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Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....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...

Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride / Maria Callas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2012-01-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Callas, Maria; Malagu, Stefania; Perotti, Eva
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

The recent rebirth of interest in the masterpiece of Christoph von Gluck's maturity, Ifigenia in Tauride, has proved that his art can still cast a...continue...
Recording information: Milan (06/01/1957)....continue...

Verdi: Macbeth

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello
Performers: Berry, Noreen; Boniface, Edgard; Brian Wrigt; Celia Penny; Davies, Rhoderick; Del Monaco, Mario; Dobson, John; Gobbi, Tito; Jean Holmes; Robinson, Forbes; Shuard, Amy; Thomas, Glynne; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Sanzogno, Nino

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Poli, Afro; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Signo...
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Sanzogno, Nino

Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D 732
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Borriello, Mario; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Danco, Suzanne; Nobile, Alfredo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Annaloro, Antonio; Bertinazzo, Giuseppe; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cattelani, Aurora; Ferrin, Agostino; Gencer, Leyla; Gullino, Walter; Lazzarini, Adriana; Martelli, Edith; Mercuriali, Angelo; Monreale, Le...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bergonzi, Vitale, Panerai, Petri

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Saverio Mercadante: Il Giuramento; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertocci, Aldo; Canali, Anna Maria; Demetz, Vincenzo Maria [Vocals]; Dominguez, Oralia; Ferrein, Giuliano; Guagni, Enzo; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Pirazzini, M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando

Recording information: Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy (02/12/1954)....continue...

Historical - Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Sanzogno, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Colombo, Scipio; Lazzari, Agostino; Sciutti, Graziella
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Bellini: Complete Operas / Bernstein, Callas, Bonynge, Caballé, Cioffi, Scotto, et al

25 CD / Dynamic / 2008-09-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Adelson e Salvini, opera; Bianca e Fernando, opera; Il Pirata, opera; La Straniera, opera; Zaira, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatric...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Amodio, Nicola; Anderson, Kelly; Balboni, Anna Maria; Barcellona, Daniela; Caballe, Montserrat; Caforio, Armando; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Capasso, Camille;...
Conductors: Licata, Andrea; Viotti, Marcello; Sanzogno, Nino; Olmi, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Carella, Giuliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Luisi, Fabio; Bonynge, Richard; Bernstein, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Macerata Opera Festival Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Rossini: Guillaume Tell / Sanzogno, Silveri, Filippeschi, Borrelli, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Arié, Raffaele; Barbesi, Attilio; Benetti, Margherita; Borelli, Giannella; Carlin, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Massaria, Antonio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Rovere, Anna Maria; Silveri, Paolo; Washing...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Complete Italian Radio Recordings 1952-1956

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Friedrich v...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great sound including unpublished recordings - a unique Document remembering one of the greatest voices of the last century....continue...

Prima Voce - Rolando Panerai

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Otello; Rug...
Performers: Dobbs, Mattiwilda; Panerai, Rolando; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Galliera, Alceo; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This disc features selections from Rolando Panerai's recorded legacy dating from the 1950s. His fresh, opulent, virile and vibrant tone must surely be rated as...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale, etc / Parodi, Corena, Poli, Lazzari, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Corena, Fernando; Del Signore, Gino; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Poli, Afro; Sciutti, Graziella
Conductors: ; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Inge Borkh Vol 2 - Schumann, Strauss, Shostakovich

2 CD / Gala / 2008-03-05

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Dondi, Dino; Gibin, Joao
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Sanzogno/Milan RAI Orch., Rehfuss, Pobbe, Rossi, (1956, B&W) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hardy Classic / 2008-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Campi, Enrico; Carteri, Rosanna; Falachi, Rena Gary; Gatta, Dora; Lemini, Nicola Rossi; Pobbe, Marcella; Rehfuss, Heinz; Villa, Luisa
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Orchestra RAI Radiotelevisione di Milano

Run Time: 156 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: Italy
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Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-01-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Handel, Bellini, Gounod, Donizetti: Operas / Freni

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Caron, Willy; Cioni, Bruno; Companez, Irene; Cossotto, Fiore...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Verchi, Nino; Prêtre, Georges; Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von

This collection of six complete operas makes a strong case for why Mirella Freni has had the distinction of being one of the best-loved operatic...continue...

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Rossi, Lászlò, Kozma, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Antonioli, Doro; Kozma, Lajos; Laszlo, Magda; Mariconda, Valeria; Vajna, Linda; Verra, Lorenza Canepa
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Sanzogno, Nino

Paride ed Elena, based on the Homeric story of the abduction of the Spartan beauty Helen by the Trojan Paris, seemed to make little initial...continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Sanzogno, Cerquetti, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Cerquetti, Anita; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Ferraro, Pier Miranda; Gonzales, Renzo; Massaria, Antonio; Pola, Arrigo; Presti, Vera; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Zagonara...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Berg: Wozzeck, etc / Sanzogno, Gobi, Picchi, Cuenod, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Cuenod, Hugues; Dow, Dorothy; Gobbi, Tito; Lopatto, Dimitri; Mandalari, Maria Teresa; Monteanu, Petre; Pandano, Vittorio; Pergola, Luciano della; Picchi, Mirto; Soley, Tommaso; Sziget...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Historical - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sanzogno, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Petrella, Clara; Protti, Aldo; Sordello, Enzo
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The famous La Scala premiere. Di Stefano is in incandescent form and fabulously supported by the Scala elite of the time....continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera - Acts 2 & 3 / Sanzogno, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Beloni, Gino; Biasini, Piero; Castellani, Carla; Del Monaco, Mario; Giunta, Arsenio; Morel, Marisa; Nardi, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Pizzetti: Fedra / Sanzogno, Bertocci, Fortunati, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-05-10

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti: Fedra
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Brandolini, Silvana; Fortunati, Mercedes; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Palombini, Vittoria; Ronchini, Bruna; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus

Ildebrando Pizzetti was a composer whose operas avoid the lush lyricism of the Romantic Italian school in favor of a style reminiscent both of the...continue...

Ravel: L'heure espagnole; Rossini / Fournet, et al

1 CD / Living Stage / 2005-01-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: L' heure espagnole, opera in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Kraus, Herbert; Misciano, Alvino; Monreale, Leonardo; Monti, Nicola; Petri, Mario; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Voc...
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Rossi, Mario; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Sanzogno, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Corena, Fernando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fioravanti, Giulio; Prandelli, Giacinto; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella / Sanzogno, Danco, Alva, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2004-04-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D 732
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Borriello, Mario; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio; Danco, Suzanne; Nobile, Alfredo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Rossini: Il turco in Italia / Bruscantini, Sciutti, et al

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Overshadowed for decades by its slightly earlier "twin," L'italiana in Algeri, this opera has come to be regarded as a masterpiece in its own right,...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Erede, Tebaldi, Campora, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2002-06-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Calvino, Michele; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Diozzi, Gianna; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Luise, Melchiorre; Pizzeri, Luigi; Rankin, Nell; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Matacic, Lovro von

Recitals - Renata Scotto - Arias & Scenes from...

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; La traviata; Requiem Mass
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Glossop, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rafanelli, Flora; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Sanzogno, Nino; Cillario, Carlo Felice

Recitals - Mirella Freni - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Charles Goun...
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Malagu, Stefania; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Prêtre, Georges; Maag, Peter

Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, Dondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Dondi, Dino; Ego, Costantino; Malagu, Stefania; Martelli, Edith; Perotti, Eva; Piva, Franco; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Puccini: La Bohème; Arias / Erede, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2002-04-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: L...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino

Great Performances - Luciano Pavarotti

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernan...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

The performances come from the great opera houses of Rome and La Scala, Milan, and feature co-stars such as Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Ruggero Raimondi...continue...

Scarlatti: La Griselda / Sanzogno, Freni, Alva, Panerai

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Freni, Mirella; Lavani, Carmen; Luchetti, Veriano; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Chorus

Verdi: Aida / Sanzogno, Norman, Cossotto, Lavirgen, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alberti, Walter; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Lavirgen, Pedro; Norman, Jessye; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ORTF Chorus

The headline here is of course the title role taken by the young Jessye Norman, before her international fame as complete, but the supporting cast...continue...

Menotti: Amelia al Ballo, etc / Sanzogno, Carosio, Panerai

1 CD / Testament / 2000-12-01

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Amelia Goes to the Ball; The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (The Three Sundays of a Poet), madrigal fable
Performers: Campi, Enrico; Elena Mazzoni; Panerai, Rolando; Prandelli, Giacinto; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti enrolled at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music upon his arrival from Italy in the U.S. His first mature work, the one-act opera...continue...

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Recitals - An Evening with Renata Scotto Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Rafanelli, Flora; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Antonietta Stella - Verdi & Puccini Arias

1 CD / Testament / 1998-12-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla ...
Performers: Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Curiel, Glauco; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Verdi: Rigoletto / Sanzogno, Sutherland, Cioni, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Cioni
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

Rossini: Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra / Gencer, Grilli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
Performers: Borelli, Wilma; Bottazzo, Pietro; Gencer, Leyla; Geszty, Sylvia; Grilli, Umberto; Scarlini, Glauco
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Sanzogno, Berganza, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Falachi, Rena Gary; Meucci, Valerio; Misciano, Alvino; Palombini, Vittoria; Petri, Mario
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

One of the hidden gems of the catalog, a rare recording of the brilliant Berganza with her voice at its youthful best you are unlikely...continue...

Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento / Sanzogno, Pavarotti

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Monachesi, Walter; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino