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Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Opera in English - Wagner: Twilight of the Gods / Goodall

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Collins, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Evans, Anne; Hammond-Stroud, Derek; Haugland, Aage; Hunter, Rita; Knight, Gillian; Masterson, Valerie; Pring, Katherine; Remedios, Alberto; Squires, Shilagh; Welsby,...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"The merits of Goodall's 'Ring' have been well rehearsed. Nowhere is his grasp of the musical architecture surer than in the vast spans of '...continue...

Opera in English - Wagner: The Ring Cycle / Goodall, et al

16 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Attfield, Helen; Bailey, Norman; Belcourt, Emile; Clarke, Katie; Collins, Anne; Connell, Elizabeth; Conoley, Anne; Curphey, Margaret; Dempsey, Gregory; Evans, Anne; Ferguson, Robert; Grant, Clifford;...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Movement Group; English National Opera Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

The Nibelung's Ring can be enjoyed on many levels: as a fairy story, political allegory or philosophical tract, for example. In essence, it deals with...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi Celebration in English

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Falstaff; Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra; I lombardi; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera;...
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Brecknock, John; Bullock, Susan; Craig, Charles; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Masterson, Valerie; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Mi...
Conductors: Parry, David; Elder, Mark; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Opera in English - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Goodall, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-05-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Bailey, Norman; Belcourt, Emile; Dempsey, Gregory; Ferguson, Robert; Grant, Clifford; Hammond-Stroud, Derek; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Masterson, Valerie; McDonall, Lois; Pring, Katherine; Squires,...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: English National Opera Movement Group

"The singers, though not as a whole in the class of Bohm's Bayreuth All-Stars, are certainly capable, and there is no conspicuous weakness in the...continue...

Opera in English - Verdi: La Traviata / Mackerras, Masterson

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-07-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Brecknock, John; Byles, Edward; Dowling, Denis; Earle, Roderick; Gibbs, John; Jones, Della; Kitchiner, John; Masterson, Valerie; Plessis, Christian du; Pogson, Geoffrey; Squires, Shilagh
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus

En Français - Airs d'Opéra / Valerie Masterson, et al

1 CD / Jay Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions); Chérubin, opera in 3 acts; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fi...
Performers: Masterson, Valerie
Conductors: Edwards, John O.