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Wagner: Ring Cycle / Furtwängler, La Scala Orchestra & Chorus

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Batic, Polly; Crkall, Karen Marie; Emmerich, Albert; Falke, Margret Welk; Flagstad, Kirsten; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gabory, Magda; Herrmann, Josef; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kenney, Margherita; Konetzni, Hilde ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 1950 performance is the only live complete recording of The Ring conducted by the legendary Wilhelm Furtwangler. Although it has been available on several...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; Caballe, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Harwood...

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...

Grand Tier - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Kleiber, Minton

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Feldhoff, Heinz; Ligendza, Catarina; McIntyre, Donald; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Moll, Kurt; Steinbach, Heribert; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This performance is truly stunning: it delivers the most powerful first act I've ever heard, with Isolde's rage absolutely terrifying-and the rest of the opera...continue...

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Sawallisch, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-08-22

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Paskuda, Georg; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner's early masterpiece is heard in an authoritative, truly classic performance from the composer's own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, the shrine and Mecca of the...continue...

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot / Heger, Zadek, Dermota, et al

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera
Performers: Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Friedrich, Willy; Imdahl, Heinz; Sorell, Christiane; Welter, Ludwig; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Hager, Robert

Wagner took Shakespeare's play 'Measure for Measure' as a framework for the plot of his second opera. The premiere at Magdeburg on March 29, 1836...continue...

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Sawallisch, et al

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

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Paskuda, Georg; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Wagner's early masterpiece is heard in an authoritative, truly classic performance from the composer's own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, the shrine and Mecca of the...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Keilberth, Vinay

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-12-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Horn, Volker; Traxel, Josef; Vinay, Ramon; Wilfert, Herta
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"If you're lucky, you might find a copy of the 1954 Bayreuth performance, conducted by Keilberth, with a revelatory cast headed by the Chilean bari-tenor...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An array of top Wagner singers leads the cast under the taut direction of German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. Tenor Rene Kollo is one of the...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...

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, opera, WWV 90; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioac...
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; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
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...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander / Krauss, Hotter, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-07-02

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Hann, Georg; Hotter, Hans; Klarwein, Franz; Ostertag, Karl; Ursuleac, Viorica; Willer, Luise
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Marking the first availability at budget price of Wagner's exciting early masterpiece, this release stars the legendary bass-baritone Hans Hotter in the title role. Hotter...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 - 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 - 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...

Great Voices of the Past-Wagner's Ring: Collected Highlights

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Branzell, Karin; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fuchs, Marta; Hotter, Hans; Klose, Margarete; Lehmann, Lotte; Mayr, Richard; Melchior, Lauritz; Onegin, Sigrid; Reiss, Albert; Tibbett, Lawrence

Historic recordings from the golden age of Bayreuth recordings of Wagner's mighty Ring of the Nibelung, with the greatest voices from an era never to...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; Bjorling, Jussi; Carena, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; Civil, Pablo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Debicka, Hedwig von;...

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...

Great Voices of the Past - Great Moments from Wagner Operas

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Bohnen, Michael; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Hotter, Hans; Kinderman, Lydia; Knupfer, Paul; Kraus, Ernst; Kuttner, Max; Langhammer, Irmgard; Manowarda, Josef von; Melchior, Lauritz; Reinmar, Ha...

This companion set to ODO 8002 (Ring Highlights) reverberates with the mightiest Wagnerian voices of the past century, from 1906 to 1948, recorded in their...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; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Fr...

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...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Böhm, Vickers, Berry, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Berry, Walter; Hesse, Ruth; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Rundgren, Bengt; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Kollo, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Rienzi (Abridged) / Krips, Ludwig, Berry, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-11-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Berry, Walter; Christiansen, Anne Lund; Holecek, Heinz; Ludwig, Christa; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Stich-Randall, Teresa; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Terkal, Karl; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Heger, Coates, Alwin, Melchior, et al

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Gruhn, Nora; Habich, Eduard; Melchior, Lauritz; Olszewska, Maria; Reiss, Albert; Schipper, Dr. Emil; Schorr, Friedrich; Tessmer, Heinrich
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Coates, Albert; Alwin, Carl
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

This historic first attempt at a "complete" recording of Siegfried was compiled in the 1930s from four different performances with some variations in the casting...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Birgit Nilsson Vol 1

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Callas Collection - Wagner: Parsifal / Gui, Christoff, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Baldelli, Africo; Bertocci, Aldo; Broilo, Renata; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Lopatto, Dimitri; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pace, Miti Truccato; Pagliughi, Lina; Paner...
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

One of the more unusual appearances of Maria Callas was as Kundry in Parsifal. Adding to the amazement of it all is that the opera...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger / Prohaska, Greindl, Lorenz, et al

4 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Arnold, Benno; Dome, Alfred; Fehn, Helmut; Fuchs, Eugen; Gosebruch, Herbert; Greindl, Josef; Kallab, Camilla; Krenn, Fritz; Krollmann, Karl; Lorenz, Max; Muller, Maria; Pina, Erich; Prohaska, Jaro; S...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Arguably the greatest Wagner conductor of all time in a classic recording made in the middle of World War II in Wagner's own theater....continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Jessye Norman

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

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B minor (Rückert Lieder no 4); Liebst du um Schön...
Performers: Norman, Jessye

Wagner: Parsifal / Karajan, Wächter, Hotter, Uhl

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Berry, Walter; Cvejik, Biserka; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Janowitz, Gundula; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Ludwig, Christa; Maikl, Liselotte; M...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Collana Italia - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Karajan, Vinay, Mödl

4 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Faulhaber, Werner; Hotter, Hans; Malaniuk, Ira; Modl, Martha; Stolze, Gerhard; Uhde, Hermann; Unger, Gerhard; Vinay, Ramon; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Windgassen, de los Angeles

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gardelli, Else-Margrete; Greindl, Josef; Paskuda, Georg; Stolze, Gerhard; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Voc...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Crass, Rysanek

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

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Bessel, Anne Marie; Crass, Franz; Heater, Claude; Ridderbusch, Karl; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Furtwängler, Flagstad, et al

4 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-05-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Gabory, Magda; Herrmann, Josef; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kenney, Margherita; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lorenz, Max; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Wagner, Sieglinde; Weber, Ludwig [Bass V...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Wagner: Siegfried / Furtwängler, Flagstad, Svanholm, Hermann

4 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-05-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Herrmann, Josef; Hongen, Elisabeth; Markwort, Peter; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Furtwängler, Frantz, Pernerstorfer

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-05-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Emmerich, Albert; Frantz, Ferdinand; Gabory, Magda; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kenney, Margherita; Markwort, Emil; Mattiello, Angelo; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Sattler, Joachim; Treptow, Gunther; Wagner, Sieglin...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm