Boito, Arrigo

Lyric and Coloratura Arias - by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea, Spontini, Giordan, Meyerbeer at al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Domingo Conducts Milnes! Milnes Conducts Domingo!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Piet...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Doreen; Temperley, Jean; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/14/1972-08/16/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/18/1972-08/19/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great ...continue...

Erwin Schrott: Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi; Attila; Arrigo Boito: Mefist...
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Grun, Maria [Cello]; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Rustioni, Daniele

Recording information: ORF, Vienna, Austria (03/11/2012-04/25/2012)....continue...

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlo; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Guilla...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

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...

Hommage / Joseph Rouleau, bass

3 CD / Analekta / 2011-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Claudio Monteverdi: Work(s); Gabriel Fauré: Tristesse, Op. ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baril, Louise-Andree; Dobson, John; Glossop, Peter; Jasmin, Pierre; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Pelletier, Colombe; Prevedi, Bruno; Reiner, Charles; Rouleau, Joseph; ...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello

Whatever he does, and wherever he goes, whether singing or sharing the memories of an enviable career, Joseph Rouleau is filled with a contagious fervor....continue...

Verismo Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci; Pi...
Performers: Della, Cristina; Feola, Rosa; Kaufmann, Jonas; Reale, Cristina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian verismo tradition to sing arias that define opera's most passionate and vulnerable leading men. Kaufmann's international reputation is soaring...continue...
Recording information: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/18/2010-03/22/2010); Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/2010)....continue...

The Worst of William Powers

1 CD / Centaur / 2011-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Falstaff; I Vespri Siciliani; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Les Huguenots; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia...
Performers: Powers, William
Conductors: Burkh, Dennis

Recording information: Bratislava, Slovak Republic....continue...

The Very Best Of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Charles Goun...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John; Prêtre, Georges; Behr, Randall; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Rudel, Julius; Pappano, Antonio; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Domingo, Placid...
Ensemble: ; Rondalla Lirica de Madrid

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 2-CD set of his greatest hits. A worldrenowned, multifaceted artist, Domingo, now...continue...

Gianni Poggi II

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-10-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Fedora; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; C.O. Lardini: Voce'e no...
Performers: Argine, Simona dall'; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Signore, Gino del; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Nicello, Ernesto; Capuana, Franco

This is the second volume on Preiser devoted to this popular singer's recordings. Given his undisputed vocal abilities, he would no doubt be considered an...continue...

Bad Boys

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-04-13

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Kur...
Performers: Crafoord, Balcarras [Tenor Vocal]; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Daniel, Paul

'Bad Boys' is a line up of some of the most unscrupulous, cynical, devious, roguish musical villains of the opera stage. Bryn Terfel calls them...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm, Bersaldhallen (03/2009)....continue...

Prima Voce: Boris Christoff

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Antonio Caldara: La costanza in amor vince l'inganno; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La Forza del Destino; Simon...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole; Gui; Karajan, Herbert von; Dobroven, Issay; Malko; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Potorzhinski, Feodor

Giordano: Fedora

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Franco Alfano: Risurrezione; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: d'Anna, Mario; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Olivero, Magda; Ratti, Eugenia; Vietri, Pietro De
Conductors: Scaglia, Ferruccio; Vernizzi, Fulvio

Boito: Mefistofele

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Malagú, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Portrait of Giamcomo Lauri Volpi vol 2

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto; La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere de Sevilla; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata; I Vespri Si...
Performers: Algorta, Giorgio; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Marghinotti, Franca; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Basile, Arturo

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Cheryl Barker sings Great Operatic Arias

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jake Heggie: The End of the Affair; Ric...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Dazeley, William; Keith, Gillian
Conductors: Parry, David

Following her superb performances as Emilia in 'The Macropulos Case' and in the title role of 'Katya Kabanova' and 'Madam Butterfly' for the Opera in...continue...

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Malipiero

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-06-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers: Cristoforeanu, Florica; Malipiero, Giovanni
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Albergoni, Angelo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giovanni Malipiero's recordings overwhelm the listener with their high quality. The tenor from Padua effortlessly puts today's stars in the shade. He had an excellent...continue...

Aurora: Opera Arias

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-05-15

Works: Héctor Panizza: Aurora, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gi...
Performers: Anechina, Gabriel; Cura, Jose
Conductors: Cura, Jose

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

René Pape - Gods, Kings & Demons / Sebastian Weigle, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Das Rhei...
Performers: Pape, René; Winkler, Carl-Johann
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

The eagerly awaited DG debut solo disc from Rene Pape has arrived! The reigning operatic bass of today, Pape has created an international fan base...continue...

