Carlo Guelfi

Francesco Cileo wrote this opera about the real life Adriana Lecouvreur, a French actress from the 18th Century who revolutionized acting by her naturalistic delivery.

Donna Leonora, fille du marquis de Calatrava, s'apprête à fuir secrètement avec son amant Don Alvaro (fils du vice-roi du Mexique et d'une princesse Inca). Le marquis entre à l'improviste. Alvaro hésite à lever son arme contre le père de son amante et lance son pistolet. En tombant, le pistolet fait feu et le marquis est mortellement blessé. Mourant, il maudit sa fille. Don Carlo di Vargas, le frère de Leonora, décide de venger sa sœur et son fiancé de la mort de leur père. Dans la tourmente de la poursuite, Leonora et Alvaro se perdent l'un l'autre... Captation réalisée en direct en février 2007 au Teatro Comunale de Florence. Le livret de Francesco Piave est basé sur une pièce d'Ángel Saavedra (1791 - 1865), duc de Rivas, « Don Álvaro o la Fuerza del sino » (1835). L'intrigue de ce drame romantique repose entièrement sur des coïncidences, des hasards, des rencontres inattendues. En un mot, sur le destin.

Aida (2009) Metropolitan Opera. Verdi / Italian. Live from the Met 2009.

Early recordings of Franco Zeffirelli's 2006 production of Verdi's opera which saw Roberto Alagna's high-profile exit during the second performance. Egypt and Ethiopia are at war. Radames is appointed commander of the Egyptian forces by the King, whose daughter, Amneris, loves Radames. It is in fact Amneris' Ethiopian slave Aida whom Radames loves. Ramades wins the war against the Ethiopians, capturing Aida's father Amonasro in the process. On his return to Egypt he faces a choice between marrying Amneris or betraying his country through his love for Aida.

Part of Tutto Verdi series - Ernani (2005) Parma. 'Ernani' is an operatic dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play 'Hernani' by Victor Hugo. Ernani was first performed on 9 March 1844 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera recorded in 2009. Conductor Stefano Ranzani leads the orchestra and chorus of the Zurich Opera House, with performances by Argentinian tenor Jose Cura, Carlo Guelfi and Fiorenza Cedolins.

Giancarlo del Monaco's acclaimed new production elegantly intertwines Mascagni's and Leoncavallo's well-loved operas, masterpieces which brought new levels of realism into opera through their so-called verismo style.

Giuseppe Verdi's one prologue, three act opera featuring libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Arrigo Boito is performed before a live audience at Florence's Teatro Comunale in this release featuring the music of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under conductor Claudio Abbado, and starring Carlo Guelfi, Julian Konstantinov, and Karita Mattila.

American soprano Deborah Voigt takes the lead role in this production of Ponchielli's opera recorded live at Barcelona's Gran Teatre Del Liceu in 2005. With stage direction by Pier Luigi Pizzi, performers incude Elisabetta Fiorillo, Carlo Colombara, Ewa Podles and Carlo Guelfi, while Daniele Callegari conducts the Orchestra and Chorus.