Verdi, Giuseppe > Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora, etc / Molajoli, Bruna-Rasa, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lesca...
Performers: Alfieri, Antonio; Baracchi, Aristide; Bassi, Anna Masetti; Dall'Argine, Eugenio; Dominici, Ernesto; Galeffi, Carlo; Ghirardini, Emilio; Girardi, Piero; Giusti, Blando; Mannarini, Ida; Marini, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Two Divas: Callas & Tebaldi - The Greatest Sopranos of All Time

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; La traviata; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Um...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
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Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Orchestra Di Milano Della Rai; Orchestra Sinfonica...

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...
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Renata Tebaldi - Voice of Gold - Puccini, Verdi, Cilea, etc

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco Cilèa: Adrian...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Geneva Grand Theatre Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Verchi, Merighi, Cappuccilli, Gerncer, Lazzarini, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Davià, Federico; Gencer, Leyla; Lazzarini, Adriana; Maionica, Silvio; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Meliciani, Carlo; Merighi, Giorgio; Romani, Regolo; Santelli, Giovanna
Conductors: Verchi, Nino;
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Prima Voce - Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Ve...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has chosen early 78 rpm recordings that capture Tito Gobbi’s voice at its most lyrical, persuasive, and attractive. Very few...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Il Trovatore / Gavazzeni, Bergonzi, Tucci, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriella; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording, which has been a best-seller in the standard Opera d’Oro budget catalogue, represents a live performance by the world-famous La Scala opera company...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...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...

Verdi: Messa di Requiem / Tullio Serafin

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; I vespri siciliani; Giovanna d'Arco; Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Il Trovatore; Otello
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Fernandi, Eugenio; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"hearing this 1959 set after many years, it stands up beautifully and can be highly recommended. The hushed opening mesmerizes and the "Dies irae" and...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Serafin, Stella, Gobbi, La Scala, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...continue...

Historical - Verdi: Il trovatore / Karajan, Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Callas and Karajan took the world by the ears in the 1950s with this Il trovatore. Leonora was one of Callas's finest...continue...

Weekend Classics - An Opera Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: Turand...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Hornik, Gottfried; Ott...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro all...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Attila, etc / Ferro, Abbado, Ramey, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-11-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; N/A: Luisa Miller
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass]; Bottion, Aldo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Luchetti, Veriano; Nesterenko, Yevgeny; Nucci, Leo; Ramey, Samuel; Ricciarelli, Katia; Roark-Strummer, Linda; Stone, William
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Historical - Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Gavazzeni, Stella

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-07-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Benatti, Erminio; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Maionica, Silvio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Ratti, Eugenia; Stella, Antonietta; Stignani, Ebe; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A Tenor Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauber...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schreier, Peter; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Bartoletti, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vie...

Historical - Verdi: La traviata / Giulini, Callas, Raimondi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Maionica, Silvio; Mandelli, Luisa; Raimondi, Gianni; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani, etc / Balkwill, Votto, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-02-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bickerstaff, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grant, Clifford; Kabaivanska, Raina; Smith, Donald; Tinsley, Pauline; Tracey, Peter
Conductors: Balkwill, Bryan; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Eva Turner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Landon Ronald: O Lov...
Performers: Turner, Eva [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Robinson, Stanford; Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

The Best

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; M...
Performers: Bartoli, Alberto; Brown, Kameron; Centonze, Michele; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Giannetti, Veris "Pecos"; Nanni, Stefano "Tellus"; Odorici, Piero; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; P...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Karajan, Herbert von; Maag, Peter; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Mehta, Zubin; Chiaramello, ...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orch...

Luciano Pavarotti recently celebrated his 40th anniversary as a recording artist and has just begun his 40-date worldwide farewell tour that will kick off in...continue...
Few operatic tenors of the 20th century were more honored than Luciano Pavarotti, and none were as popular; his fame went far beyond the usual boundaries of classical music and his music was as widely...continue...

Verdi: Requeim / Price, Karajan/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

An exceptional cast of soloists - Leontyne Price, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fiorenza Cossotto and the young Luciano Pavarotti - makes this a visual and musical experience...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Domingo, Nucci

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Nucci, Leo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This release features a very talented cast that includes Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi and Nicolai Ghiaurov, all captured in Claudio Abbado's exalted account....continue...

MIrella Freni - A Celebration

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Ruggero L...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Roberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenic...

Mirella Freni is without a doubt a true legendary soprano. She recorded a substantial discography for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and this 2 CD collection...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Domingo, Ghiaurov, Teatro alla Scala

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Spoken Word: Intervista a Placido Domingo (Interview); Intervista a Raina Kabaivanska (Interview); Intervista a Nicolai Ghiaurov (Interview)
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This performance was Placido Domingo's 'La Scala' debut, and the beginning of a spectacular career. Great sound....continue...

Verdi: Choruses and Ballet Music / Abbado, La Scala

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Nabucco; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Callas Edition - Verdi: Aida - Highlights /Serafin, La Scala

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Modesti, Giuseppe; Ricciardi, Franco; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Attila [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-01-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila
Performers: Gavazzi, Ernesto; Kaludov, Kaludi; Luperi, Mario; Ramey, Samuel; Studer, Cheryl; Zancanaro, Giorgio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The La Scala Collection continues in top form with this superb performance of Riccardo Muti conducting the famed Samuel Ramey and Cheryl Studer in the...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-11-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Capuano, Enzo; Merritt, Chris; Studer, Cheryl; Zancanaro, Giorgio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi's 1855 Paris opera which Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata is treated to a performance of blazing energy and intimate refinement with a superb...continue...
Run Time: 211 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
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Verdi: I Due Foscari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Cazzaniga, Renato; Cupido, Alberto; Roark-Strummer, Linda; Roni, Luigi; Tagliasacchi, Monica
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Renato Bruson takes the role of the Venetian Doge - Francesco Foscari - in Verdi's dark, three-act tragedy based on a drama by Lord Byron...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
Country of Origi...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Ricciarelli, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Bramante, Aldo; Bullo, Libero; Cerri, Gaspare; Corbelli, Alessandro; Domingo, Placido; Fontaine, Serge; Gernone, Sebastiano; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grella, Bruno; Maz...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Lizzio, Franco
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Muti, Riccardo: Verdi: Don Carlo [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Anisimov, Alexander; Coni, Paolo; D'Intino, Luciana; Dessi, Daniela; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This visually stunning and artistically superb performance of Verdi's dark masterpiece is now available on DVD for the first time. The film of this 'live'...continue...
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Country of Origin: Italy
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Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Rarities Vol 1 / Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2004-01-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La traviata; Falstaff;...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Martini, Juan Emilio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra; Rio de Janeiro...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Otello / Kleiber, Domingo, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-11-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Jori, Jone; Mori, Orazio; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raffanti, Dano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Not even Toscanini managed to inspire and sustain music-making of such blistering intensity." - Andrew Farach-Colton...continue...

Toscanini e l'Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala (1946-1948)

1 CD / Fono / 2003-11-04

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Nabucco; Gioachino Rossini: La scala di seta
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Muti, Fabbricini, Curiel, Alagna, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Capuano, Enzo; Coni, Paolo; Cossutta, Enrico; Curiel, Nicoletta; Fabbricini, Tiziana; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Mori, Orazio; Musinu, Francesco; Panariello, Ernesto; Sammaritano, Silvestro; ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La battaglia de Legnano / Gavazzeni, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Stefanoni, Marco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Recordings of this neglected Verdi spectacular are rare at any price, but this great-sounding budget edition - starring Franco Corelli - is unique. It's the...continue...

Renata Tebaldi - The Birth of a Legend

1 CD / Fono / 2002-05-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Requiem Mass; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Elmo, Cloe; Gardino, Jolanda; Malipiero, Giovanni; Panerai, Rolando; Pasero, Tancredi; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Böhm, Karl; Cantelli, Guido; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Karajan, Moffo, Cioni, Sereni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Loretti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Ricciardi, Franco; Righetti, Romana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nic...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Italian-American soprano Anna Moffo was a megastar in the 1960s and early 70s thanks to her beauty, thrilling voice, and acting ability. Her career...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Price, Bruson, et al

3 CD / Bella Voce / 2001-11-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Caldera, Francesca; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...

Great Opera Recordings - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-08-21

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; I Rantzau, opera in 4 acts; Guglielmo Ratcliff, opera (tragedia) in 4 acts; Iris; Le maschere, opera (commedia liric...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Cavalleria Rusticana" tells a lurid and passionate story in a vivid musical style that brilliantly intensifies each dramatic situation and at the same time evokes...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

Verdi: La traviata / Verchi, Scotto, Carreras, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lombardi, Franco; Mazzini, Guido; Meliciani, Carlo; Pedrotti, Anna; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Verchi, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Major stars, major opera, recent sound - all add up to a fine recording. Carreras fans will want it just for Carreras, especially at the...continue...

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Verdi: Requiem, Te deum, Preludes & Overtures / Toscanini

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2000-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; Westminster Choir