Levine, James > Verdi, Giuseppe

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...

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Levine/Met, Vickers, Scotto, Macneil [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Scotto, Renata; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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The Wedding Collection

2 CD / Classic FM Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite; Jerusalem; Char...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Drury, Elizabeth; Fleming, Renée; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hurford, Peter; Jenkins, Katherin...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Hawes, Patrick; Hickox, Richard; Hancock, Gerre; Fancourt, Daisy; Lole, Simon; Vivian, James; Brüggen, Frans; Rose, Barry; Darlington, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Gi...
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort

Viva Domingo!

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Giavanna d'Arco; Otello; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; La clemenza di...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pandora; Sc...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Barker, John; Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Chung, Myung-Whun; Levine, James; Pappano, Antonio; Prêtre, Georges; Bartoletti, Bruno; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Viotti, Marcello; Rudel, J...

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 4-CD set replete with extension liner notes, artist testimonials, and a career...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/Met, Domingo, Pieczonka, Giordani [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giordani, Marcello; Morris, James; Pieczonka, Adrianne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

”James Levine obviously loves this score, and he builds the opera to its tragic climax with the orchestra and chorus playing and singing gloriously. Fans...continue...
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Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Mirella Freni: Live Recordings 1963-1965

2 CD / Orfeo / 2010-06-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Pique Dame; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Atlantov, Vladimir; Brendel, Wolfgang; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Freni, Mirella; Guglielmi, Margherita; Lima, Luis; Mori, Orazio; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni; Rinaldi, Alberto
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Kleiber, Carlos; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Graf, Hans; Abbado, Roberto; Ozawa, Seiji; Luisi, Fabio

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Baldwin, Marcia; Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Morris, James; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

Verdi: Luisa Miller

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Conductors: Levine, James

Recording information: Manhattan Center, New York City (1991-05-02&1991-05-04&1991-)....continue...

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Levine/Met, Freni, Bonney, Horne [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-06-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; de Palma, Piero; Freni, Mirella; Graham, Susan; Horne, Marilyn; Lopardo, Frank; Plishka, Paul; Pola, Bruno
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is the acclaimed 'Falstaff' from the Metropolitan Opera's 1992 extraordinary Zeffirelli production. Conducted under the famous baton of Maestro James Levine, this release includes...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: Macbeth / Levine/MET, Lucic, Guleghina, Relyea, Pittas [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Lucic, Zeljko; Pittas, Dimitri
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Ballet; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Macbeth couple offer some of the juiciest leading roles in all of opera. Lady Macbeth is well done by Maria Guleghina, whose big voice...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Levine/MET, Milnes, Tomowa-Sintow, Plishka [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Moldoveanu, Vasile; Plishka, Paul; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Led by supreme Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes, this DVD features Verdi's rarely staged masterpiece in a performance that represents the Metropolitan Opera at its finest....continue...
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The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Pavarotti Sings Verdi - Unballo In Maschera; Il Trovatore; Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed live at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, where the legendary Italian tenor sang in 378 performances, more than anywhere else in the world, this exquisite,...continue...
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Verdi: Ernani / Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch., Pavarotti, Milnes, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Milnes, Sherrill; Mitchell, Leona; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"People who don't like Eurotrash or any other type of updated operatic stagin, take note: this 1983 Met centennial new production of 'Ernani' is a...continue...
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Verdi: Stiffelio / Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Domingo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Stiffelio
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Domingo, Placido; Plishka, Paul; Sweet, Sharon
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Placido Domingo / Hommage a Sevilla / Levine/Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Ma...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Plácido Domingo celebrates the city that has inspired the greatest number of opera composers as a setting. This classic Emmy® award-winning program now on DVD...continue...
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Classical Chisine: Mangia Italiano!

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas ...
Performers: Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Lamon, Jeanne; Leonhardt, Gustav; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Lamon, Jeanne; Kapp, Richard; ; Pritchard, John; Condie, Richard P.; Schippers, Thomas; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Chicago Orchestra, Brass Section; Cleveland Orchestra Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra Brass

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

Moments of Passion

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-10-03

Works: Placido Domingo, Jr.: Willkommen Bei Uns (Welcome), for voice & orchestra; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Agustín Lara: Granada; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigo...
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Caballe, Montserrat; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; Hernandez, Julio; Hernandez, Orlando; Kaye, Jeff; Mayone, Gary; McGovern, Maureen; Milnes, Sherrill; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Plishka, P...
Conductors: Grin, Leonid; Cobos, Luis; Silvetti, Bebu; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Holdridge, Lee; Levine, James; Downes, Edward; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal ...

