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The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
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

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Great Singers Live: Mirella Freni

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Freni, Mirella
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir

Since 1952, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester's Sunday Concerts have developed into a meeting place for fans of "beautiful voices". These previously unreleased recordings by Mirella Fren...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...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; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

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, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, St...
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...

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 / Varviso, Blankenburg, Freni, Bacquier, Royal PO & Chorus, et al

3 CD / Glyndebourne / 2008-07-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Blankenburg, Heinz; Cava, Carlo; Cuénod, Hugues; Davies, Derick; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Kentish, John; Mathis, Edith; Peters, Johanna; Zeri, Maria Luisa
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

Handel, Bellini, Gounod, Donizetti: Operas / Freni

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Caron, Willy; Cioni, Bruno; Companez, Irene; Cossotto, Fiore...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Verchi, Nino; Prêtre, Georges; Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von

This collection of six complete operas makes a strong case for why Mirella Freni has had the distinction of being one of the best-loved operatic...continue...

Opera D'Oro at the Movies / Pavarotti, Callas, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: N...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Gaifa,...

Opera music can heighten the tension of drama, add passion to a romance, or even underscore the antics of a comedy. Beyond its critical role...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Freni, Jurinac, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare; Ward, David
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This amazing all-star performance of "the greatest opera" is taken from a live performance in London in February 1962. Some of the most legendary singers...continue...

Complete Mozart Edition 15 - Late Italian Operas

11 CD / Philips Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Burrows, Stuart; Caballe, Montserrat; Casula, Maria; Clarke, Christina; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Freni, Mirella; Ganza...
Conductors: Davis, Colin

In Volume 15 of the Complete Mozart Edition, the Late Italian Operas are featured, including Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Artists such as...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni

3 CD / Living Stage Import / 2006-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Chorus of The Royal Opera; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare; Ward, David
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

Mozart: Marriage Of Figaro (Highlights)

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Norman, Jessye; Watson, Lillian; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Davis, Colin

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro / Prey, Freni, Böhm [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Begg, Heather; Caron, Willy; Ewing, Maria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Montarsolo, Paolo; Perry, Janet; Prey, Hermann; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A virtual sequel to Ponnelle's 'Barber', this highly cinematic treatment features a dazzling cast, although Bohm's conducting is somewhat heavy-handed. Characterful and thought-provoking, it looks...continue...
Run Time: 184 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Grand Tier - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Caron, Willy; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kelemen, Zoltan; Krause, Tom; Montarsolo, Paolo; Schary, Elke; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Van Dam, Jose; Von Sta...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

"...This is a wonderfully Italianate performance. Orchestra and chorus are superb and the sound is surprisingly good, with voice/orchestra balance clear and true most of...continue...

Trio - Le nozze di Figaro / Davis, Ganzarolli, Freni, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2004-06-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Casula, Maria; Clarke, Christina; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grant, Clifford; Hudson, Paul; Lennox, David; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Norman, Jessye; Pa...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus

This is a truly classic recording of Mozart's most popular opera with Jessye Norman and Sir Colin Davis....continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Gencer, Jurinac, Freni

3 CD / Living Stage / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, Van Dam, Freni, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Barbié, Jane; Caron, Willy; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kelemen, Zoltan; Krause, Tom; Montarsolo, Paolo; Sénéchal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Schary, Elke; V...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Another full-bore Mozart performance with a tremendous cast and Karajan at the podium in Salzburg, 1974. This great recording has also never been available at...continue...

Recitals - Mirella Freni - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Charles Goun...
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Malagu, Stefania; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Prêtre, Georges; Maag, Peter

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Abbado, Berganza, Prey, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Borgato, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Malagú, Stefania; Mazzucato, Daniela; Monreale, Leonardo; Montarsolo, Paolo; Picchi, Mirto; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Recitals - An Evening with Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / Opera d'Oro / 1999-04-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Charles Gounod: Faust; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai

Great Mozart Singers, Vol. 3: Opera Arias 1961-1982

1 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan t...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Battle, Kathleen; Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fre...
Conductors: Kertész, István; Wallberg, Heinz; Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ozawa, Seiji

Complete Mozart Edition Vol 41 - Don Giovanni / Davis

3 CD / Philips / 1992-01-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Burrows, Stuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Taylor, Charles [Violin]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [B...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra