A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

Album Summary

Performers Conductors Ensemble
  • >
Composers

Notes & Reviews:

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer for the opera beginner, giving a taste of the humor, tragedy, intimacy, spectacle, and all-around splendor that make up "a night at the opera."



Reviews

There are currently no reviews, be the first one!
Login or Create an Account to write a review
 

Also Purchased



Previous


Next


Works Details

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
  • Performers: Willy Caron (Bass); Zoltan Kelemen (Bass); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Paolo Montarsolo (Bass); Elizabeth Harwood (Voice); Jane Berbié (Voice); Elke Schary (Mezzo Soprano); Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Michel Sénéchal (Voice); Tom Krause (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Herbert Karajan
  • Running Time: 80 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1786
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata
  • Performers: Carlo Meliciani (Baritone); Franco Lombardi (Tenor); Fernando Jacopucci (Tenor); Renata Scotto (Soprano); Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone); Guido Mazzini (Bass); Anna Pedrotti (Mezzo Soprano); José Carreras (Voice)
  • Conductor: Nino Verchi
  • Notes: Composition written: 1853.
  • Running Time: 105 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1853
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera
  • Performers: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone); Josella Ligi (Soprano); Piero de Palma (Tenor); Martina Arroyo (Soprano); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass); Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Luigi Roni (Bass)
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Notes: Composition written: 1871.
  • Running Time: 121 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1871
  • Studio/Live: Live

>Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera
  • Performers: Anne Pashley (Soprano); Teresa Cahill (Soprano); Francis Egerton (Tenor); John Dobson (Tenor); Richard van Allan (Bass Baritone); Thomas Allen (Baritone); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Placido Domingo (Tenor); Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano); Shirley Verrett (Voice)
  • Conductor: Sir Solti
  • Running Time: 139 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1873-1874
  • Studio/Live: Live

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

>Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly
  • Performers: Silvio Maionica (Bass); Vito Susca (Bass); Renata Scotto (Soprano); Renato Cioni (Tenor); Luciana Palombi (Mezzo Soprano); Franco Ricciardi (Tenor); Franca Mattiucci (Mezzo Soprano); Alberto Rinaldi (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Arturo Basile
  • Notes: Composition written: 1904.
  • Running Time: 117 min. 11 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1904
  • Studio/Live: Live