Puccini, Giacomo > Soprano

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Songs of Love - Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Donizetti et al. / Anna Leese, soprano; Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano; Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; La farfalletta, song for voice & piano;...
Performers: Buttner, Thorsten; de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna

Anna Leese and Stephen de Pledge perform Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Donizetti and Tosti. These elegant pieces for solo voice, some well known,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/27/2010-11/29/2010)....continue...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Puccini: Suor Angelica / Kristine Opolais, Lioba Braun, Mojca Erdmann, Nadezhda Serdyuk. Andris Nelsons

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Preludio a orchestra
Performers: Opolais, Kristine
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Symphony Chorus; WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Uncut, Suor Angelica lasts just about an hour, and one often hearts it in the concert hall today. With its unrestrained melancholy and mystical ambience,...continue...
Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie....continue...

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...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

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The First Recitals - arias from La Boheme, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Falstaff et al. / Mirella Freni, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 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...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

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

Great Love Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Recording information: RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (01/21/1972-01/22/1972); RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (02/03/1972)....continue...

The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
Recording information: 1976-1983....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...

Verdi & Puccini Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Domingo, Placido; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (1974-07-21_1974-07-23&1974-)....continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Arena di Verona Festival - Verdi: Aida; Bizet: Carmen; Puccini: Tosca [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Alvarez, Marcelo; Berti, Marco; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; Dashuk, Maya; Domashenko, Marina; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Raimondi, Ruggero; Zajick, D...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Lombard, Alain; Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

Arthaus Musik presents three legendary outstanding operas from the Arena di Verona Festival featuring world renowned conductors as Nello Santi and Daniel Oren. Star singers...continue...
Run Time: 415 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: IT, EN, DE, FR, ES, CN
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Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...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...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

The Tokyo Concerts: Alfredo Kraus (1996) & Franco Corelli (1971) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Paride ed Elena; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voi...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Corelli, Franco; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection box consists of the Franco Corelli 1971 Tokyo Concert and the Alfredo Kraus 1996 Tokyo Recital. Two wonderfully historic performances for the price...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German
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Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Ihre gröáten Erfolge

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-04-17

Works: Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler; Franz von Suppé: Boccacio; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Rund um die Liebe; Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns; ...
Performers: Albrecht, Otto; Dolz, Dolf; Fritz, Bruno; Gedda, Nicolai; Glawitsch, Rupert; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Gunter, Horst; Lais, Detlev; Pfeifle, Alfred; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Stephan, Wilhelm; Marszalek, Franz; Hermann, Harry; Zacharias, Helmut; Jary, Michael; Walter, Fried; Burkhardt, Paul; Szell, George; Rother, Artur

Recording information: 1950-1958....continue...

Anna Netrebko sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera...
Performers: Aronson, David; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, musikverein, Grosser Saal (03/2003)....continue...

Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon, Damrau, Alagna, Dessay, Grigolo, DiDonato, Daniels

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Fille du Régiment; ...
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Veroni...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Ono, Kazushi; Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Morandi, Pier G.; Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Bellincampi, Giordano; Curtis, Alan; Norrington, Roger; Faso...

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Gilgore, Veda, Barricelli, Salsi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2012-03-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Barricelli, Carlo; Popescu, Annamaria; Salsi, Luca; Signorini, Manrico; Veda, Elmira; Wilson, Sally
Conductors: Gilgore, Laurence
Ensemble: Puccini Festival Chorus; Puccini Festival Orchestra

Madame Butterfly marked Puccini's first encounter with the exotic themes that were so popular at the beginning of the century; yet in this work the...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Puccini: Opera Arias / Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Edgar, opera; La La rondine; La bohème; La fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Le villi; Turandot; Tosca; Unspecified: ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Coppola, Anton; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Gramophone Magazine
Everything Gheorghiu achieves here is technically assured, thought through and emotionally rewarding. This is a deeply satisfying traversal of the Puccini canon.
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The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Edwards, Park, Kizart, Carbo, Fiebig [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-02-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carbo, Jose; Fiebig, Taryn; Kizart, Takesha Meshe; Lowrencev, Shane; Park, Ji-Min; Parkin, David
Conductors: Lu, Shao-Chia; Edwards, Gale
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

This sensational new production of La bohFme, the inspired concept of director Gale Edwards, is set in early 1930s Berlin, a city of liberal indulgence,...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Germ...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Edwards, Park, Kizart, Carbo, Fiebig [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2012-02-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carbo, Jose; Fiebig, Taryn; Kizart, Takesha Meshe; Lowrencev, Shane; Park, Ji-Min; Parkin, David
Conductors: Edwards, Gale; Lu, Shao-Chia
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Sp...continue...

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...continue...

Dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition / Van Cliburn; Valery Klimov, Natallia Shakhovskaya et al.

5 CD / Melodiya / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op...
Performers: Amentaeva, A.; Atlantov, Vladimir; Cliburn, Van; Farr, L. [Piano]; Khalilova, Farida; Klimov, Valery; Marsh, Jane; Natalia Shakhovskaya
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Shostakovich, Maxim; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Ermler, Mark; Haikin, B.;
Ensemble: ; State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Sextet

Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition i...continue...

Spices: France, Italy, Spain - Your journey through classical music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Paul Bazelaire: Suite Francaise; Maurice Ravel: A la manière; Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Jean Françaix: L'heure du berger; Quintette...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Boucher, Remi; Dube, Raphael; Dubeau, Angele; Kay, Francine; Laplante, Andre; Lapointe, Jean Francois; Lefevre; Milot, Valerie [Harp]; Pierri,...
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; ; Dessaints, Raymond; Turovsky, Yuli; Rescigno, Joseph; Maute, Matthias
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Similia; Ensemble Amati (Montreal); Ensemble Caprice; I Musici de Montréal; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

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...

Fiorenza Cedolins û Ommagio a Puccini / Carella/Orchestra della Toscana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bongiovanni / 2011-12-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot
Performers: Cedolins, Fiorenza; Menicucci, Lavinia
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Toscana Orchestra

Fiorenza Cedolins has a voice that carries the listener back to the golden age of Belcanto, a voice that makes its mark immediately with its...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian & English
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The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

Nessun Dorma / Franco Bonisolli, tenor (rec. 1972 - 1975) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Manon Lexcaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Jules Massenet: Manon; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gae...
Performers: Bier, Johannes; Bindszus, Peter; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruscantini, Sesto; Corelli, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Freni, Mirella; Garduhn, Henno; Jedlicka, Rudolf; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kovicz, Hania; Lukat, Ha...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno

Puccini: Turandot / Carella, Gulehina, Licitra, Iveri [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Faria, Luiz-Ottavio; Guleghina, Maria; Iveri, Tamar; Licitra, Salvatore; Linares, Leonardo Lopez
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

''Turandot'' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Carella, Gulehina, Licitra, Iveri [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Faria, Luiz-Ottavio; Guleghina, Maria; Iveri, Tamar; Licitra, Salvatore; Linares, Leonardo Lopez
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

''Turandot'' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...