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Maria Callas in Paris

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Hurteau, Jean-Pierre; Lance, Albert; Mars, Jacques; Rialland, Louis
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

Recording information: Palais Garnier, Paris, France (12/19/1958)....continue...

Verdi: Traviata & Melodramma In Tre Atti

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-12-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Spoken Word: Radio comments for broadcast of La traviata; La traviata, Intervista a Maria Callas (spoken word)
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Ruffino, Ignacio; Trevi, Cristina
Conductors: Mugnai, Humberto

Excellent sound - first release on CD transferred from the Original wire tapes, including all announcements for Callas, etc....continue...
Recording information: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (06/03/1952)....continue...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-11-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Bedrich Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Jurinac, Sena
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Martin, Walter

Recording information: Staatsoper, Wien (11/06/1955)....continue...

Richard Strauss: Salome / Schröder, Lorenz, Klose, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-07-08

Works: Richard Strauss: Salome, Op 54
Performers: Klose, Margarete; Lorenz, Max
Conductors: Schröder, Kurt

Handel, Schubert, Bizet, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Puccini, etc / Jussi Björling

1 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse, HWV 40; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Die Forelle, D 550; Schwanengesang, D 957; Richard Strauss: Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Ge...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick

Historical - R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Böhm, Reining, Seefried

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60
Performers: Baier, Hermann; Frutschnigg, Melanie; Jelinek, Friedrich; Klein, Peter [Tenor]; Kunz, Erich; Loose, Emmy; Lorenz, Max; Muzzarelli, Alfred; Noni, Alda; Reining, Maria; Rus, Marjan; Rutgers, Elisabeth;...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Many reviewers and collectors consider this recording as the best 'Ariadne' - the one to go for and it is now back in the catalog!...continue...

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / Gavazzeni, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Bastianini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bastianini, Ettore; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953 - Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

D'Albert: Die toten Augen / Born, Schech, Windgassen, Fehringer, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Eugène d' Albert: Die toten Augen
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Fehringer, Franz; Paul, Lore; Plümacher, Hetty; Schech, Marianne; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Born, Walter
Ensemble: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra

Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, etc: Arias and Duets / Giangiacomo Guelfi

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-06-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I due Foscari; Attila; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Suliotis, Elena

Mara Zampieri - Verismo Heriones

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi; Edgar, opera; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramm...
Performers: Zampieri, Mara

Massenet: Don Chisciotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza, Badioli, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa; Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Recital / Gertrude Grob-Prandl

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-01-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Franz Schubert: Die Allmacht, D 852; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Grob-Prandl, Gertrud

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Kleiber, Reining, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

First release on any format!...continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Massenet / Quadri, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-04-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Dallapozza, Adolf; Draskler, Sonja; O'Leary, Tom; Pilou, Jeannette; Poot, Sonja; Sardinero, Vicente; Witte, Wolfgang
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Baudo, Serge
Ensemble: Victoria State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Never before released - a treat for every Aragall fan - and who isn't actually?...continue...

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Gavazzeni, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Prêtre, Georges

The first part of the famous double-bill performance, featuring the under-recorded Raimondi opposite the gorgeous Freni and the charismatic Panerai....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Bartoletti, Scotto, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bergonzi, Carlo; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Marchiandi, Angelo; Scotto, Renata; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: ; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

A thrillingly dramatic performance by two of the greatest singers of the 20th century....continue...

Historical - Prokofiev, Wagner / Reiner, Melchior, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Richard Wagner: Opera(s)
Performers: Helgers, Otto; Melchior, Lauritz; Reiss, Albert
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Enjoy for the first time this rare Melchior recording, never released in any form before!...continue...

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...

