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Verdi: Falstaff / Evans, Ligabue, Rota, Dominguez / Glyndebourne (1960)

2 CD / Glyndebourne / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Cuenod, Hugues; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Stefanoni, Marco
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording comes from Glyndebourne Festivals' 1960 season, conducted by Gui, in what was Geraint Evan's 3rd outing as Falstaff. Evans is joined by Bruscantini...continue...
Recording information: Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, England (06/1960)....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata [Highlights] /Sills, Gedda, Panerai

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Erwen, Keith; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Panerai, Rolando; Sharpe, Terence; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wallis, Delia
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Beverly Sills is a spirited, subtle and sensitive heroine. Nicolai Gedda gives an attractive performance and Aldo Ceccato conducts with finesse.
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Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting Graveney, London, England (1971-07-06_1971-07-09&1971-)....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...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

Verdi, Giordano, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo: Overtures, Intermezzos

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2009-03-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Giovanna d'Arco; I vespri siciliani; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Pi...
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andrea Licata was born in Palermo, beginning his musical studies at the Conservatoire Vincenzo Bellini where he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara, then moving on...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff, etc / Gui, Previtali, Evans, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2007-10-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Il trovatore
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Boyer, Antonio; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cuenod, Hugues; Dominguez, Oralia; Evans, Geraint, Sir; Moscucci, Orietta; Oncina, Juan; Ottolini, Luigi; Pastori, Antonietta
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio; Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus ; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra ; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, et al: Overtures / Serafin, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2007-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; La traviata; La forza del destino; Nabucco; Aida, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Margherita Grandi sings Verdi

1 CD / Testament / 2006-12-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore
Performers: Frank, Ernst; Grandi, Margherita; McKinley, Andrew; Midgeley, Walter; Tajo, Italo; Terry, Vera; Thomas, Edward; Valentino, Francesco; Vivian, Robert
Conductors: Goldschmidt, Berthold; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Erede, Alberto; Goehr, Walter
Ensemble: ; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Margherita Grandi, Australian by birth, Italian by musical upbringing, was something of a hit-and-miss meteor in her stuttering career, badly affected by two world wars....continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Busch, Wegner, et al

3 CD / Andromeda / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Dargavel, Bruce; Maclean, Bruna; Mason, Stanley; Miller, Mildred; Poleri, David; Rothmuller, Marko; Thomas, Robert [tenor]; Wegner, Walburga; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlos; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Gugli...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

The Young Domingo

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-08-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Mill...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Psaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For Placido Domingo fans, THE YOUNG DOMINGO serves up more than enough satisfying fare. These two disks contain not only the entirety of three opera aria recordings made by Domingo from 1969 (the year...continue...

Gala Concert at the Royal Albert Hall / Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 1991-06-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); I lombardi; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Ceccato, Sills, Gedda, Panerai

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1988-09-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Elvin, William; Erwen, Keith; Fiorentini, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Panerai, Rolando; Sharpe, Terence; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; van Allan, Richard [B...
Conductors: Alldis, John; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra