Katarina Nikolić

Live recording at Parma Verdi Festival 6 October, 2008. Massimo Zanetti conducting Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma. Stage director Stefano Vizioli.

As the release of the ‘Tutto Verdi’ series from the Teatro Regio progresses, one has begun to have fears that the later Verdi operas will fail to measure up to the standards that have been set on DVD by productions from international houses across the globe. The issues of the early and middle period Verdi works have been welcome, because these pieces are so rarely encountered in the opera house; but with Macbeth and Luisa Miller we are coming to operas that have been performed by major artists in major productions with superb orchestras and conductors.

Ivan and Vera are a young married couple. Both successful in their work, they live in a luxurious villa with their daughters, Petra and Vanja. Aleksandar is their best friend, an architect, as well as Vera's work colleague, who regularly spends time with Ivan and Vera. Aleksanadar and Ivan are friends from childhood, they often go out to nightclubs where Ivan leads a double life. Everything will change one day when the surprising proposal Alexander makes to Ivan does havoc in their lives.