Baritone > Puccini, Giacomo

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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Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Great Opera Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I Vespri Siciliani; Don Carlo; Otello; Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton

Recording information: Great Britain (06/08/1970-06/11/1970)....continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Arena di Verona Festival - Verdi: Aida; Bizet: Carmen; Puccini: Tosca [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Aceto, Raymond; Alvarez, Marcelo; Berti, Marco; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; Dashuk, Maya; Domashenko, Marina; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Raimondi, Ruggero; Zajick, D...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Lombard, Alain; Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

Arthaus Musik presents three legendary outstanding operas from the Arena di Verona Festival featuring world renowned conductors as Nello Santi and Daniel Oren. Star singers...continue...
Run Time: 415 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: IT, EN, DE, FR, ES, CN
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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...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Gilgore, Veda, Barricelli, Salsi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2012-03-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Barricelli, Carlo; Popescu, Annamaria; Salsi, Luca; Signorini, Manrico; Veda, Elmira; Wilson, Sally
Conductors: Gilgore, Laurence
Ensemble: Puccini Festival Chorus; Puccini Festival Orchestra

Madame Butterfly marked Puccini's first encounter with the exotic themes that were so popular at the beginning of the century; yet in this work the...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Puccini: La Bohème / Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala

"The husband-and-wife partnership of Gheorghiu and Alagna is formidably demonstrated in Decca's more recent recording...Gheorghiu's glorious singing is powerfully matched by the heroic tones of...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Studio, Piccolo Teatro, Milan, Italy (10/16/1998-10/29/1998)....continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Edwards, Park, Kizart, Carbo, Fiebig [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2012-02-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carbo, Jose; Fiebig, Taryn; Kizart, Takesha Meshe; Lowrencev, Shane; Park, Ji-Min; Parkin, David
Conductors: Edwards, Gale; Lu, Shao-Chia
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): 24-bit LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Sp...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Edwards, Park, Kizart, Carbo, Fiebig [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-02-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carbo, Jose; Fiebig, Taryn; Kizart, Takesha Meshe; Lowrencev, Shane; Park, Ji-Min; Parkin, David
Conductors: Lu, Shao-Chia; Edwards, Gale
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

This sensational new production of La bohFme, the inspired concept of director Gale Edwards, is set in early 1930s Berlin, a city of liberal indulgence,...continue...
Run Time: 117 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Germ...continue...

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...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

Puccini: Turandot / Carella, Gulehina, Licitra, Iveri [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Faria, Luiz-Ottavio; Guleghina, Maria; Iveri, Tamar; Licitra, Salvatore; Linares, Leonardo Lopez
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

''Turandot'' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Carella, Gulehina, Licitra, Iveri [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Faria, Luiz-Ottavio; Guleghina, Maria; Iveri, Tamar; Licitra, Salvatore; Linares, Leonardo Lopez
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

''Turandot'' from the Verone Arena : Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of a Puccini Masterpiece. Internationally acclaimed Italian stage director Franco Zeffirelli delivers an opulent staging...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Oren, Cedolins, Alvarez, Raimondi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-10-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Complete Opera Recording Exclusive Bonus Feature. Over 140 minutes of highlights from 47 critically acclaimed Opera, Ballet & Documentary productions on Blu-ray Disc from the...continue...
Run Time: 80 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French...continue...

Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Puccini: La bohème / Tulio Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Gianna

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Onesti, Georgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, R...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, La Bohème is presented in the legendary recording from Rome in 1959. Tebaldi is...continue...
Recording information: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (08/1959)....continue...

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & More / Opera Sung In German

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-09-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Das Mädchen aus dem Goldenen Westen; Madame Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Der Mantel
Performers: Anders, Peter; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Frick, Gottlob; Friedrich, Karl; Gester, Kurt; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, H...
Conductors: Kraus, Richard; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Geese, Heinz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Szenkar, Eugen; Ackermann, Otto; Schroder, Kurt; Wallat, Hans; Rother, Artur; Stein, Horst; Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto;...

Puccini: Tosca [Highlights] / Scotto, Domingo, Bruson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Hudson, Paul; Perlman, Itzhak; Scotto, Renata; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Scotto provides perhaps the most telling use of the text since Callas's, and she constantly lets one see the distraught, temperamental woman behind the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (07/29/1980-08/02/1980)....continue...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Moffo, Cioni, Poli [DVD]

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Afro
Conductors: De Fabritis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Orchestra RAI Radiotelevisione di Milano

Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC
Subtitles: English, French, German
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Callegari, Angeletti, Batatunashivili [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Angeletti, Raffaella; Batatunashvili, Nino; Cossutta, Enrico; Iori, Enrico; Morris, Thomas; Pisapia, Massimiliano; Sgura, Claudio; Vestri, Annunziata
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche

Madama Butterfly, available for the first time on BluRay, is the story of Cio-Cio San (called Butterfly) - a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Korea...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Callegari, Angeletti, Batatunashivili [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Angeletti, Raffaella; Batatunashvili, Nino; Cossutta, Enrico; Iori, Enrico; Morris, Thomas; Pisapia, Massimiliano; Sgura, Claudio; Vestri, Annunziata
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche

Madama Butterfly, available for the first time on BluRay, is the story of Cio-Cio San (called Butterfly) - a young Nagasaki geisha who, abandoned by...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme, highlights / Pappano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Fissore, Enrico; Hampson, Thomas; Keenlyside, Simon; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Vaduva, Leontina
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/01/1995-08/10/1995)....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Oren, Cedolins, Alvarez, Raimondi [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-05-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

A superlative staging of Puccini's Tosca by Italian opera producer Hugo de Ana brought to you from the world-famous Arena di Verona. The recording captures...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

The Puccini Collection: La Boheme, Madame Butterfly & Tosca [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-05-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Cifrone, Antonia; Cioppi, Maria; Dessi, Daniela; Fantini, Norma; La Guardia, Massimo; Lombardi, Donata D'Annunzio; Pisapia, Massimiliano; Pons, Juan; Rinaldi, Rossana; Secco, Stefan...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Robinson, Stewart; Galli, Valerio
Ensemble: Puccini Festival Orchestra

Run Time: 372 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
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Puccini: Tosca / Carignani, Magee, Kaufmann, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Magee, Emily
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Superstar opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann is featured in this DVD, the next in a series of critically acclaimed opera DVDs from the artist. The DVD...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Maria Callas in Paris

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Hurteau, Jean-Pierre; Lance, Albert; Mars, Jacques; Rialland, Louis
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

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Classical 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Karl Jenkins: Gloria; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Capu...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Müller, Eduardo; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Prizeman, Robert; ; Gergiev, Valery; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Serafin, Tullio; Nézet-Sé...
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ebène ; Scottish Ensemble

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from...continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ludwig; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Bartoletti, Bruno; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe

Renata Tebaldi Sings Puccini & Verdi Favourites

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Boheme; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio

Legendary Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi presents a number of her greatest and most popular roles, the recording as exceptional as her voice....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Oren, Cedolins, Alvarez, Raimondi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-02-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

A superlative staging of Puccini's Tosca by Italian opera producer Hugo de Ana brought to you from the world-famous Arena di Verona and complete with...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Verdi: Opera Scenes / Hvorostovsky; Radvanovsk

1 CD / Delos / 2011-02-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Il Trovatore; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Radvanovsky, Sondra
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine

Two of opera's biggest stars, on the crest of solo album triumphs, team up for this long-awaited duet album of Verdi Scenes. It is high...continue...
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Seine Grössten Erfolge: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-02-15

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Der Wildschütz; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Casa, Lisa della; Fehrenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Greindl, Josef; Greverus, Boris; Klust, Hertha; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reutter, Hermann; Schock, Rud...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fricsay, Ferenc; Rother, Artur; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Cluytens, André; Ludwig, Leopold; Böhm, Karl; Schmitz, Paul; Lohe, Jean; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario;...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

The Very Best Of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Charles Goun...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John; Prêtre, Georges; Behr, Randall; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Rudel, Julius; Pappano, Antonio; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Domingo, Placid...
Ensemble: ; Rondalla Lirica de Madrid

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 2-CD set of his greatest hits. A worldrenowned, multifaceted artist, Domingo, now...continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Oren, Cedolins, Giordani, Pons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Blum, Mina; Bosi, Carlo; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Franci, Francesca; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

This DVD combines a number of operatic highlights: Puccini's Madama Butterfly - the composer's self-proclaimed favorite work and certainly one of the most beloved operas...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Summers/Met, Racette, Zifchak [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Racette, Patricia; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Placido Domingo / Orchestra e Coro Citta Liricia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Dessi, Daniela; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Domingo, Placido
Ensemble: Orchestra Citta Lirica

Run Time: 130 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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