Verdi, Giuseppe > Ghione, Franco

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD Video

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Malipiero

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-06-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers: Cristoforeanu, Florica; Malipiero, Giovanni
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Albergoni, Angelo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giovanni Malipiero's recordings overwhelm the listener with their high quality. The tenor from Padua effortlessly puts today's stars in the shade. He had an excellent...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Ghione, Callas, Kraus, Sereni, Zanini, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Callas, Maria; de Castro, Maria Cristina; de Palma, Piero; Kraus, Alfredo; Sereni, Mario
Conductors: Ghione, Franco;
Ensemble: Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Chorus; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra

The Very Best of Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sviglia; Vincenz...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino

The One and Only - Opera Arias / Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chéni...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Ghione, Franco; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

A 2-CD compilation of Callas' most famous arias, at a 1-CD price! Packaged in a limited edition 6-panel digipack with a lavishly illustrated booklet....continue...

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...

The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; G...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dawson, Herbert; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Noto, Giuseppe; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pietro; Sabajno, Carlo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio; Zamboni...
Ensemble: ; Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach; Strings & Harp

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 1

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; I due Foscari; Attila
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Badini, Ernesto; Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Bjorling, Jussi; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Crimi, Giulio; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Hempel...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra

This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary...continue...

References - Beniamino Gigli- Opera Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; Caniglia, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Pinza, Ezio
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Setti, Giulio; Goehr, Walter; Sabajno, Carlo; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Berrettoni, Umberto

Maria Callas - The Legend

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giusepp...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Callas, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Or...

Beniamino Gigli - Complete Opera Recordings Vol 3

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 1999-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust;...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Elmo, Cloe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; Noto, Giuseppe; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco; Olivieri, Dino; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Collingwood, Lawrance; Berretton...

Prima Voce - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Sings Verdi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Basiola, Marco; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Cattaneo-Minghini, Irene; de Luca, Giuseppe; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Manfrini, Luigi; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Arduini, Renato; Ghione, Franco; Sabajno, Carlo; Zweig, Fritz; Bourdon, Rosario; Marinuzzi, Gino
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Callas - La Divina 2

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1994-07-19

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; La traviata; Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; ...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Callas, Maria; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Paris Opéra Orchestr...

Callas - La Divina

4 CD / EMI Classics / 1993-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Tosca; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vin...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Ghione, Franco; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino