025bc",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":413,"id":414,"title":415,"original_language":23,"original_title":415,"overview":416,"popularity":417,"poster_path":7,"release_date":418,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":419,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],416440,"La forza del destino","Live performance from the Teatro Comunale di Modena",0.9375,"2007-09-25","57dd92d4c3a3681412001645",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":421,"id":422,"title":423,"original_language":40,"original_title":423,"overview":424,"popularity":425,"poster_path":426,"release_date":427,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":428,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],762391,"Gioachino Rossini: Ermione","Hermione, whose consort Pyrrhus has fallen in love with Andromache, is torn apart by hatred and love. When Adromache yields to Pyyrhus, in order to save her son, Astyanax, Hermione is overcome with jealousy and invites Orestes to avenge her. Dominated by a desperate, inextinguishable passion for her, Orestes accepts. But love is stronger than hatred and when Orestes returns with his dagger dripping blood, Hermione is seized with pain and collapses on the ground cursing him. From the Rossini Opera Festival, 2008.",0.7207,"\u002FawPQBrrlsYuW0UKy8WQU1sUb4f8.jpg","2009-07-27","65ec26922f1be001872a6b3b",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":430,"id":432,"title":433,"original_language":40,"original_title":433,"overview":434,"popularity":435,"poster_path":436,"release_date":437,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":438,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[72,135,37,431],36,1090463,"Handel: Xerxes (Serse)","Xerxes is one of Handel’s latest and most frequently performed operas, famous for its marvelous opening aria ‘Ombra mai fu’. At the centre of the confusing tragicomedy, very loosely based upon the life of Xerxes I of Persia, is a powerful and lovesick royal eccentric, King Xerxes. Rising opera star Gaëlle Arquez in the title role of Xerxes ‘scintillates with her nimble, luminous mezzo-soprano’, singing ‘irresistibly beautiful, impassioned, furious – but never mean’ (Frankfurter Rundschau). Frankfurt’s excellent Opera and Museum Orchester contributes ‘all sorts of refinements’ to this ‘musical smash hit’ (Deutschlandfunk) and ‘In Frankfurt Tilman Köhler ensures a three-hour short abundant and furious banquett … a great evening of opera’ (Deutschlandfunk).",0.6565,"\u002FbyGYvDPS7DmuKMZowznI55xCMI.jpg","2018-09-14","63f6d6201f33190096ca3b68",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":440,"id":441,"title":442,"original_language":40,"original_title":442,"overview":443,"popularity":444,"poster_path":445,"release_date":446,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":447,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],1267449,"Massenet Thais","There's an uncompromising clarity to Blu-ray audio and video that really does bring the splendour of grand opera right into the living room. So it's all the more frustrating to get a compromised production as the final product. Jules Massenet's 1894 tragedy about a sex goddess humbled by an insistent Cenobite monk isn't produced very often, because of a demanding lead role and some difficult staging issues. But the music is gorgeous from beginning to end. When you have a great diva at centre stage, the three acts go by in a flash.",0.8336,"\u002FvhJOKDTftekwXbE6R7heKTnw0uL.jpg","2008-01-01","6609c91d20af77017cf187e8",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":449,"genre_ids":450,"id":451,"title":452,"original_language":23,"original_title":452,"overview":453,"popularity":454,"poster_path":455,"release_date":456,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":457,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FmMY4dshdBS6659w4r25iqpTe6LG.jpg",[37,72],1101774,"Giulio Cesare in Egitto","Triumphantly premiered in 1724 at the King's Theatre in London, George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto masterfully combines human emotions: Triumph with sorrow, despair with happiness and love with profound melancholy in the face of the transience of all earthly life. Star director Keith Warner creates a production that imaginatively blends silent film and baroque opera, delightfully echoing Mankiewicz's legendary Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton. An excellent cast of singers is led by two of the world's leading countertenors: Bejun Mehta and Christophe Dumaux. Louise Alder shines as the seductive Cleopatra. Patricia Bardon, Simon Bailey and Jake Arditti are further highlights in this extraordinary group of singers, while Ivor Bolton provides the appropriate soundtrack on the podium of the Concentus Musicus