Irina Lungu

Carmen (2014)

High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and sung by an international cast of excellent singers: Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Carlo Ventre and Carlos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Zeffirelli  •  Andy Sommer
CAST:  Ekaterina Semenchuck  •  Irina Lungu  •  Carlo Ventre  •  Carlos Álvarez

High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and sung by an international cast of excellent singers: Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Carlo Ventre and Carlos ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Zeffirelli  •  Andy Sommer
CAST:  Ekaterina Semenchuck  •  Irina Lungu  •  Carlo Ventre  •  Carlos Álvarez

Faust | ROH | (2019)

Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: he will give him youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, if Faust hands over his soul. Faust ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Michael Fabiano  •  Erwin Schrott  •  Irina Lungu  •  Stéphane Degout

Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: he will give him youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, if Faust hands over his soul. Faust ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Michael Fabiano  •  Erwin Schrott  •  Irina Lungu  •  Stéphane Degout

Rigoletto - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (2014)

In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence produced the composer's colorful masterpiece Rigoletto for the first time in its history. Verdi expert Gianandrea Noseda conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a production that ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  George Gagnidze  •  Irina Lungu  •  Arturo Chacón-Cruz  •  Gábor Bretz

In celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday in 2013, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence produced the composer's colorful masterpiece Rigoletto for the first time in its history. Verdi expert Gianandrea Noseda conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a production that ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  George Gagnidze  •  Irina Lungu  •  Arturo Chacón-Cruz  •  Gábor Bretz

Il viaggio a Reims - Barcelona (2017)

The Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2017/2018 season opened with Rossini’s dramma giocoso Il viaggio a Reims, the “event piece” written exclusively for the coronation of France’s Charles X in Reims in 1825. Apart from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Sagi
CAST:  Sabina Puértolas  •  Ruth Iniesta  •  Irina Lungu  •  Maite Beaumont

The Gran Teatre del Liceu’s 2017/2018 season opened with Rossini’s dramma giocoso Il viaggio a Reims, the “event piece” written exclusively for the coronation of France’s Charles X in Reims in 1825. Apart from the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emilio Sagi
CAST:  Sabina Puértolas  •  Ruth Iniesta  •  Irina Lungu  •  Maite Beaumont

Il corsaro (2008)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Mancini  •  Lamberto Puggelli
CAST:  Bruno Ribeiro  •  Andrea Papi  •  Luca Salsi  •  Silvia Dalla Benetta

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tiziano Mancini  •  Lamberto Puggelli
CAST:  Bruno Ribeiro  •  Andrea Papi  •  Luca Salsi  •  Silvia Dalla Benetta

Don Giovanni (2018)

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DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Simone Alberghini  •  Irina Lungu  •  Adrian Sâmpetrean

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DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Simone Alberghini  •  Irina Lungu  •  Adrian Sâmpetrean

The Royal Opera House: Faust

Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: he will give him youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, if Faust hands over his soul. Faust ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Michael Fabiano  •  Irina Lungu  •  Erwin Schrott  •  Stéphane Degout

Disillusioned with life, the aged philosopher Faust calls upon Satan to help him. The devil Méphistophélès appears and strikes a bargain with the philosopher: he will give him youth and the love of the beautiful Marguerite, if Faust hands over his soul. Faust ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Michael Fabiano  •  Irina Lungu  •  Erwin Schrott  •  Stéphane Degout

La bohème – Opéra de Monte Carlo (2020)

In the cold of winter, an exuberant poet lives in poverty with his three bohemian flatmates. His heart is warmed when he falls in love with his fragile neighbour, but then her illness takes a turn for the worse. In Opéra de Monte Carlo's production of Puccini’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Grinda
CAST:  Irina Lungu  •  Mariam Battistelli  •  Andeka Gorrotxategi  •  Davide Luciano

In the cold of winter, an exuberant poet lives in poverty with his three bohemian flatmates. His heart is warmed when he falls in love with his fragile neighbour, but then her illness takes a turn for the worse. In Opéra de Monte Carlo's production of Puccini’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Grinda
CAST:  Irina Lungu  •  Mariam Battistelli  •  Andeka Gorrotxategi  •  Davide Luciano