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Stravinsky: Rake's Progress / Stravinsky, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-10-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Cuenod, Hugues; Kraus, Otakar; Rounseville, Robert; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Tangemann, Nell; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This is a historical recording of the opera's world premiere in 1951, conducted by Stravinsky himself....continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale, etc / Parodi, Corena, Poli, Lazzari, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Corena, Fernando; Del Signore, Gino; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Poli, Afro; Sciutti, Graziella
Conductors: ; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Scotto, Raimondi, Bastianini, Votto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giul...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Kabaivanska, Domingo, Ghiaurov

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Ernani had its premiere in 1844 and went on swiftly to conquer the world's theaters, remaining one of Verdi's most popular operas for many decades....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Serafin, Bergonzi, Stella, Cossotto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonato, Armanda; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Ricciardi, Franco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Blessed with Serafin's lithe, clear, unforced conducting...and a cast all of whose members are Italian." -Gramophone...continue...

Weekend Classics - An Opera Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: Turand...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Hornik, Gottfried; Ott...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro all...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora, etc / Molajoli, Bruna-Rasa, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-09-02

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lesca...
Performers: Dall'Argine, Eugenio; Dominici, Ernesto; Galeffi, Carlo; Ghirardini, Emilio; Girardi, Piero; Giusti, Blando; Marini, Luigi; Melandri, Antonio; Mirella, Luba; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Rizza, Gilda dalla; Tic...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Verdi: Ernani, etc / Balkwill, Votto, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-02-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bickerstaff, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grant, Clifford; Kabaivanska, Raina; Smith, Donald; Tinsley, Pauline; Tracey, Peter
Conductors: Balkwill, Bryan; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

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

Verdi: Choruses and Ballet Music / Abbado, La Scala

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Nabucco; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Boito: Mefistofele / Votto, Siepi, Poggi, Broggini, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-07-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cossotto, Fiorenza; De Cavalieri, Anna; Malagu, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Muti, Fabbricini, Curiel, Alagna, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Capuano, Enzo; Coni, Paolo; Cossutta, Enrico; Curiel, Nicoletta; Fabbricini, Tiziana; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Mori, Orazio; Musinu, Francesco; Panariello, Ernesto; Sammaritano, Silvestro; ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale / Gavazzeni, Gencer

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

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale, opera
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Campi, Enrico; Carturan, Gabriella; Cassinelli, Antonio; Cormanni, Adolfo; Dondi, Dino; Gencer, Leyla; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Ortica, Mario; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Puglisi, Lino...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Pizzetti, successor to Respighi at the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome, wrote in a style reminiscent both of the Impressionists and of late Reniaissance or...continue...

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Gavazzeni, Caballé, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Baglioni, Bruna; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Pauli, Milena; Pavarotti, Luciano; Porzano, Saverio; Zardo, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Luisa Miller is one of the best of Verdi's earlier operas, transitional between his early and middle periods and overshadowed in its day by the...continue...

Alfano: Risurrezione / Boncompagni, Olivero, Gismondo, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-05-04

Works: Franco Alfano: Risurrezione; Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, opera
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Boyer, Antonio; Cadoni, Fernanda; Casolari, Egidio; Condo, Nucci; Del Monaco, Mario; di Stasio, Anna; Dimita, Wanda; Gismondo, Giuseppe; Magrini, Vera; Olivero, Magda; Pace, Pa...
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Domingo Collection - Verdi: Otello / Kleiber, Freni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Jori, Jone; Mori, Orazio; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raffanti, Dano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, Dondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Dondi, Dino; Ego, Costantino; Malagu, Stefania; Martelli, Edith; Perotti, Eva; Piva, Franco; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Verrett, Ghiaurov, etc

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Mariotti, Alfredo; Martinucci, Nicola; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zardo, Carlo; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

The cast on this great recording in recent sound is equal or superior to anything on commercial studio recordings. With Abbado conducting at La Scala,...continue...

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Gavazzeni, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-02-05

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance, Milan, December 7, 1963 of Mascagni's second most famous opera (after Cavalleria rusticana), in a surprisingly different mode. A gentle pastoral tale of...continue...

Puccini - Great Opera Arias / Domingo, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; Le Villi; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orches...

