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Andrea Battistoni

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New Video Release of Verdis Controversial Opera Stiffelio!A Powerhouse Performance by That Amazing Young Conductor, Battistoni!!The performances of the young singers are also worth watching.With Japanese subtitles!A new 2012 video recording is now available for *Stiffelio*, an opera considered one of the most controversial in Verdis entire oeuvre. *Stiffelio* premiered in Trieste in November 1850. Composed just four months before the masterpiece *Rigoletto*, Verdis music is, of course, superb. The problem lies in the plot. When the infidelity of Lina, the wife of the Protestant pastor Stiffelio, is revealed, Stiffelio is torn between his faith and righteous indignation. Amid the tragic circumstances in which her lover is killed by Linas father, Stiffelio forgives his wifes sin. Due to its somber subject matter and the fact that the protagonist is a clergyman, the opera failed to gain popul