In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with J...continue...

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Scotto, Domingo, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Kraft, Jean; Milnes, Sherrill; Morris, James; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Domingo had one of his best nights yet...pouring out tones of gleaming, manly strength and suavity. Milnes was likewise in top form while Bonaldo Giaiotti...continue...
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Great Tenor Arias

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Loh...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hadley, Jerry; Pavarotti, Luciano; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Thomas, Jess; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Levine, James; Bernstein, Leonard; Karajan, Herbert von; Born, Walther; Jochum, Eugen; Böhm, Karl; Kubelik, Rafael; Ozawa, Seiji; Abbado, Claudio

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

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...

Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Metropolitan Opera Gala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Masca...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Gheorghiu, Angela; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hadley, Jerry; Hagegard, Hakan; Hampson, Thomas; Hei-Kyung...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Verdi: Don Carlo / Levine/Met, Domingo, Freni, Bumbry [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Price, Giacomini, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Courtney, James; Darrenkamp, John; Fissore, Enrico; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Jones, Isola; Kesling, Diane; Laciura, Anthony; Nucci, Leo; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Verdi: Nabucco / Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pons, Juan; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This staging of Nabucco, the first since 1960 at the MET, featuring the Russian soperano Maria Guleghina was given in the centenary year of Verdi's...continue...
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The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Mig...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Jones, Isola; MacNeil, Cornell
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Levine/Metropolitan Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Croft, Richard; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Morris, James
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"James Levine conducts with bristling tension, and Raymond Hughes's chorus is impressive. There are no extra features, but the packaging is informative and attractive: with...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Un Ballo In Maschera / Pavarotti, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Blackwell, Harolyn; Millo, Aprile; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Quivar, Florence
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"James Levine imbues the score with an elastic pulse, and the Met Orchestra handles exquisitely... Deutsche Grammophon comes through with superb visual and sonic production...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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RCA Red Seal Century - Soloists & Conductors

2 CD / RCA Records / 2001-10-23

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Sicilienne and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur; Schön Rosmarin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 12 in G major, Op. 37/2, CT. 119; Mazurka for piano no 23 in ...
Performers: Bauer, Harold; Berkowitz, Ralph; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Cliburn, Van; Cortot, Alfred; Elman, Mischa; Feuermann, Emanuel; Gabrilowitsch, Ossip; Galway, James [Flute]; Goode, Richard; Heifetz, Jascha;...
Conductors: Muck, Karl; Stokowski, Leopold; Fiedler, Arthur; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Munch, Charles; Shaw, Robert; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Reiner, Fritz; Levine, James; Measham, David; Wand, Günte...
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Sympho...

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.

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Opera Goes to the Movies

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Costa, Mary; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo; Marton, Eva; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Peters, Roberta; Price, Leontyne; Seiffert...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Patanè, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia ...

Verdi: Aida / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-12-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Burchuladze, Paata; Domingo, Placido; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Millo, Aprile; Milnes, Sherrill; Zajic, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 158 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Marton, Pavarotti, Milnes, Levine/MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-12-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Baker, Mark [Classical]; Marton, Eva; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wells, Jeffrey; Zajic, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 133 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Levine, Chernov, Studer, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-10-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Croft, Dwayne; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Graves, Denyce; Groves, Paul; Lindner, Elyssa; Maher, Robert; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Shaulis, Jane; s...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the MET's highly acclaimed "La Traviata" on DG with Cheryl Studer and Luciano Pavarotti (DGG 435 797) comes this long awaited release of "Rigoletto"...continue...

Verdi: I Lombardi / Levine, Anderson, Leech, Pavarotti, etc

2 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Leech, Richard; Pavarotti, Luciano; Racette, Patricia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Shaulis, Jane; ssis, Yanni
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings...continue...

Bryn Terfel - Opera Arias / Levine, Metropolitan Opera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1996-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Tannh&au...
Performers: Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Levine, James

"...the crowning distinction of Terfel's art (granted the voice, the technique, the general musicianship) is its intelligence. As with words, so with characters: each is...continue...

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turan...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Marton, Eva; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ste...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Kohn, Eugene; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Rudolf, Max; Cobos, Luis; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Schippers, Thomas;...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metro...