Wien.",1.0096,"\u002Fczu7ztBZTd4tzRMJWeFnoyjM9iM.jpg","2022-09-23","6415f1d3e7414600821638a3",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":459,"genre_ids":460,"id":461,"title":462,"original_language":23,"original_title":463,"overview":464,"popularity":465,"poster_path":466,"release_date":467,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":91,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":468,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fy6ErOyvhFLuqP47uy7MJbVf3T9p.jpg",[37],471691,"Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Salzburg Festival)","Le Nozze di Figaro","The Salzburg Festival presents one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masterpieces: the opera Le Nozze di Figaro, in a new production staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and conducted by Dan Ettinger. Set-List: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492.",1.0931,"\u002F7juvabnx1Scgo0JuzN1NhzoXiu.jpg","2015-07-20","599953aac3a36821b0025566",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":470,"genre_ids":471,"id":472,"title":473,"original_language":23,"original_title":473,"overview":474,"popularity":475,"poster_path":476,"release_date":477,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":478,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fw98gMbEjmcsoEJYDUPJ8Ef5mM3J.jpg",[37],906328,"Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari","In 15th-century Venice, Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari, is to be tried by the Council of Ten for a crime of which he claims to be innocent. The Foscari family’s sworn enemy, the vindictive Jacopo Loredano, treacherously secures his sentence of exile. Despite the pleas of Lucrezia, Jacopo’s wife, the unfortunate father is forced to sign his son’s banishment order, even though he is convinced of his innocence. The young man dies of despair just before the real murderer comes forward. Loredano secures the removal of Francesco Foscari, who collapses, lifeless.\r \"I due Foscari\" is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, which premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 3 November 1844.",1.1852,"\u002Fp90CrYDPX5bG3OETeeT1PSp1EYO.jpg","2016-02-25","641fc25053466100cd3fe652",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":480,"id":481,"title":482,"original_language":23,"original_title":482,"overview":483,"popularity":484,"poster_path":485,"release_date":486,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":487,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37,20],498883,"Pia de' Tolomei","In recent years not only music festivals but also important opera theatres have turned their attention towards the neglected masterpieces of the lyrical repertoire. Thus also Venice's Teatro La Fenice, in a commendable effort, staged this Pia de' Tolomei by Donizetti, with some of the best singers available today for this type of repertoire. Initial response to this opera, which was performed for the first time in 1837, was ambiguous, so much so that Donizetti re-worked it as many as three times. The version here recorded is that of the critical edition recently published by Ricordi, with the tragic finale originally conceived by the composer. The listener will undoubtedly wonder, once more, at Donizetti's wealth of melodic inspiration, especially when it comes to the character of Pia, wonderfully interpreted, here, by Patrizia Ciofi.",0.5594,"\u002Fz7XIlYWkO1bXwGwkrslLi6TLP06.jpg","2005-01-01","5a5d59fec3a3686a6e001770",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":489,"id":490,"title":491,"original_language":40,"original_title":491,"overview":492,"popularity":493,"poster_path":494,"release_date":495,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":114,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":496,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],605130,"Plácido Domingo: 50th Anniversary Concert","With an illustrious career spanning five decades: over 150 stage roles, 11 Grammy Awards and his iconic performances alongside Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras as one of the Three Tenors, the legendary Plácido Domingo continues to astound audiences with a vocal talent unmatched in power.  For one very special night, Plácido Domingo returns to the breath-taking Arena Di Verona amphitheatre, 50 years after his debut, to revisit three of his greatest ever roles.",0.5561,"\u002F8ARL4dYbBzmf3Wf5CxtlpG7bji9.jpg","2019-10-03","644fab86c0a30802dd70d415",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":498,"id":499,"title":500,"original_language":40,"original_title":500,"overview":501,"popularity":502,"poster_path":503,"release_date":504,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":505,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[],510537,"Il Crociato in Egitto","Meyerbeer opera with Emmanuel Villaume conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia directed by Pier Lui.",1.0866,"\u002F64ZDX6pff9JmvIv4QODGsQq9Xzm.jpg","2007-01-01","5aa31eecc3a368337c0058c6",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":507,"genre_ids":508,"id":509,"title":510,"original_language":40,"original_title":510,"overview":511,"popularity":512,"poster_path":513,"release_date":514,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":515,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FbxDMoVJJWcjIvvhsuzvDd7sHmXi.jpg",[37],516938,"Madama Butterfly","Japan, early twentieth century. U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton inspects the house he has leased from a marriage broker. The broker, Goro, has procured him three servants and a geisha wife, Cio-Cio-San, known as Madama Butterfly. He is enchanted with the fragile Cio-Cio-San. Cio-Cio-San is heard in the distance joyously singing of her wedding. In a quiet moment, Cio-Cio-San shows her bridegroom her few earthly treasures and tells him of her intention to embrace his Christian faith. The Imperial Commissioner performs the wedding ceremony, and the guests toast the couple. The celebration is interrupted by Cio-Cio-San's uncle, a Buddhist priest, who bursts in, cursing the girl for having renounced her ancestors' religion. Alone with Cio-Cio-San in the moonlit garden, her husband dries her tears, and she joins him in singing of their love.",0.7366,"\u002FzrcQpOBgdLUEtXp4pgUuaJmciDS.jpg","2004-04-08","5aca1c590e0a26496b061ff5",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":517,"genre_ids":518,"id":519,"title":520,"original_language":40,"original_title":520,"overview":521,"popularity":522,"poster_path":523,"release_date":524,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":525,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FoERfGrIx822lLp67eGozRiHmsOZ.jpg",[],516943,"Fidelio","Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge, Pizarro has secretly imprisoned Florestan in the prison over which Pizarro is governor. The jailer of the prison, Rocco, has a daughter, Marzelline, and a servant (or assistant), Jaquino. Florestan's wife, Leonore, came to Rocco's door dressed as a boy seeking employment, and Rocco hired her. On orders, Rocco has been giving Florestan diminishing rations until he is nearly starved to death. Place: A Spanish state prison, a few miles from Seville Time: Late 18th century",0.5483,"\u002FrWSD4QEEAnLiskbBWnXxnIn4xtz.jpg","2006-10-21","5aca1f98c3a36834e8060404",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":527,"genre_ids":528,"id":529,"title":530,"original_language":23,"original_title":510,"overview":531,"popularity":532,"poster_path":533,"release_date":534,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":535,"vote_count":8,"credit_id":536,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FwaA0shybdRakNmf2alMVFHzgpLL.jpg",[37],552173,"Madama Butterfly - Macerata","The story of Cio-Cio-San, called Butterfly, a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by her American lover after giving birth to their son, ultimately kills herself, continues to impress audiences today. In this outstandingly authentic and elegant production from the Sferisterio Opera Festival, Puccini's highly emotional music is expertly delivered. The superior cast is headed by Raffaella Angeletti, \"certainly one of the best Butterflies of our time\" (ForumOpera.com), who has performed this role in many Italian theatres, as well as in Madrid and at the Vienna Staatsoper.",1.0298,"\u002FpQgps51JDakAUaXVFn6eSl5ntgQ.jpg","2011-06-28",7.8,"5bb6d351c3a368151502167e",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":538,"id":539,"title":540,"original_language":40,"original_title":540,"overview":541,"popularity":542,"poster_path":543,"release_date":544,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":545,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37,72],552349,"Aida","Any performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience – but, when it’s a new production, it becomes a major event, especially given the theatre’s notoriously critical audience. Legendary stage director Peter Stein succeeds in delivering a lucid production acclaimed in equal measure by the press and public: “a perfect coup de théâtre” (Giornale della musica). A “stellar cast” (La Stampa) contributes to the production’s success under the musical direction of Verdi specialist Zubin Mehta, who leads the orchestra in a “gorgeously colourful performance”, while “the entire ensemble is brilliant in its portrayal of the characters” (Die Presse).",0.6362,"\u002F3LD9qV4Dn12hN3CaFgh00HvkF9b.jpg","2015-10-30","5bb7e2720e0a266264000027",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":547,"genre_ids":548,"id":549,"title":550,"original_language":62,"original_title":550,"overview":551,"popularity":552,"poster_path":553,"release_date":554,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":555,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FegYkyjVks2NJ7u7Zkb11Qupj2oR.jpg",[37],508596,"Richard