Gregory Bonfatti

A comic-fantastic opera by Tchaikovsky, also known as Cherevichki. In a small Ukrainian village, the devil decides to steal the moon to revenge himself on his enemy, Vakula the smith.

Part of Tutto Verdi series - I due Foscari (2009) Parma

The caption on the DVD sleeve reads “This Is how Verdi should be played!” and I could not agree more. The trio of principals: Ribeiro, Lungu, and Dalla Benetta , offer youthful exhuberance and intensity, good looks and glorious voices. The rest of the cast is equally good. Superb conductor, traditional production, great staging. Anf of course, Verdi’s exquisite music. It has renovated my faith in the totality of the Verdi canon, not only its most performed titles.

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.

Opéra bouffe (opéra buffa) en quatre actes de W.A. Mozart, mise en scène David McVicar, Royal Opera Chorus sous la direction de William Spaulding, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House dirigé par Antonio Pappano, interprété par Ricardo Fassi, basse (Figaro), Giulia Semenzato, soprano (Susanna), German E. Alcantara, baryton (Comte Almaviva), Federica Lombardi, soprano (Comtesse Almaviva), Hanna Hipp, mezzo-soprano (Chérubin), Gregory Bonfatti, ténor (Basile)... Antonio Pappano introduces "The Marriage of Figaro". Antonio Pappano and David McVicar discuss "The Marriage of Figaro". Cast Gallery..

Diana Damrau, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli, Marcella Orsatti Talamanca, and Monica Bacelli star in this La Scala production of the Mozart opera conducted by Gerard Korsten and directed by Giorgio Strehler.

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.

Production of the Teatro San Carlo, 2024. Turandot can be considered Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece, being his last and unfinished opera, which tells the story of the beautiful and cruel Chinese princess Turandot, who subjects her suitors to a test consisting of solving three riddles, awaiting death if they are not able to do so.