The World's Most Romantic Operas / Gavazzeni, Ozawa, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Edmund Hurshell (Baritone)
• James King (Voice)
• Margaret Sjostedt (Voice)
• Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
• Elisabeth Höngen (Mezzo Soprano)
• Edith Mathis (Soprano)
• Ettore Bastianini (Baritone)
• Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
• Hilde Konetzni (Voice)
• Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone)
• Franco Corelli (Tenor)
• Renza Jotti (Soprano)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Carlo Cava (Bass)
• Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Carlo Meliciani (Baritone)
• Franco Lombardi (Tenor)
• Anna Pedrotti (Mezzo Soprano)
• Guido Mazzini (Bass)
• Fernando Jacopucci (Tenor)
• Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone)
• José Carreras (Voice)
• Rolando Panerai (Baritone)
• Antonio Zerbini (Bass)
• Ida Farina (Soprano)
• Giuseppe Morresi (Bass Baritone)
• Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Mario Filici (Voice)
• Gianni Maffeo (Baritone)
• Antonietta Stella (Voice)
• Elio Prisco (Bass)
• Mariella Adani (Soprano)
• Rita Talarico (Soprano)
• Shirley Verrett (Voice)
• Alessandro Maddalena (Bass)
• Franz Crass (Bass)
• Franco Calabrese (Bass)
• Donald Grobe (Tenor)
• Mario Frosini (Baritone)
• Curt Malm (Tenor)
• Nicola Vocals] (Bass)
• Klaus Hirte (Baritone)
• Carlo Forti (Bass)
• Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)

Conductors

• Bohm, Karl
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Maag, Peter
• Matacic, Lovro von
• Ozawa, Seiji
• Schippers, Thomas
• Verchi, Nino

Ensemble

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Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)

Notes & Reviews:

Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest love stories ever celebrated in song. Includes Donizetti's funny, tender, and utterly lovable L'elisir d'amore, Puccini's timeless La Boheme, Gluck's elegant Orfeo ed Euridice, Massenet's famous and popular Manon, Verdi's most beloved La Traviata, Giordano's masterpiece Andrea Chenier, and Beethoven's single and monumental opera, Fidelio.

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Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo

• Performers: Antonietta Stella (Voice); Mariella Adani (Soprano); Shirley Verrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 65 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Studio/Live: Live

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72

• Performers: Franz Crass (Bass); Donald Grobe (Tenor); Curt Malm (Tenor); Klaus Hirte (Baritone); Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone); James King (Voice); Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano); Edith Mathis (Soprano); Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 82 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806
• Studio/Live: Live

Donizetti, Gaetano : L'elisir d'amore, opera

• Performers: Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone); Renza Jotti (Soprano); Carlo Cava (Bass); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor); Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 104 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832
• Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata

• Performers: Carlo Meliciani (Baritone); Franco Lombardi (Tenor); Anna Pedrotti (Mezzo Soprano); Guido Mazzini (Bass); Fernando Jacopucci (Tenor); Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone); José Carreras (Voice); Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nino Verchi
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 104 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853
• Studio/Live: Live

Massenet, Jules : Manon

• Performers: Rolando Panerai (Baritone); Antonio Zerbini (Bass); Ida Farina (Soprano); Giuseppe Morresi (Bass Baritone); Franco Ricciardi (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Peter Maag
• Running Time: 84 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883
• Studio/Live: Live

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème

• Performers: Mario Filici (Voice); Gianni Maffeo (Baritone); Elio Prisco (Bass); Rita Talarico (Soprano); Alessandro Maddalena (Bass); Franco Calabrese (Bass); Mario Frosini (Baritone); Nicola Vocals] (Bass); Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 77 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896
• Studio/Live: Live

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier

• Performers: Carlo Forti (Bass); Edmund Hurshell (Baritone); Margaret Sjostedt (Voice); Elisabeth Höngen (Mezzo Soprano); Ettore Bastianini (Baritone); Hilde Konetzni (Voice); Franco Corelli (Tenor); Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lovro Matacic
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 95 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896
• Studio/Live: Live