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...
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ODO 6010
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...
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ODO 6012
1 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2013-01-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I Lombardi; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: La Figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' Elisir d'amore; Lucia de Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Edua...
Performers:
Pavarotti, Luciano
This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti's most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, "La donna...continue...
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ODO 6009
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...
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ODO 6007
1 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2011-06-14
Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Live 1963 performance from La Scala, Milan, in excellent sound....continue...
Recording information: Milan (12/07/1963)....continue...
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ODO 7083
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2011-01-11
Works: Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; La mia canzone al vento; Vincenzo Bellini: Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Vincenzo De Crescenzo: Rondine...
Performers:
Pavarotti, Luciano
Twenty-two groundbreaking historical performances by the legendary Luciano Pavarotti, featuring Neapolitan songs by Donizetti, Bellini, Tosti, Bixio, De Curtis, and many more....continue...
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ODO 6005
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...
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ODO 6002
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...
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ODO 6001
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-10-14
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers:
Alunno, Giandomenico; Binci, Mario; Carlin, Mino; Castellano, Elio; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Frascati, Tommaso; Marimpietri, Lidia; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Scaglia, Ferruccio
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
There can never be enough recordings of this beloved opera, and this rare one from Radio Italy in 1965 highlights not only the fine tenor...continue...
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ODO 1485
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-09-09
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers:
Borrelli, Annamaria; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carleo, Mario; Caruso, Mariano; Cioffi, Mario; Cioni, Renato; Giannini, Aldo; Olivero, Magda; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors:
Rescigno, Nicola
"Although the term 'legendary' is all too frequently coined, its usage is both appropriate and justified when describing Magda Olivero. She was an unorthodox soprano...continue...
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ODO 1484
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-08-12
Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride
Performers:
Andreyev, Eleonora; Arkhipova, Irina; Atlantov, Vladimir; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Sokolov, Andrei; Valaitis, Vladimir; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors:
Mansourian, Fouat
Some of the biggest names in Russian opera headline this live 1973 performance of a Rimsky-Korsakov rarity from Moscow's historic Bolshoi Theater. Based on a...continue...
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ODO 1481
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-08-12
Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers:
Gullino, Walter; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lorni, Giorgio; Mazzucato, Daniela; Obraztsova, Yelena; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Prêtre, Georges
A peerless performance of Massenet's masterpiece from the world's most famous opera house, live in 1976, starring tenor Alfredo Kraus in the title role. Especially...continue...
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ODO 1482
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-08-12
Works: Sergey Prokofiev: The Gambler, opera, Op. 24
Performers:
Andryushchenko, Georgy; Borissova, Galina; Kasrashvili, Makvala; Maslennikov, Alexei; Ognivtsiev, Alexander
Conductors:
Lazarev, Alexander
Ensemble:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
'The Gambler' was Prokofiev's first opera to gain a public performance, and the first opera ever based on a story by Dostoyevsky. It is funny,...continue...
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ODO 7058
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-06-10
Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers:
Borgato, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Dominguez, Oralia; Falcone, Licia; Freiberger, Manfred; Gaifa, Carlo; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Monreale, Leonard...
Conductors:
Rennert, Wolfgang
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
'Arabella' was first heard in 1933. A kind of sequel to 'Der Rosenkavalier' of 1911, it was to take its place as one of Richard...continue...
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ODO 7056
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-05-13
Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers:
Amedeo, Giovanni; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Caruso, Mariano; Chiocca, Gennaro; Cioffi, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Esca, Pina; Frosini, Mario; Mezetti, Sofia; Padillo, Luigi; Sereni, Mario [...
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo
Ensemble:
Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra
Enrico Caruso sang in the premiere of this opera in 1898, and it became a favorite worldwide. Giordano's opera 'Andrea Chenier' eventually surpassed it in...continue...
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ODO 7054
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-03-11
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers:
Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors:
Santi, Nello
Ensemble:
Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra
Perhaps the greatest May-December match-up in opera recording, this thrilling live performance of Manon Lescaut stars tenor Placido Domingo near the beginning of his career,...continue...
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ODO 7050
3 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2008-02-12
Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers:
Bacquier, Gabriel; Guy, Henri; Martino, Adriana; Pilou, Jeannette; Reynolds, Anna; Rovetta, Teodoro; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
This live 1969 broadcast performance of Debussy's operatic masterpiece, one of the seminal vocal works of the twentieth century, joins the Grand Tier catalogue with...continue...
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ODO 7047
3 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-11-13
Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers:
Bence, Margarete; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hooley, William; Klarwein, Franz; Kusche, Benno; Paskuda, Georg; Peter, Albrecht; Popp, Sophie; Ridderbusch, Karl; Thaw, David; Waas, A...
Conductors:
Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Another entry in the immortal catalogue of conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004), a colossus among 20th-century musicians. Although Kleiber had one of the most limited repertoires...continue...
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ODO 7046
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-11-13
Works: Umberto Giordano: La cena delle beffe
Performers:
Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Degl'Innocenti, Angelo; Formichini, Dino; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Marchiandi, Angelo; Mariotti, Alfredo; Matsumoto, Miwako; Morresi, Giuseppe; Rosati, A. M.; Zambon, Amade...
Conductors:
Bonavolontà, Nino
The most popular work of Umberto Giordano (1867–1948) remains Andrea Chenier, but he did write other fine operas that deserve revival. One of these is...continue...
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ODO 1478
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-10-09
Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Caruso, Mariano; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Ercolani, Renato; Frati, Augusto; Olivero, Magda; Simionato, Giulietta; Zerbini, Rosanna
Conductors:
Rossi, Mario
Fancesco Cilea was one of the "minor masters" of Italian opera. His masterpiece is 'Adriana Lecouvreur,' a work that, ever since its Milan premiere starring...continue...
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ODO 7037
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; Caballé, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; ...
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...
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ODO 1004
3 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-06-12
Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers:
Bacquier, Gabriel; Guy, Henri; Martino, Adriana; Pilou, Jeannette; Reynolds, Anna; Rovetta, Teodoro; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
This live 1969 broadcast performance of Debussy's operatic masterpiece-and one of the seminal vocal works of the 20th century- has long been unavailable, and is...continue...
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ODO 1473
1 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-06-12
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi
Performers:
Luchetti, Veriano; Sighele, Mietta; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors:
Ratjen, Hans Georg
Puccini's first opera, Le villi, was premiered in 1884 on a triple bill with two other short works now forgotten. It was the surprise hit...continue...
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ODO 1474
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-05-08
Works: Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75
Performers:
Aldenhoff, Bernd; Holm, Richard; Kupper, Annelies; Malaniuk, Ira; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors:
Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
"A tremendous performance. While in mono and obviously not comparable to the range of Telarc's digital recording, it is, in fact, better balanced, and the...continue...
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ODO 7042
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2007-04-10
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers:
Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, ...
Conductors:
Votto, Antonino
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
"Franco Corelli gives us the most vocally thrilling Dick Johnson of all his burnished, brawny tone makes him both lovable and heroic. Tito Gobbi's Jack...continue...
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ODO 7036
3 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-11-14
Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers:
Bence, Margarete; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Groote, Hilda de; Hooley, William; Kusche, Benno; Paskuda, Georg; Peter, Albrecht; Ridderbusch, Karl; Thaw, David; Waas, Anneliese; Wat...
Conductors:
Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Chorus
The premiere of the opera on January 26, 1911, at the Hofoper in Dresden, was a magnificent success, and 'Der Rosenkavalier's' luster has scarcely dimmed...continue...
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ODO 1466
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-10-10
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers:
Cioni, Renato; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Palombi, Luciana; Ricciardi, Franco; Rinaldi, Alberto; Scotto, Renata; Susca, Vito
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin
"Scotto [is] in complete control of all her faculties... Remarkable!" - ClassicsToday.com...continue...
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ODO 7017
3 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-10-10
Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers:
Alvary, Lorenzo; Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Egel, Martin; Haug, Maria; Hesse, Ruth; Kelemen, Zoltan; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Mayr, Ingrid; Rysanek, Leonie; Schomberg, Martin
Conductors:
Böhm, Karl
"Other recordings of 'Die Frau ohne Schatten' have been in and out of the catalogue, some even with similar casts. This version... may be the...continue...
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ODO 7026
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...
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ODO 1010
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-08-22
Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers:
Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Felbermayer, Anny; Gerber-Candy, Audrey; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Littasy, Georg; Loraine, Karol; Lorenz, Max; M...
Conductors:
Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
"This recording finds Borkh in top form. Her energy and voice never flag...Lisa della Casa is a near perfect Chrysothemis...Dimitri Mitropoulos paces the opera with...continue...
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ODO 7033
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-06-13
Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers:
Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Vickers, Jon
Conductors:
Fournet, Jean
Ensemble:
Netherlands Radio Chorus
"If you haven't heard Vickers in the role of Samson, you haven't heard Samson... [he is] caught here in his absolute prime...Oralia Dominguez sings Dalila...it's...continue...
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ODO 7028
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-05-09
Works: Ottorino Respighi: La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175
Performers:
Carturan, Gabriella; Coleva, Mara; Mandalari, Maria Teresa; Mandelli, Luisa; Moffo, Anna; Prandelli, Giacinto; Santo, Tusa; Tagliabue, Carlo; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Molinari-Pradelli, France
Respighi composed several operas, of which 'La Fiamma' is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long...continue...
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ODO 1451
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-05-09
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Performers:
Bottion, Aldo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fusco, Cecilia; Mazzini, Guido; Pilou, Jeannette
Conductors:
Molinari-Pradelli, France
Puccini first got the idea for this work during a performance of an operetta he was attending in Vienna. The directors of the theater approached...continue...
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ODO 1453
1 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-04-11
Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers:
Allegri, Maria Grazia; Carturan, Gabriella; Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
"This live [1963] recording of 'Cavalleria Rusticana'...features a group of singers 'to the manner born,' all in their prime, and a conductor who was a...continue...
