Autograph, the 25th anniversary box was released by Warner Classics on April 6. I saw it in Arcadia, in Vienna, but non of those boxes was open so I could see what's inside. Now my curiosity is satisfied. Each of the 8 CDs and the DVD has a nice cover.
We have: CD1 - Femmes fatales - arias from Carmen, Samson et Dalila, Manon and Manon Lescaut CD2 - Puccini heroines - arias from Madama Butterfly and Turandot CD3 - Daughters - arias from Simon Boccanegra, Rigoletto, Romeo et Juliette, Werther, Le Cid, Louise and Gianni Schicchi CD4 - From Baroque to Belcanto - arias from Il Pompeo, Rinaldo, Paride ed Elena, Le Nozze di Figaro, Medea, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Norma, La Sonnambula, I Puritani, Anna Bolena, Lucia di Lammermoor CD5 - Verdi: opera, oratorio and songs - arias from La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo, Aida, Requiem CD6 - Verismo - arias from Pagliacci, L'Amico Fritz, La Boheme, La Fanciulla del West, La Rondine, Suor Angelica, Turandot, Andrea Chenier, Adriana Lecouvreur, La Wally CD7 - French arias and melodies and Romanian Songs - arias from Faust, Carmen and Romanian songs and Christmas carols CD8 - Angela Gheorhgiu - an interview portrait, documentary by Jon Tolansky DVD - arias from Puccini, Verdi and an interview with Franco Zeffirelli
It's available for order on all European Amazons. The US fans have to wait a little bit more, the box will be released at the end of the month. But they can preorder already.
