Verdi, Giuseppe > Bass

Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

The Voice of Elena Souliotis - Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni, Ponchielli

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcar...
Performers: di Stasio, Anna; Foiani, Giovanni; Souliotis, Elena
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Varviso, Silvio

Recording information: RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1965); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1965); RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1966); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1966)....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Tagliabue, Mancini, Pirazzini, Volpi, Colella, Sciutti (rec. 1951)

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Colella, Alfredo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome

Warner Classics and Cetra release a staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Verdi's Il trovatore is presented in this remastered 1951 celebratory performance with world-renowned...continue...
Recording information: Roma (07/29/1951)....continue...

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco C...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

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...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

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...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....continue...

Erwin Schrott: Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi; Attila; Arrigo Boito: Mefist...
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Grun, Maria [Cello]; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Rustioni, Daniele

Recording information: ORF, Vienna, Austria (03/11/2012-04/25/2012)....continue...

Arena di Verona Festival - Verdi: Aida; Bizet: Carmen; Puccini: Tosca [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Alvarez, Marcelo; Berti, Marco; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; Dashuk, Maya; Domashenko, Marina; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Raimondi, Ruggero; Zajick, D...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Lombard, Alain; Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

Arthaus Musik presents three legendary outstanding operas from the Arena di Verona Festival featuring world renowned conductors as Nello Santi and Daniel Oren. Star singers...continue...
Run Time: 415 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: IT, EN, DE, FR, ES, CN
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem

1 CD / Myto Records / 2012-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ottolini, Luigi; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria

Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh (08/21/1960)....continue...

Verdi: Requiem / Vishnevskaya, Isakova, Ivanovska, Petrov - Igor Markevitch (Live, Moscow 1960)

2 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; La gazza ladra; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola
Performers: Isakova, Nina; Ivanovsky, Vladimir; Petrov, Ivan; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

The great Russian conductor Igor Markevitch (1912 - 1983) was born in Kiev and spent his formative years in Switzerland. At the height of his...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Santi, Chiara, Johansson, Zajick, Pons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Chiara, Maria; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Striuli, Carlo; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Recorded at the world-famous Arena di Verona, this opulent production of Verdi's popular opera Aida was brought to life in a classic staging by Gianfranco...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spani...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Gergiev, Gorchakova, Putilin, Grigorian [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Gorchakova, Galina; Grigorian, Gegam; Karasev, Grigory; Putilin, Nikolai; Tarasova, Marianna
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi's drama of love and destiny in times of war remains one of the best known operas by this Italian master. Conductor Valery Gergiev...continue...
Run Time: 160 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis; Verdi: Requiem; Brahms: German Requiem / Barenboim & the Chicago SO [5 CDs]

5 CD / Erato / 2012-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Holl, Robert; Kiberg, Tina; Magad, Samuel; Marc, Alessandra; Meier, Waltraud; Schrader, David
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate of the CSO in January 1989, and he assumed leadership as the Orchestra's ninth music director in September...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Chicago....continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Sawallisch, King, Lorengar, Fischer-Dieskau [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Lorengar, Pilar; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"The production by Deutsche Oper Berlin ... achieves a beautiful balance between the stage drama and the music. It proves that there are still singers...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Great Sacred Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Colombara, Carlo; Faulkner, Julie; Filipova, Elena; Gedge, Nicholas; Genz, Christoph; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hernandez, Cesar; Im, Sunhae; Ke...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Oberfrank, Géza; Spering, Andreas; Kosler, Zdenek; Jun, Märkl,; Sch...

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Carmelli

1 CD / Archipel / 2012-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Ludwig, Christa; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans
Ensemble: Hamburg NDR Orchestra

Recording information: Hamburg (1961)....continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino & Falstaff / Branchini, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Branchini, Susanna; Carraro, Tiziana; De Mola, Cinzia; Di Felice, Marco; Puértolas, Sabina; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rumetz, Paolo; Salsi, Luca; Simu, Tiberius; Tola, Virginia; Zul...
Conductors: Karytinos, Loukas; Arrivabeni, Paolo
Ensemble: Rovigo Teatro Sociale Chorus; Venice Philharmonic Orchestra "G.F. Malipiero"; Wallonie Royal Opera Orchestra

Two of Verdi's most loved operas for the price of one! Ruggero Raimondi takes the lead role in Verdi's final opera, 'Falstaff', recorded at the...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Pappano, Keenlyside, Monastyrska, Aceto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Cliffe, Nigel; Ebel, Steven; Keenlyside, Simon; Meister, Elisabeth; Monastryrska, Liudmyla
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

