Ambrogio Maestri
Actor · b. 1970
Ambrogio Maestri came from Pavia where he studied singing and piano. In 2001, he made his sensational debut at the Milan Scala performing Falstaff, under the direction of Riccardo Muti. From then on, he was invited to perform with the most important conductors in the most renowned international stages. E.g. among others, the Scala, the Met, Covent Garden, the Opéra de Paris, Salzburg, Verona, Munich, Zurich and Berlin. Other important Verdi roles include Don Carlo di Vargas (La forza del destino), Jago (Otello), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Giorgio Germont (La traviata), Conte di Luna (Il trovatore), Amonasro (Aida) as well as the leading roles in Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto and Nabucco. Furthermore, Maestri has celebrated success as Dulcamara, Tonio, Alfio and Scarpia. Most recent performances have taken him to Verona, Barcelona, Milan, Verona, Tokyo, New York and Munich. He made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2004 with the leading role in Falstaff, and has since also sung works like Amonasro, Dulcamara, Nabucco, Alfio and Tonio in the house on the ring. http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Maestri.en.php
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Movie6.4DramaFantasyAn aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghosts.
Movie6.5MusicAs comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldom is the lead tenor making his double role debut as Turiddu and Canio on the same evening. At the 2015 Salzburg Easter Festival, Jonas Kaufmann did just that to rapturous praise. Universally hailed as a coup for Kaufmann, the plaudits were also showered on Philipp Stölzl for his innovative staging which includes live video projections while referencing the era of black-and-white movies.
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
2015 · 2 votes
Movie8.0MusicIn England, at Windsor during the reign of Henry IV of England (1399–1413). Sir John Falstaff, also known as ‘Il Pancione’ (the Potbelly), has two identical love letters sent out, one to Meg Page and the other to Alice Ford, then delivers a sarcastic lecture on honour to his servants Bardolfo and Pistola. In Ford’s garden, his wife Alice and her friend Meg notice the similarity between Falstaff’s letters and decide to take revenge on him by pretending that Alice is receiving him at home whilst Ford is away. ‘Falstaff’ is a three-act opera buffa by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ and ‘Henry IV’, Parts I and II. It premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala in Milan and on 18 April 1894 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. It was the last opera composed by the composer, then aged 80. Taken from the 27-opera Verdi box set “Tutto Verdi”. Recorded live at the Teatro Regio in Parma on 10, 12, 15, 22 and 25 October 2011.
Verdi: Falstaff
2011 · 1 votes
Movie7.0MusicTV MovieThe famos Double Feature of Verismo at La Scala with Daniel Harding conducting from February 2011
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci - Teatro alla Scala
2011 · 1 votes
Movie10.0MusicComedyAnna Netrebko as the beautiful and wealthy Adina leads the cast in Barlett Sher’s production of Donizetti’s charming comedy, first seen on Opening Night of the Met’s 2012–13 season. Matthew Polenzani is Nemorino, the poor but good-hearted country boy who wins her love—with the help of the magic “elixir” sold by the quack Dulcamara, played by Ambrogio Maestri. Mariusz Kwiecien is the swaggering Sergeant Belcore and Maurizio Benini conducts.
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
2012 · 1 votes
Movie9.0MusicIn its most ambitious effort yet to bring the joy and artistry of opera to audiences everywhere during the Met’s closure, the company presented an unprecedented virtual At-Home Gala, featuring more than 40 leading artists performing in a live stream from their homes all around the world.
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaMusicThe grand scale and magnificent acoustics of the Roman arena in Verona are ideally suited to the pageantry of Verdi's Egyptian opera, presented here in a staging that is true to the original 1913 production, framed by obelisks and sphinxes and filled with chorus and dancers. Chinese soprano Hui He has won international acclaim for her portrayal of the eponymous slave girl whose forbidden love for the war hero Radamés (Marco Berti, the experienced Verdi tenor) brings death to them both.
Aida - Arena di Verona
2013 · 1 votes
MovieMusicFeatures a great cast: Ambrogio Maestri is one of the finest Falstaffs of our time. The Italian baritone brings a powerful, versatile voice to his role, but also brings his character a hilarious buffo quality. Daniele Gatti, one of the most acclaimed opera conductors working today, leads a stunning cast of singers including Barbara Fritolli as Alice Ford. Genuinely warm italianita in all of the music-making, combined with a boisterous production by stage director Sven-Eric Bechtolf, turns Verdis commedia lirica into a fireworks display of high spirits as well as what the Neue Zürcher Zeitung called musically and dramaturgically a feast of life and of love of life.
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To celebrate the 100 years of the festival Arena di Verona and the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, two separate productions of Aida were staged. This modern version was staged by La Fura dels Baus.
Verdi: Aida - Arena di Verona 2013
2013 · 1 votes
Movie8.0MusicMusic Director James Levine conducts his first new Met production after a two-year absence: Robert Carsen’s hit staging of Verdi’s great human comedy. Ambrogio Maestri is an ideal Falstaff, leading an extraordinary ensemble cast of veteran and up-and-coming Met stars, including Angela Meade (Alice), Stephanie Blythe (Mistress Quickly), Franco Vasallo (Ford), and Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg). Lisette Oropesa and Paolo Fanale are the young lovers, Nannetta and Fenton.
Verdi: Falstaff
2013 · 1 votes
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Live Paris 2006
L'Elisir d'Amore
2006