Baritone > Capuana, Franco

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

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...

Gioacchini Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Pizzolato, Vinco, Renezetti / Teatro di Bologna [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri
Performers: Bargnesi, Barbara; De Simone, Bruno; Esposito, Alex; Lo Monaco, José Maria; Mironov, Maxim; Pizzolato, Marianna; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato; Matl, Lubomir; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: NHK Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna; Prague Chamber Choir

Run Time: 150 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Legendary Voices: Anselmo Colzani

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-03-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cappeli, Mario [Vocals]; Corridori, Anita; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Tonini, Antonio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa

Born in 1918, Anselmo Colzani could not begin vocal instruction until after World War II. Originally a typewriter repairman, he was plagued by doubt about...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Grand Tier - Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

"The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana... But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d'etre,...continue...

Grand Tier - Bellini: Il pirata / Capuana, Caballé, Labo, Cappuccilli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-10-14

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Labo, Flaviano; Rafanelli, Flora; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This is a 1967 live recording from Italy of this early Bellini opera, starring the immortal Montserrat Caballe in the heyday of her magnificent voice....continue...

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Tucci, Del Monaco, Simionato, Protti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Kawauchi, Sumie; Pagliuca, Silvano; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriela; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus

"This September 1967 performance from Tokyo is a remarkable treasure. Call the production "traditional" or "old-fashioned", but it does nothing to distract from the singers....continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Tebaldi, Protti, Del Monaco, Capuana [DVD]

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

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

Run Time: 131 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: Il Furioso all'isola di San Domingo / Capuana

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-09-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, opera
Performers: Filacuridi, Nicola; Maionica, Alfredo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Savarese, Ugo; Tavolaccini, Giuliana; Tucci, Gabriella
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Siena Opera Orchestra

"Along with 'Linda di Chamonix' this is the most successful of Donizetti's semiseria operas... the element of pathos that ran so deep in Donizetti finds...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gianni Poggi

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Me...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Narducci, A.; Simonetto, Alfredo; Capuana, Franco

Gianni Poggi was born in Piacenza, Italy, where his parents were merchants. Although he learned to play violin as a child, he wanted to become...continue...

Pacini: Saffo / Capuana, Gencer, Mattiucci, Guggia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Saffo
Performers: Bianco, Tito Del; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Maniachi, Vittoria; Mattiucci, Franca; Piacente, Maurizio; Quilico, Louis
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

If it had not been for Bellini, and Donizetti, and Verdi...and maybe even Cimarosa and Paisiello...Pacini would be famous today. But as he himself sadly...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Capuana, Picchi, Pedrini, Barbieri

2 CD / Gala / 2006-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus; Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra

Boito: Nerone / Capuano, Picchi, Petri, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-08-09

Works: Arrigo Boito: Nerone
Performers: Cavalieri, Anna de; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Escalar, Valeria; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Petri, Mario; Picchi,...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Most famous for writing the librettos for Verdi's final two masterpieces, 'Otello' and 'Falstaff', Arrigo Boito wrote two operas on his own: 'Mefistofele', which today...continue...

The # 1 Puccini Album

2 CD / Decca / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Freni, M...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Varviso, Silvio; Alagna, Roberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Capuana, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-07-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Ticozzi, Ebe; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Alzira; Bellini / Capuana, Cava, McNeil, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bortoluzzi, Bianca; Cava, Carlo; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Filippeschi, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Mongelli, Andrea; Monti, Nicola; Porzano, Saverio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rinaudo, Mario; Rossi-L...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Massenet: Werther / Capuana, Tagliavini, Simionato, Gatta

2 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Gatta, Dora; Ligabue, Ilva; Orlandini, Gino; Simionato, Giulietta; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; MacNei...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Capuana, Tebaldi, del Monaco

2 CD / Decca / 2001-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Cadoni, Fernanda; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Foiani, Giovanni; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Ricciardi, Franco; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

Verdi: Aida / Capuana, Tucci, Del Monaco, Simionato

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Pagliuca, Silvano; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriela; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group; NHK Italian Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Tebaldi, Del Monaco

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-08-17

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; di Stasio, Anna; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Pini, Amalia; Pirino, Antonio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Tokyo Lirici Italiana

Grand Tier - Bellini: Il pirata / Capuana, Caballé, Labo, Cappuccilli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-11-17

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Rafanelli, Flora; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 1993-11-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; La forza del de...
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cleva, Fausto
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra