Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco[2 CD];

A dream team: Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo and Giuseppe Verdi! Giovanna d Arco was recorded live during the critically acclaimed performances of 2013 Salzburg Festival

Full of melodies, passion and pathos, Giovanna d Arco, Verdis take on the Joan of Arc story and its legendary heroine, is regarded as one of the great composer s early masterpieces

Domingo is a marvel The King of Opera (Die Presse). Widely hailed as the greatest Verdi tenor of his day, even as a baritone, with his distinctive bronze vocal timbre, musical intelligence and sense of poetry, he remains one of our most compelling Verdi interpreters

Young Italian tenor, Francesco Meli is one of the rising stars of Bel canto

Renowned Verdi and Bel Canto maestro Paolo Carignani coaxes idiomatic style and flair from the Salzburg forces