Lebendige Verganenheit - Piero Pauli

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-03-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Ma...
Performers: Basi, Leonildo; Fanelli, Luisa; Masini, Guglielmo; Oltrabella, Augusta; Palai, Nello; Pauli, Piero; Saraceni, Adelaide; Tassinari, Pia
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco

Born in Barcelona, Pauli's stage career was from 1929 to 1946; his performance in the November 1929 HMV recording of Tosca in the role of...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébas...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manu"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flossman, Gilels; ...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Prima Voce - Cesare Siepi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Nabucco; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola...
Performers: Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Simonetto, Alfredo

Features rare recordings that are very difficult to find in their original 78 rpm format! This compilation includes Cesare Siepi’s first recordings, made for the...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti Sings Tenor Arias from William Tell, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gia...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bunger, Reid; Flossman, Gilels; Lackner, Herbert; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone
Ensemble: ; Vienna Opera Orchestra

Verismo Arias - Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Jules Massenet: Werther;...
Performers: Howlett, Neil; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Galina Vishnevskaya

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust; P...
Performers: Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Khaikin, Boris; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander

Among her many achievements, Vishnevskaya was the wife of the great Mstislav Rostropovich. She was also the first female opera singer in the Soviet Union...continue...

The Essential Collection: Maria Callas

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon ...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; ...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Campora

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arl...
Performers: Calò, Gino; Campora, Giuseppe; Corridori, Anita; Forcato, Maria; Guerrini, Adriana; Pirazzini, Miriam; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Erede, Alberto

Here Campora is audibly an authentic tenore lirico spinto, an Italian tenor between two genres with an attractive, youthful timbre, excellent vocal placement, solid singing...continue...

Boito: Mefistofele

2 CD / Capriccio / 2006-09-25

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Bareva, Rumyana; Evstatieva, Stefka; Kaloudov, Kaloudi; Popov, Mincho; Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Marinov, Ivan

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gianni Poggi

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Me...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Narducci, A.; Simonetto, Alfredo; Capuana, Franco

Gianni Poggi was born in Piacenza, Italy, where his parents were merchants. Although he learned to play violin as a child, he wanted to become...continue...

Classic Opera - Boito: Mefistofele / De Fabritiis, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2005-05-10

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Condo, Nucci; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

"The late de Fabritis in what proved to be his swan-song for the gramophone, enters fully into the spirit of the piece, balancing carefully its...continue...

MIrella Freni - A Celebration

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Ruggero L...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Roberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenic...

Mirella Freni is without a doubt a true legendary soprano. She recorded a substantial discography for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and this 2 CD collection...continue...

Jonathan Lemalu Sings Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Gioachino R...
Performers: Lemalu, Jonathan
Conductors: Judd, James

Jonathan Lemalu, a 28-year-old New Zealand-born Samoan, is on the forefront of today's young generation of singers. Already in great demand on opera stages and...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Augusta Oltrabella

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Suor Angelica; Lodovico Rocca: Il Dibuk, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Mese Mariano, opera; Gius...
Performers: Monticone, Rita; Oltrabella, Augusta; Pauli, Piero; Signore, Gino del; Tassinari, Pia; Tegani, Emma; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: Ghione, Franco; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Capuana, Franco; Olivieri, Dino

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Magda Olivero

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Iris; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Suor A...
Performers: Magnetti, Ermelinda; Olivero, Magda; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo

Legendary Voices - Ninon Vallin

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Hérod...
Performers: Friant, Charles; Lafont, Julien; Maison, Rene; Sibille, Madeleine; Vallin, Ninon [Soprano Vocals]; Villabella, Miguel
Conductors: Cloez, Gustave; Ruhlmann, Francois; Andolfi, Godfroy

The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 5: 1921-1923, American & British Recordings

1 CD / Arbiter / 2004-07-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Feodor Feodorovich Koenemann: When the King Went Forth To War, for voice & piano, Op. 7/6; Song of the Volga Boatmen; Mikhail Glinka: The Night Revi...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor
Conductors: Pitt, Percy; Pasternack, Josef A.; Byng, George W.; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Classics - Berlioz: Requiem; Boïto, Verdi / Shaw, Atlanta

2 CD / Telarc / 2004-01-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Cheek, John
Conductors: Shaw, Robert

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giulio Neri

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Arrigo Boito: Me...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Filippeschi, Mario; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Questa, Angelo; Previtali, Fernando; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Capuana, Franco

Famous Voices of the Past - George London

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Nadell, Rosalind
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Schoenherr, Max; Moralt, Rudolf; Morel, Jean Paul; Adler, Kurt

The Very Best of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Charles ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John; Prêtre, Georges; Behr, Randall; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Rudel, Julius; Pappano, Antonio; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Domingo, Placid...
Ensemble: ; Rondalla Lirica de Madrid