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French Classics / Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Bizet, Ravel, et al. / Yondai Butt, London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra...
Conductors: Butt, Yondani
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/02/2011-11/03/2011)....continue...

Prima Voce: Merrill & Björling

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Un ballo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils; Fiedler, Arthur

In the early ’50s, the 78 rpm recording of the lovely duet from Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers' sung by Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill, colleagues at...continue...

Prima voce - Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; Modest Musso...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; de los Angeles, Victoria; Depraz, Xavier; Froumenty, Pierre; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorr, Rita; Ignal, Madeline; Loose, Emmy; Micheau, Janine; Vessieres, Andre; Vivalda, Janette; Zareska, ...
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Cluytens, André; Dobroven, Issay; Fourestier, Louis; Ackermann, Otto

The recordings for this 2-CD set have been carefully selected to show the extraordinary control Gedda has over his vocal resources, and to demonstrate his...continue...

Prima Voce - Herbert Ernst Groh in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Adolphe Ad...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bettendorf, Emmy; Cebotari, Maria; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Husch, Gerhard
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder

The voice of Herbert Ernst Groh (1906-1982) attracted attention at an early age, and he specialized in operetta from the outset. His career was dominated...continue...

Prima Voce - Caruso in Song Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Richard Barthélemy: Triste Ritorno for voice & orchestra; Adorables Tourments for voice & orchestra "Valse Lente"; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Canzoni-stornelli (3); L...
Performers: Bourdon, Rosario; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; Elman, Mischa; Gogorza, Emilio de; Journet, Marcel; Kahn, Percy; Lapitino, Francis J.; Scognamiglio, Gaetano
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.

One might expect with these Neapolitan songs that two or three would be quite enough at a time. In fact I found that, having put...continue...

Prima Voce - Enrico Caruso - Opera Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Petite Messe solennelle; Carlos Go...
Performers: Abott, Bessie; Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ame...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Setti, Giulio

"...The [Nimbus] method brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and...continue...

Surround Yourself with Enrico Caruso

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; G...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Gadski, Johanna; Gluck, Alma; Homer, Louise; Jacoby,...

Prima Voce - Emmy Destinn

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Overture to The Kiss (Hu...
Performers: Destinn, Emmy; Jorn, Karl
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

Prima Voce - Fernando de Lucia

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Charles Gounod: Faust; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, oper...
Performers: Boninsegna, Celestina; Galvany, Maria; Huguet, Josefina; Lucia, Fernando de; Pini-Corsi, Antonio

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 4 - 1930-1950

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-10-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; R...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgonovo, Luigi; Cebotari, Maria; Gay, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Ivogün, Maria; Kipnis, Alexander; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Lehmann, Lotte; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lorenz, Max; Melchi...
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Barbirolli, John; Melichar, Alois; Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Heger, Robert

This special 2 CD collection is the final volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. All the material contained here...continue...

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 3 - 1920-1930

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-03-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus ...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bori, Lucrezia; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Fugere, Lucien; Galeffi, Carlo; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Garden, Mary; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, ...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gelabert, Maestro; Gurlitt, Manfred; Setti, Giulio; Zweig, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Sabajno, Carlo; Weissmann, Frieder; Robinson, Stanford; Cloez, Gustave; Coates, Albert

This special 2-CD collection represents the third volume in a mini-series presenting 50 years of great voices on record. With all tracks culled from the...continue...

Prima Voce - Heinrich Schlusnus in Opera & Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Aimé Maillart: Les dragons de Villars; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Do...
Performers: Leider, Frida; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Strauss, Richard

This historic recording contains some songs by Richard Strauss, with the composer himself accompanying at the piano....continue...

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 2 - 1910-1920

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ru...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Barrientos, Maria; Battistini, Mattia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ameli...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1 - 1900-1910

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Simon B...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Barili, Alfredo; Battistini, Mattia; Bonci, Alessandro; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boronat, Olimpia; Burzio, Eugenia; Butt, Clara, Dame; Calvé, Emma; Caruso, Enri...
Conductors: Sabaino

Celebrating the golden era of operatic singing, this special collection (the first of four volumes), culled from the highly acclaimed Prima Voce series, highlights the...continue...

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Ga...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...

Prima Voce - Alma Gluck

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Élégie; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent; Jean-Philippe Rameau: ...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Bourdon, Rosario; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Gluck, Alma; Lapitino, Francis J.; Rattay, Howard; Zimbalist, Efrem [Violin]
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Herbert, Victor; Hageman, Richard; Rogers, Walter B.

As in the similar case of John McCormack, it would be hard to exaggerate the extent of Gluck's popularity with the American public. It was...continue...

Prima Voce - Elisabeth Rethberg

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengri...
Performers: Rethberg, Elisabeth

Prima Voce - Highlights / Amato, Anderson, Battistini, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Mikhail G...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Anderson, Marian; Battistini, Mattia; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fleta, Miguel; Journet, Marcel; Lapitino, Francis J.; Lehmann, Lotte; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Sabajno, Carlo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Shaw, Robert; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Messner, J.; Cordone, Mario

This newest release from Nimbus' acclaimed "Prima Voce" series investigates the early history of the recording industry, which would hold little interest for us today...continue...

Prima Voce - Caruso - The Early Recordings

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-05-18

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; Leoncavallo, Ruggero

To mark the 100th release in the critically acclaimed Prima Voce series, Nimbus presents a selection of rare Caruso recordings focusing on the early recordings....continue...

