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Brilliant Opera Collection - Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Fillipeschi, Stignani

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cavallari, Rina; Filippeschi, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording from La Scala in 1954, whilst not technically perfect, captures Callas in her element. "For a generation of opera-goers, Callas was Norma, and...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Virginia Zeani

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-05-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...continue...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Forti, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

The Essential Collection: Maria Callas

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Plo...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; ...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Gius...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Stignani

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cavallari, Rina; Filippeschi, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Mikhail Glinka: A Li...
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Braithwaite, Warwick; Benintende-Neglia, Tomaso; Fistoulari, Anatole; Previtali, Fernando

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Alzira; Bellini / Capuana, Cava, McNeil, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bortoluzzi, Bianca; Cava, Carlo; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Filippeschi, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Mongelli, Andrea; Monti, Nicola; Porzano, Saverio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rinaudo, Mario; Rossi-L...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Debut Series - Callas - 1949 - One Year, One Voice

1 CD / Fono / 2002-02-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

With 11 selections from Norma, Nabucco and Turandot, these are the very earliest Callas rarities, including her absolute first appearance on tape, May 20, 1949,...continue...