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Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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Boito: Mefistofele, opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-05-31

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano

Gifted as both a writer and a musician, Arrigo Boito wrote the libretto to his own opera Mefistofele. Based on Goethe's Faust, Mefistofele is the...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Italy (01/27/2008)....continue...

Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Graeme Kay: Beniamino Gigli; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Monte, Toti Dal; Tomei, Giulio; Zamboni, Maria

Gigli was born to sing, and he used records, broadcasts and film to promote his music and career way beyond the confines of the opera...continue...

A Date with the Devil - Berlioz, Liszt, et al / Samuel Ramey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Franz Liszt: Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté P...
Performers: Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius

The distinguished American bass Samuel Ramey, whom 'Time Magazine' referred to as 'a basso of extraordinary dramatic and lyric gifts' presents the Devil in various...continue...