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Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Amberger, Martin; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro / Martirosyan, Antonelou, Ruggeri, Utzeri, Garoar Thor Cortes, Ribalta

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'occasione fa il ladro, opera
Performers: Manasi, Matthias [Harpsichord]
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino
Ensemble: Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

Composed by the young Gioachino Rossini in eleven days to comply with a contractual commitment, L'occasione fa il ladro (Opportunity Makes A Thief) is a...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2005-07-14&2005-07-17&2005-)....continue...

Rossini: La Cambiale Di Matrimonio / Franklin, Priante, Samsonova, Zanfardino, Mastrototaro

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cambiale di matrimonio
Performers: Tanzini, Massimiliano
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher
Ensemble: Württenberg Philharmonic Orchestra

The plot of La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage), which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old, revolves around the farcical...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2006-07-08&2006-07-14&2006-)....continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Rossini: La Gazzetta

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazzetta, opera
Performers: Mahieux, Ugo
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher

Composed between 'The Barber of Seville' (NXS 8660027) and 'Cinderella' (NXS 8660191), Rossini's only Neapolitan comic opera 'La gazzetta' (The Newspaper) was based on a...continue...
Recording information: Kurhaus Bad Wildbad, Germany (2007-07-14&2007-07-19&2007-)....continue...

Santo: Sacred Songs / Juan Diego Flórez

1 CD / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Plaudite, sonat tuba; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Vincenzo Bellini: Ma...
Performers: Ayala, Carlos; Breddermann, Ulrich Stephan; Espinoza, Edgar Espinoza; Florez, Juan Diego; Guerrero, Armando; Mezzini, Nicoletta; Milani, Luca; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele

Today's leading bel canto tenor, and one of the world's biggest opera stars, celebrates this Christmas season with a very personal choice of sacred arias...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/15/2010-01/27/2010); Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/2010)....continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Fabbrini, Gianni
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2008-07-02_2008-07-03&2008-)....continue...

Rossini: L'inganno felice / Zedda, Tarver, Mologni, Regazzo, Vinco, Bailey, Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'inganno felice, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Fabbrini, Gianni; Mologni, Corinna; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Tarver, Kenneth; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

Rossini’s 'rescue opera' 'L'inganno felice' (The Happy Deception) won immediate contemporary popularity after its first performance in 1812. One of the composer's most inventive and...continue...

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Levine, Sills, Gedda, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

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

3 CD / Decca / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Montarsolo, Paolo; Pace, Miti Truccato; Panerai, Rolando; Tavolaccini, Giuliana; Vedovelli, Umberto
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably...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: La Cenerentola / Abbado, Berganza, Alva, Capecchi

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Capecchi, Renato; Guglielmi, Margherita; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Trama, Ugo; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"A triumph...the kind of directness and authority which the young Abbado manifests here is most welcome...[His] mastery is such that in the big ensembles the...continue...

Rossini: Barber Of Seville (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cesari, Renato; Dara, Enzo; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Kovats, Barna; Malagu, Stefania; Montarsolo, Paolo; Prey, Hermann [B...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Opera House - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Artmeier, Fred; Capecchi, Renato; Carturan, Gabriella; Cava, Carlo; D'Angelo, Gianna; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Monti, Nicola; Sabbioni, Renato; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rossini's rollicking masterpiece is a succession of marvelous numbers that captures the essence of the characters and at the same time offers an ironic, even...continue...

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...

Rossini: La Pietra del Paragone / Marchi, Bienkowska, et al

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La pietra del paragone
Performers: Bienkowska, Agata; Codeluppi, Alessandro; Costantini, Raffaele; Gemmabella, Anna Rita; Herrmann, Anke; Machej, Dariusz; Marchi, Alessandro de; Yoshihara, Teru; Zarrelli, Gioacchino
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

'La Pietra del Paragone' is unique in the sense that no other opera of Rossini's has been so highly praised in the literature on the...continue...

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...

Rossini: L'inganno felice / Minkowski, Massis, et al

1 CD / Erato Import / 1997-09-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'inganno felice, opera
Performers: Gilfrey, Rodney; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Jobin, Emile; Massis, Annick; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Le Concert des Tuileries

"...Rossini took inordinate care over every detail. So does Marc Minkowski in this exhilarating roller-coaster performance recorded last year at the Theatre de Poissy. Whether...continue...

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert

Opera Classics - Rossini: Tancredi / Zedda, Podles, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Baert, Lieven; Coryn, Franck; Demeyere, Ewald; Jo, Sumi; Lendi, Lucretia; Micco, Anna Maria di; Podles, Ewa; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Editor's Choice, November 1995 "...a set that has been aimed at a wide constituency of music lovers, yet it makes no compromises with the quality...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Rizzi, Larmore, Giménez, et al

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1995-04-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Fisher, John; Gimenez, RaLl [Tenor Vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Polverelli, Laura; Quilico, Gino; Scarabelli, Adelina
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Abbado, Battle, Domingo

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1993-04-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Chausson, Carlos; Domingo, Placido; Gallo, Lucio; Lopardo, Frank; Raimondi, Ruggero; Schneider, Ronald; Sima, Gabriele; Simic, Goran; Sollscher, Goran
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

The Best of Rossini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1992-04-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; La gazza ladra; Semiramide; Guillaume Tell; Guglielmo Tell; La scala di seta; Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater; La passeggiata, quarte...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Canino, Bruno; Lorengar, Pilar
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Nicholas

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Baltsa, Raimondi

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1989-09-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Corbelli, Alessandro; Dara, Enzo; Gonda, Anna; Lopardo, Frank; Pace, Patrizia; Raimondi, Ruggero; Schneider, Ronald
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus