Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan > Baritone

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...

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...

Ramón Vargas - Between Friends / Sutej, Gauci, Nucci, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Giacom...
Performers: Baronchelli, Davide; Frontiali, Roberto; Gauci, Miriam; Gerelo, Vassily; Guidotti, Emidio; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Lavarian, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rota, Alberto; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

One of the most recurring themes in opera is friendship and the many guises it takes. From duty, honor and love to sacrifice, disregard and...continue...
Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy (04/08/2003-04/15/2003)....continue...