Giuseppe Verdi

Riccardo Muti conducts a fine cast in the powerful and atmospheric production of Verdi's ninth opera, whose story of the heroic tussle between Ezio, a Roman general, and Attila, the Nordic invader was written for the 1846 Teatro la Fenice season and premiered there to huge acclaim. Home use only.

"At the dress rehearsal for a Hollywood Bowl production of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore, opera star Gino d'Acosta is delayed in his dressing room by a swami who warns that if he sings the next day, he will die. Gino laughs at the prediction, but ballerina Diana, Gino's latest paramour, is worried, as is Louisa, Gino's former love. Gino's romantic entanglements have incurred the jealousy of Louisa, as well as the hatred of Louisa's husband, conductor...

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Stefania Bonfadelli, Scott Piper and Renato Bruson. Conducted by Placido Domingo.