Prima Voce - Helge Roswaenge - Beethoven, Massenet, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar;...
Performers: Perras, Margherita; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Schmidt, Franz; Moralt, Rudolf
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Born in Copenhagen in 1897, Helge Roswaenge was one of the most popular and beloved tenors of this century. In German-speaking areas he is so...continue...

Prima Voce - Sigrid Onegin Vol 1 - Donizetti, Verdi, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Pastorale, song for voice & piano; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in...
Performers: Kniestadt, Georg; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

Sigrid Onegin had the very unusual voice of a 'contralto d'agilita', a rare and distinct sound different from the more common mezzo-soprano voice. After the...continue...

Prima Voce - Pasquale Amato - Leoncavallo, Bizet, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Me...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Gadski, Johanna; Hempel, Frieda; Journet, Marcel; Lapitino, Francis J.
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.

Amato was born into the Italy of verismo. He was a young teenager when 'Pagliacci' had its premiere in 1892, and began his own career...continue...

Prima Voce - Tetrazzini Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Félicien David: La perle du Brésil; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Gioachino Rossini: Semirami...
Performers: Campanini, Cleofonte; Oesterreicher, Walter; Pitt, Percy; Tetrazzini, Luisa
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pitt, Percy

In his note to this second volume of Tetrazzini recordings on Prima Voce, Nigel Douglas describes her voice as "a fireworks display and a tightrope...continue...

Prima Voce - Björling, Caruso, Gigli

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Mattinata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino

Long before Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras caught the public imagination there were three legendary tenors who became household names in their own lifetime. They were...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers in Moscow

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Nero; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; The oprichnik; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; May Night; Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; A Life for the ...
Performers: Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Chaliapin, Feodor; Damayev, Vasily; Figner, Nikolay; Kastorsky, Vladimir; Klement'yev, Lev; Nezhdanova, Antonina; ovich, Aleksandr; Petrova-Zvantseva, Vera; Shevelyov, Nikolay; ...
Conductors: Arkadiev, I. P.

Prima Voce - Vilhelm Herold

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Herold, Vilhelm

Prima Voce - Caruso in Opera Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giaco...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Butterworth, Wally; Caruso, Enrico; Melba, Nellie

Prima Voce - Eames & Plançon

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; L'Étoile du Nord; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: La d...
Performers: Eames, Emma; Gorgoza, Emilio de; Homer, Louise; Plançon, Pol; Sembrich, Marcella

Prima Voce - Amelita Galli-Curci Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La traviata; Félicien César David: La perle du Brésil; Georges Bi...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; Barone, Clement; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Schipa, Tito
Conductors: Setti, Giulio
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Eidé Norena

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Ser...
Performers: Noréna, Eidé
Conductors: Défosse, Henri; Coppola, Piero; Messner, Joseph

Prima Voce - Beniamino Gigli Vol 2 1925-1940

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Bohème; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; La traviata; Rigoletto; Ambroise Thoma...
Performers: de Luca, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino

Prima Voce - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West...
Performers: Borgonovo, Luigi; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Ghione, Franco; Cordone, Mario
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

Prima Voce - Antonio Cortis

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Iris;...
Performers: Cortis, Antonio
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Prima Voce - Farrar in French Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Clement, Edmond; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Kreisler, Fritz; Martinelli, Giovanni; Scotti, Antonio
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Toscanini, Arturo

"This is a lovely, if perhaps predictable, addition to the Prima Voce series, complementing their recital of Farrar in Italian opera...In several respects, this French...continue...

Opera Arias, V1 (1909-1938)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberfl...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Caruso, Enrico; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Muzio, Claudia; Ponselle, Rosa; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schumann-Hei...

Prima Voce - Tenors 1904-1937 / Caruso, Schipa, McCormack

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Dom Sébastien; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasq...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edward
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe

Prima Voce - John McCormack in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Les pêcheurs de perles; L...
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; McCormack, John; Sammarco, Mario; Schneider, Edwin

McCormack was the only tenor to rival Caruso in his time, although his voice was of a very different type. He is still considered one...continue...

Prima Voce - Tibbett in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere ...
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Dreeben, Herman; Martinelli, Giovanni; Massue, Nicolas; Nicholson, Robert; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Stokowski, Leopold; Smallens, Alexander; Pelletier, Wilfred

Prima Voce - Martinelli Vol 2 1913-1923

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Don Carlos; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ruggero Leoncaval...
Performers: de Luca, Giuseppe; Journet, Marcel; Mardones, José; Martinelli, Giovanni

Prima Voce - Tauber in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann, Op. 45; Bartered Bride; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La...
Performers: Bettendorf, Emmy; Lehmann, Lotte; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Besl, Carl; ; Szell, George; Weigert, Hermann; Hauke, Ernst
Ensemble: ; Berlin Playhouse Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Björling Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; An die Leier ("Ich will von Atreus Söhnen"), song for voice & piano, D. 737 (Op. 56/...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Ebert, Harry; Schymberg, Hjordis
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

Prima Voce - French Opera / Caruso, Farrar, Journet

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Charles Gounod: Philémon et Baucis; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; Farrar, Geraldine; Journet, Marcel; Scotti, Antonio
Conductors: Rogers, Walter