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Grand Tier - Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Rossi, Olivero

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...

Opera Obsession! Act IV - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wo...
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Caballe, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Harwood...

The fourth volume in Opera d'Oro's best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d'Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, et al

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...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Don Carlo / Stein, Corelli, Janowitz

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Corelli, Franco; Franc, Tugomir; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Talvela, Martti; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Franco Corelli never recorded the role of Carlos commercially so this is instantly valuable; and indeed the tenor is in magnificent voice - pungent, emotionally...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...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Gavazzeni, Simionato

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...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

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...

Grand Tier - Puccini: Tosca / Gibson, Milanov, et al

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...

Grand Tier - Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Matacic, Tebaldi

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...

Bellini: Norma / Santini, Cerquetti, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Borelli, Giannella; Cerquetti, Anita; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Nero, Giulio; Pirazzini, Miriam
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"...One of the best live recordings available. Cerquetti made few recordings; this performance makes you wonder why... Corelli sings magnificently throughout, with an exhuberance that...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: Turandot / Gavazzeni, Nilsson, et al

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...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur/ Rossi, Corelli, Olivero, et al

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...

Legendary Performances - Andrea Chenier, etc /Franco Corelli

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-11-05

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: La battaglia de Legnano / Gavazzeni, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Stefanoni, Marco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Recordings of this neglected Verdi spectacular are rare at any price, but this great-sounding budget edition - starring Franco Corelli - is unique. It's the...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Gibson, Milanov, Corelli, Guelfi, et al

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

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 Chorus

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

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, Corelli, Gobbi, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Mercuriali, Angelo; Novelli, Ugo; Ricciardi, Franco; Signore, Gino del; Sordello, Enzo; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccari...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Antonino Votto leads the orchestra and chorus in a muscular reading of Puccini's dramatic score, which very clearly served as one of the inspirations for...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Matacic, Tebaldi, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

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 Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the best operas of the verismo school is sung with ultimate passion and beauty by Corelli and Tebaldi at their best. The Viennese...continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Simonetto, Corelli, Gobbi, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Corelli, Franco; Gobbi, Tito; Micheluzzi, Mefalda; Puglisi, Lino
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Franco Corelli's legendary ringing tones are unforgettable in "Vesti la giubba," perhaps the most famous of all tenor opera arias. The number of other great...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zummer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Live performances from 1958 - 1963, featuring one of the finest Italian opera singers of the 20th century....continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Birgit Nilsson Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

The excuse always given as to why Meyerbeer's brilliant masterpiece is not more often mounted is that seven great singers are needed for the principal...continue...

Callas Collection - Spontini: La Vestale / Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Few sopranos could encompass the vocal and dramatic demands of the heroine of this seldom-heard but beautiful opera, which has two sublime arias for the...continue...

Callas Collection - Donizetti: Poliuto / Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Callas and Corelli are together again for another operatic rarity. Donizetti's Poliuto, a work which suffered obscurity not because of uninteresting music but because of...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Franco Corelli

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Leg...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Olivero, Magda; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Puccini: Turandot / Gavazzeni, Nilsson, Corelli, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ricciardi, Franco; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra