Lucio Gallo

Puccini: Il Trittico (2012)

Il tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her lover Luigi, set aboard a barge on the Seine. Suor Angelica tells the story of the nun Angelica’s familial loss, sacrifice and suicide. Gianni Schicchi is an opera full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Jones
CAST:  Lucio Gallo  •  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Aleksandrs Antonenko  •  Ermonela Jaho

Il tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her lover Luigi, set aboard a barge on the Seine. Suor Angelica tells the story of the nun Angelica’s familial loss, sacrifice and suicide. Gianni Schicchi is an opera full ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Jones
CAST:  Lucio Gallo  •  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Aleksandrs Antonenko  •  Ermonela Jaho

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (2011)

This excellent Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray DVD was made during a Metropolitan Opera company performance of “La Fanciulla del West” in December 2010. The performance marked the centenary of the world premiere of the opera at the old Metropolitan Opera in 1910 with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Willis Sweete  •  Giancarlo Del Monaco
CAST:  Deborah Voigt  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Marcello Giordani  •  Tony Stevenson

This excellent Deutsche Grammophon Blu-ray DVD was made during a Metropolitan Opera company performance of “La Fanciulla del West” in December 2010. The performance marked the centenary of the world premiere of the opera at the old Metropolitan Opera in 1910 with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Willis Sweete  •  Giancarlo Del Monaco
CAST:  Deborah Voigt  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Marcello Giordani  •  Tony Stevenson

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (2002)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Battistoni  •  Peter Stein
CAST:  Carlo Guelfi  •  Julian Konstantinov  •  Karita Mattila  •  Vincenzo La Scola

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Battistoni  •  Peter Stein
CAST:  Carlo Guelfi  •  Julian Konstantinov  •  Karita Mattila  •  Vincenzo La Scola

Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 (2008)

Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katharina Thalbach
CAST:  Roberto Saccà  •  Melanie Diener  •  Alfred Muff  •  Sandra Trattnigg

Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katharina Thalbach
CAST:  Roberto Saccà  •  Melanie Diener  •  Alfred Muff  •  Sandra Trattnigg

La Fanciulla Del West (2009)

La Fanciulla del West by Puccini, the first western lyric opera, was performed in Amsterdam in 2009, staged by Nikolaus Lehnhoff. In this version, which is now available on medici.tv, the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest is conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Eva Maria ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Lehnhoff
CAST:  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Zoran Todorovich  •  Roman Sadnik

La Fanciulla del West by Puccini, the first western lyric opera, was performed in Amsterdam in 2009, staged by Nikolaus Lehnhoff. In this version, which is now available on medici.tv, the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest is conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Eva Maria ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Lehnhoff
CAST:  Eva-Maria Westbroek  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Zoran Todorovich  •  Roman Sadnik

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CAST:  Lucio Gallo  •  Zoran Todorovich  •  Eva-Maria Westbroek

Verdi: Otello (2014)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Mancini
CAST:  Gregory Kunde  •  Carmela Remigio  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Elisabetta Martorana

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Mancini
CAST:  Gregory Kunde  •  Carmela Remigio  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Elisabetta Martorana

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CAST:  Ferruccio Furlanetto  •  Lucio Gallo  •  Gregory Kunde  •  Nuccia Focile

A Verdi Gala from Berlin (2002)

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Recorded in 2000, the program includes excerpts from the composer's "La Traviata," "Falstaff," ...  (more)

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CAST:  Andrea Rost  •  Claudio Abbado  •  Ramón Vargas  •  Berliner Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this gala New Year's Eve performance, organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Recorded in 2000, the program includes excerpts from the composer's "La Traviata," "Falstaff," ...  (more)

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CAST:  Andrea Rost  •  Claudio Abbado  •  Ramón Vargas  •  Berliner Philharmoniker

Gianni Schicchi - Puccini (2011)

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CAST:  Lucio Gallo  •  Francesco Demuro  •  Ekaterina Siurina

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Lucio Gallo  •  Francesco Demuro  •  Ekaterina Siurina

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West (Torre del Lago) (2005)

The 51st Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago opened with a new production of an opera that is perhaps the composer‘s most underestimated work: “La Fanciulla del West” – often dismissed as a mere „western opera“. The musical director was Alberto Veronesi, artistic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Stefanutti
CAST:  Daniela Dessì  •  Fabio Armiliato  •  Lucio Gallo

The 51st Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago opened with a new production of an opera that is perhaps the composer‘s most underestimated work: “La Fanciulla del West” – often dismissed as a mere „western opera“. The musical director was Alberto Veronesi, artistic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Stefanutti
CAST:  Daniela Dessì  •  Fabio Armiliato  •  Lucio Gallo