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Prima voce - Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; Modest Musso...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; de los Angeles, Victoria; Depraz, Xavier; Froumenty, Pierre; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorr, Rita; Ignal, Madeline; Loose, Emmy; Micheau, Janine; Vessieres, Andre; Vivalda, Janette; Zareska, ...
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Cluytens, André; Dobroven, Issay; Fourestier, Louis; Ackermann, Otto

The recordings for this 2-CD set have been carefully selected to show the extraordinary control Gedda has over his vocal resources, and to demonstrate his...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...

Prima Voce - Enrico Caruso - Opera Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Petite Messe solennelle; Carlos Go...
Performers: Abott, Bessie; Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ame...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Setti, Giulio

"...The [Nimbus] method brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and...continue...

Surround Yourself with Enrico Caruso

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; G...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Gadski, Johanna; Gluck, Alma; Homer, Louise; Jacoby,...

Prima Voce - Emmy Destinn

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Overture to The Kiss (Hu...
Performers: Destinn, Emmy; Jorn, Karl
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 2 - 1910-1920

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ru...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Barrientos, Maria; Battistini, Mattia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ameli...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1 - 1900-1910

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Simon B...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Barili, Alfredo; Battistini, Mattia; Bonci, Alessandro; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boronat, Olimpia; Burzio, Eugenia; Butt, Clara, Dame; Calvé, Emma; Caruso, Enri...
Conductors: Sabaino

Celebrating the golden era of operatic singing, this special collection (the first of four volumes), culled from the highly acclaimed Prima Voce series, highlights the...continue...

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; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Ga...
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...

Prima Voce - Caruso - The Early Recordings

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; Leoncavallo, Ruggero

To mark the 100th release in the critically acclaimed Prima Voce series, Nimbus presents a selection of rare Caruso recordings focusing on the early recordings....continue...

Prima Voce - Pasquale Amato - Leoncavallo, Bizet, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Me...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Gadski, Johanna; Hempel, Frieda; Journet, Marcel; Lapitino, Francis J.
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.

Amato was born into the Italy of verismo. He was a young teenager when 'Pagliacci' had its premiere in 1892, and began his own career...continue...

Prima Voce - Rosa Ponselle

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; La forza del destino; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Antonio De Curtis: Carm&egrav...
Performers: Martinelli, Giovanni; Pinza, Ezio; Ponselle, Rosa; Romani, Romano; Schmidt, Mischa
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Pasternack, Josef A.
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Tenors 1904-1937 / Caruso, Schipa, McCormack

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Dom Sébastien; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasq...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edward
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe

Prima Voce - Beniamino Gigli Vol 1 1918-1924

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Charles Gounod: Faust; Pietro Mascagni: Iris...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Pasternack, Josef; Bourdon, Rosario

Prima Voce - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà,...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Ruffo, Titta
Conductors: Sabaino; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Luca

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il trovatore; La traviata; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Enrico De Leva: Pastorale; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Romilli: ...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Setti, Giulio

Prima Voce - Beniamino Gigli Vol 2 1925-1940

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Bohème; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; La traviata; Rigoletto; Ambroise Thoma...
Performers: de Luca, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino

Prima Voce - John McCormack in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Les pêcheurs de perles; L...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; McCormack, John; Sammarco, Mario; Schneider, Edwin

McCormack was the only tenor to rival Caruso in his time, although his voice was of a very different type. He is still considered one...continue...

Prima Voce - Martinelli Vol 2 1913-1923

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Don Carlos; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ruggero Leoncaval...
Performers: de Luca, Giuseppe; Journet, Marcel; Mardones, José; Martinelli, Giovanni

Prima Voce - Great Singers at the Mariinsky Theatre

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Requiem Mass; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24; Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Mikhail Glinka: A Li...
Performers: Boronat, Olimpia; Bronskaya, Eugenia; Karakash, Mikhail; Kastorsky, Vladimir; Katulskaja, Elena; Kovalenko, Maria; Labinsky, Andrej; Lipkowska, Lydia Jakovlevna; Nezhdanova, Antonina; Popello-Davidov...

Prima Voce - Björling

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; La Bohème; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils
Ensemble: Orchestra; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra