Melichar, Alois > Opera/Operetta

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

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

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

Singers to Remember - Heinrich Schlusnus - The Quintessential Baritone Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Albert Lortzing: Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen ...
Performers: Peschko, Sebastian; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Schuler, Johannes; Blech, Leo; Melichar, Alois; Gurlitt, Manfred; Zillig, Winfried; Weigert, Herman

The immortal sound of baritone Heinrich Schlusnus is served up in this second volume, collating his recordings from the late 1920s and '30s. Among the...continue...

Fritz Wunderlich - The Legend

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2008-01-29

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermau...
Performers: Brauer, Herbert; Eipperle, Trude; Gunter, Horst; Kretschmar, Anni; Paul, Lore; Robert, Henriette; Roth-Erang, P.; Samland, Bruno; Schirrmacher, Ursula; Siemeling, Marlies; Stader, Maria; Wenglor, Ing...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Rischner, Alfons; Melichar, Alois; Müller-Kray, Hans; Becker, Gerhard; Smola, Emmerich

This CD is dedicated to the young Fritz Wunderlich's earliest commercial recordings. We hear a young, twenty-five-year-old singer who is getting ready to win the...continue...

Singers to Remember - Helge Roswaenge - Opera and Operetta

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-10-09

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; ...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Kochhann, Elsa; Lemnitz, Tiana; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Schmidt, Franz; Orthmann, Erich; Reinshagen, Victor; Melichar, Alois; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Kunneke, Eduard
Ensemble: ; Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Adele Kern

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio...
Performers: Kern, Adele; Marherr, Elfriede; Ohms, Elisabeth
Conductors: Prüwer, Julius; Melichar, Alois; Weissmann, Frieder; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Berlin City Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 4 - 1930-1950

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; R...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgonovo, Luigi; Cebotari, Maria; Gay, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Ivogün, Maria; Kipnis, Alexander; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lorenz, Max; Melchi...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Melichar, Alois; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert

This special 2 CD collection is the final volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. All the material contained here...continue...

The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need - Lèhar, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-05-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Robert Stolz: Der Favorit, operetta; Frühjahrsparade; Liebeskommando; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Yo...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Hadley, Jerry; Johnson, Julia Migenes; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Moffo, Anna; Popp, Lucia; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schramm, Margit; Von Stade, F...
Conductors: Stolz, Robert; Melichar, Alois; Sinatra, Ray; Collado, Jose; Santi, Nello; Wallberg, Heinz; Eisbrenner, Werner; Bonynge, Richard; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; Rudolf Lamy Choir; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

Helge Rosvaenge und die leichte Muse 1927-1937

2 CD / Preiser / 1996-09-24

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: Da geh' ich zu Maxim, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Die lustige Witwe"); The Merry Widow; Lippen schweigen (Lips Stay Silent) (from "...
Performers: Claus, Lillie; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Schweiger, Hans
Ensemble: Orchestra

Franz Völker im Reich der Operette 1927-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1996-05-21

Works: Franz Lehár: Paganini; Der Zarewitsch; Friederike, operetta in 3 acts; The Land of Smiles; Der Rastelbinder; Der Göttergatte; Giuditta; Johann Strauss II: Eine Nacht in Venedig; Der Zigeune...
Performers: Bassth, Emma; Eisinger, Irene; Henke, Waldemar; Kandl, Eduard; Kern, Adele; Klust, Hertha; Kochhann, Elsa; Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Gurlitt, Manfred; Prüwer, Julius; Snaga, Joseph; Schutz, Walter; Melichar, Alois; Zweig, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Operetten Ensemble

Heinrich Schlusnus - Arien und Szenen

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-21

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Umberto Giordano: ...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Krauss, Clemens; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Rother, Artur

"Schlusnus was perhaps the premier baritone in Germany during the inter war years, especially in Italian repertory. He had a beautiful, evenly produced voice, strong...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Heinrich Schlusnus

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mascher...
Performers: Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Schuler, Johannes; Steeger, Gerhard; Melichar, Alois
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Franz Völker Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Rich...
Performers: Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Schmidt, Franz; Steeger, Gerhard; Melichar, Alois; Schuler, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Franz Völker

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-03-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, o...
Performers: Völker, Franz [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Weigert, Herman; Prüwer, Julius; Gurlitt, Manfred; Heidenreich, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Recital

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1989-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Albert Lortzing: Undine; F...
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Becker, Gerhard; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Melichar, Alois