Opera D'Oro > Massenet, Jules

Introduction To Pavarotti / Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet, Tosti

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Luisa Miller; Requiem; Il Trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Purtani; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di La...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera....continue...

A Passion for Pavaraotti: The Barcelona Recital

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2011-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; La Danza; Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Arietta da...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

A lavish performance by one of the world's greatest tenors! This exclusive DVD+CD set provides an opportunity to see and hear one of the greatest...continue...

Pavarotti Passion, Vol. 2

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2010-08-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Fr...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Born in Modena, a small town in northern Italy, Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) was the son of a baker and amateur tenor. He grew up surrounded...continue...

Passione / Pavarotti

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-09-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; I lombardi; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; La figlia del reggiment...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Born in Modena, a small town in northern Italy, Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) was the son of a baker and amateur tenor. He grew up surrounded...continue...

Massenet: Werther / Prêtre, Kraus, Obraztsova, Rinaldi, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-08-12

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Gullino, Walter; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lorni, Giorgio; Mazzucato, Daniela; Obraztsova, Yelena; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

A peerless performance of Massenet's masterpiece from the world's most famous opera house, live in 1976, starring tenor Alfredo Kraus in the title role. Especially...continue...

Grand Tier - Massenet: Sapho / Keefe, Andrew, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-10-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions)
Performers: Andrew, Milla; Dickerson, Bernard; Hill, Jenny; MacPherson, George; Oliver, Alexander; Sarti, Laura; Taylor, Nelson
Conductors: Keefe, Bernard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Massenet: Thaïs / Wolff, Esposito, Massard, Michel, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-04-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs
Performers: Cabane, Hubert; Gabriel, Andre; Harbell, Christiane; Lovano, Lucien; Massard, Robert; Michel, Solange; Mollien, Jean; Vocals], Andree Esposito [Soprano
Conductors: Wolff, Albert
Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Once one of Massenet's biggest hits, 'Thais' is seldom heard today except for the suavely beautiful 'Meditation', an orchestral interlude with violin solo; but there...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

Opera Obsession! Act II - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: I ma...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Channes, Muriel de; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, He...

This second volume of "Opera Obsession!" brings more great hits from the vast Opear d'Oro catalog of live opera, most of them issued for the...continue...

Massenet: Werther / Cohen, Thill, Vallin, Feraldy, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-01-07

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Feraldy, Germaine; Guenot, Louis; Narcon, Armand; Niel, Henri; Roque, Marcel; Thill, Georges; Vallin, Ninon [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Cohen, Elie
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Comique Chorus

Massenet: Sapho / Keefe, Andrew, Oliver, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions)
Performers: Andrew, Milla; Dickerson, Bernard; Hill, Jenny; MacPherson, George; Oliver, Alexander; Sarti, Laura; Taylor, Nelson
Conductors: Keefe, Bernard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Massenet's 13th opera, the story of a sculptor's model and her insatiable love for a younger man, was not unlucky; it had an enthusiastic reception...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, I...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Recitals - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-04

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tieri, Emidio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto

Recitals - Mirella Freni - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Charles Goun...
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Malagu, Stefania; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Prêtre, Georges; Maag, Peter

Massenet: Hérodiade / Lloyd-Jones, Denize, Blanc, de Channes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Denize, Nadine; Martin, Michelle; Philippe, Michel; Thau, Pierre
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: ORTF Lyric Orchestra

Highly successful in its day, Massenet's 'Herodiade' was knocked off the international docket when Richard Strauss's more sensational version of the same story, 'Salome', came...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Recitals - Maria Callas - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramid...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Prêtre, Georges; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Athens Festival Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Highlights from the legendary Maria Callas recitals in Athens (1957) and Paris (1963), and from Italian radio broadcasts (1952-56). Conductors include Pretre, Votto, De Fabritis...continue...

Recitals - Placido Domingo - Arias & Scenes from Boheme, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Ge...
Performers: Cooper, Sylvia; Crader, Jeannine; Domingo, Placido; Dunn, Mignon; Niska, Maralin; Saunders, Arlene; Schwartzman, Seymor; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Effron, David; Kuntsch, Matthias; Patanè, Franco; Buckley, Emerson; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: ; Cincinnati Summer Opera Association; New York City Opera Orchestra

Recordings 1967-70 from the early years of tenor Placido Domingo's brilliant career, when the astonishing power and beauty of his voice were in their first...continue...

Great Performances - Luciano Pavarotti

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernan...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

The performances come from the great opera houses of Rome and La Scala, Milan, and feature co-stars such as Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Ruggero Raimondi...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Maag, Freni, Pavarotti, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-01-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Farina, Ida; Freni, Mirella; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciardi, Franco; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A live performance from La Scala in 1969 of Massenet's operatic masterpiece with Pavarotti and Freni at the peak of their early careers, their voices...continue...

Recitals - Mirella Freni Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Malagu, Stefania; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges; Maag, Peter

Massenet: Don Quichotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza

2 CD / Opera d'Oro / 2000-04-11

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Christoff, Boris; Malgarini, Pina; Nobile, Alfredo; Rovero, Ornella
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

The title role of this opera based on the comic yet touching story of Don Quixote was created for the legendary bass Feodor Chaliapin, who...continue...

Massenet: Werther / Cillario, Tagliavini, Gencer, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Gencer, Leyla; Susca, Vito; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Though Manon is his most famous, Werther is considered by many to be Massenet's greatest opera. This live performance from 1959 preserves the heavenly "head...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Maria Callas Vol III

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ernani; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Georges B...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Paris Opéra Chorus; Paris Opéra Orchestra

Recitals - An Evening with Franco Corelli

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Leg...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Olivero, Magda; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Massenet: Manon / Maag, Freni, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Freni, Mirella; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciardi, Franco; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus