Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan > Post Romantic Period

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...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Angela Gheorghiu - My Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bacelli, Monica; Biccire, Patrizia; Cangelosi, David; Ciofi, Patrizia; Coliban, Sorin; Gheorghiu, Angela; Howell, Gwynne; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

EMI Classics is proud to present Angela Gheorghiu: 'My Puccini', a stunning homage to the legend of Puccini featuring the finest arias from his best-loved...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...

Great Tenor Arias [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Decca Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

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...