Handel: Serse / Bellugi, Alva, Freni, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Calabrese, Franco; Companez, Irene; Freni, Mirella; Monreale, Leonardo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

For several generations Handel's opera Xerxes (or, in Italian, Serse) was remembered for a single unforgettable melody: the aria "Ombra mai fu," even better known...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-02

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caruso, Mariano; Cazzato, Michele; Coda, Eraldo; Danieli, Lucia; Del Monaco, Mario; Forti, Carlo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Protti, Aldo [Bariton...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A few listeners new to opera may not be familiar with the trumpet-toned tenor Mario Del Monaco. He recorded Andrea Chenier in a famous album...continue...

Great Opera Recordings - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-08-21

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; I Rantzau, opera in 4 acts; Guglielmo Ratcliff, opera (tragedia) in 4 acts; Iris; Le maschere, opera (commedia liric...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Cavalleria Rusticana" tells a lurid and passionate story in a vivid musical style that brilliantly intensifies each dramatic situation and at the same time evokes...continue...

Falla: Atlantida, etc / Schippers, Argenta, Stratas, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Manuel de Falla: Atlántida, scenic cantata, G. 102 (unfinished, completed by Halffter 1961, rev. 1976); El amor brujo
Performers: Browne, Roger; Halley, Gustavo; Simionato, Giulietta; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Argenta, Ataúlfo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This double bill may be the historic rarity release of the year! Falla's final, unfinished masterpiece, a mythological extravaganza about the Lost Continent Atlantis, was...continue...

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

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Bellini: Norma / Antonio Votto, Maria Callas

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Gavazzeni, Callas, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Raimondi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Rumbo, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This was the opera that launched Donizetti's international career in 1830. It was popular for about 50 years, then suddenly disappeared. This 1957 Callas performance...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Maag, Freni, Pavarotti, Panerai, et al

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

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Farina, Ida; Freni, Mirella; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciardi, Franco; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A live performance from La Scala in 1969 of Massenet's operatic masterpiece with Pavarotti and Freni at the peak of their early careers, their voices...continue...

Callas Collection - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Maria Callas - The Legend

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giusepp...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Callas, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Or...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Ghione, Gigli, Nessi, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pacetti, Iva; Paci, Leone
Conductors: Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Any recording with Gigli is of course a treasure, but the special treat here is Mario Basiola as Tonio. "A baritone of great presence with...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Molajoli, Rimini, Tassinari, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Buades, Aurora; D'Alessio, Roberto; Ghirardini, Emilio; Monticone, Rita; Rimini, Giacomo; Tassinari, Pia; Tellini, Ines Alfani; Venturini, Emilio
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"...much to commend it, not least the outstanding Falstaff of Giacomo Rimini, the youthful and spirited Alice of Pia Tassinari, and the excellent small-part singers...certainly...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Mascagni, Gigli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

An irreplaccable historic document, with the composer conducting his own most famous opera and offering a spoken introduction. First-rate cast, headed by the great Gigli...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Renata Scotto Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Rafanelli, Flora; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Recitals - An Evening with Gianni Raimondi Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; La Favorita
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Raimondi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo 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...

Cherubini: Medea / Schippers, Callas, Vickers, et al

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

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts
Performers: Callas, Maria; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Martelli, Edith; Simionato, Giulietta; Tosini, Ivana; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

One of the benchmark Callas recordings in one of her favorite roles. A searing drama that seems almost written for her voice and temperament....continue...

Famous Opera Choruses- Wagner, Beethoven, Nicolai, etc

1 CD / Tuxedo Music / 2000-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Otto Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi:...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio; Paul, Karl; Schech, Marianne; Tieozzi; Von Rohr, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Heger, Robert; Pflüger, Gerhard; Capuana, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Singer, Georges
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Hamburg Choir; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Leipzig Radio Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony...

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...

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...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Sabajno, Schipa, Badini, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Badini, Ernesto; Callegari, Giordano; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Donizetti: La Favorita / Pavarotti, Cossotto, Verchi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Macchinizzi, Luisa; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romani, Renzo; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Verchi, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Massenet: Manon / Maag, Freni, Pavarotti, et al

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

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Freni, Mirella; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciardi, Franco; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Massenet: Manon - Highlights / Guarnieri, Di Stefano, Favero

1 CD / Myto Records / 1998-03-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Vocals], Mafalda Favero [Soprano
Conductors: Guarnieri, Antonio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Live recording; Milan, 1947. La Scala's debut of Di Stefano. Di Stefano at the glorious beginning of his career. Mafalda Favero, a much neglected artist,...continue...