Opera D'Oro > Puccini, Giacomo

Pavarotti: Essential Performances / Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo, et al.

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I Lombardi; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: La Figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' Elisir d'amore; Lucia de Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Edua...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti's most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, "La donna...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...

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...

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alunno, Giandomenico; Binci, Mario; Carlin, Mino; Castellano, Elio; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Frascati, Tommaso; Marimpietri, Lidia; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Scaglia, Ferruccio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

There can never be enough recordings of this beloved opera, and this rare one from Radio Italy in 1965 highlights not only the fine tenor...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Nicola Rescigno, Magda Olivero, Renato Cioni

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-09-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Borrelli, Annamaria; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carleo, Mario; Caruso, Mariano; Cioffi, Mario; Cioni, Renato; Giannini, Aldo; Olivero, Magda; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola

"Although the term 'legendary' is all too frequently coined, its usage is both appropriate and justified when describing Magda Olivero. She was an unorthodox soprano...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-03-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Perhaps the greatest May-December match-up in opera recording, this thrilling live performance of Manon Lescaut stars tenor Placido Domingo near the beginning of his career,...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wo...
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Caballé, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; ...

The fourth volume in Opera d'Oro's best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d'Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of...continue...

Puccini: Le Villi / Ratjen, Luchetti, Sighele, Zanasi, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi
Performers: Luchetti, Veriano; Sighele, Mietta; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Ratjen, Hans Georg

Puccini's first opera, Le villi, was premiered in 1884 on a triple bill with two other short works now forgotten. It was the surprise hit...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-04-10

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

"Franco Corelli gives us the most vocally thrilling Dick Johnson of all his burnished, brawny tone makes him both lovable and heroic. Tito Gobbi's Jack...continue...

Opera D'Oro at the Movies / Pavarotti, Callas, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: N...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Gaifa,...

Opera music can heighten the tension of drama, add passion to a romance, or even underscore the antics of a comedy. Beyond its critical role...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Basile, Scotto, Mattiucci, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Palombi, Luciana; Ricciardi, Franco; Rinaldi, Alberto; Scotto, Renata; Susca, Vito
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

"Scotto [is] in complete control of all her faculties... Remarkable!" - ClassicsToday.com...continue...

Puccini: La rondine / Molinari-Pradelli, Pilou, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fusco, Cecilia; Mazzini, Guido; Pilou, Jeannette
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Puccini first got the idea for this work during a performance of an operetta he was attending in Vienna. The directors of the theater approached...continue...

Puccini: Edgar / Cillario, Luchetti, Sighele, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Edgar, opera
Performers: Casoni, Bianca Maria; Colella, Alfredo; Luchetti, Veriano; Scorsoni, Renzo; Sighele, Mietta
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

In later years Puccini himself disowned 'Edgar,' his second opera, referring to it as a "blunder," and yet even the least efforts of great composers...continue...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Santi, Domingo, Olivero, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-09-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

"This set was recorded live in Verona in 1970, when Placido Domingo was still barely known, and it captures him in fantastically exciting form -...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: Tosca / Gibson, Milanov, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-08-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Langdon, Michael; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Robinson, Forbes; Tree, David
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"Regardless of how many 'Toscas' decorate your shelves, you wouldn't want to miss the only one with the pairing of Zinka Milanov and Franco Corelli....continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Bjoerling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"This 'classic' 1954 recording is indeed that: I'd be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs....continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: Turandot / Gavazzeni, Nilsson, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ricciardi, Franco; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"...What a show it is! We get Franco Corelli and Birgit Nilsson at their most enflamed and potent, with the ultra-feminine and fascinating Galina Vishnevskaya...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Bohème / Schippers, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maffeo, Gianni; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prisco, Elio; Talarico, Rita; Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

"There's no death of Bohemes on the market, but this one has a place alongside the best... [Pavarotti is] vocally animated and simply stellar; to...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos

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

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; L...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Anzellotti, Alba; Beckmann, Friedel; Bellinzona, E.; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boue, Geori; Caniglia, Maria; Cherkasskaya, Marianne; Collard, Andre; Danco, Suzanne; Destinn, Emmy; Eames...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Stiedry, Fritz; Panizza, Héctor; Kraus, Richard; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Briez, Georges; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Dobroven,...

