Puccini, Giacomo > Albanese, Licia

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 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...

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...

Licia Albanese III

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...

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...

Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos, Puccini, Leoncavallo, etc / Licia Albanese

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Marzollo, Dick; Morel, Jean Paul; Trucco, Victor; Stokowski, Leopold

Jussi Björling in Concert - Live at Carnegie Hall

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die schöne Müllerin, D 7...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Schauwecker, Frederick; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils

"Bjorling was sadly underused as a concert singer; recordings of renowned recitals such as here offer glimpses of his musicianship even in unfamiliar territory... Included...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - James Melton

1 CD / Preiser / 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...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Bjoerling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"This 'classic' 1954 recording is indeed that: I'd be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs....continue...

Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Graeme Kay: Beniamino Gigli; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Monte, Toti Dal; Tomei, Giulio; Zamboni, Maria

Gigli was born to sing, and he used records, broadcasts and film to promote his music and career way beyond the confines of the opera...continue...

Famous Voices of the Past - Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Sicilian Traditional: A la Barcillunisia; Can...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Cehanovsky, George; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moscona, Nicola; Munsel, Patrice; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Consiglio, Mario
Ensemble: Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Licia Albanese

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leonca...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Browning, Lucielle; Melton, James
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Morel, Jean Paul; Trucco, Victor
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; L...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Anzellotti, Alba; Beckmann, Friedel; Bellinzona, E.; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boue, Geori; Caniglia, Maria; Cherkasskaya, Marianne; Collard, Andre; Danco, Suzanne; Destinn, Emmy; Eames...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Stiedry, Fritz; Panizza, Héctor; Kraus, Richard; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Briez, Georges; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Dobroven,...

Assemble three dozen operatic sopranos on one album and MAMA MIA! You have a combination that practically screams 'bada bing'! These are the original, one-and-only,...continue...

Debut Series - Giuseppe Di Stefano - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-08-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Elégie for Cello and Piano; Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Requiem Mass; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Francesco Cilèa...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Tieri, Emidio; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

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...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greates Heroines

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: I...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caniglia, Maria; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Maynor, Dorothy; Melba, Nellie; Monte, Toti Dal; Muller, Maria; Muzio, Claudia; Oliver...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Rother, Artur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Pitt, Percy; Cellini, Renato; Dobroven, Issay

The perfect companion to Opera d'Oro's previous release, "Opera's Greatest Heroes"! The heroines of opera have not had an easy path to victory; most of...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Opera Ensembles

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; La traviata; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La bo...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Amato, Pasquale; Anthony, Grace; Bada, Angelo; Björling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig...

Trios, quartets and quintets from the great operas, featuring familiar stars of yesteryear, mixed in with some of the great voices whose memories have faded...continue...

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andresen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Balbon, A...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Puccini: La Bohème / Cellini, Albanese, di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1999-07-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Carter, Thomas; Cosenza, Arthur; Crane, Harold; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gadpaille, Warren; Harun, Steve; Schuh, Audrey; Treigle, Norman; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Orchestra

Licia Albanese - Early Live Performances 1937-1949

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-11-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Faust; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Luigi Denza: Vieni (Come to Me), song; Manuel Ponce: Estrelli...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Jobin, Raoul; Kullman, Charles; Martinelli, Giovanni; Pinza, Ezio; Tajo, Italo; Tomei, Giulio
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Antonini, Alfredo; Antonicelli, Giuseppe

Puccini: La Boheme / Gigli, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Baracchi, Aristide; Baronti, Duilio; Gigli, Beniamino; Menotti, Tatiana; Palai, Nello; Poli, Afro; Scattola, Carlo
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto

Puccini: La Rondine / Bamboscher, Albanese, Barioni, et al

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 1995-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barioni, Daniele; Corelli, Franco; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Edward Doe; Josephine Guido; Petrak, Rudolf
Conductors: Bamboschek, Giuseppe; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Antonini, Alfredo; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Jussi Björling- Pearl Fishers Duet, etc / Tebaldi, Merrill

1 CD / RCA Records / 1988-08-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Frascati, Tommaso; Markow, Emil; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; T...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: ; RCA Victor Orchestra

Pearl Fishers Duet

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 1988-08-02

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Frascati, Tommaso; Markow, Emil; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; T...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel