Baritone > Basile, Arturo

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

Legendary Voices: Giampiero Malaspina

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-02-09

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

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

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...

Portrait of Giamcomo Lauri Volpi vol 2

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'Assedio di Corinto; La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere de Sevilla; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata; I Vespri Si...
Performers: Algorta, Giorgio; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Marghinotti, Franca; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Basile, Arturo

Pietri: Maristella (Highlights) / Basile, Gigli, Galli, Corsi, Lazzari, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella
Performers: Artioli, Walter; Caselli, Dario; Corsi, Rina; Galli, Gianna; Gigli, Rina; Lazzari, Agostino; Perucci, Carlo; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: ; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

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

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

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

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

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

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

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Bellini, Verdi: Operas / Scotto

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La Stran...
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Aragall, Giacomo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [B...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Basile, Arturo; Abbado, Claudio; Gracis, Ettore; Verchi, Nino

Renata Scotto is an artist unique for the intensity of her acting combined with a concentrated technique, great intelligence and authentic Italian style. These seven...continue...

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

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...

Puccini: Tosca / Tebaldi, Poggi, Guelfi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Guelfi, Giangiacomo; La Porta, Arturo; Onesti, Giorgio; Pagliuca, Silvano; Pirino, Antonio; Poggi, Gianni; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; The NHK Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus

This 1961 production from the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan finds soprano Renata Tebaldi in one of her greatest roles. She is partnered by tenor Gianni Poggi...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Basile, Scotto, Mattiucci, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Palombi, Luciana; Ricciardi, Franco; Rinaldi, Alberto; Scotto, Renata; Susca, Vito
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

"Scotto [is] in complete control of all her faculties... Remarkable!" - ClassicsToday.com...continue...

Donizetti: La favorita / Basile, Lauri-Volpe, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-04-02

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Algorta, Giorgio; Cambon, Charles; Couderc, Simone; Fouche, Guy; Haagen, Johan van; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Marghinotti, Franca; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Allain, Jean
Ensemble: Omroep Chorus; Omroep Orchestra; Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra

This is the second and last recording with legendary Giacomo Lauri-Volpi in a complete opera. A must for collectors and for newcomers a surprising acquaintance...continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

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

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

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

Auber: Fra Diavolo; Donizetti / Basile, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Campora, Giuseppe; Fusco, Cecilia; Grigolo, Romano; Maccianti, Anna; Mariotti, Alfredo; Mazzotta, Paolo; Rafanelli, Flora; Simoncini, Margaret; Stecci, Marco; Susca, Vito; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Chorus

This is a wonderful double set featuring Auber's comic opera 'Fra Diabolo' coupled with Donizetti's delightful 'La figlia del reggimento' in one package. "What matters...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore, etc / Basile, Frazzoni, Lauri-Volpi

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-06-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Frazzoni, Gigliola; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Omroep Chorus; Omroep Orchestra

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; La forza del destino; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Ch...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Basile, Arturo; Paoletti, Alberto; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A decade (1951-61) of great early recordings by Renata Tebaldi. Tebaldi enchanted audiences with her vocal beauty and personal charm. She is joined here in...continue...

Verdi: Aroldo / Basile, Vitale, Campagnano, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2001-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aroldo
Performers: Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Montemezzi: L'Amore di Tre Re; Puccini: Suor Angelica

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-09-01

Works: Italo Montemezzi: L' amore dei tre re, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Bertocci, Aldo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Capecchi, Renato; Capozzi, Gilda; Carteri, Rosanna; Ceri, Lia; Petrella, Clara; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

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

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

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

Second only to Andera Chenier in popularity among Giordano's operas, Fedora was premiered in 1898 with Caruso as the tenor lead. It was a great...continue...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Catalani: La Wally / Basile, Tebaldi, Majonica, et al

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

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Dondi, Dino; Gardino, Jolanda; Lopatto, Dimitri; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Perotti, Pinuccia; Prandelli, Giacinto; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tebaldi gets her moment in the limelight with this recording of one of her best roles, the Swiss miss with a wild spirit, creating the...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Basile, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Borriello, Mario; Casolari, Egidio; Cava, Carlo; Cesarini, Athos; Ciavola, Giovanni; Cioni, Bruno; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Guelfi, Giang...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Though one of Puccini's less famous operas, The Girl of the Golden West offered a showcase role for the great Renata Tebaldi, the only rival...continue...

Four Famous Italian Baritones - Stabile, Reali, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Ernani; Otello; Rigoletto; La traviata; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; F...
Performers: Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Poli, Afro; Prandelli, Giacinto; Reali, Antenore; Silveri, Paolo; Stabile, Mariano; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Patanè, Franco; Rignold, Hugo; Robinson, Stanford

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Basile, Scotto, Cioni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Palombi, Luciana; Ricciardi, Franco; Rinaldi, Alberto; Scotto, Renata; Susca, Vito
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: EIAR Chorus Turin