Wagner - Lohengrin","A dream came true at Dresden's Semperoper in May 2016 when opera superstars Piotr Beczala and Anna Netrebko made their Wagner debuts as Lohengrin and Elsa, inspired to take on their new roles by Christian Thielmann, the Dresden Staatskapelle's principal conductor and one of the leading Wagner conductors of our day. Die Welt described the performance captured here as \"musically one of the finest Lohengrins of all time\". Contributing to the triumph are Evelyn Herlitzius's Ortrud. Tomasz Konieczny's Telramund, Georg Zeppenfeld's King Henry and the Dresden State Opera Chorus.",1.1553,"\u002FyIIbWLIR7z2achKUVNloiHBtZK.jpg","2016-05-22","5c7ee7ab0e0a2642fe5b266a",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":557,"id":558,"title":559,"original_language":62,"original_title":559,"overview":560,"popularity":561,"poster_path":562,"release_date":563,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":564,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37,72],628584,"Wozzeck","A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are tested as far as they can be pushed before their owner goes over the edge. Is there just one thing that proves to be too much for Franz Woyzeck, or is it an accumulation of miseries and torments of a wretched existence? Woyzeck is perhaps not so much a bleak account of how miserable life can be as how much strength is required to deal with the daily vicissitudes of life and how delicate and fragile a balance the human psyche rests on.",0.9803,"\u002Fp6GWTGwzub3IOsdogg2htmxBpLA.jpg","2018-08-30","5d6fc1c877c01f10ee58f7ce",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":566,"id":567,"title":568,"original_language":40,"original_title":568,"overview":569,"popularity":570,"poster_path":571,"release_date":27,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":184,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":572,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],316342,"I Due Foscari - Verdi","I due Foscari was Verdi's sixth opera and based on Lord Byron's play The Two Foscari. Rich in intrigue, the plot tells of the final days of the famous Venetian doge, Francesco Foscari, and his illegal overthrow in 1457.",1.0074,"\u002F5BikUVgWuMxpFEkozTGFHjxPn6f.jpg","5de59335a7e36300166e4845",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":574,"id":575,"title":576,"original_language":40,"original_title":576,"overview":577,"popularity":578,"poster_path":579,"release_date":580,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":581,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],653507,"Verdi Requiem","The recording took place in Teatro Farnese di Parma, a kind of \"mini-Verona\" stage, but under roof. Probably good acoustics. But that doesn't rescue this perfomance of the Requiem mass, the fault is mainly being the conductor's, Yuri Temirkanov. He doesn't at all seems inspired of this work and not interested in whats happens on stage, if judged by the video. Particularly, he seems unintersted in the choir. The tenor, Francesco Meli, delivers a very inspired Ingemisco, but the other soloists are probably affected by the conductor.",0.7288,"\u002F3mSZpTtCNjAG7sOrWaTch9tgEVI.jpg","2013-06-11","5de7d4d17646fd001399a759",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":583,"id":584,"title":585,"original_language":40,"original_title":585,"overview":586,"popularity":587,"poster_path":588,"release_date":589,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":590,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],656738,"Verdi: Otello","Rarely has a production of Verdi’s Otello been staged in such a prestigious location: the courtyard of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice! This special outdoor “event production” of the Teatro La Fenice takes place amidst genuine late-Gothic and Renaissance architecture highlighted by spectacular projections: “A set of singular fascination” (Il Corriere Musicale). Critics were full of praise for the musical performance, designating conductor Myung-Whun Chung as the “absolutely dominating force” of the performance (GB Opera). The lead role is sung by Gregory Kunde, who successfully interpreted both Verdi’s and Rossini’s Otello in one year, perhaps the first tenor ever to do so. He “reproduces every accent, every colour demanded by Verdi with sensibility and intelligence” (OperaClick).",0.5805,"\u002F3MjN8TZRZPdOEOCmmvnzTGOYXix.jpg","2014-06-02","5dfb91a5d1a893001482f7cb",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":592,"id":593,"title":594,"original_language":23,"original_title":594,"overview":595,"popularity":596,"poster_path":597,"release_date":598,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":46,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":599,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[],667200,"Agrippina","The opera by Georg Friedrich Handel.",0.561,"\u002F7fvYwIjgihJhEtK2vPDbZU8U8UE.jpg","2004-06-01","5e2e1ce198f1f1000ffc0a39",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":601,"genre_ids":602,"id":603,"title":604,"original_language":62,"original_title":604,"overview":605,"popularity":606,"poster_path":607,"release_date":608,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":609,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F1q2shIptzQSMMRjYsf9kIqnnjUw.jpg",[37],478959,"Der Freischütz","Axel Köhler’s production of Der Freischütz at the Dresden State Opera was described by Die Presse as “a minor miracle in Dresden”. In the words of the Salzburger Nachrichten, Köhler “scored a bulleye” with his sombre and satanic interpretation of Weber’s Romantic opera about love, temptation, souls sold to the Devil, obsession andfaith. According to the Financial Times, Christian Thielemann and the Dresden Staatskapelle conjured up a sense of “mortal terror from the orchestra pit. […] Thielemann is in command of every detail. That makes for utterly gripping listening.”",0.8843,"\u002F6dDU53kaZapdkxZUYN2bOWo36mo.jpg","2015-11-27","5f0e725d51a64e00346aca9c",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":611,"id":612,"title":613,"original_language":40,"original_title":613,"overview":614,"popularity":615,"poster_path":616,"release_date":598,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":617,"vote_count":617,"credit_id":618,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],383190,"Thais","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. On the podium is Marcello Viotti, music director of the Venetian theatre. The story of the conversion of the beautiful courtesan, and the clash between spirituality and sensuality have been portrayed brilliantly by Pier Luigi Pizzi, one of today’s most talented opera directors. The visual quality of this production is indeed one of its strong points, and the DVD recording will not fail to fascinate the viewer.",0.5787,"\u002FyORzDsG1VcByfcqtfl1xtkI3bGX.jpg",4,"5f0f413060620a00348330f1",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":620,"id":621,"title":622,"original_language":40,"original_title":622,"overview":623,"popularity":624,"poster_path":625,"release_date":626,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":627,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[],723087,"Jules Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore","The love between Sita, the priestess of the temple of Indra, and an unknown stranger, who is actually Alim the King of Lahore, is hindered by Scindia who wants to take the throne and to marry Sita. When Scindia discovers the lover's true identity, he accuses him before the high priest Timour, who condemnsns him to go into battle against the muslims. In the battle Alim is defeated, and, seriouslyy wounded, returns to Lahore where he ides in the arms of his beloved Sita. Having g risen in to the Hindu paradise and been reincarnated aim turns to Lahore just in time to witness the usurper's splendid coronation and to reveal Scindia's crimes to the entire populace, In the last act the two lovers take refuge in the temple of Indra to escape from Scindia: Sita takes her own life with a dagger thus provoking Alim's death. The two lovers will be together in the hereafter.",0.696,"\u002Flln4Fw9EheAjHzgwzUmH6maAVr3.jpg","2006-03-28","5f07207355bc3500351e084a",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":629,"genre_ids":630,"id":631,"title":632,"original_language":23,"original_title":632,"overview":633,"popularity":634,"poster_path":635,"release_date":636,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":91,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":637,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002F5oNLpR9AtxS965FSBlpae6RNQ2h.jpg",[72,37],270390,"Aida - Arena di Verona","The grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both.",1.3887,"\u002F6803bD2lWtt05yNWkpeBSn4Esm0.jpg","2013-11-05","5f16f2eb51e6ab0036c70325",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":639,"genre_ids":640,"id":641,"title":642,"original_language":23,"original_title":642,"overview":6,"popularity":643,"poster_path":644,"release_date":645,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":646,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FfuUbIyUVKWmVSeiPq5XIBMXSsoU.jpg",[],585439,"TOSCA | Salzburg Easter