1 CD / Preiser /
2012-12-11
Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors:
Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von
Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
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PSR 93483
1 CD / Preiser /
2012-09-11
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Pietro Mascagni: L' Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Giann...
Performers:
Ferro, Gianni Dal; Freni, Mirella; Remsey, Viktor [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Savini, Ino; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble:
; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
The recordings on this CD are taken from Freni's first two solo recitals. The first was recorded in 1959 with the orchestra of the Bavarian...continue...
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PSR 93481
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-11-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir D'Amore; Lucia Di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia; Arrigo Bo...
Performers:
Constantino, Florencio; Nielsen, Alice
A former railway engineer and field worker, Florencio Constantino began singing lessons in 1895 and by 1896 gave his first performances at the Teatro Solis...continue...
Recording information: 1907-1908....continue...
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PSR 89748
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-05-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Tra...
Performers:
Ausensi, Manuel
Conductors:
Grignon, Ricardo Lamote de; Cisneros, Indalecio; Argenta, Ataúlfo
Manuel Ausensi was born in Barcelona and studied at the conservatory. His first prize in a radio singing competition gave him the opportunity to sing...continue...
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PSR 89742
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2011-04-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers:
Crooks, Richard
Conductors:
Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel
Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...continue...
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PSR 89744
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-02-08
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Stabat mater; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Hugeunots; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore...
Performers:
Baum, Kurt
Conductors:
Loibner, Wilhelm
Few tenors have polarized opera fans more than Kurt Baum. While some consider him nothing more than a loud and showy singer, others wax lyrical...continue...
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PSR 89741
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-02-08
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Le Prophète; L'Africana; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagn...
Performers:
Costa, Albert da
Despite possessing an impressive voice and a brilliant upper register, Albert da Costa never achieved the level of recognition afforded to his contemporaries among the...continue...
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PSR 89740
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-12-14
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Charles Gounod: Sapho; La reine de Saba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Ju...
Performers:
Cahier, Charles
Conductors:
Grevillius, Nils
The French contralto Jeanne Gerville-Réache had a short career that encompassed opera houses in France, Brussels, London and the Manhattan Opera House owned by Oscar...continue...
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PSR 89737
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-11-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Juan; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Travi...
Performers:
Alten, Bella; Egenieff, Franz; Jorn, Karl; Padilla, Lola Artôt de; Perard-Petzl, Luise; Talen, Bjorn
Lola Artot de Padilla was born near Paris to parents who were famous singers. Her career was centered in Germany, where she was very popular....continue...
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PSR 89735
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2010-10-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; François-Adrien Boieldieu: Die weisse Dame; Adolphe Adam: Der Postill...
Performers:
Traxel, Josef
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Löwlein, Hans; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner
Traxel's particular vocal sound was better suited to the concert hall than to the opera stage and that is where his true importance lies. Although...continue...
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PSR 93459
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-09-14
Works: George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Richard Wagner: The Flying Du...
Performers:
Uhde, Hermann
Conductors:
Leitner, Ferdinand; ; Rother, Artur; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Hermann Uhde was one of the most interesting singing performers of the "New Bayreuth" between 1951 and 1960. Uhde's performances offered a combination of intellect...continue...
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PSR 93471
2 CD / Preiser /
2010-06-08
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan u...
Performers:
Blatter, Johanna; Mödl, Martha; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Löwlein, Hans; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm
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PSR 93460
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-04-13
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers:
Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors:
Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg
Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...
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PSR 93465
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; La Traviata; Die macht des Schicksals; Don Carlos; Othello; Georges Bizet: Die Perlenfischer; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikaneri...
Performers:
Koth, Erika; Muszely, Melitta; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matacic, Lovro von
Born in 1915, Josef Metternich achieved success in 1945 when he performed at the Berlin Stadtische Opera and the Berlin Staatsoper. He achieved international fame...continue...
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PSR 93467
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellin...
Performers:
Kurz, Selma
Born in 1874 in Bielitz-Biala, Selma Kurz started work as a seamstress to support her family. Her vocal gifts were recognized and she studied in...continue...
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PSR 89717
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers:
Georgevic, Dusan; Gostic, Josef
Conductors:
Sachs, Milan; Krauss, Clemens; Erede, Alberto
Ensemble:
Croatian Opera Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The leading tenor at the Zagreb Opera from 1937 throughout his career, Josef Gostic became one of the leading dramatic tenors in 1950 with the...continue...
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PSR 89722
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot
Performers:
Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Tonini, Antonio; Basile, Arturo; Santini, Gabriele
These two famous singers were frequent stage partners. In Italy during the 1950s the two were often hired to sing together at La Scala in...continue...
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PSR 93454
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-01-13
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Sa&...
Performers:
Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Merli, Francesco; Molinari, Enrico; Pasero, Tancredi; Solari, Christy; Zambelli, Corrado; Zinetti, Giuseppina
Zinetti made her debut in 1913 at Teatro Massimo in Palermo and then toured South America with the opera company. She was engaged by Teatro...continue...
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PSR 89715
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-10-14
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Georges Bi...
Performers:
Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Lenchner, Paula; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roggero, Margaret; Stevens, Rise [Mez...
Conductors:
Bellezza, Vincenzo; Perlea, Jonel; Toscanini, Arturo; Reiner, Fritz; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
The fact that Robert Merrill generally is remembered more for his singing than for his interpretations does in no way reduce his artistic merits. His...continue...
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PSR 89711
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-08-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusti...
Performers:
Piccaluga, Nino; Valobra, Cesarina
Born in 1890, Nino Piccaluga did not make his debut until 1917 at Novara's Teatro Coccia. He had a very big, loud and open voice...continue...
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PSR 89700
2 CD / Preiser /
2008-07-08
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers:
Barthelemy, Vivette; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Filacuridi, Nicola; Geay, Robert; Hamel, Michel; Madeira, Jean; Marty, Daniel; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sicot, Irène; Vivalda, Janette
Conductors:
Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble:
Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
This Carmen continues the Preiser paperback series: no libretto and scant notes, but great historic performances at a budget price. Jean Madeira, the Carmen of...continue...
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PSR 20052
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-06-10
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Manuel de Fa...
Performers:
Merriman, Nan
Conductors:
Weissmann, Frieder; Susskind, Walter; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble:
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Nan Merriman was born in 1920 in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Los Angeles where she took lessons from Lotte Lehmann. She was singing on...continue...
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PSR 89706
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-05-01
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda...
Performers:
Conley, Eugene; Conner, Nadine; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Tibbett, Lawrence; Turrini, Roberto
Conductors:
Levin, Sylvan; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano; Herbert, Walter; Cantelli, Guido; Newman, Alfred
The American singer Claramae Turner was born as Claramae Haas in 1920. Her contralto voice was naturally opulent and had what one critic called a...continue...
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PSR 89696
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-04-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; R...
Performers:
Bori, Lucrezia; Jacoby, Josephine; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario; Werrenrath, Reinald
In his day, John McCormack was certainly one of the greatest lyric tenors in the world. Audiences loved him, but even he admitted to being...continue...
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PSR 89697
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-02-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Melton, James
Conductors:
Breisach, Paul; Levi, Sylvan; Morel, Jean Paul; Weissmann, Frieder; Black, Frank
The musical crossover is a phenomenon not just of our time; it was already commonplace in the early decades of the 20th century. With one...continue...
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PSR 89693
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-12-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: A...
Performers:
Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Salerno, Mario; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors:
Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Voorhees, Donald; Morel, Jean Paul
After some tentative years (alternating between mezzo and soprano parts), Cloe Elmo was to become one of the busiest performers on Italian Radio and took...continue...
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PSR 89691
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-09-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Giuseppe V...
Performers:
Dux, Claire; Jorn, Karl; Schwarz, Joseph
Polish-born (though of German parentage), Clare Dux achieved fame as a lyric soprano, marking her triumph in the first British production of Der Rosenkavalier under...continue...
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PSR 89688
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-07-01
Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Hérodiade; Emile...
