Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal] > Romantic Period

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Ercolani, Renato; Glossop, Peter; Gobbi, Tito; Machi, Mario; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Alva, Moffo

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: 1956....continue...

Bellini: Norma [Highlights] / Callas, Corelli, Ludwig, Zaccaria

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Ludwig, Christa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

Gramophone Magazine
That the phrasing, the pronunciation, the weight and shape and meaning of the music, are peerlessly conceived can go without saying. The conducting is...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy (09/05/1960-09/12/1960)....continue...

Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto

2 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milano (12/07/1960)....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Unspecified: Il trovatore Synopsis & Libretto [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Gramophone Magazine
Leonora was one of Callas's finest stage roles and this recording is wonderfully intense, with a dark concentrated loveliness of sound in the principal...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan (1956-08-03_1956-08-04&1956-)....continue...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

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]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Bellini: Norma

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-05-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alfredo; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in 'The Guardian' (UK) called her "the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th...continue...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

Verdi: Requiem Mass / Solti, Brouwenstijn, Dominguez, Zampieri, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-04-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Dominguez, Oralia; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

During his very long career sir Georg Solti conducted Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' many times, but no version, either studio or live, can compare with...continue...
Recording information: Köln (11/17/1958)....continue...

Bellini: La sonnambula / Votto, Callas, Cossotto, Monti, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, etci: Operas / Pavarotti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La boh&e...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Baglioni, Bruna; Bosco, Carlo del; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballé, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corradi, ...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maag, Peter; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Seven complete operas starring the great Luciano Pavarotti at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Maria Callas! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with...continue...

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...continue...

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...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Serafin, Stella, Gobbi, La Scala, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...continue...

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Karajan

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-04-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance, Berlin, September 29, 1955. One of the greatest live complete opera recordings starring Maria Callas, and the best of her recordings of Lucia...continue...

Historical - Verdi: Il trovatore / Karajan, Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Callas and Karajan took the world by the ears in the 1950s with this Il trovatore. Leonora was one of Callas's finest...continue...

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...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Rossi, Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Rinaldi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo
Performers: Barbera, Maria; Bonetti, Margherita; Cappuccilli, Piero; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lazzarini, Adriana; Monreale, Leonardo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Picozzi, Filiberto; Rinaldi, M...
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Abbado, Claudio

The young Pavarotti and the superb Cappuccilli together are breathtaking. The under-recorded but not under-appreciated Rinaldi completes a superb performance....continue...

Catalani: La Wally / Scaglia, Olivero, Zaccaria, Zanini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-06-13

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Carroli, Silvano; Farina, Ida; Foiani, Giovanni; Olivero, Magda; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zambon, Amadeo; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Scaglia, Ferruccio
Ensemble: Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Chorus

Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893) was a talented composer who perhaps lived at the wrong time. He came along at the end of Verdi's career and the...continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Karajan, Callas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Callas brings a passion and intimacy to the role that no other soprano [in the last] century has equaled...Karajan creates ideal support for Callas' blinding...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...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, Simionato

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

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]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Callas Edition - Rossini: Barber of Seville - Highlights

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Gobbi, Tito; Ollendorf, Fritz; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Callas Edition - Verdi: Aida - Highlights /Serafin, La Scala

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Modesti, Giuseppe; Ricciardi, Franco; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Callas, Panerai, Barbieri

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-09-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Spontini: Olimpia / Molinari-Pradelli, Lorengar, Tagliavini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Olympia, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lorengar, Pilar; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Rizzati, E.; Tagliavini, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Spontini was one of the most important Italian composers just before Rossini swept all before him. Long neglected, his operas have been revived with great...continue...

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

Verdi: La Traviata / Karajan, Moffo, Cioni, Sereni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Loretti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Ricciardi, Franco; Righetti, Romana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nic...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Italian-American soprano Anna Moffo was a megastar in the 1960s and early 70s thanks to her beauty, thrilling voice, and acting ability. Her career...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...

Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alberto; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

Belisario is truly one of the most unjustly neglected of Donizetti's 70-odd operas, only a handful of which are heard regularly today. Belisario was his...continue...

Donizetti: Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali / Nucci

2 CD / Bella Voce / 2000-04-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali, opera; Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni; Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Davia, Federico; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Grilli, Umberto; Mazzucato, Daniela; Monreale, Leonardo; Nucci, Leo; Pecile, Mirna; Rinaldi, Alberto; Taddei...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The performance is a crackling, hysterically funny one, heavy on the comedy. The ensemble work is razor-sharp, with a quick, brilliant naturalness. Taddei...steals the show...There...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...

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Alva, Panerai, Moffo, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-09-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barbieri, Fedora; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Merriman, Nan; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...Karajan's polished performance...appears...in better sound than ever. Indeed, for once the company's early stereo has life and clarity, allowing us to hear the conductor's infinite...continue...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Abbado, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Monachesi, Walter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rinaldi, Margherita; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia / Bonynge, Sutherland, Horne

2 CD / Decca Import / 1989-08-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Brocheler, John; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ewer, Graeme; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Taylor, Paul; van Allan, Richard [...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Legato Classics /

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Parutto, Mirella; Simionato, Giulietta; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giusep...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...