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Close Encounters with Great Singers - Giuseppe di Stefano

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Paolo Tosti: Non t'amo più; Ideale, ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

Classical Legends - In Their Own Words

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Classical Legends in Their Own Words
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bumbry, Grace; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Kissin, Evgeni; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Toml...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klemperer, Otto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto; Abbado, Claudio; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Ashkenazy, Vladi...

Gramophone Magazine
All is co-ordinated by Jon Tolansky...[who] is good at putting things in context and moving the whole presentation along with the seamless legato that...continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Cehanovsky, George; Davidson, Lawrence; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Franke, Paul; Hunt, Lois; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto

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...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Björling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

Verdi: Requiem / Toscanini, Nelli, Barbieri, di Stefano, Siepi, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-09-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Nelli, Herva; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo;
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Seven hundred hours of editing went into the original lp release of this recording, caused by the fact that only NBC's radio recording was left...continue...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953 - Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...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; Caballé, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; ...

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...

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...

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...

A Tenor Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauber...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schreier, Peter; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Bartoletti, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vie...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Serafin, di Stefano, Callas

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Historical - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sanzogno, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Petrella, Clara; Protti, Aldo; Sordello, Enzo
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The famous La Scala premiere. Di Stefano is in incandescent form and fabulously supported by the Scala elite of the time....continue...

Historical - Leoncavallo, Mascagni / Serafin, Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola; Panerai, Rolando; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Classic recording, above all for Callas's contribution to two operas she never sang on stage after her student days. Serafin is the ideal conductor, and...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Votto, Di Stefano, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Beggiato, Hortensia; Carturan, Gabriella; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Serafin, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Natali, Valiano; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This recording, described by John Ardoin in this 'Callas Legacy' as 'a glory of the LP era', was made in 1953 in Florence, where Callas...continue...

Puccini: Opera Arias / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; La Rondine; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Chiara, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Maffeo, Gianni; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Mitch...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Bonynge, Richard; Gardelli, Lamberto; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

Viva Italia!

1 CD / Decca / 2003-06-10

Works: Eduardo Di Capua: 'O sole mio; Maria, Marì; Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia; Traditional: Vieni sul mar; Luigi Denza: La danza; Funiculì funiculà; Carl Sigman: Arrivederci, Roma; Gi...
Performers: Aldrich, Ronnie; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Buckley, Emerson; Mancini, Henry; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo; Pritchard, John; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Malgoni, Walter; Loges, Karl-Heinz; M...
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; M...

Giuseppe di Stefano a Chicago - Faust, Martha, Le Cid, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Tosca; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Manon; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lu...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, I...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Recitals - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Arias & Scenes

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

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tieri, Emidio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto

Il Mito dell'Opera - Valdengo, Di Stefano - Rigoletto

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2002-04-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dominguez, Oralia; O'Connor, Nadine; Ruffino, Ignacio; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Puccini's Masterworks / Björling, Gigli, Melba, Muzio, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Baronti, Duilio; Björling, Jussi; Borgioli, Armando; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Del Monaco, Mario; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; McCo...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

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

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

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...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; La forza del destino; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Ch...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Basile, Arturo; Paoletti, Alberto; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A decade (1951-61) of great early recordings by Renata Tebaldi. Tebaldi enchanted audiences with her vocal beauty and personal charm. She is joined here in...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / De Sabata, Schwarzkopf, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dominguez, Oralia; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

Giordano: Fedora / Basile, Tebaldi, di Stefano, Sereni

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-01-09

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Caruso, Mariano; Chiocca, Gennaro; Cioffi, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Frosini, Mario; Mazzetti, Sofia; Padillo, Luigi; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vo...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus

Second only to Andera Chenier in popularity among Giordano's operas, Fedora was premiered in 1898 with Caruso as the tenor lead. It was a great...continue...

Giordano: Fedora / Annovazzi, di Stefano, Olivero, et al

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

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mari, Carla; Mazzini, Guido; Mineo, Andrea; Olivero, Magda; Pedroni, Augusto; Rocco, Giovanna di; Stasio, Dino Di
Conductors: Annovazzi, Napoleone
Ensemble: Lucca Teatro del Giglio Orchestra

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Puccini: Turandot / Votto, Nilsson, Carteri, La Scala

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ferrara, Mario; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Testa, Luigi
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Sure to be one of the most popular titles in the entire vast Opera d'Oro catalog, this 1958 Turandot features two of opera's mega-stars in...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Farfan, Luz Maria; Sagarminaga, Carlos
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Another ideal role for the mighty Callas, flaming to life in a riveting interpretation, and paired with her greatest partner, Giuseppe Di Stefano....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Garcia, Maria Teresa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

Again the unbeatable team of Callas and Di Stefano, in one of the most powerful and beloved of all operas, creating a masterpiece of the...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Callas, Di Stefano, Picco, et al

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Lugo, Tanis; Rimoch, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

One of the greatest "singers' operas", starring two of the greatest singers recorded live in Mexico City, 1952....continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Votto, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Beggiato, Ortensia; Carturan, Gabriella; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A live 1955 performance of the original "verismo" opera, sung with fire and passion by two of the greatest of their time, Di Stefano and...continue...

Great Tenors of the Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2000-03-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Si...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Anders, Peter; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boutet, Benoit; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Cottone, Salvatore; Cura...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Rizzi, Carlo; Barenboim, Daniel; Buckley, Emerson; Santi, Nello; Pradella, Massimo; Scaglia, Ferruccio; de Fabritiis, Oliviero...

Callas Collection - Verdi: La traviata / Di Stefano, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Patoni, Edna; Ruffino, Ignacio; Tortolero, Francesco; Trevi, Cristina
Conductors: Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

The dying Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata was another of Callas's great roles, and again she is partnered with Di Stefano in this live performance...continue...

Callas Collection - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Feuss, Anna Maria; Monte, Carlo del; Silva, Roberto; Tortolero, Francesco
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

Callas was indelible as the love-crazed heroine of Donizetti's tragic masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor. Her portrayal is one for the history books, and you can...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 18 "Che gelida manina", Vol 1

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1999-08-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bassi, Amedeo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Borgioli, Dino; Caruso, Enrico; Cecil, Lionello; Cortis, Antonio; D'Alessio, Robert; D'Arkor, Andre; Di Stefano,...

Giuseppe di Stefano - The Early Years Vol 2

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1998-12-20

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchest...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe

Puccini: Tosca / Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Morresi, Giuseppe; Negri, Antonio Eros; Piva, Franco; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]