Bass > Gounod, Charles

Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song / William Berger, baritone; Ian Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Maurice Ravel: Le grillon, for voice & pia...
Performers: Berger, William; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Recording information: The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (02/13/2012-02/14/2012)....continue...

Schubert: Mass in G minor; Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass / Luba Orgonasova, Christian Elsner, Gustav Belacek

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-01-31

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 2 in G major, D 167; Charles Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Performers: Belacek, Gustav; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Orgonasova, Luba
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

These two popular 19th century orchestral masses couldn't possibly be more different: even though there are only 40 years between Franz Schubert's Mass No. 2...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal der Residenz, München (03/29/2007)....continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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Great Singers Live: Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für den Zaren; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Modest Mussorg...
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo

"Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov from the 1960's under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini. The program contains key roles of the...continue...

Gounod: Requiem; Messe Chorale

1 CD / Mirare / 2011-05-10

Works: Charles Gounod: Messe brève pour les morts (Requiem), for soloists, double chorus & orchestra in F major; Messe solennelle no 4 for chorus & 2 organs ("Messe Chorale")
Performers: Einhorn, Christophe; Giannini, Marcelo; Immler, Christian; Muller-Perrier, Charlotte
Conductors: Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne

According to Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod ought to be better known for his church music than for his operas. This gives some idea of the...continue...
Recording information: La Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin (08/12/2010-08/13/2010)....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Gounod: Faust / Gheorghiu, Alagna, Terfel, Pappano [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-05

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Koch, Sophie; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Angela Gheorghiu stars as Marguerite alongside a divine cast of operatic superstars, including Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside and Sophie Koch, in David McVicar's...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Liccioni, Georges; Manuguerra, Matteo; Mars, Jacques; Martin, Mireille; Peyron, Joseph; Py, Gilbert; Sarroca, Suzanne; Serkoyan, Gerard
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Lecomte, Pierre-Michel

Charles Gounod: Mireille

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille; La colombe, opera; Faust
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Darbans, Suzanne; Giovannetti, Julien; Harbell, Christiane; Lovano, Lucien; Micheau, Janine; Molese, Michele; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; Vanzo, Alain; Vocals...
Conductors: Desormiere, Roger; Gressier, Jules; Aubin, Tony; Rudel, Julius

Gounod: Faust

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Jules Massenet: Manon; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Bardarova, Nadia; Genov, Georgi; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jossifov, Ilija; Krekorova, Marie; Marinov, Petko; Popova, Katja; Tzolov, Dimiter; Vassiliev, Nikolai
Conductors: Margaritov, Atanas

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

A Diletta - Songs by Bellini, Franck, Gluck, Gounod, Ibert, Tosti et al. / Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass; Friedrich Haider, piano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Habräische Melodie ("Mein Geist ist trüb und schwer"), song for voice & piano, Op. 78/1; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Nochnoi defir stroont efir (The Night Zephyr S...
Performers: Haider, Friedrich; Scandiuzzi, Roberto

Celebrated operatic bass Roberto Scandiuzzi has been an unequivocal success on the international opera scene since his La Scala debut in 1982 and has only...continue...

Airs & Mélodies

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Ernest Reyer: Sigurd; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Charles Gounod...
Performers: Lafont, Julien; Maison, Rene
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Cloez, Gustave

Gounod: Roméo Et Juliette / Rolando Villazon, Nino Machaidze [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-03-10

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Braun, Russell; Burggraaf, Cora; Gatell, Francisco; Machaidze, Nino; Petrenko, Mikhail; Struckmann, Falk; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Mozarteum Orchester

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DGG B001249209. The sensational...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spanish, Chinese
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Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parodi, Corena, Lazzari, La Gatta, Poli, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James

This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...

Gounod: Roméo Et Juliette / Rolando Villazon, Nino Machaidze [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-20

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Braun, Russell; Burggraaf, Cora; Gatell, Francisco; Machaidze, Nino; Petrenko, Mikhail; Struckmann, Falk; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Mozarteum Orchester

The sensational hit of Salzburg's 2008 festival season arrives on DVD! Starring tenor Rolando Villazon in a stunning performance, this was the must have ticket...continue...
Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spanish, Chinese
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René Pape - Gods, Kings & Demons / Sebastian Weigle, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard Wagner: Das Rhei...
Performers: Pape, René; Winkler, Carl-Johann
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

The eagerly awaited DG debut solo disc from Rene Pape has arrived! The reigning operatic bass of today, Pape has created an international fan base...continue...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Gounod: Faust / Sabajno, Romagnoli, Bosini, Autori, Timitz, et al

2 CD / Divine Art / 2008-11-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Autori, Fernando; Bosini, Gemma; Garrone, Nedda; Limonta, Napoleone; Pacini, Adolfo; Romagnoli, Giuliano; Timitz, Gilda
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo

The original sound recordings for this release were made by The Gramophone Company, Milan in 1920. It was digitally remastered in 2008. The Italian libretto...continue...

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

Prima voce - Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-10-14

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; Modest Musso...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; de los Angeles, Victoria; Depraz, Xavier; Froumenty, Pierre; Gedda, Nicolai; Gorr, Rita; Ignal, Madeline; Loose, Emmy; Micheau, Janine; Vessieres, Andre; Vivalda, Janette; Zareska, ...
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Cluytens, André; Dobroven, Issay; Fourestier, Louis; Ackermann, Otto

The recordings for this 2-CD set have been carefully selected to show the extraordinary control Gedda has over his vocal resources, and to demonstrate his...continue...

Rencontres: Mélodies Françaises

1 CD / Dynamic / 2008-06-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Automne, Op. 18 no 3; Rencontre, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2; Adieu, song for voice ...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Rani Calderon

New York Times
The other find of the evening was Carlo Colombara, a bass making his New York debut as Mocenigo. Mr. Colombara's sound is deep...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kim Borg

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor;...
Performers: Borg, Kim; Wächter, Eberhard
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Leitner, Ferdinand

The Finnish singer Kim Borg was born in 1919. His studies in chemistry were interrupted by the war and it wasn't until 1946 that he...continue...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

Gounod: Mireille / Diederich, Borst, Papis, Vanaud, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2007-11-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille
Performers: Antoine, Bernadette; Berger, Jean-Jacques; Borst, Danielle; Clement, Marie-Christine; Coudray, Yves; Courtis, Jean-Phillipe; de Moor, Chris; Deschenaux, Valentine; Kawamichi, Hiroko; Papis, Christian...
Conductors: Diederich, Cyril
Ensemble: Epalinges Children's Chorus; Lausanne Theatre Municipal Opera Chorus; Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales

For this story of love and death between two young people of different social levels, Gounod knew how to use strong and powerful melodic accents,...continue...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Handel, Bellini, Gounod, Donizetti: Operas / Freni

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Caron, Willy; Cioni, Bruno; Companez, Irene; Cossotto, Fiore...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Verchi, Nino; Prêtre, Georges; Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von

This collection of six complete operas makes a strong case for why Mirella Freni has had the distinction of being one of the best-loved operatic...continue...

Roberta Peters Sings Operatic Arias

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2007-09-18

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, ...
Performers: Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Pinza, Ezio
Conductors: Newman, Alfred; Cellini, Renato

Gounod: Faust / Kraus, Ghiaurov, Scotto, Ethuin [DVD]

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

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Dal Piva, Milena; di Stasio, Anna; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kraus, Alfredo; Mazzotta, Paolo; Saccomani, Lorenzo; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Ethuin, Paul
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; The NHK Symphony Orchestra

One of the most popular operas of all time, with a dream cast: Renata Scotto as Marguerite, Alfredo Kraus as Faust, and Nicolai Ghiaurov as...continue...
Run Time: 175 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Opera Masters

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Micheletti, Gaston; Pinza, Ezio; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]; Supervia, Conchita

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

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

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimorsi atroci, recitative and aria for bass & orchestra, K. 432 (K. 4; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride;...
Performers: Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Pradella, Massimo; Bour, Ernest; Fistoulari, Anatole; Simonetto, Alfredo; Cluytens, André

With his commanding stage presence and thunderous voice, Boris Christoff was the heir to a long tradition of Slavonic basses. The singer courted controversy and...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Welitsch

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; C...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Altmuller, Christoph; Borkh, Inge; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Proebstl, Max; Schech, Marianne; Vogel, Adolf; Welitsch, Alexander
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Blech, Leo; Baltzer, Erwin; Müller-Kray, Hans; Albert, Rudolf

Alexander Welitsch was born in Macedonia as Alexander Asgaruh. He began his studies in his hometown, later moving to Hanover for further training. In 1936...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ezio Pinza Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe...
Performers: King, Gibner; Pinza, Ezio; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred; Leinsdorf, Erich; Cleva, Fausto

If we take his recordings as being representative of his repertoire, Ezio Pinza would seem to have been a master of solemnity - the typical...continue...

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Gavazzeni, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Prêtre, Georges

The first part of the famous double-bill performance, featuring the under-recorded Raimondi opposite the gorgeous Freni and the charismatic Panerai....continue...

Voices Behind the Iron Curtain - Stalin Era Soviet Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2006-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Pyotr I...
Performers: Aleksandrovich, Mikhail; Arkhipova, Irina; Badridse, David; Barssova, Valeriya; Baturin, Alexander; Bolshakov, G.; Borisenko, Veronika; Burlak, Ivan; Davidova, V.; Dolukhanova, Zara; Firssova, Vera; ...

Gounod: Faust / Binder / Vienna State Opera, Benackova, Araiza, [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-08-08

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Benacková, Gabriela; Raimondi, Gianni

'The opera received its first performance at Paris's Thtre Lyrique in 1859 and was a great success with its audiences. In keeping with that theatre's...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Operatic Arias / Hao Jiang Tian

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I vespri siciliani; Jérusalem; Macbeth; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bel...
Performers: Tian, Hao Jiang
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander

A veteran of the world's most prominent opera stages, Hao Jiang Tian has established a particularly close relationship with New York's Metropolitan Opera, where he...continue...

Lebebdige Vergangenheit - Cesare Siepi II

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Conley, Eugene; Davidson, Lawrence; Siepi, Cesare; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Cleva, Fausto; Scherman, Thomas

Cesare Siepi is generally considered one of the finest operatic basses from the period after World War II. His voice was characterized by a deep,...continue...

Gounod: Faust / Gavazzeni, Gedda, Ghiaurov, Harper, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-12-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Bartoletti, Luisa; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Massard, Robert; Retes, Africa De
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

'Faust' made its composer, Gounod, and his publisher, Choudens, rich men. For decades it was the most popular opera in the world, although in recent...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Navarini, Arimondi, Gravina

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat mater; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Fromental Halévy: La ju...
Performers: Arimondi, Vittorio; Gravina, Giovanni; Navarini, Francesco

Francesco Navarini, whose exact birth date is unknown, sang his debut in 1878 as Don Alfonso in 'Lucrezia Borgia' at Cittadella near Rome. In following...continue...
Includes work(s): simon boccanegra: il lacerato spirito (ve by various composers....continue...

Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. / Metropolitan Opera Gala [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Pietro Masca...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Gheorghiu, Angela; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hadley, Jerry; Hagegard, Hakan; Hampson, Thomas; Hei-Kyung...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Italo Tajo

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-10-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Un bacio di mano, K 541; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Così dunque tradi...
Performers: Tajo, Italo; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Erede, Alberto; Rossi, Mario; Previtali, Fernando; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato

The Symposium Opera Collection Vol 16

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Fromental Halévy: La juive;...
Performers: Giraldoni, Eugenio; Navarini, Francesco

Prima Voce - Enrico Caruso - Opera Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Petite Messe solennelle; Carlos Go...
Performers: Abott, Bessie; Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ame...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Setti, Giulio

"...The [Nimbus] method brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and...continue...