Performers:
Angelici, Martha; Borthayre, Jean; de los Angeles, Victoria; Jeantet, Robert; Legay, Henri; Linsolas, Jacques; Luca, Libero de; Mans, Lucien; Robin, Mado; Semser, Ethel
Conductors:
Cluytens, André; Erede, Alberto; Leibowitz, René; Monteux, Pierre; Dervaux, Pierre
Although he began his career relatively late, Jean Borthayre's distinctive voice became internationally known through his many recordings. He was perhaps the only French baritone...continue...
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PSR 89681
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-06-01
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestr...
Performers:
Cockerill, John; Guerrini, Adriana; Infantino, Luigi; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors:
Erede, Alberto; Rankl, Karl; Olivieri, Dino; Patanè, Franco; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Martin, Ray
Luigi Infantino possessed a wonderfully dignified voice, described by the critics as "expressive, flexible, round and lyrical." Another example of the tenor di grazia, he...continue...
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PSR 89674
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-05-01
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Le cadi dupé, opera in 1 act. Wq. 29; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber vo...
Performers:
Danco, Suzanne; Monteanu, Petre; Pini, Amalia; Rizzoli, Bruna
"Who would have thought that the Volksoper could celebrate such a great success with the young Romanian Petre Munteanu," wrote a Berlin newspaper critic of...continue...
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PSR 89682
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-03-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, K 51 (46a); La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c); Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; La Clemenza de Tito; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Requiem M...
Performers:
Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von
Conductors:
Paumgartner, Bernhard; Loibner, Wilhelm; Krauss, Clemens; Kempen, Paul van
Ensemble:
; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Maria von Ilosvay was born in Budapest. She received her vocal training at the Conservatory there and at Vienna's Academy of Music. In 1937 she...continue...
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PSR 89670
1 CD / Preiser /
2007-02-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi...
Performers:
Marzollo, Dick
Conductors:
Morel, Jean Paul; Marzollo, Dick; Leinsdorf, Erich; Weissmann, Frieder; Perlea, Jonel; Cellini, Renato; Trucco, Victor
Artistic significance and lasting renown are not always found in a balanced relationship in the singing world. This observation is particularly evident in the case...continue...
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PSR 89666
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-12-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Faust; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Maid of Orleans; Iolanta, Op. 69; Eugen Onegin; Jules Massenet: Manon; Léo Delibes: Lakm...
Performers:
Bogdanov, Ilya; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Shumskaya, Yelisaveta; Smolenskaya, Evgeniya
Conductors:
Samosud, Samuel; Orlov, Alexander; Nebolsin, Vasili; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander
Shumskaya became a favorite of the state record label Melodiya, which used her in 12 recordings of complete operas, including Orpheus and Eurydice, Lohengrin, La...continue...
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PSR 89664
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-12-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; La Clemenza de Tito; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ju...
Performers:
Alarie, Pierrette; Morales, Maria; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Paumgartner, Bernhard; Dervaux, Pierre
Among the tenors of the post-war years, the French-Canadian singer Leopold Simoneau is, without a doubt, the most elegant stylist of the French lied and...continue...
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PSR 89665
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-11-07
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Me...
Performers:
Sari, Ada
Polish coloratura soprano Ada Sari was born Jadwiga Szayer and because of her stage name was often thought to be Italian. She was a much-admired...continue...
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PSR 89659
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-11-07
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Otello; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges B...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Weede, Robert
Conductors:
Rescigno, Nicola; Kirtz, Karl; Merola, Gaetano; Sebastian, Georges
After winning the Caruso Memorial Prize, Robert Weede was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to continue his studies under Oscar Anselmi in Milan. In...continue...
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PSR 89657
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-10-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Eugen d'Alb...
Performers:
Jadlowker, Hermann; Salvatini, Mafalda; Schlusnus, Heinrich
This significant release features historic recordings from both the very beginning and end of Italian soprano Mafalda Salvatini's illustrious career....continue...
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PSR 89653
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-10-01
Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Sadko; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Georges Bizet: Carm...
Performers:
Ivanov, Andrei; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Masliennikova, Irina; Obukhova, Nadezhda; Ozerov, Nikolai
In the year before the 1917 Revolution, Nadezhda Obukhova sang her debut at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. Only six weeks later, she appeared as the female...continue...
