Nicolai Ghiaurov - autor

Don Carlo has an unusual place in Verdi s canon: it is one of his greatest operas, yet one of the least performed. Originally written in French as Don Carlos for the Paris Opéra in 1867, it is more often heard today translated back into Italian, as...

Produced in March 1842, Nabucco was Verdi s first triumph with the public and (most) critics, establishing him as a great composer. The audience at the premiere went mad with enthusiasm and demanded an encore of the chorus Va, pensiero. Va, pensiero...

A fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble Prayer of Moses, but neglected in the 20th century along with the rest of Rossini s non-comic operas. This 1968 revival in Munich with an international cast of major-name singers...