Festival",0.9101,"\u002Frq75M1iuISqSjxihnbwUfbng4Ya.jpg","2019-05-02","5f1d7f277352050039487e39",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":648,"genre_ids":649,"id":650,"title":576,"original_language":40,"original_title":576,"overview":651,"popularity":652,"poster_path":653,"release_date":654,"softcore":4,"video":45,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":655,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Fp6SqdsduluYCBnsdTGDFJKvRCp0.jpg",[37],649371,"The production itself is quite beautiful: recorded in the Basilica di San Marco in Venice in November 2007, it highlights the cathedral's splendor, the reverent audience, the soloists, orchestra and chorus with near-perfect cinematography. The soundtrack is also acceptable, which may have been quite a task to achieve, given the Basilica's over-reverberant acoustics. Alas, the performance itself does not rise to the occasion. Despite the occasional minor insecurity in ensemble and a visible lack of joy, the Symphonica Toscanini musicians play well, the Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino members sing equally well, and the soloists are more than adequate, almost tangibly trying to excel.",0.6473,"\u002FtrEtYyUXgpKT9l33iKAfGFyjPtE.jpg","2007-12-01","5fa59644ffc9de003c8716fd",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":7,"genre_ids":657,"id":658,"title":659,"original_language":85,"original_title":659,"overview":6,"popularity":660,"poster_path":661,"release_date":662,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":663,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},[37],795028,"Così fan tutte - Salzburg Festival",0.9109,"\u002FhbD7b3S1QjbQnuXa2unfsII9Iuy.jpg","2013-08-21","602263d5a22d3e003cb924be",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":665,"genre_ids":666,"id":667,"title":668,"original_language":23,"original_title":668,"overview":669,"popularity":670,"poster_path":671,"release_date":672,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":673,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FdqBzwBqmdpppfa0EKLf5blzPvxk.jpg",[37],615433,"Arena di Verona: Il Trovatore","It's an event that draws many thousands of music lovers to one of the most beautiful cities in the world every summer: the opera season at the ancient Arena di Verona. The 2,000-year-old roman amphiteatre with its gigantic stage dimensions is one of the largest and best preserved Roman construction of its kind, and with over 22,000 seats it is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular open-air venues of the world! The revered master of opera Franco Zeffirelli, who died shortly before the premiere of Il Trovatore, created a legendary scenery with groups of giant sized armoured knights, a fortress turning into a luminous cathedral, an enormous choir, horses, breathtaking fights: “his perhaps best arena production” (Opernglas). It brings Anna Netrebko to the Arena of Verona where she is giving her much-anticipated debut in one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most popular operas.",1.4383,"\u002FhecCulzl5afCsJ7LVJjuh6U8wyN.jpg","2020-01-12","6794b13b90390f4881188966",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":675,"genre_ids":676,"id":677,"title":678,"original_language":23,"original_title":678,"overview":679,"popularity":680,"poster_path":681,"release_date":446,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":114,"vote_count":47,"credit_id":682,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002FAoQtjFaG4i30emX4k9ynGhgTsVm.jpg",[37,72],329919,"Turandot","Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tale story of Chinese Princess Turandot, who will only marry a prince capable of solving her riddles. With sumptuous costumes and palace sets designed in China, Kaige's production adds a compellingly authentic accent to Puccini's exotic orchestral palette. Zubin Metha and his brilliant Orquestra de la Comunitet Valenciana offer \"genuine foreworks of sound\" (Wiener Zeitung), Maria Guleghina triumphs as Turandot. Recorded in 2008 at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Zubin Mehta (conductor).",1.0021,"\u002Fin3E85eue8dY9FVcTM282EXwBMN.jpg","679fb42f50f5d47625261fc7",{"adult":4,"backdrop_path":684,"genre_ids":685,"id":686,"title":687,"original_language":40,"original_title":687,"overview":688,"popularity":689,"poster_path":690,"release_date":691,"softcore":4,"video":4,"vote_average":28,"vote_count":28,"credit_id":692,"department":11,"job":49,"media_type":32},"\u002Ff2EhnJzqU7ZvFYt1KH5jLuI6bX9.jpg",[37],1438251,"Adriana Lecouvreur","Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur was inspired by the real-life story of a celebrated actress at the Comédie-Française who was much admired by Voltaire. Hailed as a masterpiece, the opera was triumphantly staged in cities around the world after its premiere in 1902. The dramatically effective narrative is a passionate love triangle filled with intrigue and complicated plot twists set in the gallant 18th century. 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