Baritone > Giordano, Umberto

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Domingo Conducts Milnes! Milnes Conducts Domingo!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Piet...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Doreen; Temperley, Jean; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/14/1972-08/16/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/18/1972-08/19/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great ...continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

Dream Ticket to Andrea Chenier: The most famous arias and celebrated singers, 1908 - 1960

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chènier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bjorling, Jussi; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Masini, Galliano; Milanov, Zinka [Sopran...

This is a compilation of the most famous arias and scenes from Andrea Chénier performed by different singers with varying interpretations. The recordings range from...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Pavarotti, Guleghina, Pons, Levine [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-11-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Guleghina, Maria; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

In continuing the great tradition of Decca's magnificent Met Opera DVDs, Giordano's Andrea Chénier is captured here in excellent quality, showcasing Luciano Pavarotti, the premiere...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Schirmer, Vienna SO, Sandoval, Fantini [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2011-10-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Fantini, Norma; Hendricks, Scott; Kross, Tania; Plowright, Rosalind; Sandoval, Hector
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Andrea Chenier is now available for the first time on Blu-Ray. After the huge success of Aida, comes the spectacular new production from the Bregenz...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, Italian, Fr...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Schirmer, Vienna SO, Sandoval, Fantini [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-10-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Fantini, Norma; Hendricks, Scott; Kross, Tania; Plowright, Rosalind; Sandoval, Hector
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Andrea Chenier is now available for the first time on Blu-Ray. After the huge success of Aida, comes the spectacular new production from the Bregenz...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Germ...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Manuel Ausensi

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Tra...
Performers: Ausensi, Manuel
Conductors: Grignon, Ricardo Lamote de; Cisneros, Indalecio; Argenta, Ataúlfo

Manuel Ausensi was born in Barcelona and studied at the conservatory. His first prize in a radio singing competition gave him the opportunity to sing...continue...

Legendary Voice: Carlo Morelli

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Jules Massenet: Erodiade; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; María Grever: Alma Mia; ...
Performers: Monte, Toti Dal; Montesanto, Luigi; Morelli, Carlo; Pacetti, Iva
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Antonini, Alfredo

Apart from the prestigious competition that bears his name, the baritone Carlo Morelli has largely been forgotten despite a long and always successful career. Born...continue...

Giordano: Fedora / Freni, Domingo, Corbelli, Gavazzeni [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-05-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; Corbelli, Alessandro; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Mazzoni, Silvia; Panariello, Ernesto; Roni, Luigi; Sammaritano, Silvestro; Scarabelli, Ad...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Arthaus presents 'Fedora', an opera by Umberto Giordano, an influential composer of Italian verismo style. The staging was celebrated for its fantastic cast with Mirella...continue...
Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

Marcel Cordes

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla; Giuseppe Verdi: Arnoldo; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmans Erz...
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Kohn, Karl; Koth, Erika; Stoll, Walter; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Gaebel, Kurt

Born Kurt Schumacher, Marcel Cordes spent the war years in a French prisoner-of-war camp. He resumed his singing career in 1948 and changed vocal roles...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier

2 CD / Decca / 2010-03-30

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Gallo, Lucio; Tisi, Ezio Maria
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Andrea Bocelli is accompanied by some of the most stirring music in Italian repertoire. Andrea Chenier is a tale of love that stays in one's...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Milano (07/11/2007-07/22/2007)....continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...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...

Umberto Giordano: Siberia

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Sibera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Farina, Ida; Ferrara, Mario; Galo, Gino; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Lazzarini, Adriana; Londi, Laura; Maragliano, Luisa; Mazzini, Guido; Mazzotta, Paolo; Monachesi, ...
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo

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

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lesca...
Performers: Alfieri, Antonio; Baracchi, Aristide; Bassi, Anna Masetti; Dall'Argine, Eugenio; Dominici, Ernesto; Galeffi, Carlo; Ghirardini, Emilio; Girardi, Piero; Giusti, Blando; Mannarini, Ida; Marini, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Franco Alfano: Risurrezione; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: d'Anna, Mario; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Olivero, Magda; Ratti, Eugenia; Vietri, Pietro De
Conductors: Scaglia, Ferruccio; Vernizzi, Fulvio

Legendary Voices: Giampiero Malaspina

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-02-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers: Malaspina, Giampiero; Pavesio, Piero [Piano]
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Quadri, Argeo; Goehr, Walter; Mudie, Michael; Olivieri, Dino

Giampiero Malaspina's (b.1916) voice had a dark timbre that enabled him to sing Wagnerian roles successfully. He trained in Rome and made his debut in...continue...

Arias

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2010-01-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Nabucco; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Rugge...
Performers: Guelfi, Carlo
Conductors: Parmeggiani, Roberto

The solo album of one of the best baritone singers in the world, this disc features a typical genre recital of well-known, exciting solo scenes....continue...
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The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Singers to Remember - Heinrich Schlusnus - The Quintessential Baritone Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Albert Lortzing: Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen ...
Performers: Peschko, Sebastian; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Schuler, Johannes; Blech, Leo; Melichar, Alois; Gurlitt, Manfred; Zillig, Winfried; Weigert, Herman

The immortal sound of baritone Heinrich Schlusnus is served up in this second volume, collating his recordings from the late 1920s and '30s. Among the...continue...

Prima Voce - Rolando Panerai

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Otello; Rug...
Performers: Dobbs, Mattiwilda; Panerai, Rolando; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Galliera, Alceo; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This disc features selections from Rolando Panerai's recorded legacy dating from the 1950s. His fresh, opulent, virile and vibrant tone must surely be rated as...continue...

Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, etc: Arias and Duets / Giangiacomo Guelfi

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-06-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I due Foscari; Attila; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Suliotis, Elena

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

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-05-13

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

Enrico Caruso sang in the premiere of this opera in 1898, and it became a favorite worldwide. Giordano's opera 'Andrea Chenier' eventually surpassed it in...continue...

Portrait

1 CD / Michael Storrs Music / 2007-12-24

Works: Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla ...
Performers: Asciak, Paul; Malbin, Elaine; Rymarczyk, Katarzyna

Giordano: La cena delle beffe / Bonavolontá, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-11-13

Works: Umberto Giordano: La cena delle beffe
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Degl'Innocenti, Angelo; Formichini, Dino; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Marchiandi, Angelo; Mariotti, Alfredo; Matsumoto, Miwako; Morresi, Giuseppe; Rosati, A. M.; Zambon, Amade...
Conductors: Bonavolontà, Nino

The most popular work of Umberto Giordano (1867–1948) remains Andrea Chenier, but he did write other fine operas that deserve revival. One of these is...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...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

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...

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...

The World's Most Romantic Operas / Gavazzeni, Ozawa, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohè...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Crass, Franz; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mari...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Böhm, Karl; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Verchi, Nino; Maag, Peter; Schippers, Thomas; Matacic, Lovro von

Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Valdengo Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in masc...
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Capecchi, Renato; Chabay, Leslie; Elmo, Cloe; Nelli, Herva; Steber, Eleanor; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Questa, Angelo; Toscanini, Arturo; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Valdengo already had a promising career in his homeland, but he truly became famous during his seven years with the Metropolitan Opera, beginning in...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Amedeo Bassi, Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-08-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Chatterton, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La F...
Performers: Bassi, Amedeo; Ruffo, Titta

Although time has passed him by, Amedeo Bassi was a renowned contemporary of Enrico Caruso and performed at the Met even before appearing at La...continue...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 18 - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; Alberto Franchetti...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Finzi-Magrini, Giuseppina; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pareto, Graziella; Ruffo, Titta

Ruffo possessed undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of his era (along with Caruso, he was one of the leading singers of the new...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Tebaldi, Protti, Del Monaco, Capuana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-04-24

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; di Stasio, Anna; La Porta, Arturo; Onesti, Giorgio; Pagliuca, Silvano; Pini, Amalia; Protti, Aldo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Run Time: 131 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Heroes and Villains - Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Orbelian, Philharmonia of Russia

1 CD / Delos / 2007-01-01

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Khovanschina; Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Nero; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Ver...
Performers: Azovsky, Andrei; Breckenridge, Marnie; Chikaeva, Anastasia; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Illi-Hvorostovsky, Florence; Kuznetsov, Dmitry; Smirnova, Viktoria
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine

Giordano: Andrea Chenier

2 CD / Capriccio / 2006-12-28

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Dundekova, Evghenia; Guleghina, Maria; Helm, Hans; Lefebvre, Pierre; Linos, Glenys; Otelli, Claudio; Pasino, Gisella; Pertusi, Michele; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Ze...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Giordano: Andrea Chénier

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-10-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bierbach, Franz; Corelli, Franco; Ercolani, Renato; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Koreh, Endre; Paskalis, Kostas; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Pr...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...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...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Benackova, Domingo, Santi/Vienna State Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Benacková, Gabriela; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

New on DVD, Placido Domingo stars in verismo classic 'Andrea Chenier'. This 1981 production features a stellar cast and a classic staging by Otto Schenk,...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Europe
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Original Masters - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

9 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-09-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; J...
Performers: Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Dijk, Cornelis van; Engel, Karl; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jung, Maria; Klust, Hertha; Metternich, Josef; Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian; Schlemm, Anny; Stader, Maria; Streich, ...
Conductors: Ristenpart, Karl; Lehmann, Fritz; Böhm, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc; Kraus, Richard; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Martin, Frank
Ensemble: ; Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende

The deluxe packaging features CD booklet cover with an original self-portrait - sketched by Fischer-Dieskau, cardboard CD sleeves that reproduce the LP covers of the...continue...

The Symposium Opera Collection Vol 16

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Fromental Halévy: La juive;...
Performers: Giraldoni, Eugenio; Navarini, Francesco

Opera Arias / Lado Ataneli

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-08-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; La traviata; Ave Maria; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; Nabucco; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla d...
Performers: Ataneli, Lado
Conductors: Anguelov, Ivan

Grand Tier - Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Matacic, Tebaldi

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-06-14

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Sjostedt, Margaret; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Corelli was born to sing this role... He 'is' Chenier... [Tebaldi's] singing combines feverish intensity with a meltingly beautiful tone... The Vienna Phiilharmonic plays magnificently...continue...

Prima Voce - Emilio de Gogorza

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Jules Massenet: Il re di Lahore; Hérodiade, opera in 4 acts; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie; Mandolinata, serenade for voice & piano; Wolfgang Amadeus ...
Performers: Eames, Emma; Gogorza, Emilio de; Sembrich, Marcella

Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Peloso, Bergonzi, Kabaiwanska

2 CD / Living Stage / 2005-04-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Vivo, Graziano; Kabaivanska, Raina; Mariotti, Alfredo; Polotto, Vico; Protti, Aldo; Zanini, Laura
Conductors: Peloso, Paolo
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Prima Voce - Gerhard Hüsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Undine; Zar und Zimmermann; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel; Königskinder, opera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Siegfried Ochs: Dank sei di...
Performers: Bettendorf, Emmy; Hüsch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Rosvaenge, Helge; Strienz, Wilhelm
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Muller, Hans Udo; Dobrindt, Otto; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

German baritone Gerhard Husch was a consummate artist whose international career never quite achieved the exposure it deserved, despite glowing reviews. In some ways a...continue...