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PSR 89656
4 CD / Preiser /
2006-09-01
Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Pyotr I...
Performers:
Aleksandrovich, Mikhail; Arkhipova, Irina; Badridse, David; Barssova, Valeriya; Baturin, Alexander; Bolshakov, G.; Borisenko, Veronika; Burlak, Ivan; Davidova, V.; Dolukhanova, Zara; Firssova, Vera; ...
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PSR 89409
1 CD / Preiser /
2006-09-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Ruggero Leoncav...
Performers:
Branzell, Karin; Padilla, Lola Artot de; Salvatini, Mafalda; Talen, Bjorn; zoff, Iwan
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PSR 89654
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2006-08-01
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Macbeth; Otello; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers:
Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Beirer, Hans; Borkh, Inge; Perras, Margherita; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors:
Görlich, Gustav; Merten, Reinhold; Böhm, Karl; Striegler, Kurt; Krauss, Clemens; Heger, Robert; Secker, A.
Ahlersmeyer's singing career came about only after a delay, as he was 18 when World War I broke out. He was sent to the front...continue...
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PSR 89652
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2006-07-01
Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Boris Godunov; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Snow Maiden; Mizkev...
Performers:
Khanaev, Nikhander; Maksakova, Maria; Ozerov, Nikolai; Reizen, Mark
Conductors:
Nebolsin, Vasili; Golovanov, Nikolai; Bron, Onissim; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Kondrashin, Kirill
Maria Petrovna Maksakova was born in Astrakhan in southwestern Russia. By the age of ten, with a clear voice and having taught herself music, she...continue...
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PSR 89646
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2006-07-01
Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Pyotr Il'yich Tchai...
Performers:
Baturin, Alexander; Davidova, V.; Khanaev, Nikhander; Maksakova, Maria; Peregudov, Alexander; Petrova, Faina; Reizen, Mark
Conductors:
Samosud, Samuel; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Golovanov, Nikolai; Nebolsin, Vasili
Nikandr Sergeyevich Khanayev was born into poverty and lost his parents at the age of six. The misery of his young life was somewhat relieved...continue...
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PSR 89650
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2006-03-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction fr...
Performers:
Steber, Eleanor
Conductors:
Leinsdorf, Erich; Morel, Jean Paul; Susskind, Walter; Cleva, Fausto
Eleanor Steber was the only Metropolitan Opera diva of her generation to attain the popularity of a Hollywood star. She was well-known even to those...continue...
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PSR 89636
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2006-03-01
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Friedrich vo...
Performers:
Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Anders, Peter; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors:
Meyrowitz, Selmar; Schmidt, Franz; Rother, Artur; Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold
Ensemble:
; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Described by the great conductor Clemens Krauss as "an interpreter of high-spirited, unreserved female characters: individual timbre, attractive and distinctive appearance." Her career was launched...continue...
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PSR 89639
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2006-03-01
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers:
Mazaroff, Todor
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PSR 93446
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2006-02-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold;...
Performers:
Bohnen, Michael
These works highlight Michael Bohnen's first recordings made in America for the Brunswick label. Many of them are rare and, although often not "state-of-the-art" for...continue...
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PSR 89633
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2006-02-01
Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Richard Coeur-de-lion, opera in 3 acts; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliet...
Performers:
Lawrence, Marjorie; Singher, Martial
Conductors:
Breisach, Paul; Abravanel, Maurice; Coppola, Piero; Hahn, Reynaldo
After escaping occupied France with his wife Eta Busch (daughter of conductor Fritz Busch), Martial Singher made his Met debut in the US in 'The...continue...
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PSR 89635
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2006-02-01
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Jules Masse...
Performers:
Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Cleva, Fausto
Richard Tucker is one of the greatest of America's singers, and he began singing in his synagogue's choir at the age of six. During his...continue...
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PSR 89637
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2006-01-01
Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Das Rhei...
Performers:
Althouse, Paul; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Endert, Elisabeth van; Jorn, Karl
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PSR 89630
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