PUCCINI OPERAS
(6-DVD Box Set)

Mimí - Inva Mula
Musetta - Laura Giordano
Rodolfo - Aquiles Machado
Marcello - Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Schaunard - David Menéndez
Colline - Felipe Bou
Parpignol - Gonzalo Fernández de Terán
Benoît - Juan Tomás Martínez
Alcindoro - Alfredo Mariotti
Customs Sergeant - Federico Gallar
Customs Officer - Mario Villoria
Street Seller - Francisco Pardo

Madrid Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Jordi Casas Bayer)
Jesús López-Cobos, conductor

Giancarlo del Monaco, stage director
Michael Scott, set and costume designer
Wolfgang von Zoubek, lighting designer

Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid, March 2006

TOSCA

Floria Tosca - Daniela Dessì
Mario Cavaradossi - Fabio Armiliato
Baron Scarpia - Ruggero Raimondi
Cesare Angelotti - Marco Spotti
Sacristan - Miguel Sola
Spoletta - Emilio Sanchez
Sciarrone - Josep Miquel Ribot
Gaoler - Francisco Santiago
Shepherd - Eliana Bayon

Madrid Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Martin Merry)
Maurizio Benini, conductor

Nuria Espert, stage director
Ezio Frigerio, set designer
Franca Squarciapino, costume designer
Vinicio Cheli, lighting designer

Recorded live from the Teatro Real de Madrid, 19 and 22 January 2004

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Madama Butterfly / Cio-Cio-San - Cheryl Barker
B.F. Pinkerton - Martin Thompson
Suzuki - Catherine Keen
Sharpless - Richard Stilwell
Kate Pinkerton - Anneleen Bijnen
Goro - Peter Blanchet
Prince Yamadori - Roger Smeets
Lo zio Bonzo - Andrzej Saciuk
Yakusidé - Harry Teeuwen
Il commissario imperiale - Bart Driessen
Official registrar - John van Halteren
Butterfly’s mother - Hiroko Mogaki
Butterfly’s aunt - Janine Scheepers
Butterfly’s cousin - Vesna Miletic

Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Edo De Waart, conductor

Robert Wilson, stage director, set and lighting designer
Frida Parmeggiani, costume designer

Recorded live at the Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, 2003

Bonus:
- Cast galleries
- Illustrated synopses
- Interviews with cast and creatives

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish (all) + Italian (La Bohème) + Dutch (Madama Butterfly)
Running time: 6 hrs 36 mins (opera) + 116 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 6 (x1 DVD 5 + x5 DVD 9)