Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan > Cilèa, Francesco

Verismo / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Lodoletta; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Zaz&...
Performers: Armani, Gilles; Calabrese, Marco; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Chacon-Cruz, Arturo; Dessi, Annalisa; Fleming, Renee; Gomez, Carlos; Kaufmann, Jonas; Latis, Emma; Mencaroni, Lucia; Saito, Kaoru; Vignudelli, Ba...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

America's favorite soprano celebrates the red-blooded passion and drama of Italian opera with sumptuous arias by Puccini and his contemporaries - composers of the verismo...continue...

Ponchielli: Cielo e mar, etc; Verdi, Boito, etc / Villazón, Callegari, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Il figliuol prodigo; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Alfano, Gianluca; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"It's a pleasure to hear a recital devoted to rarities sung with such passion and conviction; it's clear Villazon is thrilled to have discovered these...continue...

Forbidden Love / Salvatore Licitra

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chén...
Performers: Jones, Warren; Licitra, Salvatore
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

The tenor who became a worldwide sensation in 2002 with his dramatic, last-minute Metropolitan Opera debut, Salvatore Licitra returns with his second Italian aria collection...continue...

Joseph Calleja - Tenor Arias - Verdi, etc / Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butte...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Easley, Lydia; Parodi, Giovanni Battista
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"Over the last few years, quite a few new tenors of major importance have appeared and taken their places in the world's opera houses. A...continue...