Verdi: La Forza/Urmana DVD

Set designer Ezio Frigerio and costumer Franca Squarciapino have designed a gorgeous, traditional, plush Forza for Florence’s May Festival (originally for the Zurich opera), much

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Verdi: Oberto DVD

Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (1839), is a genuine rarity, seldom performed onstage. The score is full of catchy arias, choruses, and

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