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Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2012-10-06

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria; Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy; Messe à huit voix; Te Deum à huit voix; George Frederick Handel: Mus...
Performers: Bayodi, Hanna; Christoyannis, Tassis; Cornwell, Joseph; d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Fernandes, Joao; Gens, Véronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Mechaly, Galle; Mercer, Shan...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra

26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in...continue...

The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
Recording information: 1976-1983....continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...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...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Gustave Charpentier: Music for the Prix de Rome

2 CD / Glossa / 2011-11-03

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Impressions d'Italie, symphonic suite for orchestra; Didon, for voices & orchestra; La Vie du Poète, symphony-drama for soloists, chorus & orchestra; La Fête des myrtes...
Performers: Buet, Alain; Devieilhe, Sabine; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé; Segers, Yves

This third release in the Prix de Rome series by Glossa is set to demonstrate a composer whose range of talents far extends beyond his...continue...
Recording information: Brussels (Flagey) & Antwerp (De Singel), Belgium (06/2011)....continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Temp...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Charpentier: Louise / Cambreling

3 CD / Erato / 2011-01-25

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain

Recording information: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels (01/1983)....continue...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Legendary Voices: Vanni Marcoux

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godounov; Gustave Charpenti...
Performers: Coppola, Piero; Cozette, Michael; Riquier, Odette; Vanni-Marcoux
Conductors: Coppola, Piero

Born in Turin to a French father and Italian mother, Marcoux's training was in law, although he took voice lessons on the side. He sang...continue...

Airs & Mélodies

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Ernest Reyer: Sigurd; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Charles Gounod...
Performers: Lafont, Julien; Maison, Rene
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Cloez, Gustave

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björlin...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Rare Recordings 1946-1954 - Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Charpentier, Puccini

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-02-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni, K 527; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; ...
Performers: Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The present CD features a series of rare recordings made by the German singer between 1946 and 1954. Some of them portray her in roles...continue...

Souvenirs - Offenbach, Strauss, Grieg, Charpentier, etc / Netrebko, Beczala, Vasilek, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-11

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball; Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Pari...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Swait, Andrew
Conductors: Villaume, Emmanuel

This is a DELUXE EDITION. A standard version is available as DGG B001221702. The beautiful cap box includes the CD; a DVD of behind-the-scenes footage,...continue...

Souvenirs - Offenbach, Strauss, Grieg, Charpentier, etc / Netrebko, Beczala, Vasilek, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-11

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball; Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann; ...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Swait, Andrew
Conductors: Villaume, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chorus

On her fourth album for DG, opera superstar Anna Netrebko gives a very personal and intimate performance of cherished lighter works. From sparkling operetta classics...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos, Puccini, Leoncavallo, etc / Licia Albanese

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Marzollo, Dick; Morel, Jean Paul; Trucco, Victor; Stokowski, Leopold

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Mal...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

Dorothy Kirsten in New Orleans / Cellini, MacNeil, et al

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gustave Charpentier: Louise
Performers: Hayward, Thomas Tibbett; Kirsten, Dorothy; MacNeil, Cornell; Treigle, Norman
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Patanè, Franco
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus; New Orleans Opera Orchestra

Eleanor Steber in Concert (1956-58)

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été...
Performers: Biltcliffe, Edwin; Steber, Eleanor

Original Jacket Collection - Montserrat Caballé

15 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria di Rohan; Anna Bolena; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gemma di Vergy; Belisario, opera; Parisina ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brecknock, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Collins, Kenneth; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Griffiths, Gwyn; Ho...
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Ferrer, Rafael; Guadagno, Anton; Marco, Eugenio M.; Leinsdorf, Erich

This 15-disc set commemorates the virtuoso singer's 75th birthday in 2008. Winner of the 'Gramophone's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award', Caballe personally selected the repertoire in...continue...

101 Opera Masterpieces, Vol. 1 [Box Set]

10 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Macbeth; Nabucco; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; I lombardi; Otello; Ernani; Giacomo Puccini:...
Performers: Antonioni, Giulio; Baldani, Ruza; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Casinelli, Ricardo; Cooper, Sylvia; Cvejik, Biserka; D'Orazi, Gui...

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Franco Alfano: Risurrezione; Jules Massenet: Manon; César Franck: La proces...
Performers: Bravura, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Giannotti, Armando; Magnetti, Ermelinda; Merli, Francesco; Neroni, Luciano; Olivero, Magda; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: Ghione, Franco; Tansini, Ugo; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

Dorothy Maynor in Concert at the Library of Congress

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Ludwig van Beethoven: Der Kuss (The Kiss), arietta for voice & piano, Op. 128; Adelaide, song Op. 46; Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25; Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for...
Performers: Maynor, Dorothy; Sandor, Arpad

This release of this newly re-mastered 1940 recital by the great Dorothy Maynor is cause for celebration. This recital program contains riveting interpretations of songs...continue...

