Composers: Verdi
Compositions: Stiffelio
Performers: Luciano Ganci t, Maria Katzarava s, Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra & Chorus/Guillermo García Calvo
Catalogue Number: Naxos 2110590 (DVD) NBD0084V (Blu-ray)

British director Graham Vick has been challenging opera aficionados with his thought-provoking productions for four decades now, and to judge by recent reviews from Birmingham, where he currently holds the reins as Artistic Director, he’s still going strong. This typically no-holds-barred staging of Stiffelio from Parma’s Festival Verdi, a co-production with Teatro Comunale di Bologna, won awards and set tongues wagging in 2017 and comes up surprisingly well on DVD despite the enormous challenges...