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ODO 1448
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-04-11
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Edgar, opera
Performers:
Casoni, Bianca Maria; Colella, Alfredo; Luchetti, Veriano; Scorsoni, Renzo; Sighele, Mietta
Conductors:
Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin
In later years Puccini himself disowned 'Edgar,' his second opera, referring to it as a "blunder," and yet even the least efforts of great composers...continue...
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ODO 1449
14 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-03-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers:
Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors:
Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble:
Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...
Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...
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ODO 5601
14 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2006-03-14
Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors:
Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von
Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...
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ODO 5602
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2005-09-20
Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers:
Czerwenka, Oskar; Dallapozza, Adolf; Franc, Tugomir; Kreppel, Walter; Rysanek, Leonie; Rysanek, Lotte; Spiess, Ludovic; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors:
Krips, Josef
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
An exciting performance of Smetana's historic/tragic operatic masterpiece, 'Dalibor', a romantic tale of chivalry and patriotism. Gustav Mahler first conducted 'Dalibor' in Vienna and this...continue...
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ODO 1434
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2005-09-20
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers:
Bosco, Carlo del; Casarini, Gianfranco; Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Fioravanti, Giulio; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors:
Santi, Nello
Ensemble:
Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra
"This set was recorded live in Verona in 1970, when Placido Domingo was still barely known, and it captures him in fantastically exciting form -...continue...
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ODO 1436
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2005-08-09
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers:
Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Langdon, Michael; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Robinson, Forbes; Tree, David
Conductors:
Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
"Regardless of how many 'Toscas' decorate your shelves, you wouldn't want to miss the only one with the pairing of Zinka Milanov and Franco Corelli....continue...
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ODO 7014
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2005-06-14
Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Sjostedt, Margaret; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors:
Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus
"Corelli was born to sing this role... He 'is' Chenier... [Tebaldi's] singing combines feverish intensity with a meltingly beautiful tone... The Vienna Phiilharmonic plays magnificently...continue...
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ODO 7012
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...
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ODO 1428
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2005-04-05
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers:
Capecchi, Renato; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ricciardi, Franco; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
"...What a show it is! We get Franco Corelli and Birgit Nilsson at their most enflamed and potent, with the ultra-feminine and fascinating Galina Vishnevskaya...continue...
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ODO 7008
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-10-05
Works: Jules Massenet: Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions)
Performers:
Andrew, Milla; Dickerson, Bernard; Hill, Jenny; MacPherson, George; Oliver, Alexander; Sarti, Laura; Taylor, Nelson
Conductors:
Keefe, Bernard
Ensemble:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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ODO 7015
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-06-08
Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers:
Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Dominguez, Oralia; Driessen, Henk; Rijk, Aad De; Vant'Hoff, Bert; Vickers, Jon
Conductors:
Fournet, Jean
Ensemble:
Netherlands Radio Symphony
An oustanding recording of the most famous opera by Saint-Saens, and one of the glories of the entire French opera repertoire, in crystalline sound with...continue...
$15.99
$13.99
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ODO 1405
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-06-08
Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Caruso, Mariano; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Ercolani, Renato; Frati, Augusto; Olivero, Magda; Simionato, Giulietta; Zerbini, Rosanna
Conductors:
Rossi, Mario
The masterpiece of composer Francesco Cilea, 'Adriana Lecouvreur' premiered in 1902 with Caruso in the tenor lead. It has remained a standard in Italy, though...continue...
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$13.99
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ODO 1410
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-04-06
Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs
Performers:
Cabane, Hubert; Gabriel, Andre; Harbell, Christiane; Lovano, Lucien; Massard, Robert; Michel, Solange; Mollien, Jean; Vocals], Andree Esposito [Soprano
Conductors:
Wolff, Albert
Ensemble:
French National Radio Orchestra
Once one of Massenet's biggest hits, 'Thais' is seldom heard today except for the suavely beautiful 'Meditation', an orchestral interlude with violin solo; but there...continue...
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ODO 1409
2 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-03-02
Works: Leos Janácek: Jenufa
Performers:
Blachut, Beno; Cadikovicova, Milada; Fidlerova, Miloslava; Hanzalikova, Ludmila; Jedenactik, Vladimir; Jelinkova, Stepanka; Kalas, Karel; Kourimska, Libuse; Krasova, Marta; Musilova, Milada; Subrtova...
Conductors:
Vogel, Jaroslav
Ensemble:
Prague National Theatre Chorus
'Jenufa' is one of the greatest 20th-century operas, and this brilliant performance stunningly remastered in digital sound, is the only budget issue and one of...continue...
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ODO 1403
1 CD / Opera D'Oro /
2004-03-02
Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers:
Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Kurty, Hella; Loose, Emmy; Mattoni, André von; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ackermann, Otto;
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
"The stellar vocal soloists are, then and now, names to conjure with even the smaller roles are well and knowledgeably cast Schwarzkopf shows her seductive...continue...
The mono recording of this work with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the lead role, in the full bloom of her youth, is a special treat, a brilliant, fully realized version of the work that, even more helpful...continue...
$7.99
$6.99
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ODO 1406
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...
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$23.99
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ODO 7001
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