Puccini, Giacomo > Di Stefano, Giuseppe

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...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...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...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...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

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Giuseppe di Stefano

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Paolo Tosti: Non t'amo più; Ideale, ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Serafin, Di Stefano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Formichini, Dino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

"Callas may present a rather formidable portrait of a young girl in Act 1, but here the final act with its long duet and the...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy (07/18/1957-07/27/1957)....continue...

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

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...

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Purit...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Fernandi, Eugenio; Forti, Carlo; Ged...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo

In these 2 CDs, the iconic Greek-American soprano Maria Callas is heard in duets with a number of the greatest opera stars of her day....continue...

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

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...

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...

Love Duets / Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Di Stefano

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...

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Cehanovsky, George; Davidson, Lawrence; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Franke, Paul; Hunt, Lois; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto

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...

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...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Mig...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...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...

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...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Forti, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / Gavazzeni, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Bastianini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bastianini, Ettore; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

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

Puccini: Tosca, etc / Bartoletti, Crespin, Di Stefano, Taddei, et al

4 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Crespin, Régine; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, Murray; Klein, Peter; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Paskalis, Kostas; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Price, Leontyne; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

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...

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

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...

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...

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...

Opera D'Oro at the Movies / Pavarotti, Callas, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: N...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Gaifa,...

Opera music can heighten the tension of drama, add passion to a romance, or even underscore the antics of a comedy. Beyond its critical role...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Gavazzeni, De los Angeles

2 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Huder, Maria; La Porta, Arturo; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Sbalchiero, Bruno
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Il Mito di Renata Tebaldi - Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-06-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Otello; Requiem Mass; Giovanna d'Arco; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Bohème; Charles...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Toscanini, Arturo; ; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Puccini / Rigacci, Di Stefano

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fineschi, Onelia; Savarese, Ugo
Conductors: Rigacci, Bruno
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

The # 1 Puccini Album

2 CD / Decca / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Freni, M...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Varviso, Silvio; Alagna, Roberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo...

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

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 - Leonard Warren Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Irish Traditional: Lond...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Motto, Thomas; Newman, Arthur; Sektberg, Willard; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Tajo, Italo; Ukena, Paul; Varnay, Astrid...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Puccini: Opera Arias / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; La Rondine; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Chiara, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Maffeo, Gianni; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Mitch...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Bonynge, Richard; Gardelli, Lamberto; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello