Baritone > Verdi, Giuseppe

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

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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Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

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

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Oberto / Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Francesca Sassu. Antonello Allemandi, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Pentcheva, Mariana; Sartori, Fabio; Sassu, Francesca

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Oberto / Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Francesca Sassu. Antonello Allemandi, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Pentcheva, Mariana; Sartori, Fabio; Sassu, Francesca

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...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...

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...

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

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....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 Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe"; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Pur...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jones, Gwyneth,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Paternostro, Roberto; Wöss, Kurt; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gardelli, Lamberto; Raichev, Rouslan; Simonov, Georgi; Kraus, Richard; Marinov, Ivan; Froschauer, Helmuth; Knubben, Klaus; Sussk...

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti,...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Santi, Chiara, Johansson, Zajick, Pons [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Chiara, Maria; Ghiuselev, Nicola; Johannsson, Kristijan; Pons, Juan; Striuli, Carlo; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Verona Teatro Arena Chorus; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Recorded at the world-famous Arena di Verona, this opulent production of Verdi's popular opera Aida was brought to life in a classic staging by Gianfranco...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spani...continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Sawallisch, King, Lorengar, Fischer-Dieskau [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Lorengar, Pilar; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"The production by Deutsche Oper Berlin ... achieves a beautiful balance between the stage drama and the music. It proves that there are still singers...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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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...

Dreamticket to La Traviata / Operatic legends sing the most famous arias & scenes

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, ...

This is a compilation of recordings made between 1914-1961 of the most famous arias and scenes from La Traviata allowing the listener to arrange several...continue...
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Verdi: La Traviata / Langree, Dessay, Castronovo, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; De La Muela, Silvia; Dessay, Natalie; Scarabelli, Adelina; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Langree, Louis
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; London Symphony Orchestra

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violleta in Vedi's La Traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-Francois Sivadier at the...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Verdi: La Forza Del Destino & Falstaff / Branchini, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Branchini, Susanna; Carraro, Tiziana; De Mola, Cinzia; Di Felice, Marco; Puértolas, Sabina; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rumetz, Paolo; Salsi, Luca; Simu, Tiberius; Tola, Virginia; Zul...
Conductors: Karytinos, Loukas; Arrivabeni, Paolo
Ensemble: Rovigo Teatro Sociale Chorus; Venice Philharmonic Orchestra "G.F. Malipiero"; Wallonie Royal Opera Orchestra

Two of Verdi's most loved operas for the price of one! Ruggero Raimondi takes the lead role in Verdi's final opera, 'Falstaff', recorded at the...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Tito Gobbi, Mario Filippeschi, Lina Paglughi, Giulio Neri, Tullio Serafin, conductor

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-03-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Gencer, Leyla; Minarchi, Dora; Roverre, Anna Maria; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

Recording information: Roma (1946)....continue...

Hvorostovsky in Moscow with Sondra Radvanovsky / Oberlian, Philharmonia of Russia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Delos / 2012-02-28

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo
Performers: Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Radvanovsky, Sondra
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Philharmonia of Russia

In June 2008, Dmitri Hvorostovsky invited Sondra Radvanovsky to be his guest star in the prestigious Moscow concert series Hvorostovsky and Friends, with conductor Constantine...continue...
Run Time: 58 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Mehli; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, F...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Mehta, Mehli
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...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...

Verdi: Don Carlo [Highlights] / Carreras, Freni, Ghiarov, Baltsa, Raimondi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; German Opera Chorus

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Freni is an involved and sympathetic Elisabetta with a voice that sounds warm and even throughout. Carreras is ideally ardent as Carlos and Baltsa...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (09/15/1978-09/20/1978)....continue...

Bellissimo Italian Opera

1 CD / Dynamic / 2011-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio; Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Berti, Marco; Carosi, Micaela [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Guelfi, Carlo; Neves, Susan; Polverelli, Laura; Prestia, Giacomo; Simoncin...
Conductors: Carraro, Massimiliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Palumbo, Renato; Renzetti, Donato; Allemandi, Antonello

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Alva, Moffo

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: 1956....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

Nessun Dorma / Franco Bonisolli, tenor (rec. 1972 - 1975) [4 CDs]

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Manon Lexcaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Jules Massenet: Manon; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gae...
Performers: Bier, Johannes; Bindszus, Peter; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruscantini, Sesto; Corelli, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Freni, Mirella; Garduhn, Henno; Jedlicka, Rudolf; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kovicz, Hania; Lukat, Ha...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno

Verdi: La Traviata / Petersen, Varano, Rutherford [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Petersen, Marlis; Rutherford, James; Varano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Evans, Tecwyn;
Ensemble: Grazer Opera Chorus; Grazer Philharmonic Orchestra

The first ever production of La Traviata by Konwitschny of Graz Opera featuring Petersen's debut in the title role of Violetta is a highly-focused, intelligent...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, Fre...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Petersen, Varano, Rutherford [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-11-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Petersen, Marlis; Rutherford, James; Varano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Evans, Tecwyn
Ensemble: Grazer Opera Chorus; Grazer Philharmonic Orchestra

The first ever production of La Traviata by Konwitschny of Graz Opera featuring Petersen's debut in the title role of Violetta is a highly-focused, intelligent...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Ita...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Evans, Ligabue, Rota, Dominguez / Glyndebourne (1960)

2 CD / Glyndebourne / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Cuenod, Hugues; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Stefanoni, Marco
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording comes from Glyndebourne Festivals' 1960 season, conducted by Gui, in what was Geraint Evan's 3rd outing as Falstaff. Evans is joined by Bruscantini...continue...
Recording information: Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, England (06/1960)....continue...

Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes / Carignani, Haveman, Fritz, Szabo [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Ághová, Livia; Fritz, Burkhard; Haveman, Barbara; Marco-Buhrmester, Alejandro; Szabo, Balint
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris & is driven by tensions between private passions...continue...
Run Time: 233 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...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...

Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes / Carignani, Haveman, Fritz, Szabo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-10-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Ághová, Livia; Fritz, Burkhard; Haveman, Barbara; Marco-Buhrmester, Alejandro; Szabo, Balint
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Les vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris & is driven by tensions between private passions...continue...
Run Time: 233 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, 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...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...