Rossini, Gioachino > Bass Baritone

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...

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
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The Worst of William Powers

1 CD / Centaur / 2011-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Falstaff; I Vespri Siciliani; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Les Huguenots; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia...
Performers: Powers, William
Conductors: Burkh, Dennis

Recording information: Bratislava, Slovak Republic....continue...

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Bad Boys

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-04-13

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Kur...
Performers: Crafoord, Balcarras [Tenor Vocal]; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Daniel, Paul

'Bad Boys' is a line up of some of the most unscrupulous, cynical, devious, roguish musical villains of the opera stage. Bryn Terfel calls them...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm, Bersaldhallen (03/2009)....continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Florez, Bayo, Madrid Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Flórez, Juan Diego; Pratico, Bruno; Raimondi, Ruggero; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

Juan Diego Flórez in his greatest role shines in this sparkling production. With an image up to six times sharper than conventional DVD and superior...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Grand Tier - Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto / Schippers, Sills, Horne, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-10-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Paoli, Milna; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone; Washingt...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance from La Scala in 1969 of this Rossini rarity, with much the same cast as the studio recording now out of print and...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle / Beck, Blasi, Naef, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Blasi, Angela Maria; Fink, Marcos; Meyer, Michael; Rivinius, Paul
Conductors: Beck, Rolf
Ensemble: South German Vocal Ensemble

"...[This] is a 'simpatico' performance; light, bright, and pretty jaunty where it counts. The soloists are an adept bunch. They're happy to emote themselves into...continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle / Scogna, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Brumat, Letizia Calandra; Carbonara, Michelangelo; Filippo, Giuliano De; Pavoni, Alberto; Polimanti, Enrico Maria
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Petrassi Chamber Choir

Rossini's last masterpiece is best realized with the salon sound of chamber music - a sound all the more modern when tied to the timbre...continue...

Rossini: La Donna del Lago / Benini, Giannattasio, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-06-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Giannattasio, Carmen; Gleadow, Robert; Kunde, Gregory; Sassu, Francesca; Tarver, Kenneth; Wilde, Mark
Conductors: Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: Edinburgh Festival Chorus

Rossini's La donna del lago was not only the first Italian opera to be based on a work by Sir Walter Scott (the narrative poem...continue...

Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia / Fogliani, Württemberg PO, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ciro in Babilonia, opera
Performers: Bellavia, Giovanni; Botta, Riccardo; Fogliani, Antonino; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Islam-Ali-Zade, Luisa; Soulis, Maria; Trucco, Giorgio
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonie Reutlingen

"It's hardly a masterpiece, but there is plenty to admire and enjoy: two lovely arias for Amira (mezzo-soprano); a duet for Amira and Baldassare (tenor);...continue...

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Chailly, Milnes, Pavarotti, Freni

4 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Milnes, Sherrill; Noble, John; Pavarotti, Luciano; Suarez, Cesar Antonio; Tomli...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chailly's is a forceful reading, particularly strong in the many ensembles, and superbly recorded. Milnes makes a heroic Tell, always firm and Pavarotti sings the...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / King, Sampson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Halls, Matthew; Sampson, Carolyn; Tortise, Andrew; Unwin, William; Williams, Mark
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort Choir

"Recordings of the final and finest work among Rossini's "sins of my old age" aren't as rare as you might think. We've covered at least...continue...

Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska / de Marchi, Cigna, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska, opera
Performers: Bellavia, Giovanni; Bianchini, Michele; Cigna, Paola; Gemmabella, Anna Rita; Rhys-Evans, Huw; Utzeri, Mauto
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Rossini's semi-serious opera 'Torvaldo e Dorliska' belongs, like Beethoven's 'Fidelio', to the genre of 'rescue' opera. The hero and heroine of the title both succumb...continue...

Rossini: Barber of Seville / Juan Diego Florez [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Flórez, Juan Diego; Pratico, Bruno; Raimondi, Ruggero; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Rossini: La Cenerentola / Zedda, DiDonato, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bellei, Marco; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Cigna, Patrizia; DiDonato, Joyce; Pisaroni, Luca; Pratico, Bruno; Zapata, Jose Manuel
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Alternating between opera seria and opera buffa, Rossini's tenth opera, 'La Cenerentola', treats the story of Cinderella with a degree of modified realism and occasional...continue...

Jonathan Lemalu Sings Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Gioachino R...
Performers: Lemalu, Jonathan
Conductors: Judd, James

Jonathan Lemalu, a 28-year-old New Zealand-born Samoan, is on the forefront of today's young generation of singers. Already in great demand on opera stages and...continue...

Rossini: Guillaume Tell

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-03-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Chen, Yu; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Walter; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Hampson, Thomas; Kotoski, Dawn; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Silins, Egils; Ungureanu, Mihaela; Wojtek Smilek; Zacharias...
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio

The World's Very Best Opera for Kids...in English!

1 CD / Children's Group / 2003-09-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), ...
Performers: Banion, Brian; Choquette, Natalie; Dahl, Gregory; Dahl, Tracy; Erin Thrall; Kulan, Aline; Kutan, Aline; LeBlanc, Suzie; Lichti, Daniel; Monk, Allan; Pappas, Lambroula Maria; Schade, Michael; Stilwell...
Conductors: Gál, Tamás

"A brilliant idea, and so exquisitely executed" - Dallas Morning News "If your kids turn up their noses at opera, try this engaging recording from...continue...

The Compact Opera Collection - Rossini: Il Barbiere/Marriner

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-08-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Burgess, Sally; Kraemer, Nicholas; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Noble, John; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Bari...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

"...[Marriner's] characteristic polish and refinement - beautifully caught in the clear, finely balanced recording - never get in the way of urgent spontaneity, the sparkle...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Cecilia Bartoli [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2002-06-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Corbelli, Alessandro; Dara, Enzo; Gimenez, Raul; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Great Voices of the Past - The Age of Bel Canto

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro),...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Ivogun, Maria; La...

Grand Tier - Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto / Schippers, Sills, Horne, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-02-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Paoli, Milna; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rossini: Stabat Mater / Seefried, Anday, Fehenberger, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-07-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frantz, Ferdinand; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Messner, Joseph
Ensemble: Salzburg Cathedral Choir

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leo Schützendorf

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Richard Wagner: Die Meist...
Performers: Bohnen, Michael; Kalenberg, Josef; Schutzendorf, Leo
Conductors: Weyersberg, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Meyrowitz, Selmar
Ensemble: Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Cecilia & Bryn - Duets / Chung, Orchestra of Santa Cecilia

1 CD / Decca / 1999-03-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Fisher, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Orchestra

The rise of Cecilia Bartoli to internatioal stardom is a phenomenom of our time....continue...

Grosse Sänger Unseres Jahrhunderts - Hans Hotter

1 CD / Orfeo / 1999-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Richard Strauss: Di...
Performers: Fehenberger, Lorenz; Hotter, Hans; Siebert, Dorothea
Conductors: Zallinger, Meinhard von; Albert, Rudolf; Jochum, Eugen

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Sanzogno, Berganza, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Falachi, Rena Gary; Meucci, Valerio; Misciano, Alvino; Palombini, Vittoria; Petri, Mario
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

One of the hidden gems of the catalog, a rare recording of the brilliant Berganza with her voice at its youthful best you are unlikely...continue...

Nicola Ghiuselev - Verdi, Wagner, Bellini, Mozart, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 1996-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Robert le Diable; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabu...
Performers: Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Matakiev, Metodi

Bryn Terfel - Opera Arias / Levine, Metropolitan Opera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Tannh&au...
Performers: Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James

"...the crowning distinction of Terfel's art (granted the voice, the technique, the general musicianship) is its intelligence. As with words, so with characters: each is...continue...