Black, red, cream and gold are the colours that define Phyllida Lloyd's Royal Opera House staging of Verdi's robust, yet penetrating setting of Shakespeare's Scottish...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Pappano, Keenlyside, Monastyrska, Aceto [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Cliffe, Nigel; Ebel, Steven; Keenlyside, Simon; Meister, Elisabeth; Monastryrska, Liudmyla
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

Black, red, cream and gold are the colours that define Phyllida Lloyd's Royal Opera House staging of Verdi's robust, yet penetrating setting of Shakespeare's Scottish...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spani...continue...

Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Verdi: Stabat Mater, Te Deum / Karl Rathgeber

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bubl, Barbara; Schmidt, Christian; Schneider, Bernard
Conductors: Rathgeber, Karl
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording juxtaposes 3 works by 2 famous Italian composers of opera: Puccini's Messa di Gloria, an early composition by the only 20-year-old scholar bursting...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche Bayreuth (03/18/2006)....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Pavarotti, Banaudi, Verrett, Nucci

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"Verrett's portrayal, always one of her best roles, is given here with more feeling and involvement than anyone else in the cast...Vocally speaking, the two...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (06/18/1990-07/02/1990)....continue...

Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Mehli; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, F...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Mehta, Mehli
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...continue...

Ave Maria: Bach/Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rossini, Verdi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Liszt: Ave Maria 1; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Claudi...
Performers: Connell, John; Frimmer, Monika; Greindl, Josef; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hochreither, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Seiffert, Peter; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Parrott, Andrew; Rovatkay, Lajos; Max, Hermann; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Savall, Jordi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Forster, Karl; Kraus, Richard; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Collegium Cartusianum; Das kleine Konzert; Hespèrion XX; Taverner Players

Verdi: Don Carlo [Highlights] / Carreras, Freni, Ghiarov, Baltsa, Raimondi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; German Opera Chorus

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Freni is an involved and sympathetic Elisabetta with a voice that sounds warm and even throughout. Carreras is ideally ardent as Carlos and Baltsa...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (09/15/1978-09/20/1978)....continue...

New Year's Concert 2006 From Teatro La Fanice / Masur, Cedolins, Calleja [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I lombardi; Nabucco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro); Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: ...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Scandiuzzi, Roberto
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Kurt Masur's inspired 2006 New Year's Concert is available again in this ArtHaus re-issue.Soloists Fiorenza Cedolins, Joseph Calleja and Roberto Scandiuzzi are featured in highlights...continue...
Run Time: 55 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Barenboim, Domingo, Harteros, Furlanetto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Furlantetto, Ferrucio; Harteros, Anja; Sartori, Fabio
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim and Federico Tiezzi joined forces at La Scala in 2010 for this stunning production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Domingo is joined...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Barenboim, Domingo, Harteros, Furlanetto [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Furlantetto, Ferrucio; Harteros, Anja; Sartori, Fabio
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim and Federico Tiezzi joined forces at La Scala in 2010 for this stunning production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.Domingo is joined by...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Mehta, Stemme, Licitra, Alvarez, Krasteva [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Krasteva, Nadika; Licitra, Salvatore; Miles, Alastair; Stemme, Nina
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Veinna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Stunning on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, this all-star cast and the Vienna State Opera create a La Forza for the ages."Salvatore Licitra's Alvaro, alternately tender...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Itali...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Mehta, Stemme, Licitra, Alvarez, Krasteva [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-01-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Krasteva, Nadika; Licitra, Salvatore; Miles, Alastair; Stemme, Nina
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Stunning on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, this all-star cast and the Vienna State Opera create a La Forza for the ages."Salvatore Licitra's Alvaro, alternately tender...continue...
Run Time: 161 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spa...continue...

Verdi: Requiem; Four Sacred Songs / Schwarzkopf; Gedda; Baker; Ludwig; Ghiaurov

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ludwig, Christa; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London....continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
...continue...

Bellissimo Italian Opera

1 CD / Dynamic / 2011-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio; Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Berti, Marco; Carosi, Micaela [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Guelfi, Carlo; Neves, Susan; Polverelli, Laura; Prestia, Giacomo; Simoncin...
Conductors: Carraro, Massimiliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Palumbo, Renato; Renzetti, Donato; Allemandi, Antonello

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Alva, Moffo

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: 1956....continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro