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Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ammann, Lindsay; Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Cano, Jennifer Johnson; Croft, Dwayne; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Diegel, Adam; Dix, Marjorie Elinor; Erdmann, Mojca; Fillmore, Molly; Gigliot...
Conductors: Levine, James; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Verdi: Luisa Miller / Caballé, Tucker, Milnes, Tozzi, Flagello

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Bergonzi, Price, MacNeil, Tozzi

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Farrell, Tucker, Bardelli - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera (04/11/1964)....continue...

Donizetti: l'Elisir d'amore / Peters, Bergonzi, Guarrera, Corena - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center Studios, New York (08/1992)....continue...

Bizet: Carmen (MET) / Stevens, Tucker, Conner, Silveri

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera, New York City (02/16/1952)....continue...

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (MET) / Tucker, Peters, Amara, Singher

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: Metropolitan Opera, New York City (12/03/1955)....continue...

Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment (MET) / Pons, Jobin, Baccaloni, Petina

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Conductors: Papi, Gennaro
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: Metropolitan Opera, New York City (12/28/1940)....continue...

Thomas: Mignon (MET) / Stevens, Melton, Benzell, Pinza

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera, New York City (01/27/1945)....continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / Gary Lakes, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Die Walkure is the most dramatic opera in Wagner's Ring cycle. Here, this specially priced 4 CD ser with a star cast, James Levine produces...continue...

Ljuba Welitsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Queen of Spades, O...
Performers: Paolis, Alessio de; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Susskind, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Krips, Josef; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has carefully chosen recordings of music covering a number of roles that Viennese, British, and American fans associated with Ljuba...continue...

Puccini: Madame Butterfly / Max Rudolf

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Baker, John; Cehanovsky, George; Luise, Melchiorre; Madeira, Jean; Paolis, Alessio de; Steber, Eleanor; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Votipka, Thelma
Conductors: Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernández, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Cr...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl; Perkins, John; Zinman, David; Hess, Nigel; Foster, Lawrence; Goodall, Howard; Damev, Mischa; Hawes, Patrick; Litton, Andrew; Preston, Simon; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Levine, ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orche...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / James Levine, Debrorah Voigt, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tucker Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-03-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Requiem Mass; Jules Massenet: Manon; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers: Harshaw, Margaret; Muller, Mildred; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: Columbia Concert Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Right from his January 25, 1945 debut at the Met in the role of Enzo in La Gioconda, Richard Tucker was THE tenor of that...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Valdengo Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in masc...
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Capecchi, Renato; Chabay, Leslie; Elmo, Cloe; Nelli, Herva; Steber, Eleanor; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Questa, Angelo; Toscanini, Arturo; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Valdengo already had a promising career in his homeland, but he truly became famous during his seven years with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning in...continue...

Weekend Classics - An Opera Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: Turand...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Hornik, Gottfried; Ott...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro all...

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

Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3 - Live Performances 1948-1957

3 CD / Simax / 2006-10-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4;...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Merola, Gaetano; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Wallenstein, Alfred; Walter, Bruno; Jones, Geraint; Sebastian, Georges; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Mermaid Orchestra; Metropol...

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...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Highlights, etc / Warren, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra

The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fedora Barbieri

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Jules Massenet: Werther; Antonio Vivald...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Marzollo, Dick
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Cleva, Fausto; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ramon Vinay

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Quartararo, Florence; Steber, Eleanor; Swarthout, Gladys; Vinay, Ramón
Conductors: Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Cleva, Fausto; Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

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...

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Jennie Tourel

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole, operetta in 2 acts; Gaîté Parisienne; La belle Hélène; Georg...
Performers: Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Cimara, Pietro; Abravanel, Maurice; Morel, Jean Paul
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...

Wagner - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Hotter, Hans
Conductors: Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Thielemann, Christian; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera

14 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Baker, Mark; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Engert, Ruthild; Goldberg, Reiner; Gruber, Andrea; Haggander, Marianne; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kelm, Lind...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is an economical way to own one of the most celebrated Ring Cycles in recorded history. "The glory of the cycle is the conclusion,...continue...

Trio - Bizet: Carmen / Bernstein, Horne, Baldwin, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-10

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Baldwin, Marcia; Boky, Colette; Christopher, Russell; Gramm, Donald; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Maliponte, Adriana; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Risë Stevens

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Jobin, Raoul; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sebastian, Georges; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tucker

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-04-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Amilcare...
Performers: Ilitsch, Daniza; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Cooper, Emil; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Columbia Concert Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...

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 ...

Historical - Ljuba Welitsch - Recital

1 CD / Myto Records / 1999-02-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Franz Le...
Performers: De Paolis, Alessio; Ulanowsky, Paul; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Moralt, Rudolf; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

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...

Fritz Reiner Vol.6 - Wagner:Meistersinger von Nurnberg Met. Orchestra and Choir

4 CD / Arlecchino / 1998-10-13

Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

I Want Magic! / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Bernard Herrmann: Wuthering Heights, opera; Douglas S. Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera in 2 acts; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Car...
Performers: Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Voices

"Fleming's voice is sumptuous, her lower register especially sounds so warmly resonant that I found myself thinking of Leontyne Price in her glory days...[and she]...continue...

Prima Voce - Rosa Ponselle

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; La forza del destino; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Antonio De Curtis: Carm&egrav...
Performers: Martinelli, Giovanni; Pinza, Ezio; Ponselle, Rosa; Romani, Romano; Schmidt, Mischa
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Pasternack, Josef A.
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (Highlights) / Levine, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-04-15

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Svenden, Birgitta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Essential Leontyne Price - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Hector Be...
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Decker, George; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, Edward; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Reiner, Fritz; Leinsdorf, Erich; Henderson, Skitch; Paur, Leonard de
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchest...

Prima Voce - Giovanni Martinelli

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Iris; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; La traviata; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; de Luca, Giuseppe; Martinelli, Giovanni; Ponselle, Rosa
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Pasternack, Josef; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra