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2012-10-09
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...
This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...
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PSR 21002
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2012-09-11
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Pietro Mascagni: L' Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Giann...
Performers:
Ferro, Gianni Dal; Freni, Mirella; Remsey, Viktor [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Savini, Ino; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble:
; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
The recordings on this CD are taken from Freni's first two solo recitals. The first was recorded in 1959 with the orchestra of the Bavarian...continue...
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PSR 93481
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2011-11-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers:
Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble:
; RAI Concerto, Milan
Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...
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PSR 93479
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...
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PSR 89748
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-09-13
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La Forza del Destino; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africana; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco ...
Performers:
Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Pradella, Massimo
The original Decca recordings on this CD document Bergonzi's first operatic recital of 1957 in its entirety. We hear the tenor after his first season...continue...
Recording information: Torino (01/30/1960)....continue...
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PSR 93480
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-08-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicc...
Performers:
Bayer, Benjamin; Farnberger, Franz; Kohne, Karsten; Muhlbacher, Alois; Schlogl, Christoph
Recording information: Stift St. Florian (2009-2010)....continue...
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PSR 91185
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-08-09
Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; My...
Performers:
Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Fagoaga, Isidoro; Nessi, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Borgatti was Italy's first great Wagnerian tenor. His first Wagnerian opera was Lohengrin, when he appeared at the production in Milan in 1894. He...continue...
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PSR 89747
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-04-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers:
Crooks, Richard
Conductors:
Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...continue...
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PSR 89744
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-03-08
Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Thomas Moore: The Meeting of the Waters; Herbe...
Performers:
Cecil, Lionello; Mannerini, Ida; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Mummery, Browning; Pertile, Aureliano; Sheridan, Margaret; Zanelli, Renato
Conductors:
Blois; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Irish soprano Margaret Sheridan enjoyed a tumultuous but highly successful opera career in Italy between the wars - a feat that was unusual for a...continue...
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PSR 89745
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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...
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PSR 89741
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2010-11-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Juan; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Travi...
Performers:
Alten, Bella; Egenieff, Franz; Jorn, Karl; Padilla, Lola Artôt de; Perard-Petzl, Luise; Talen, Bjorn
Lola Artot de Padilla was born near Paris to parents who were famous singers. Her career was centered in Germany, where she was very popular....continue...
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PSR 89735
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2010-10-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Fedora; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; C.O. Lardini: Voce'e no...
Performers:
Argine, Simona dall'; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Signore, Gino del; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors:
Erede, Alberto; Nicello, Ernesto; Capuana, Franco
This is the second volume on Preiser devoted to this popular singer's recordings. Given his undisputed vocal abilities, he would no doubt be considered an...continue...
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PSR 89736
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-09-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Jules Massenet: Erodiade; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; María Grever: Alma Mia; ...
Performers:
Monte, Toti Dal; Montesanto, Luigi; Morelli, Carlo; Pacetti, Iva
Conductors:
Molajoli, Lorenzo; Antonini, Alfredo
Apart from the prestigious competition that bears his name, the baritone Carlo Morelli has largely been forgotten despite a long and always successful career. Born...continue...
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PSR 89738
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2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; La Traviata; Die macht des Schicksals; Don Carlos; Othello; Georges Bizet: Die Perlenfischer; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikaneri...
Performers:
Koth, Erika; Muszely, Melitta; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matacic, Lovro von
Born in 1915, Josef Metternich achieved success in 1945 when he performed at the Berlin Stadtische Opera and the Berlin Staatsoper. He achieved international fame...continue...
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PSR 93467
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-02-09
Works: Paolo Tosti: Vorrei morir for voice & piano/orchestra; Ave Maria; Stefano Donaudy: Madonna renzuola; O del mio amato ben; Quand' il tuo diavol nacque; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Mal d'amore; Ernesto Taglia...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Marzollo, Dick; Trucco, Victor
Conductors:
Savina, Carlo; Stokowski, Leopold
There was nothing greatly distinctive about Licia Albanese's career, but it took her in a straightforward manner to her highest goals. Her first Met role...continue...
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PSR 89729
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers:
Malaspina, Giampiero; Pavesio, Piero [Piano]
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo; Quadri, Argeo; Goehr, Walter; Mudie, Michael; Olivieri, Dino
Giampiero Malaspina's (b.1916) voice had a dark timbre that enabled him to sing Wagnerian roles successfully. He trained in Rome and made his debut in...continue...
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PSR 89730
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2010-01-12
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Linda di Chamounix; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo; Aida, opera
Performers:
Bianchini, Giovanni; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Padis, Leo [Vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Sacchetti, Antonio; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio; Rapolo, Ugo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santini, Gabriele
This historic recording of Tosca was made in 1957 and originally released on Philips. There is a synopsis but no libretto or notes included....continue...
Recording information: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1957)....continue...
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PSR 20055
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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...
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PSR 89728
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-10-13
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers:
Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors:
Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino
The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...
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PSR 89726
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2009-09-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Caselli, Dario; Cavallari, Rina; Ferretti, Edo; Neri, Giulio; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Poggi, Gianni; Serpo, Ottavio; Sperti, Cesare Masini; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra
This recording, part of the Paperback Opera series on Preiser, presents the seventh recording ever made of 'La Traviata'. It was recorded in 1952 and...continue...
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PSR 20054
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers:
Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni
Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...
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PSR 89724
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Otello; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; R...
Performers:
Burzio, Eugenia
Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...
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PSR 89723
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers:
Georgevic, Dusan; Gostic, Josef
Conductors:
Sachs, Milan; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble:
Croatian Opera Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The leading tenor at the Zagreb Opera from 1937 throughout his career, Josef Gostic became one of the leading dramatic tenors in 1950 with the...continue...
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PSR 89722
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble:
Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Giuseppe Campora had a remarkable career at top opera houses but was labeled as a second-rate tenor because of his lack of recordings. These recording...continue...
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PSR 89718
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers:
Cristoforeanu, Florica; Malipiero, Giovanni
Conductors:
Tansini, Ugo; Albergoni, Angelo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble:
; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Giovanni Malipiero's recordings overwhelm the listener with their high quality. The tenor from Padua effortlessly puts today's stars in the shade. He had an excellent...continue...
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PSR 89719
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot
Performers:
Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Tonini, Antonio; Basile, Arturo; Santini, Gabriele
These two famous singers were frequent stage partners. In Italy during the 1950s the two were often hired to sing together at La Scala in...continue...
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PSR 93454
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2009-05-12
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers:
Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble:
; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...continue...
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PSR 89720
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2009-03-10
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Songs (4) for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 33; Final Scene; Elektra; Allerseelen, Op. 10 no 8; Giacomo Puccini:...
Performers:
Pauly, Rose
Conductors:
Weissmann, Frieder; Busch, Fritz; Barbirolli, John; Rodzinski, Artur; Reiner, Fritz
Rose Pauly was born in Hungary in 1894 and received her vocal training in Vienna. By 1917 her opera career was launched. She signed a...continue...
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PSR 89714
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-12-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers:
Basi, Leonildo; Granforte, Apollo; Mannarini, Ida; Pauli, Piero; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Nastrucci, Gino; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco
Adelaide Saraceni was born in Argentina in 1895, the daughter of Italian immigrants. She first studied violin and after the family returned to Italy in...continue...
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PSR 89712
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2008-10-14
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Georges Bi...
Performers:
Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Lenchner, Paula; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roggero, Margaret; Stevens, Rise [Mez...
Conductors:
Bellezza, Vincenzo; Perlea, Jonel; Toscanini, Arturo; Reiner, Fritz; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
The fact that Robert Merrill generally is remembered more for his singing than for his interpretations does in no way reduce his artistic merits. His...continue...
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PSR 89711
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2008-09-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier;...
Performers:
Gyr, Suzanne; Rothmuller, Marko
Conductors:
Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble:
Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
Marko Rothmuller (1908-1993) was a citizen of the world but occupied an outstanding position in German musical life. Born in Croatia, he moved to Vienna...continue...
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PSR 89705
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2008-08-12
Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; A Life for the Tsar; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bride; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Anton Arensky: Romances (6) for voice & piano, Op. ...
Performers:
Nezhdanova, Antonina
This compilation of recordings by Antonina Nazhdanova (1873-1950) draws attention to one of the great Russian singers, who was well-known and revered in Russia but...continue...
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PSR 89704
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...
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PSR 89700
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-06-10
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Zar und Zimmermann; Giuseppe Verdi: N...
Performers:
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Gorgen, Martin; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Westenberger, Erna
Conductors:
Forster, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz; Striegler, Kurt; Rother, Artur
Ensemble:
; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Called by Furtwangler the "blackest bass" of his generation, Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his powerful voice in either force...continue...
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PSR 93452
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-04-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; ...
Performers:
Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors:
Moralt, Rudolf; Kleiber, Erich; Albert, Rudolf; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Ackermann, Otto; Loibner, Wilhelm
Hans Hopf was one of the last true heldentenors in opera history. Alongside Hans Beirer, Hopf was probably the last authentic proponent of that type...continue...
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PSR 89695
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2008-04-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; R...
Performers:
Bori, Lucrezia; Jacoby, Josephine; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario; Werrenrath, Reinald
In his day, John McCormack was certainly one of the greatest lyric tenors in the world. Audiences loved him, but even he admitted to being...continue...
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PSR 89697
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-03-01
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Requiem Mass; Jules Massenet: Manon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers:
Harshaw, Margaret; Muller, Mildred; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Cleva, Fausto; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble:
Columbia Concert Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Right from his January 25, 1945 debut at the Met in the role of Enzo in La Gioconda, Richard Tucker was THE tenor of that...continue...
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PSR 89699
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-03-01
Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Ma...
Performers:
Basi, Leonildo; Fanelli, Luisa; Masini, Guglielmo; Oltrabella, Augusta; Palai, Nello; Pauli, Piero; Saraceni, Adelaide; Tassinari, Pia
Conductors:
Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco
Born in Barcelona, Pauli's stage career was from 1929 to 1946; his performance in the November 1929 HMV recording of Tosca in the role of...continue...
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PSR 89694
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2008-02-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Melton, James
Conductors:
Breisach, Paul; Levi, Sylvan; Morel, Jean Paul; Weissmann, Frieder; Black, Frank
The musical crossover is a phenomenon not just of our time; it was already commonplace in the early decades of the 20th century. With one...continue...
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PSR 89693
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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...
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PSR 93451
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2007-09-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in masc...
Performers:
Assandri, Virginio; Capecchi, Renato; Chabay, Leslie; Elmo, Cloe; Nelli, Herva; Steber, Eleanor; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Questa, Angelo; Toscanini, Arturo; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble:
; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra
Giuseppe Valdengo already had a promising career in his homeland, but he truly became famous during his seven years with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning in...continue...
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PSR 89689
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2007-09-01
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust; P...
Performers:
Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors:
Khaikin, Boris; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander
Among her many achievements, Vishnevskaya was the wife of the great Mstislav Rostropovich. She was also the first female opera singer in the Soviet Union...continue...
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PSR 89690
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2007-09-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Giuseppe V...
Performers:
Dux, Claire; Jorn, Karl; Schwarz, Joseph
Polish-born (though of German parentage), Clare Dux achieved fame as a lyric soprano, marking her triumph in the first British production of Der Rosenkavalier under...continue...
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PSR 89688
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2007-08-01
Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Chatterton, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La F...
Performers:
Bassi, Amedeo; Ruffo, Titta
Although time has passed him by, Amedeo Bassi was a renowned contemporary of Enrico Caruso and performed at the Met even before appearing at La...continue...
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PSR 89685
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2007-07-01
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: T...
Performers:
Bohnen, Michael; Hutt, Robert; Kraus, Ernst; Lehmann, Lotte
One of the legendary performers of the operatic stage, Bohnen was often referred to as the German Chaliapin for his magnificent acting and voice. This...continue...
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PSR 89676
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2007-06-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimorsi atroci, recitative and aria for bass & orchestra, K. 432 (K. 4; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride;...
Performers:
Christoff, Boris
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Pradella, Massimo; Bour, Ernest; Fistoulari, Anatole; Simonetto, Alfredo; Cluytens, André
With his commanding stage presence and thunderous voice, Boris Christoff was the heir to a long tradition of Slavonic basses. The singer courted controversy and...continue...
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PSR 89684
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2007-05-01
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Le cadi dupé, opera in 1 act. Wq. 29; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber vo...
Performers:
Danco, Suzanne; Monteanu, Petre; Pini, Amalia; Rizzoli, Bruna
"Who would have thought that the Volksoper could celebrate such a great success with the young Romanian Petre Munteanu," wrote a Berlin newspaper critic of...continue...
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PSR 89682
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2007-04-01
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea ...
Performers:
Caroli, Paolo; Filippeschi, Mario; Mancini, Caterina; Neri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio; Rossi, Mario; Quadri, Argeo; Gui, Vittorio
Filippeschi was intelligent enough in his early years to limit his repertoire strictly to lyric roles: Pinkerton, Rodolfo, Alfredo and Faust. The war years were...continue...
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PSR 89671
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2007-04-01
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und I...
Performers:
Bampton, Rose; Cordon, Norman; Johnson, Hardesty; O'Connell, Charles; Pelletier, Wilfred
Conductors:
Pelletier, Wilfred; Steinberg, William
family moved to Buffalo, New York, she began singing in the church choir. The director, recognizing her talents, suggested she study at the renowned Curtis...continue...
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PSR 89675
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2007-03-01
Works: Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; I vespri sicili...
Performers:
Borst, Heinz; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Metternich, Josef; Streich, Rita; Trotschel, Elfriede
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario; Fricsay, Ferenc; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble:
; Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
There are few other singers whose careers can be so completely traced in recorded documents from the very beginning as can that of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau....continue...
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PSR 93450
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