Giuseppe Verdi, Fabio Luisi, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Ramón Vargas, Marina Mescheriakova, Jana Iliev, Jovo Reljin, Slobodan Stankovic, Wolfgang Barta Paolo Gavanelli - Verdi

Love, jealousy, vengeance, and forgiveness are the core emotions in this, the eighth of Verdi's 28 operas.

Alzira is based on a play by Voltaire.

What it lacks in fully developed, rounded characters and extended arias, it makes up in swift, sharply focused dramatic power.