Assemble three dozen operatic sopranos on one album and MAMA MIA! You have a combination that practically screams 'bada bing'! These are the original, one-and-only,...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...

Legendary Performances - Andrea Chenier, etc /Franco Corelli

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-11-05

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greates Heroines

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: I...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caniglia, Maria; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Maynor, Dorothy; Melba, Nellie; Monte, Toti Dal; Muller, Maria; Muzio, Claudia; Oliver...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Rother, Artur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Pitt, Percy; Cellini, Renato; Dobroven, Issay

The perfect companion to Opera d'Oro's previous release, "Opera's Greatest Heroes"! The heroines of opera have not had an easy path to victory; most of...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...

Puccini: Tosca / Gibson, Milanov, Corelli, Guelfi, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Langdon, Michael; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Robinson, Forbes; Tree, David
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

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

Puccini's Masterworks / Björling, Gigli, Melba, Muzio, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Baronti, Duilio; Björling, Jussi; Borgioli, Armando; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Del Monaco, Mario; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; McCo...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Super Villains

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bechi, Gino; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Destinn, Emmy; Granforte, Apollo; Hasslo, Hugo; Herrmann, Josef; Pasero, Tancredi; Pertile, Aureliano; Pinza, Ezio;...

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...

Puccini: La Bohème / Karajan, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

One of the strongest casts in any live performance of this favorite opera, with Karajan conducting in Vienna. Live performance, Vienna, November 9, 1963....continue...

The Great Operas of Giacomo Puccini

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Ausensi, Manuel; Boniface, Edgard; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; Cioni, Renato; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demar, ...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Votto, Antonino; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Spanish Radio/TV Orchestra

Eight discs for the price of six! Four Puccini masterworks are brought together at one low price....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...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; La forza del destino; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Ch...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Basile, Arturo; Paoletti, Alberto; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A decade (1951-61) of great early recordings by Renata Tebaldi. Tebaldi enchanted audiences with her vocal beauty and personal charm. She is joined here in...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...

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...

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

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Mercuriali, Angelo; Novelli, Ugo; Ricciardi, Franco; Signore, Gino del; Sordello, Enzo; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccari...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Antonino Votto leads the orchestra and chorus in a muscular reading of Puccini's dramatic score, which very clearly served as one of the inspirations for...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Henry Pur...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Baillie, Isobel; Bampton, Rose; Beuf, Augusto; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals...

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Opera Ensembles

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; La traviata; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La bo...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Amato, Pasquale; Anthony, Grace; Bada, Angelo; Björling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig...

Trios, quartets and quintets from the great operas, featuring familiar stars of yesteryear, mixed in with some of the great voices whose memories have faded...continue...

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / Pradella, Gobbi, Fusco, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-04-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Casellato, Renzo; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Fusco, Cecilia; Gardino, Jolanda; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Montarsolo, Paolo; Nosotti, Angelo; Onesti, Giorgio; Viaro, ...
Conductors: Pradella, Massimo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Tito Gobbi practically owned the title role in Puccini's one-act comic masterpiece, and here he is in fresher voice than on his studio recording. This...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Rivoli, Caballé, Marti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Ausensi, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Demar, Jose; Leval, Antonio; Marti, Bernabe; Monjo, Diego; Rico, Juan; Rigai, Carmen
Conductors: Rivoli, Gianfranco
Ensemble: Spanish Radio/TV Chorus

Puccini: Il Tabarro / Delogu, Olivero, Fioravanti, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-02-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; Fioravanti, Giulio; Formichini, Dino; Frati, Augusto; Olivero, Magda; Rafanelli, Flora
Conductors: Deloghu, Gaetano

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Recitals - Gianni Raimondi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von

Puccini: Tosca / De Fabritiis, Gigli, Caniglia, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Borgioli, Armando; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dominici, Ernesto; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcangeli, Anna; Mazziotti, Nino; Tomei, Giulio
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

"...the most striking of the complete sets of the 78 period...Gigli as Cavaradossi gives a performance that has not been surpassed in characterfulness in more...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

Recitals - An Evening with Birgit Nilsson Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Puccini: Turandot / Votto, Nilsson, Carteri, La Scala

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ferrara, Mario; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Testa, Luigi
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Sure to be one of the most popular titles in the entire vast Opera d'Oro catalog, this 1958 Turandot features two of opera's mega-stars in...continue...