Puccini: Tosca / Krips, Jurinac, Kunz, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bardelli, Cesare; Braun, Hans; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kunz, Erich; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Majkut, Erich; Oncina, Juan; Paskalis, Kostas; Proglhoff, Harald; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mario del Monaco at the Bolshoi - Bizet, Leoncavallo, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina; Bolshakov, Alexei; Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Fokin, Philip; Ionov, Ivan; Ivanov, Alexei; Lisitsian, Pavel; Lositzina, Nadezhda; Maslennicova, Leocadia; Masliennikova, I...
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Tieskovini, Basiliev
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

Carmen in Russian? No - in Russian, Italian and occasionally French - a linguistic mish-mash but it was a fabulously exciting evening nonetheless. Del Monaco's...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Votto, Di Stefano, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Beggiato, Hortensia; Carturan, Gabriella; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Domingo, Ghiaurov, Teatro alla Scala

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Spoken Word: Intervista a Placido Domingo (Interview); Intervista a Raina Kabaivanska (Interview); Intervista a Nicolai Ghiaurov (Interview)
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This performance was Placido Domingo's 'La Scala' debut, and the beginning of a spectacular career. Great sound....continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Puccini / Rigacci, Di Stefano

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fineschi, Onelia; Savarese, Ugo
Conductors: Rigacci, Bruno
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Historical - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Sawallisch

1 CD / Myto Records / 2004-06-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Hopf, Hans; Pease, James; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Martini, Bumbry, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2004-05-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Mastromei, Gian Piero
Conductors: Martini, Juan Emilio
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus ; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, Corelli, Gobbi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Del Signore, Gino; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / R. Kraus, Rysanek, Hopf, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-01-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hopf, Hans; Metternich, Josef; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Kraus, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Puccini: Turandot / Previtali, Udovich, Sole, Clabassi, Corelli, Mattioli, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2003-10-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio; Corelli, Franco; Mattioli, Renata; Udovich, Lucilla
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Gavazzeni, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2003-03-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Massenet: Werther / Capuana, Tagliavini, Simionato, Gatta

2 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Gatta, Dora; Ligabue, Ilva; Orlandini, Gino; Simionato, Giulietta; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giuseppe di Stefano a Chicago - Faust, Martha, Le Cid, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Tosca; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Manon; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lu...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sanzogno, Di Stefano, Alva, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2001-05-01

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

"When people speak about the way in which Giuseppe Di Stefano self-destructed, shortening his career by recklessly singing roles not suited for his light lyric...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Schüchter, Jurinac, Dermota, Olah, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2000-08-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Jurinac, Sena; Neidlinger, Gustav
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm

Massenet: Werther / Bron, Kozlovsky, Maksakova, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2000-08-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Kozlovsky, Ivan; Maksakova, Maria
Conductors: Bron, Onissim

Wagner: Lohengrin / R. Kraus, Anders, Eipperle, Kronenberg

3 CD / Myto Records / 1999-07-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ambrosius, Günther; Anders, Peter; Braun, Helena; Eipperle, Trude; Eppenich, Friedel; Erlinghäuser, Paul; Förster, Jürgen; Firchow, Hermann; Greindl, Josef; Jöntgen, Linny; K...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Fricsay, Ferenc; Smola, Emmerich; Steinkopf, Hanns
Ensemble: ; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Ludwig Weber - Recital - Wagner, Schubert, Loewe, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 1999-05-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Franz Schubert: Lied(er); Carl Loewe: Lied(er); Hugo Wolf: Lied(er); Christoph Willibald Gluck: La re...
Performers: Weber, Ludwig

Historical - Leonard Warren - Recital 1941-1947

1 CD / Myto Records / 1999-02-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Car...
Performers: Peerce, Jan; Warren, Leonard
Conductors: Tarrasch, William; Weissmann, Frieder; Morel, Jean Paul; Pelletier, Wilfrid
Ensemble: Orchestra

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

Massenet: Manon - Highlights / Guarnieri, Di Stefano, Favero

1 CD / Myto Records / 1998-03-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Vocals], Mafalda Favero [Soprano
Conductors: Guarnieri, Antonio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Live recording; Milan, 1947. La Scala's debut of Di Stefano. Di Stefano at the glorious beginning of his career. Mafalda Favero, a much neglected artist,...continue...

Sergiu Celibidache Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker

1 CD / Myto Records / 1998-03-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Reinhold Glière: Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op. 82; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]
Conductors: Celibidache, Sergiu

Pfitzner: Palestrina / Heger, Patzak, Hotter, Frantz, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 1997-11-28

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Carnuth, Walter; Ducrue, Dr. Hans; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gerhein, Ina; Hoppe, Carl; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Kusche, Benno; Mosch, Karl; Nentwig, Kathe; Ostertag, Karl; Patzak, Juliu...
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra