Veriano Luchetti

Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of t…

I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact…

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so,…

Piero Cappuccilli and Shirley Verrett lead Verdi’s sombre masterpiece, drawn from one of Shakespear…

Abbado wholly vindicates Verdi’s intentions through his feeling for the shape of a whole scene, for…