Charpentier, Gustave

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

The One and Only - Opera Arias / Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chéni...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Ghione, Franco; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

A 2-CD compilation of Callas' most famous arias, at a 1-CD price! Packaged in a limited edition 6-panel digipack with a lavishly illustrated booklet....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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

Janine Micheau sings Thomas, Charpentier, Bizet, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-02-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La damoiselle élue; Emmanuel Chabrier: Ode à la musique; Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Ham...
Performers: Collard, Jeanine; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Desormiere, Roger; Bigot, Eugene

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Felicie Huni-Mihacsek

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620;...
Performers: Huni-Mihacsek, Felicie
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes

My Soul Enraptured / Olga Guryakova

1 CD / Delos / 2002-01-01

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Guryakova, Olga
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine

Maria Callas and the Great Sopranos

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2001-05-22

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; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Melba, Nellie; Muzio, Claudia; Patti, Adelina; Ponselle, Rosa; Rethberg, Elisabet...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelit...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...

Les bijoux - French Arias / Sumi Jo, Carella, English CO

1 CD / Erato / 1999-08-03

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Mireille; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Étoile du Nord; Les Huguenots; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Ma...
Performers: Jo, Sumi
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano

Four Famous French Sopranos

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel;...
Performers: Micheau, Janine; Pons, Lily; Robin, Mado; Vallin, Ninon [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Cloez, Gabriel; Ruhlmann, Francois

En Français - Airs d'Opéra / Valerie Masterson, et al

1 CD / Jay Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions); Chérubin, opera in 3 acts; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fi...
Performers: Masterson, Valerie
Conductors: Edwards, John O.

Kiri Te Kanawa - Greatest Hits - Arias and Popular Songs

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-06-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Turandot; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; John Andrew Stevenson: The Last Rose of Summer, song; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jerom...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Gamley, Douglas; Tunick, Jonathan; Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta

From the time of her sensational Metropolitan Opera debut in 1974, Kiri Te Kanawa has been renowned for a striking stage presence and an even more remarkable voice, really two voices in one: a powerfu...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Maria Callas Vol II

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo

Hilde Güden Sings - Lehar, Strauss, Korngold, etc

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Maritza; Robert Stolz: Mein Liebeslied muá ein Walzer sein (My Love-Song Must Be a Waltz) (insertion aria for the operetta; Der Favorit, operetta; Franz ...
Performers: Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Stolz, Robert; Krips, Josef; Stein, Horst

Renée Fleming - The Beautiful Voice

1 CD / Decca / 1998-02-10

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Erich Wolfgang Korngold...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fleming, Renee; Greensmith, Clive [Cello]; Voices, London; Watson, Ian; Willey, Paul
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Voices

This disc received Grammy Award for "Best Classical Vocal Performance." It was also nominated for the Award for "Best Classical Album."

Sure, it takes guts for a soprano to call an album THE B...continue...