Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals] > Opera/Operetta

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Berger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Schmidt, Karl; Schuler, Johannes; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Erna Berger, who was born near Dresden in 1900, exhibited unusual musicality very early. Though her family disapproved of her of her attempt to pursue...continue...

Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann - excerpts / Rother, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Langhammer, Irmgard; Muller, Anneliese; Prohaska, Jaro; Reimann, Kurt; Soot, Fritz; Stoll, Walter; Streich, Rita; Stumpf, Franz; Witting, Gerhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur

The young Offenbach had been thrilled by the first performance of this fantastic play by Barbier and Carre in 1851, and would eventually produce the...continue...

Flotow: Martha / Schüler, Berger, Tergetthoff, Anders, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Martha
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Sauer, Franz; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Schuler, Johannes

Verdi: Rigoletto / Heger, Rosvaenge, Schlusnus, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Booth, Margary; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Harmsen, Gerit; Jacobs, Ilse; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Weigelt, Ruth; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

This exceptional historic performance is presented as part of Berlin Classic's Eterna Collection of fine operas. Although appearing several times over the years on CD,...continue...

Prima Voce - Charles Kullman - European Recordings 1931-1938

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Richard Wagn...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Grossmann, Walter; Illiard, Ellice; Kullman, Charles
Conductors: Orthmann, Erich; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Goehr, Walter; Müller, Johannes; Dobrindt, Otto; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Ruth, Ludwig
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Complete European Columbia recordings of tenor Charles Kullman, made1931-38. Like so many other fine tenors of the period, Kullman was expected to record items that...continue...

Mozart Singers of the Past

3 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Il rè pastore, K 208; Die Entführung aus dem Serai...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Beuf, Augusto; Bori, Lucrezia; Cebotari, Maria; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gigli, Beniamino; Ginster, Ria; Gueden, Hilde [Sopra...
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno; Cleva, Fausto; Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sabino, Antonio; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Walter, Bruno; Black, Frank; Busch, Fritz; Berrettoni, Umberto; Barbirolli, John; Collingwo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan...

The recordings in this CD edition of outstanding Mozart singers were made between 1926 and 1950. This is the period of shellac records made with...continue...

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Krauss

3 CD / Guild / 2004-12-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bierbach, Franz; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hann, Georg; Hellwig, Judith; Jaresch, August; Lemnitz, T...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni

3 CD / Orfeo / 2004-07-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berry, Walter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Grummer, Elisabeth; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Furtwängler, et al

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2004-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berry, Walter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Grummer, Elisabeth; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Chorus

Menus and Music - Dining and the Opera in Manhattan - Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, etc / Price, Sills, Domingo, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Gershwin: Porgy and ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Boesch, Christian; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Kraus, Alfre...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marie-Luise Schilp

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Engelbert Humperd...
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Bensing, Herbert; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kronenberg, Carl; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlip, Marie-Luise; Wuttke, Elisabeth
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Schroder, Kurt; Zillig, Winfried; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt

Flotow: Martha / Schüler, Berger, Anders, Greindl, et al

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

Works: Friedrich von Flotow: Martha
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Sauer, Franz; Tegetthoff, Else
Conductors: Schuler, Johannes

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Risë Stevens

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-07-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Alceste; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Jobin, Raoul; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Leinsdorf, Erich; Sebastian, Georges; Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra

Grosse Sanger unseres Jahrhunderts - Erna Berger

1 CD / Orfeo / 2002-03-15

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Il Flaminio, musical comedy in 3 acts; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Francesco Maria Veracini: Rosalinda; Alessandro Scarlatti:...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Peschko, Sebastian

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Krauss, Ursuleac, Korjus, et al

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60
Performers: Arnold, Benno; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fuchs, Eugen; Hammes, Karl; Holndonner, Ilonka; Korjus, Milizia; Rosvaenge, Helge; Runger, Gertrud; Ursuleac, Viorica; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Berlin Reichssenders Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Wilhelm Furtwängler, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berry, Walter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kunz, Erich; Lipp, Wilma; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard; S...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: Rigoletto / Cellini, Peerce, Warren, Tajo, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Otello
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Keast, Raymond; Motto, Thomas; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Waldoper Zoppot - The Bayreuth of the North - 99 Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2000-10-01

Works: Conradin Kreutzer: Das Nachtlager in Granada; Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacc...
Performers: Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alsen, Herbert; Andrésen, Ivar; Armster, Carl; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Baumer, Margarete; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Helena; Bronsgeest, Cornelis; Bugarinovic, ...

Mozart: The Magic Flute / Beecham, Roswaenge, Berger, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berglund, Ruth; Fabbry, Ernst; Grossmann, Walter; Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Marherr, Elfriede; Rosvaenge, Helge; Scheppan, Hilde; Spletter, Carla; S...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Favres Solisten Vereinigung

Four Famous Sopranos of the Past

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-05-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: F...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Helena; Lemnitz, Tiana; Ranczak, Hildegarde; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Schmidt, Franz; Meyrowitz, Selmar; Ludwig, Leopold; Steeger, Gerhard; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Julius Patzak - The Early Operatic Recordings 1929-1938

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1; Pyo...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Patzak, Julius; Runger, Gertrud
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Weigert, Herman; Melichar, Alois; Blech, Leo; Martin, Wolfgang; Schuler, Johannes

German Ensemble Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidel...
Performers: Beck, Walter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fischer, Susanne; Friedrich, Elisabeth; Fuchs, Eugen; Gerson, Therese; Gottlieb, Henriette; Grossmann, Walter; Heidersbach, Kate; Hirzel, Max; Husch, Gerh...
Conductors: Zaun, Fritz; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Prima Voce - Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Beecham, Strienz

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-05-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Fabbry, Ernst; Grossmann, Walter; Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Marherr, Elfriede; Rosvaenge, Helge; Scheppan, Hilde; Spletter, Carla; Strienz, Wilhelm;...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

When Opera Reached the Airwaves: The Great Coloraturas

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1996-01-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ludwig, Walther; Pagliughi, Lina; Pons, Lily; Robin, Mado; Tagliabue, Carlo; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Serafin, Tullio; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Walter, Bruno; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Cellini, Renato; Merola, Gaetano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo

Verdi: Rigoletto

2 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Booth, Margary; Fuchs, Eugen; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Harmsen, Gerit; Jacobs, Ilse; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Weigelt, Ruth; Zimmermann, Erich
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra