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Introduction To Pavarotti / Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet, Tosti

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Luisa Miller; Requiem; Il Trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Purtani; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di La...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera....continue...

Intimate Pavarotti / Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti, Verdi, Schubert, et al.

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Ariette da Camera; Franz Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for ...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

With one exception, all the numbers on this recording are from the non-operatic repertoire for which Pavarotti was famous on the recital stage, a venue...continue...

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...

Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride / Maria Callas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2012-01-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Callas, Maria; Malagu, Stefania; Perotti, Eva
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

The recent rebirth of interest in the masterpiece of Christoph von Gluck's maturity, Ifigenia in Tauride, has proved that his art can still cast a...continue...
Recording information: Milan (06/01/1957)....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...

Pavarotti Passion, Vol. 2

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2010-08-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Fr...
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...

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...

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...

Gluck: Paride ed Elena / Rossi, Lászlò, Kozma, et al

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

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Antonioli, Doro; Kozma, Lajos; Laszlo, Magda; Mariconda, Valeria; Vajna, Linda; Verra, Lorenza Canepa
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Sanzogno, Nino

Paride ed Elena, based on the Homeric story of the abduction of the Spartan beauty Helen by the Trojan Paris, seemed to make little initial...continue...

Grand Tier - Weber: Der Freischütz / Kleiber, Grümmer, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-03-20

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Grummer, Elisabeth; Horn, Heiner; Kaltwasser, Brigitte; Marschner, Kurt; Munch, Richard; Poell, Alfred; Proebstl, Max; Schulz, Lucy; Siemeling, Marlies; Streich, Rita; Vocal...
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Der Freischutz was the first great German national opera, breaking the stranglehold of the Italians over the opera world. Its premiere in 1821 was a...continue...

Mozart: Zaide, etc / Schuricht, Rischner, Wunderlich, Stader

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Gerbert, Manfred; Gunter, Horst; Monteanu, Petre; Sentpaul, Frithjof; Stader, Maria; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Rischner, Alfons; Schuricht, Carl

A live broadcast from Stuttgart in 1956 of one of Mozart's least-known stage works. Although it was never finished, Zaide contains one of Mozart's most...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: Così Fan Tutte / Böhm, Janowitz, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Janowitz, Gundula; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"Bohm's conducting is first rate...in the arias, he is a master of working with the cast. The cast is excellent. Janowitz sings with authority and...continue...

Grand Tier - Beethoven: Fidelio / Böhm, Ludwig, King, et al

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Crass, Franz; Grobe, Donald; Hirte, Klaus; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Malm, Curt; Mathis, Edith; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

"[This is] a terrific bargain and a sparkling representation of Beethoven's great masterwork." - ClassicsToday...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...

Mozart: La Betulia liberata / Rossi, Schwarzkopf, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c)
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Pirazzini, Miriam; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vincenti, Luigia
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

An opera in all but name, 'La Betulia liberata' was written by Mozart when he was just 15 years old. It tells the Biblical story...continue...

Weber: Der Freischütz / Kleiber, Grümmer, Streich, Hopf

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-12-23

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Grummer, Elisabeth; Horn, Heiner; Kaltwasser, Brigitte; Marschner, Kurt; Munch, Richard; Poell, Alfred; Proebstl, Max; Schulz, Lucy; Siemeling, Marlies; Streich, Rita; Vocal...
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Grand Tier - Mozart: Idomeneo, Ré di Creta / Davis, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Liviero, Antonio; Norman, Jessye; Pugliese, Franco; Snarski, Andrea; Woodland, Rae
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

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 - 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...

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...

Mozart: The Magic Flute / Furtwängler, Seefried, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Donch, Karl; Gallos, Hermann; Greindl, Josef; Grob-Prandl, Gertrud; Hongen, Elisabeth; Klein, Peter; Lipp, Wilma; Ludwig, Walther; Oravez, Edith; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Seefried, Irmgard; Vocals], Pau...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Any historic recording conducted by the legendary Furtwangler is an occasion, and this one of Mozart's most beloved opera, with the top German singers of...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Böhm, Ludwig, Mathis, Hotter, Vienna PO

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Crass, Franz; Grobe, Donald; Hirte, Klaus; Hotter, Hans; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Malm, Curt; Mathis, Edith; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

Beethoven's only opera is heard here in a miraculous performance with perhaps the best cast and conductor ever captured on disc. An incomparable bargain and...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Böhm, Janowitz, Schreier, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-03-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Janowitz, Gundula; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Böhm, Karl

The stellar cast makes this one of the most desirable recordings of Mozart's masterpiece, and at budget price for the first time, it's irresistible! Live...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...

Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, etc / Rossi, Sciutti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-01-07

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Mattioli, Renata; Rota, Anna Maria; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Mozart: Idomeneo, Ré di Creta / Davis, Gedda, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Liviero, Antonio; Norman, Jessye; Pugliese, Franco; Snarski, Andrea; Spica, Elvira; Virgili, Carla; Woodland, Rae
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Mozart was only 24 when he wrote 'Idomeneo' but he already had seven operas to his credit. Although it is not his best-known opera today,...continue...

Mozart: Mitridate / Hager, Schreier, Moser, Augèr, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a)
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Lorengar, Pilar; Moser, Edda; Schreier, Peter; Watts, Helen [Contralto Vocals]
Conductors: Hager, Leopold
Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Mozart was just 14 when he wrote this full-length opera - and it was his third! At the first performance in 1770 the audience leapt...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...

Gluck: Alceste / Gui, Gencer, Picchi, Rome Opera, et al

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

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Cadoni, Fernanda; d'Orazi, Attilio; Guarnera, Guido; Jotti, Renza; Nerozzi, Lidia; Piacente, Maurizio; Picchi, Mirto; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

Gluck's stately and moving tale of an ancient Greek myth is one of the grandest products of its era, and a milestone in opera history....continue...

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

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Matacic, Lovro von

Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, Dondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Dondi, Dino; Ego, Costantino; Malagu, Stefania; Martelli, Edith; Perotti, Eva; Piva, Franco; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Great Voices of the Past - The Age of Bel Canto

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro),...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Ivogun, Maria; La...

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...

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;...

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...

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

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...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Nilsson, Kleiber, Hopf, Schöffler et al

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Frick, Gottlob; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Unger, Gerhard; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Wenglor, Ingeborg; Witsch, Peter
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Weber: Der Freischütz / Furtwängler, Grümmer, Streich, et al

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

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Czerwenka, Oskar; Donch, Karl; Edelmann, Otto; en, Claus; Grummer, Elisabeth; Poell, Alfred; Streich, Rita; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Karajan, Simionato, Jurinac, etc

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

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Jurinac, Sena; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Furtwängler, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, etc

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gobbi, Tito; Greindl, Josef; Kunz, Erich; Poell, Alfred; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, Schwarzkopf, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Jurinac, Sena; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; Villa, Luisa
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Moralt, et al

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Loose, Emmy; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of Mozart's very best comic operas, Die Entfuhrung is heard suprisingly seldom in America. This historic broadcast features the legendary Schwarzkopf early in her...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Furtwängler, Flagstad, Schwarzkopf, etc

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Greindl, Josef; Patzak, Julius; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice / Bonyngne, Sutherland, Gedda, etc

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

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: L'anima del filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice), opera, H. 28/13
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Graham, John; King, Malcolm; Malas, Spiro; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra