“This is how Verdi should be played” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on TUTTO VERDI). On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, the Teatro Regio di Parma and UNITEL CLASSICA have joined forces to realize a truly unique project: All of the composer’s 26 operas, as well as the Requiem, were performed and audiovisually recorded in and around Parma. For the first time ever Verdi’s operatic oeuvre, which comprises the labor of more than 50 years, is available in High Definition and Surround Sound. Available for each of the 26 Tutto Verdi operas are also short INTRODUCTIONS with a length of ten minutes each, which not only tell us the storyline of the respective opera work, point out the musical highlights and references, but also put the same into personal and historical context. The TUTTO VERDI projects also includes the DOCUMENTARY “Verdi’s Backyard” by Sergej Grguric – Length 52’ – Cat. no. A00550001
Verdi’s Backyard
The documentary introduces us to the beautiful “homeland” of Verdi, the region of Parma. From the little village called Le Roncole in the vicinity of Parma, where Verdi was born, to the estate close to Parma, to which Verdi – despite the great triumphs he celebrated in Milan, Venice, Naples and other major cities – always came back to and chose to spend the most time of his life. We get to know how Verdi “lives on” in the region and has even formed the area – from the everyday life of a simple
peasant to the life of one of the biggest opera stars in the world – Leo Nucci, whom is a regular guest at the Verdi Festival in Parma.