La Traviata by Verdi, Amsterdam 2009 – Violetta Valéry: Marina Poplavskaya, Flora Bervoix: Fredrika Brillembourg, Annina : Diane Pilcher, Alfredo Germont: Ismael Jord. Dirigent: Paolo Carignani (2CDs).
Macbeth by Verdi, Paris 2009 – Dimitris Tiliakos : Macbeth, général, Ferruccio Furlanetto : Banquo, général, Violeta Urmana : Lady Macbeth, Letitia Singleton : Dame d’honneur de Lady Macbet. Direction : Teodor Currentzis (2CDs).
Aida by Verdi, Rome Opera Theater January 20, 2009 – Aida, Hui He – Amneris, Giovanna Casolla – Radames, Salvatore Licitra – Amonasro, Ambrogio Maestri – Ramfis, Carlo Colombara – Il Re, Carlo Striuli – Un messaggero, Angelo Casertano – Una sacerdotessa, Nicoletta Curiel. Daniel Oren, conductor (3CDs).
Il Trovatore by Verdi, MET February 28, 2009 – Count di Luna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) – Leonora, Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) – Azucena, Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) – Manrico, Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) – Ferrando, Kwangchul Youn (bass) – Ines, Maria Zifchak (soprano) – Ruiz, Eduardo Valdes (tenor). Gianandrea Noseda, conductor (3CDs – includes all commentary).
Simon Boccanegra by Verdi, Gran Teatre del Liceu Bercelona December 30, 2008 – Amelia Boccanegra: Krassimira Stoyanova – Gabriele d’Adorno: Neil Shicoff – Simon Boccanegra Anthony Michaels-Moore – Jacopo Fiesco: Giacomo Prestia – Paolo Albiani: Marco Vratogna. Paolo Carignani, conductor (2CD).
Falstaff by Verdi, Vlaamse Opera, Antwerpen December 18, 2008 – Bruno Caproni – Falstaff, Werner Van Mechelen – Ford, Ana Ibarra – Alice, Angélique Noldus – Meg Page, Elzbieta Ardam – Mrs Quickly, Barbara Bargnesi – Nanetta, Jeroen de Vaal – Fenton. Koor en Orkest van de Vlaamse Opera. Enrique Mazzola, conductor (2CD).
I Vespri siciliani by Verdi, Teatro Carlo Felice of Genova 2007 – Guido di Manforte, Franco Vassallo – Arrigo, Francisco Casanova – Giovanni da Procida, Orlin Anastassov – La Duchessa Elena, Sondra Radvanovsky. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova. Direttore, Renato Palumbo (3CD).
Don Carlo by Verdi, Teatro alla Scala 7 Dicembre 2008 – Filippo II, Ferruccio Furlanetto – Don Carlo, Stuart Neill – Rodrigo, Dalibor Jenis – Il grande inquisitore, TBA – Elisabetta di Valois, Fiorenza Cedolins – La Principessa Eboli, Dolora Zajick. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Direttore, Daniele Gatti (4CD).
Otello by Verdi, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 6 Dicembre 2008 – Otello, Aleksandrs Antonenko – Desdemona, Marina Poplavskaya – Jago, Giovanni Meoni – Lodovico, Giovanni Battista Parodi – Emilia, Barbara Di Castri – Cassio, Roberto Di Biasio. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. Direttore, Riccardo Muti (2CD).
Un ballo in maschera by Verdi, New York January 5, 2008 – Amelia, Michèle Crider – Riccardo, Salvatore Licitra – Renato, Dmitri Hvorostovsky – Ulrica, Stephanie Blythe – Oscar, Ofelia Sala. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor, Gianandrea Noseda (3CD).
Macbeth by Verdi, New York, January 12, 2008 – Macbeth, Zeljko Lucic – Lady Macbeth, Maria Guleghina – Banquo, John Relyea – Macduff, Dimitri Pittas – Malcolm, Russell Thomas. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor, James Levine (2CD).
La Traviata by Verdi, Covent Garden January 26, 2008 – Violetta Valery, Anna Netrebko (soprano) – Alfredo Germont, Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Flora Bervoix, Monika-Evelin Liiv (mezzo-soprano) – Marquis d’Obigny, Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone) – Baron Douphol, Eddie Wade (baritone) – Doctor Grenvil, Mark Beesley (bass). Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Maurizio Benini, conductor [...]
Otello by Verdi, MET March 1, 2008 – Otello, Johan Botha – Desdemona, Renée Fleming – Iago, Carlo Guelfi – Emilia, Wendy White – Cassio, Garrett Sorenson. Orchestra e Coro della Metropolitan Opera House. Conductor, Semyon Bychkov (2CD).
Ernani by Verdi, MET March 29, 2008 – Ernani – Marcello Giordani, Don Carlo – Thomas Hampson, Don Ruy Gomez de Silva – Ferruccio Furlanetto, Elvira – Sondra Rodvanovsky, Giovanna – Wendy White, Don Riccardo – Ryan Smith. Chor und Orchester der Metropolitan Opera. Conductor: Roberto Abbado (2CD).
Requiem by Verdi, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, May 11, 2008 – Ana Maria Martinez, Sopran – Yvonne Naef, Mezzosopran – Marius Brenciu, Tenor – Giorgio Surian, Bass. Europa Chor Akademie. SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg. Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling. (2CD)
La Traviata by Verdi, Lyric Opera of Chicago May 10, 2008 – Violetta: Renee Fleming, Alfredo: Matthew Polenzani, Giorgio Germont: Thomas Hampson, Flora: Buffy Baggott, Anina: Marjorie Owens, Marquis d’Obigni: Phillip Dothard, Baron Dufol: Phillip Kraus, Dr. Grenvil: Paul Corona, Gastone: David Portillo. Sir Colin Davis, Conductor (2CD).
Nabucco by Verdi, Teatro La Fenice October 19, 2008 – Nabucodonosor: Alberto Gazale, Ismaele: Roberto De Biasio, Zaccaria: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Abigaille: Paoletta Marrocu, Fenena: Anna Smirnova, Gran sacerdote: Francesco Musinu, Abdallo: Luca Casalin, Anna: Francesca Sassu. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice. Conductor: Renato Palumbo (2CD).
I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Verdi, Teatro San Carlo of Naples 2008 – Arvino, figlio di Folco, Signor de Rò – Tito Beltran, Pagano, fratello di Arvino – Ruggero Raimondi, Viclinda, moglie di Arvino – Maria Cioppi. Giselda, figlia di Arvino – Dimitra Theodossiou, Pirro, scudiero di Pagano – Enrico Iori. Chorus and Orchestra [...]
I due foscari by Verdi, Konzerthaus, May 19, 2008 – Francesco Foscari, doge di Venezia: Leo Nucci – Jacopo Foscari, suo figlio: Francisco Casanova – Lucrezia Contarini, sposa di Jacopo: Manon Feubel – Jacopo Loredano membro del Consiglio dei Dieci: Dan Paul Dumitrescu – Barbarigo senatore membro della Giunta: Jörg Schneider. Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor Bratislava. [...]
Messa da Requiem by Verdi, Musikverein June 8, 2008 – Barbara Frittoli, Sopran: Luciana D’Intino, Alt: Ramón Vargas, Tenor: Thomas Quasthoff, Bass. Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Wiener Philharmoniker. Riccardo Muti, conductor (2CD).
Don Carlo by Verdi, Opera Bastille Paris July 4, 2008 – Stefano Secco (tenor), Tamar Iveri (soprano), Elisabetta di Valois, Yvonne Naed (mezzo), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass), Mikhail Petrenko (bass). Choeur et Orchestre de l’Opera national de Paris. conductor : Teodor Currentzis (3CD).
Don Carlos by Verdi, Royal Opera House June 28, 2008 – Rolando Villazon (tenor), Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Paula Murrihy (soprano), Dmitri Tiliakos (baritone), Ferrucio Furlanetto (bass), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo-soprano). he Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Antonio Pappano, conductor (3CD).
Forza del destino by Verdi Staatsoper, Viena March 2008 – Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Salvatore Licitra, Alastair Miles, Nadia Krasteva. Zubin Mehta, conductor (3CD).
Simon Boccanegra by Verdi Wiener Staatsoper, September 27, 2008 – Leo Nucci, Roxana Briban, Giacomo Prestia, Mario Malagnini, Eijiro Kai, Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Florin Ormenisan, Donna Ellen. Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Yves Abel (2CD).
Otello by Verdi Salzburger Festspiele August 1, 2008 – Aleksandrs Antonenko, Marina Poplavskaya, Carlos Alvarez, Barbara di Castri, Stephen Costello, Antonello Ceron. Wiener Philharmoniker. Conductor: Riccardo Muti (2CD).
Aida by Verdi, Marion Oliver McCaw Hall Seattle, August 9, 2008 – Lisa Daltrius, Antonello Palombi, Stephanie Blythe, Charles Taylor, Luiz Ottavio Faria, Joseph Rawley. Orchestra and Chorus of Seattle Opera. Riccardo Frizza, conductor (2CD).
La Traviata by Verdi, Cincinnati Opera July 25, 2008 – Eglise Gutiérrez, Richard Leech, Philippe Rouillon, Brendan Tuohy, William McGraw. Cincinnati & Florida Grand Operas. Conductor, Edoardo Müller (2CD).
Otello by Verdi, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, September 6, 2008 – Stephen Gould, tenor – Krassimira Stoyanova, sopraan – Nicola Alaimo, bariton – Elena Zhidkova, mezzo-sopraan – Felipe Rojas, tenor. Radio Filharmonisch Orkest. Jaap van Zweden conductor (2CD).
Grand Théâtre de Genève, 26 June 2008 – Vittorio Grigolo, Anthony Michaels-Moore, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Nicolas Testé. Nicola Luisotti, conductor (3CD).
Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, March 8 2008 – Ana Maria Martinez, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Maria José Montiel, Andrzej Dobber (2CD).