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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...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 2

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Macbeth; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Andreva, Stella; Bampton, Rose; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Burzio, Eugenia; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Castagna, Bruna; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cordon, Norman; de Luca, Gi...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Sandberg, Herbert; Tansini, Ugo; Pitt, Percy; Panizza, Héctor

The Great Voices survey of Verdi operas continues with this second of three volumes, including extensive excerpts from 'La Traviata' and 'Un Ballo in Maschera'...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Light Opera Gems

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Linda di Chamounix; La figlia del reggimento; Don Pasquale; Franz Lehár: Eva (Das Fabriksmädel), ope...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barone, Clement; Bechi, Gino; Belhomme, Hippolyte; Bjorling, Jussi; Cerne, Charles; Debicka, Hedwig von; Fleta, Miguel; Forest, Frank; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hesch, Wilhelm; Lapitino, F...
Conductors: Lehár, Franz; Pitt, Percy; Sabajno, Carlo

Operetta is rare on CD these days, so a collection of highlights from the most famous repertoire, sung by the great voices of the Golden...continue...
Includes modern travel, an opera parody on donizetti, gouno by various composers....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...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 1

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; I due Foscari; Attila
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Badini, Ernesto; Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Bjorling, Jussi; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Crimi, Giulio; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Hempel...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra

This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary...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...

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...

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...