Villazón, Rolando > Cilèa, Francesco

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Ponchielli: Cielo e mar, etc; Verdi, Boito, etc / Villazón, Callegari, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Il figliuol prodigo; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Alfano, Gianluca; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"It's a pleasure to hear a recital devoted to rarities sung with such passion and conviction; it's clear Villazon is thrilled to have discovered these...continue...