Baritone > Leoncavallo, Ruggero

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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Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana [Highlights] / Scotto, Carreras, Nurmela, Benelli

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Benelli, Ugo; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; Nurmela, Kari; Scotto, Renata; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment ... Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both...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...

Welsh Choral Spectacular

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Franz Lehár: Giuditta (Judith); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; The Magic Flute; Tr...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Evans, Wynne; Howard, Jason; Howard, Jeffrey; Lewis, Pete; Llywlyn, Huw; Morgan, Timothy; Thwaite, Annabel; Totterdale, Peter; Williams, Huw [Organ]; Wyn, Fflur
Conductors: James, Haydn; Humphreys, Alwyn

Recording information: The Royal Albert Hall....continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

International Record Review
...there are few [conductors] that have the unerring sense of pace and unostentatious musicianship that Serafin brings to these recordings...Callas is mighty impr...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...

16 Prologo da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bechi, Gino; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Ruffo...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Zurich, Ranzani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-04-27

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bermúdez, Gabriel; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Cura, Jose; Davidson, Cheyne; Friedli, Irene; Guelfi, Carlo; Marrocu, Paoletta; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Zvetanov, Boiko
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" speak to one's heart and soul. They are regarded as the most absorbing tragedies of Italian music...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Zurich, Ranzani [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-04-27

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bermúdez, Gabriel; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Cura, Jose; Davidson, Cheyne; Friedli, Irene; Guelfi, Carlo; Marrocu, Paoletta; Nikiteanu, Liliana; Zvetanov, Boiko
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" speak to one's heart and soul. They are regarded as the most absorbing tragedies of Italian music...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...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...

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...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

1 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Fineschi, Onelia; Gobbi, Tito; Masini, Galliano; Sinimberghi, Gino
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe

Leoncavallo: Zazà

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Alberto Franchetti: Germania
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Bertocci, Aldo; Burzano, Sevario; Carta, Nino; Cocchieri, Vinicio; Gaznerolli, Giovanni; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Mazzieri, Silvana; Mezetti, Sofia; Mosatti, Angelo; Piccolo, Lynne Strow; P...
Conductors: Arena, Maurizio; Argento, Pietro

Étienne Henry Méhul: Joseph in Aegypten

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Joseph; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Braun, Hans; Generesch, Gunter; Grefe, Gustav; Gunter, Horst; Kunz, Rolf; Luca, Libero de; Michaelis, Bernhard; Mill, Arnold van; Pfeifle, Alfred; Sailer, Friederike; T...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Rischner, Alfons; Gressier, Jules

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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Baritone Arias - Verdi, Rossini, Mozart, Donizetti / Lado Ataneli

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K. 527; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di ...
Performers: Ataneli, Lado
Conductors: Zocche, Lodovico

For his Naxos debut recording, the internationally acclaimed Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli has selected operatic arias by Bizet, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Massenet, Mozart and Rossini,...continue...
Recording information: Studio of the Württembergische Philharmonie, Reutlingen (07/09/2007-07/12/2007)....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Afro Poli

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-10-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers: Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino

The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...

Beniamino Gigli in Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-10-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Acampora, Irene; Cambi, Adelina; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gentile, Guiseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Guelfi, Piero; Malgarini, Pina; Meletti, Saturno; Pini, Amalia
Conductors: Patanè, Franco

These recordings come from San Carlo, Naples, January 1952. Here, Gigli is perfervid throughout the performance and more involved with words than in the 1934...continue...

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

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, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
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...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Jesus Lopez Cobos [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-02-24

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Di Felice, Marco; Galouzine, Vladimir; Gandia, Antonio; Guelfi, Carlo; Jugovic, Dragana; La Scola, Vincenzo; Odena, Angel; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Chorus of the Teatro Real; Chorus of the Teatro Real, Madrid; Orchestra of the Teatro Real; Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0983. Giancarlo del...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Ital...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Adelaide Saraceni

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-12-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Basi, Leonildo; Granforte, Apollo; Mannarini, Ida; Pauli, Piero; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Nastrucci, Gino; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco

Adelaide Saraceni was born in Argentina in 1895, the daughter of Italian immigrants. She first studied violin and after the family returned to Italy in...continue...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

35th Anniversary Opera Gala / Orbelian, Hvorostovsky, Bernadi, Grivnov, et al

1 CD / Delos / 2008-09-30

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (12), Op. 14; Aleko; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; The oprichnik; Alex...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Domashenko, Marina; Fleming, Renee; Gerelo, Vassily; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Guryakova, Olga; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Marc, Alessandra; Pavlovskaya, Tatiana; Prokina, Yelena; Shtoda, Daniil; ...
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine; Heller, Alfred; Schwarz, Gerard; Bernardi, Mario; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra; Philharmonia of Russia

Prima Voce - Igor Gorin Vol 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-08-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; ...
Performers: Baller, Adolph; Gorin, Igor
Conductors: Voorhees, Donald; Dragon, Carmen

Eterna Collection - Grosse Sänger / Karl Schmidt-Walter

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, op...
Performers: Lang, Wilhelm; Scheppan, Hilde; Schmitt-Walter, Karl
Conductors: Stein, Horst; Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans; Dobrindt, Otto
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

In 1955, the Berlin Staatsoper staged a series of splendid premieres to mark the reopening of the richly traditional opera house, which had risen up...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...

