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Pavarotti & The Divas / Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini / Scoto, Freni, Janowitz, Caballe, Cossotto

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Vincenzo Bellini: ...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Freni, Mirella; Janowitz, Gundula; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata

This disc presents Pavarotti in duets with several of the great ladies of opera. Renata Scotto was noted for the beauty of her voice, her...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 - Bellini: I Puritani / Muti, Pavarotti, Freni, Bruscantini

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Venturini, Mino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"Mirella Freni [is] at her vocally most impeccable and emotionally most communicative and her Elvira is a lovely creation. Pavarotti sings with grace, ease, and...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...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Siepi, Freni, Jurinac, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Freni, Mirella; Gencer, Leyla; Jurinac, Sena; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Savoie, Robert; Siepi, Cesare; Ward, David
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This amazing all-star performance of "the greatest opera" is taken from a live performance in London in February 1962. Some of the most legendary singers...continue...

Grand Tier - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-06-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Caron, Willy; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kelemen, Zoltan; Krause, Tom; Montarsolo, Paolo; Schary, Elke; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Van Dam, Jose; Von Sta...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

"...This is a wonderfully Italianate performance. Orchestra and chorus are superb and the sound is surprisingly good, with voice/orchestra balance clear and true most of...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Otello / Kleiber, Domingo, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-11-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Jori, Jone; Mori, Orazio; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raffanti, Dano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Not even Toscanini managed to inspire and sustain music-making of such blistering intensity." - Andrew Farach-Colton...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...

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, Van Dam, Freni, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Barbié, Jane; Caron, Willy; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kelemen, Zoltan; Krause, Tom; Montarsolo, Paolo; Sénéchal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Schary, Elke; V...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Another full-bore Mozart performance with a tremendous cast and Karajan at the podium in Salzburg, 1974. This great recording has also never been available at...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; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Channes, Muriel de; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; ...

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...

Domingo Collection - Verdi: Otello / Kleiber, Freni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Jori, Jone; Mori, Orazio; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raffanti, Dano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

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

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...

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Gavazzeni, Freni, Raimondi, et al

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

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance, Milan, December 7, 1963 of Mascagni's second most famous opera (after Cavalleria rusticana), in a surprisingly different mode. A gentle pastoral tale of...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Abbado, Berganza, Prey, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Borgato, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Malagú, Stefania; Mazzucato, Daniela; Monreale, Leonardo; Montarsolo, Paolo; Picchi, Mirto; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

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...

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...

Handel: Serse / Bellugi, Alva, Freni, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Calabrese, Franco; Companez, Irene; Freni, Mirella; Monreale, Leonardo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

For several generations Handel's opera Xerxes (or, in Italian, Serse) was remembered for a single unforgettable melody: the aria "Ombra mai fu," even better known...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Verchi, Freni, Kraus, Arie, Bezzi, etc

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Cioni, Bruno; d'Orazi, Attilio; Freni, Mirella; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Pedroni, Augusto
Conductors: Verchi, Nino
Ensemble: Modena Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Scarlatti: La Griselda / Sanzogno, Freni, Alva, Panerai

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Freni, Mirella; Lavani, Carmen; Luchetti, Veriano; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Chorus

Verdi: Falstaff / Rossi, Gobbi, Tebaldi, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Ercolani, Renato; Freni, Mirella; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzari, Agostino; Pandano, Vittorio; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Gounod: Faust / Prêtre, Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Freni, et al

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

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Massard, Robert; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Verdi: Otello / Karajan, Vickers, Freni, Glossop, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Davies, Ryland; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Glossop, Peter; Malagú, Stefania; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

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 - 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

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Many years after its first performance Verdi extensively revised Simon Boccanegra, exhibiting the great faith he had in its splendid music. The story is one...continue...

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Pavarotti, Freni, Nucci

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-06-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Montarsolo, Paolo; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ratti, Eugenia
Conductors: Giovaninetti, Reynald
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus

Recitals - An Evening with Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / Opera d'Oro / 1999-04-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Charles Gounod: Faust; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai

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

Bizet: Carmen / Karajan, Bumbry, Vickers, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Diakov, Anton; Freni, Mirella; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kesteren, John van; Miljakovic, Olivera; Paounov, Milen; Vickers, Jon; Vocals], Justin...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento / Sanzogno, Pavarotti

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Monachesi, Walter; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino

Bellini: I Puritani / Pavarotti, Freni, Bruscantini

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Venturini, Mino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

"Mirella Freni [is] at her vocally most impeccable and emotionally most communicative and her Elvira is a lovely creation. Pavarotti sings with grace, ease, and...continue...

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