Ponchielli, Amilcare > Tenor

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Great Opera Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I Vespri Siciliani; Don Carlo; Otello; Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton

Recording information: Great Britain (06/08/1970-06/11/1970)....continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera: Nicola Martinucci, Vol 2

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-03-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leon...
Performers: Martinucci, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano

Recording information: 1976-2003....continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labèque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nath...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Living history: Florencio Constantino, tenor / Victor recordings 1907-08

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir D'Amore; Lucia Di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia; Arrigo Bo...
Performers: Constantino, Florencio; Nielsen, Alice

A former railway engineer and field worker, Florencio Constantino began singing lessons in 1895 and by 1896 gave his first performances at the Teatro Solis...continue...
Recording information: 1907-1908....continue...

Ponchielli: La Giocanda / Callegari, Voigt, Fiorillo, Podles [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Fiorillo, Elisabetta; Guelfi, Carlo; Margison, Richard; Podles, Ewa; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

New production of La Gioconda recorded at the renowned opera house in Barcelona. The staging was realized in cooperation with the Arena di Verona and...continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Terrific Tenors

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bjorling, Jussi; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Florez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Lanza, Mari...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Anto...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

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...

Viva Domingo!

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Giavanna d'Arco; Otello; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; La clemenza di...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pandora; Sc...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Barker, John; Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Chung, Myung-Whun; Levine, James; Pappano, Antonio; Prêtre, Georges; Bartoletti, Bruno; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Viotti, Marcello; Rudel, J...

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 4-CD set replete with extension liner notes, artist testimonials, and a career...continue...

Lebendige Vergeigenheit: Kurt Baum

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-02-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Stabat mater; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Hugeunots; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore...
Performers: Baum, Kurt
Conductors: Loibner, Wilhelm

Few tenors have polarized opera fans more than Kurt Baum. While some consider him nothing more than a loud and showy singer, others wax lyrical...continue...

Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocanda / Donato Renzetti / Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de ballet [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Berti, Marco; Colombara, Carlo; Fiorillo, Elisabetta; Gruber, Andrea; Komlosi, Ildiko; Mastromarino, Alberto
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Run Time: 162 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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Bravo Pavarotti [2 CDs]

2 CD / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; Il trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; M...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Luccardi, Giancarlo; Milnes, Sherrill; Morresi, Gius...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; Maag, Peter; Chailly, Riccardo; B...

This 2-for-1 CD set celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting...continue...

Josef Traxel

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; François-Adrien Boieldieu: Die weisse Dame; Adolphe Adam: Der Postill...
Performers: Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Löwlein, Hans; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner

Traxel's particular vocal sound was better suited to the concert hall than to the opera stage and that is where his true importance lies. Although...continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Legendary Voices: Anselmo Colzani

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-03-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cappeli, Mario [Vocals]; Corridori, Anita; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Tonini, Antonio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa

Born in 1918, Anselmo Colzani could not begin vocal instruction until after World War II. Originally a typewriter repairman, he was plagued by doubt about...continue...

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles - The Documentary [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffm...
Performers: Domingo, Placido

Placido Domingo is the most important person alive in opera. Greatest of the stage tenors still performing, experienced conductor, intendant of not one but two...continue...
Run Time: 80 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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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...

Legends: The Three Tenors

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funicul&a...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; López-Cobos, Jesús; Müller, Eduardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin

Personnel: Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti (tenor).

Includes work(s): medley: west side story (bernstein) / o p by various composers....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

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Fischer/Vienna State Opera, Domingo, Marton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Lilowa, Margarita; Manuguerra, Matteo; Marton, Eva; Rydl, Kurt; Semtschuk, Ludmila
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Ballet; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Amilcare Ponchielli's opera 'La Gioconda' was recorded for this DVD at the Vienna State Opera in 1986. It is an opera in four acts to...continue...
Run Time: 169 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
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Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

A Portrait of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Vol 1 - Opera Arias & Scenes, Songs 1920-1957

4 CD / Gala / 2009-04-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; Luisa Miller; La Forza del De...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Bonetti, Margherita; Borgonovo, Luigi; Caniglia, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Monachesi, Walter; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Bourdin, Roger [Baritone]; D'Angelo, Gennaro

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...

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...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

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...

Gino Penno - Recital

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aroldo; Attila; Simon Boccanegra; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; La traviata; Rigoletto; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Amilcare ...
Performers: Penno, Gino

Being a tenor in Italy in the early 1950s can't have been the easiest of career options. The scene was dominated by still-active legends from...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nino Piccaluga

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-08-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusti...
Performers: Piccaluga, Nino; Valobra, Cesarina

Born in 1890, Nino Piccaluga did not make his debut until 1917 at Novara's Teatro Coccia. He had a very big, loud and open voice...continue...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Complete Italian Radio Recordings 1952-1956

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Friedrich v...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great sound including unpublished recordings - a unique Document remembering one of the greatest voices of the last century....continue...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953 - Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Verdi, Saint-Saëns, etc / Claramae Turner

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-05-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda...
Performers: Conley, Eugene; Conner, Nadine; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Tibbett, Lawrence; Turrini, Roberto
Conductors: Levin, Sylvan; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano; Herbert, Walter; Cantelli, Guido; Newman, Alfred

The American singer Claramae Turner was born as Claramae Haas in 1920. Her contralto voice was naturally opulent and had what one critic called a...continue...

Maestro - The Legendary First Recital Recording / Plácido Domingo

1 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2008-04-29

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gio...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Ponchielli: Cielo e mar, etc; Verdi, Boito, etc / Villazón, Callegari, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Il figliuol prodigo; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Alfano, Gianluca; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"It's a pleasure to hear a recital devoted to rarities sung with such passion and conviction; it's clear Villazon is thrilled to have discovered these...continue...

Daniele Barioni Vol 2 - Verdi, Puccini, Cilea, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-03-04

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Barioni, Daniele

Daniele Barioni was born in Copparo near Ferrara in 1930 and made his debut at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan on 21 July 1954 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; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casinelli, Ricardo; Cooper, Sylvia; Cvejik, Biserka; D'Orazi, Guido; Domingo, P...

Waldemar Kmentt

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-12-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut;...
Performers: Adler, F. Charles; Kenney, Margherita; Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Loibner, Wilhelm

The Austrian tenor Waldemar Kmentt actually began his career as a pianist, but under the tutelage of Adolf Vogel, Elisabeth Rado and Hans Duhan, he...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...

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

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

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

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
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...

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattin...
Performers: Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Laccardi, Gian Carlo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Magiera, Leone; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Patanè, Giuseppe; Guadagno, A...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

First released as an LP in 1980 and then again in 1985, Pavarotti's Greatest Hits is one of his best-selling albums. Back by popular demand...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...