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Verdi: Attila

Ildebrando D´Arcangelo is “perfect for the serious Verdi roles”, Fabio Sartori has a voice of immense brilliance”.

Verdi´s opera Attila takes as its starting point Attila’s plans to storm Rome with his army of Huns and the Romans’ attempts to prevent him. As with Nabucco and I Lombardi, Verdi spiced up the action with a number of patriotic choruses, guaranteeing that – against the background of the Italian movement for unification – the opera was a great success.

“Michele Mariotti owes much to the fact that this evening became a celebration of voices“(Opern-Kritik). Ildebrando D´Arcangelo is “perfect for the serious Verdi roles”, Fabio Sartori has a voice of immense brilliance” (Opern-Kritik), “Simone Piazzola was an impressive Ezio” (theoperacritic.com) and “the real warrior of this Attila is the soprano Maria Jose’ Siri … with her voice, touching each primordial sentiment in every note of the opera, she commanded ‘Attention’ from everybody.” (La Repubblica)

Original title Verdi: Attila
Genre Opera
Recording location Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2016
Duration 116 minutes
Production Company A co-production of RAI and Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Orchestra / Band Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conductor Michele Mariotti
Choir Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Chorus Master Andrea Faidutti
Stage Director Daniele Abbado
Soloist Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Simone Piazzola, Maria José Siri, Fabio Sartori