Baritone Masterclass - Cilea, Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, etc / Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-05-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; La traviata; Un ballo in ma...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito

Baritone Robert Merrill "In Opera & Song: Firestone" (B&W) (broadcasts from 1955-1959) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-04-29

Works: Idabelle Firestone: If I could tell you; In My Garden; Kurt Weill: Knickerbocker Holiday; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Merrill, Robert

American baritone Robert Merrill is one of a handful of opera singers whose performances and recordings provide the very definition of what one regards a...continue...
Run Time: 105 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Prima Voce - Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Ve...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has chosen early 78 rpm recordings that capture Tito Gobbi’s voice at its most lyrical, persuasive, and attractive. Very few...continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Karajan/La Scala, Vickers, Cossotto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-03-11

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Cecchele, Gianfranco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Glossop, Peter; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Kabaivanska, Raina; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This production of 'Cavalleria Rusticana' from 1968 was staged by Giorgio Strehler, and Herbert von Karajan conducted the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

1 CD / Orfeo / 2008-01-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Manuguerra, Matteo; Pogatschnig, Josef; Schöne, Wolfgang; Witte, Wolfgang; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Fischer, Adam

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

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Cobos/Teatro Real, Madrid [2DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-11-20

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Di Felice, Marco; Galouzine, Vladimir; Gandia, Antonio; Guelfi, Carlo; Jugovic, Dragana; La Scola, Vincenzo; Odena, Angel; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Chorus of the Teatro Real; Chorus of the Teatro Real, Madrid; Orchestra of the Teatro Real; Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

Giancarlo del Monaco’s acclaimed new production elegantly intertwines Mascagni’s and Leoncavallo’s well-loved operas, masterpieces which brought new levels of realism into opera thro...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
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...

Tales of Opera - Mozart, Verdi, etc / Keenlyside, Schirmer

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Guglielmo Tell; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Vincenzo Bellini: I...
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tales of Opera, the debut recital recording from Grammy award-winning baritone Simon Keenlyside, has been hailed as "the best opera recital I have heard in...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...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sutej, Verona Arena Orchestra / Roberto Alagna [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Marrucci, Enrico; Mastromarino, Alberto; Vassileva, Svetla
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Prima Voce - Igor Gorin in Opera & Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Hopak; Sorochintsï Fair (Sorochinskaya yarmarka), comic opera (incomplete); The Garden by the Don (Po nad Donom sad tsvetyot), song for voice & piano (edited by ...
Performers: Gorin, Igor; Rabinowitch, Max
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Pelletier, Wilfred; Reibold, Bruno

"The brooding, heartfelt aria of Shaklovity in Khovanshchina is another unexpected item, apt though in 1942, the year of its issue. In everything there is...continue...

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

Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Leoncavallo / Bron, Lisitsian

2 CD / Gala / 2007-01-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera
Performers: Gribova, Elena; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Lisitsian, Pavel; Shumskaya, Yelisaveta
Conductors: Bron, Onissim; Melik-Pashayev, Alexander; Piradov, Vladimir
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra; Moscow Radio Symphony Chorus; Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mercurio, Bocelli, Martinez, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2006-11-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Accurso, Roberto; Antonucci, Stefano; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaffini, Salvatore; Martinez, Ana Maria; Piccoli, Francesco; Todaro, Salvatore
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra

'Pagliacci' is Leoncavallo's much loved short opera of romance, jealousy and revenge among a group of traveling players. This recording features an outstanding cast, conducted...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Robert Weede

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-11-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Otello; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges B...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Weede, Robert
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola; Kirtz, Karl; Merola, Gaetano; Sebastian, Georges

After winning the Caruso Memorial Prize, Robert Weede was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to continue his studies under Oscar Anselmi in Milan. In...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mafalda Salvatini

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Eugen d'Alb...
Performers: Jadlowker, Hermann; Salvatini, Mafalda; Schlusnus, Heinrich

This significant release features historic recordings from both the very beginning and end of Italian soprano Mafalda Salvatini's illustrious career....continue...