For Verdi’s 200-year anniversary Arthaus Musik will release the third DVD Edition with classic Verdi opera productions. The box set contains a legendary Ballo in Maschera starring Plácido Domingo, Georg Solti conducting, La Traviata with Angela Gheorghiu in her finest role as well as La Forza del Destino from Florence with Violeta Urmana and Carlo Guelfi.

Sound Format: PCM Stereo (Un Ballo in Maschera) / + DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 (La Forza del Destino, La Traviata) Picture Format: 4:3 (Un Ballo in Maschera) / 16:9 (La Forza del Destino, La Traviata)

DVD Format: 4 x DVD 9 / NTSC

Subtitle Languages: IT (Original Language),

GB, DE, FR, ES (La Forza del Destino, La Traviata) / + CN (Un Ballo in Maschera)

Running Time: 336 mins

FSK: 0

Artists

Plácido Domingo (Gustavo III), Leo Nucci (Count Anckarström), Josephine Barstow (Amelia) & Florence Quivar (Madame Arvidson), Violeta Urmana (Leonora), Carlo Guelfi (Don Carlo), Marcello Giordani (Don Alvaro), Julia Gertseva (Preziosilla), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Padre Guardiano), Bruno De Simone (Fra Melitone), Antonella Trevisan (Curra), Carlo Bosi (Trabuco), Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Ramón Vargas (Alfredo), Roberto Frontali (Germont), Natasha Petrinsky (Flora), Tiziana Tramonti (Annina), Enrico Cossutta (Gastone), Luigi Roni (Grenvil), Alessandro Paliaga (Douphol), Piero Terranova (Marchese d'Obigny)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Chorus and Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of The Teatro Alla Scala, Sir Georg Solti (conductor) & John Schlesinger (director), Zubin Mehta (conductor) & Nicolas Joël (director), Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Liliana Cavani (director)