The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Antonio Lotti: Arminio, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Il rè pastore, K 208; Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Barone, Clement; Butt, Clara, Dame; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Kirkby-Lunn, Louise [Cont...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford; Sargent, Malcolm, S...

It 's time for the ladies to step up for the second of our "high brow" classical additions to the Essential Collection. This set features...continue...

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; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Gius...
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...

Maria Callas - The Studio Recitals

13 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; A...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Lanigan, John; Robertson, Duncan; Rouleau, Joseph; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges; Tonini, Antonio

"Silence has settled upon my room but in my head Callas's voice can still be heard. My advice is that every reader who still hasn't...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ada Sari

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-11-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Me...
Performers: Sari, Ada

Polish coloratura soprano Ada Sari was born Jadwiga Szayer and because of her stage name was often thought to be Italian. She was a much-admired...continue...

Prima Voce - Lucrezia Bori in Opera & Song

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-09-12

Works: Louis Varney: L' amour Mouillé, operetta; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Copeland, George; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Tibbett, Lawrence
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Black, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Lyric & Coloratura Arias / Callas, Serafin, Simonetto, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Itali...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra San Remo; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Au jardin de mon coeur / Elena Mosuc, Schultsz, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-04-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Semi...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Mosuc, Elena
Conductors: Schultsz, Jan

The young Romanian Elena Mosuc from Moldavia made her debut in 1990 at the Iasi Opera, where she appeared as the Queen of the Night,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Eleanor Steber

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction fr...
Performers: Steber, Eleanor
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Morel, Jean Paul; Susskind, Walter; Cleva, Fausto

Eleanor Steber was the only Metropolitan Opera diva of her generation to attain the popularity of a Hollywood star. She was well-known even to those...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Dorothy Kirsten

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-01-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giuseppe Verdi...
Performers: Kirsten, Dorothy
Conductors: Morel, Jean Paul; Cleva, Fausto

La leggenda di Magda Olivero - Studio Recordings 1938-1953

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: La tra...
Performers: Cigna, Gina; Magnetti, Ermelinda; Merli, Francesco; Olivero, Magda
Conductors: Ghione, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Tansini, Ugo; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: EIAR Chorus Turin; EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

These offers most of the studio recordings made by Magda Olivero between 1938 and 1953, documenting the talent of this wonderful artist, who was born...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Il Mito di Renata Tebaldi - Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-06-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Otello; Requiem Mass; Giovanna d'Arco; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Bohème; Charles...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Toscanini, Arturo; ; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Athalia, HWV 52; Giulio Cesare; Giovanni Bononcini: Griselda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Niccolò Piccinni: La Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Begg, Heather; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonynge, Richard; Clement, Joseph; Dilley, Harry; Dobson, John; Krenn, Werner; Pepin, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Boult, Adrian; Hogwood, Christopher; Jones, Granville; Gamley, Douglas; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John

This new major retrospective showcases Joan Sutherland in many of her famous roles and recordings across her career from 1959 to a recording of a...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Janine Micheau

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ambroise Thoma...
Performers: Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine
Conductors: Mathieson, Muir; Desormiere, Roger; Wolff, Albert; Bigot, Eugene

French Composers Conduct - Charpentier, Hahn, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2005-02-08

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Impressions d'Italie, symphonic suite for orchestra; Henri Rabaud: Procession Nocturne, symphonic poem after Lenau's "Faust," Op 6; Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo; Gabriel Pierné:...
Conductors: Charpentier, Gustave; Rabaud, Henri; Pierné, Gabriel; Hahn, Reynaldo

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

French Opera Arias / Janine Micheau

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Emma...
Performers: Gianotti, Pierre; Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Desormiere, Roger; Erede, Alberto; Fournet, Jean

In all her roles, Micheau was admired for the care, skill and taste with which she used her decidedly French vocal timbre. Her light voice...continue...

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

Diva / Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-03-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles ...
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Biccire, Patrizia; Cals, Isabelle; Ciofi, Patrizia; Fissore, Enrico; Gheorghiu, Angela; Matteuzzi, William; Rivenq, Nicolas; Simonetti, Riccardo; Spence, Toby; Vidal, Elisabeth
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino; Marin, Ion; Pappano, Antonio; Plasson, Michel

Angela Gheorghiu has made her career wowing audiences all over the world with her interpretations of Puccini, Gounod, and Massenet but she has also gained...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Licia Albanese

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leonca...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Browning, Lucielle; Melton, James
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Morel, Jean Paul; Trucco, Victor
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Abbey Road Ensemble; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; London Symphony Orchestra; Lusher, Don; New World Philharmonic, The; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Maori Vocal Group; National Philharmonic Orchestra London members; New ...

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Jeremy Budd (treble); Richard Anaru (guitar); Jim Hughes (harmonica); Don Lusher (trombone); Laurie Holloway (piano); Mickey Ututaonga (drums, percussion); Charli...continue...