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Grand Tier - Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto / Schippers, Sills, Horne, etc

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Paoli, Milna; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone; Washingt...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance from La Scala in 1969 of this Rossini rarity, with much the same cast as the studio recording now out of print and...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...

Menotti: Il Console / Schippers, Zeani, Colmagro, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Castel, Nico; Colmagro, Gianluigi; Davidson, Joy; Fioroni, Giovanni Andrea; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Goldenthal, Bibiana; Matteini, Giuliana; Rafanelli, Flora; Vivo, Graziano del; Vo...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba / Schippers, Quilico, Ganzaroli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-07-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Quilico, Louis; Tei, Enzo; Tosini, Ivana; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Trieste Philharmonic

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Schippers, Caballé, Tucker, Vinco, etc

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Matteini, Giuliana; Mattiucci, Franca; Natali, Valiano; Rigiri, Guerrando; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Vinco, Ivo; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Verdi's Il trovatore is above all a "singers' opera." It succeeds or fails depending on the singing of the leads; and good conducting is important...continue...

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...

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 - Marilyn Horne - Arias & Scenes

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Guidò Marte i nostri passi, for tenor, chorus & orchestra (insertion aria for Niccolin...
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Fisher, John; Lewis, Henry; Franci, Carlo; Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

These recordings of America's leading mezzo-soprano from the late 1960s and early 1970s show her in the prime of her early career performing some of...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...

Falla: Atlantida, etc / Schippers, Argenta, Stratas, et al

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

Works: Manuel de Falla: Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976); El amor brujo
Performers: Browne, Roger; Halley, Gustavo; Simionato, Giulietta; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Argenta, Ataúlfo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This double bill may be the historic rarity release of the year! Falla's final, unfinished masterpiece, a mythological extravaganza about the Lost Continent Atlantis, was...continue...

Grand Tier - Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto / Schippers, Sills, Horne, etc

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Paoli, Milna; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible / Schippers, Panni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-18

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Pskovityanka) (standard version), opera in 3 acts with a prologue
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Bondino, Ruggero; Christoff, Boris; Colella, Alfredo; Gaetani, Lorenzo; Gonzales, Renzo; Las, Genia; Moretti, Giuseppe; Panni, Nicoletta; Pugliese, Franco
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

Originally called "The Maid of Pskov", this enjoyable Russian opera is better known in the West as Ivan the Terrible, first performed under that title...continue...

Cherubini: Medea / Schippers, Callas, Vickers, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts
Performers: Callas, Maria; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Martelli, Edith; Simionato, Giulietta; Tosini, Ivana; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

One of the benchmark Callas recordings in one of her favorite roles. A searing drama that seems almost written for her voice and temperament....continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Montserrat Caballé

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Il Trovatore
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Matteini, Giuliana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Madrid Teatro de la Zarzuela Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohème / Schippers, Pavarotti, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1997-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maffeo, Gianni; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prisco, Elio; Talarico, Rita; Vocals], Nicola Ghius...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome