Barbara Frittoli

The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito (2012)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's dramatic production brings ancient Rome to life for this gripping tale of revenge, terror, and attempted murder. Giuseppe Filianoti is the Emperor Tito who chooses Servilia to be his Empress. But when she tells him she is already in ...

Falstaff (Zurich) (2012)

Features a great cast: Ambrogio Maestri is one of the finest Falstaffs of our time. The Italian baritone brings a powerful, versatile voice to his role, but also brings his character a hilarious buffo quality. Daniele Gatti, one of the most acclaimed opera ...

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni (2011)

Imbuing the familiar Don Juan myth with a captivating combination of comedy, seductiveness, danger, and damnation, Mozart created an enduring masterpiece that has been a cornerstone of the repertory since its 1787 premiere. The opera offers a rare opportun ...

Mozart: Don Giovanni (2011)

Don Juan sins with his servant and is doomed in this tragicomic opera. ...

Le Nozze di Figaro (2010)

Bizet: Carmen (2010)

Richard Eyre's stunning new production of Bizet's opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year's Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the cast as the iconic gypsy of the title—a woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to he ...

Le Nozze di Figaro (2009)

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (2009)

Le Nozze di Figaro New Production Teatro Real in co-production with Bilbao's ABAO and Las Palmas Teatro Pérez Galdós. From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi's classic, triumphant production brings to life all the elegan ...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (2008)

Riccardo Muti leads the Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper in this performance of Mozart's opera, recorded live in 1996. The performers include Barbara Frittoli, Angelika Kirchschlager, Angelika Kirchschlager and Michael Schade. ...

Il Trittico (2008)

Juan Pons, Barbara Frittoli, Mariana Lipovsek, and Leo Nucci star in this 2008 La Scala production of the Puccini trilogy (Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi) conducted by Riccardo Chailly. ...

Massenet Thais (2008)

There's an uncompromising clarity to Blu-ray audio and video that really does bring the splendour of grand opera right into the living room. So it's all the more frustrating to get a compromised production as the final product. Jules Massenet's 1894 traged ...

Puccini's Il trittico (2007)

Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (2007)

Ruggero Raimondi and Barbara Frittoli star in this 2006 production of the Verdi opera with Zubin Mehta conducting the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Giuseppe Verdi's last opera is given new life in this production by Luca Ronconi. Utilizing the sights and so ...

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2005)

Lovely but lethal, the evil Princess Turandot comes to life through the performance of Luana De Vol in this visually stunning production of Giacomo Puccini's Peking-set opera directed by Nuria Espert and conducted by Giuliano Carella. In this 2004 performa ...

Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon (2003)

Live from La Scala Wednesday 10 December 2003 ...

Falstaff (La Scala) (2002)

Verdi's opera, performed by the choir and orchestra of the La Scala theatre under Riccardo Muti. ...

Gran Gala di Verdi (2001)

Il Trovatore - Teatro alla Scala (2001)

In 2001, the centenary of Verdi's death was commemorated around the world, especially in the composer's homeland, Italy, where he died on January 27th 1901. La Scala in Milan, where many of Verdi's greatest works were premiered, marked the anniversary by p ...

Falstaff (2000)

The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in un ...

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (1999)

Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zhang Yimou. The opera was performed by Giovanna Casolla, Audrey Stottler, and Sharon Sweet alternating as Princess Turandot; Kristján Jóhannsson, Sergej La ...