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

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Album Summary

Performers

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

Conductors

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

Ensemble

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Composers

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

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