Puccini, Giacomo > Callas, Maria

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD Video

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...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 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Maria Callas in Paris

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Hurteau, Jean-Pierre; Lance, Albert; Mars, Jacques; Rialland, Louis
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

Recording information: Palais Garnier, Paris, France (12/19/1958)....continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

Debut Series - Callas - 1951 - One Year, One Voice

1 CD / Fono / 2010-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria

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

Tosca (E) - Callas, Bergonzi, Pretre

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Recording information: Paris, Salle Wagram (12/1964-01/1965)....continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Callas, Gedda [Includes CD-ROM]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Madama Butterfly] Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gedda, Nicolai
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Penguin Guide
Callas's view, aided by superbly imaginative and spacious conducting from Karajan, gives extra dimension to the Puccinian little woman, and with some keenly intelligent...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan (08/01/1955-08/06/1955)....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...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Rivals - Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2010-02-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo; Mugnai, Umberto; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...

Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Icon - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Bellini, Bizet, Mascagni, etc / Callas, Gobbi, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dawson, Herbert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gerbino, Giuse; Luise, Melchiorre...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Olivieri, Dino; Tonini, Antonio

The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on March 3, 2008, aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day, blessed...continue...

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

The Very Best of Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sviglia; Vincenz...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino

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...

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Maria Callas! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with...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...

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: Berbie, 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...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....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...

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; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
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...

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...

Maria Callas sings Puccini / Karajan, Serafin, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Gedda, Nicolai
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Callas, Maria: Passion Callas-Documentary [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2006-01-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria

The Gerald Caillat film Passion Callas features a rare glimpse of the truly enigmatic artist, and is available for the first time on DVD! This...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Callas - My First Tosca - Puccini: Tosca / De Sabata. et al

1 CD / Fono / 2004-01-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Stefano; Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Maria Callas in Mexico

1 CD / Bel Age / 2003-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Weede, Robert
Conductors: Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

The Earliest Testimonial / Maria Callas, et al

1 CD / Fono / 2002-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: ; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

A Voice from Heaven / Maria Callas

1 CD / Fono / 2002-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cigna, Gina; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Muzio, Claudia; Ponselle, Rosa; Raisa, Rosa; Tebaldi, Renata; Tetrazzini, Luisa

Callas, Maria: At Covent Garden 1962 And 1964 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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Debut Series - Giuseppe Di Stefano - My First Puccini

1 CD / Fono / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La Bohème; Madama Butterfly; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Callas, Maria; Cehanovsky, George; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moscona, Nicola; Moser, Edoardo; Munsel, Patrice; Sayao, Bidu; Tebaldi, Renata; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Picco, Guido; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Lausanne Radio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; RCA Victor Symp...

Recitals - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-04

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tieri, Emidio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto