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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...

Bellini: I Puritani [Highlights] / Caballe, Kraus, Hamari, Manuguerra, Ferrin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Elvira might have been written with CaballT's limpid tones and predominantly gentle art in mind, Arturo with Alfredo Kraus's sense of line and plangency...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1979-06-18_1979-06-30&1979-)....continue...

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

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

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

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

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

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

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

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

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlo; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Guilla...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Muti/La Scala, Furlanetto, Focile, Gallo [DVD]

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Focile, Nuccia; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gallo, Lucio; Kunde, Gregory
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This DVD presents a sophisticated staging of Donizetti's opera, Don Pasquale, performed at the world famous La Scala in Milan. It was directed by Stefano...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Muti, Chicago

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2010-09-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Borodina, Olga; Frittoli, Barbara; Zeffiri, Mario
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Chicago inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as music director with their most anticipated release of the year. Recorded live in January 2009, from sold-out, electrifying concerts,...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center (01/15/2009-01/17/2009)....continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Muti, Chicago

2 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2010-09-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Borodina, Olga; Frittoli, Barbara; Zeffiri, Mario
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Chicago inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as music director with their most anticipated release of the year. Recorded live in January 2009, from sold-out, electrifying concerts,...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center (01/15/2009-01/17/2009)....continue...

Cherubini: Masses; Overtures; Motets

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 4, for chorus & orchestra in F major ("di Chimay"); Mass no 5, for chorus & orchestra in D minor; Mass no 8 for chorus & orchestra in E major ("Missa Solemnis"); Antiphons (9...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Feller, Harald; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Hanft, Max; Hartkopf, Christof; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Meyer, Andrew; Pizzolato, Marianna; Schneider, Bernard; Streit, Kurt; T&oacu...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville

Luigi Cherubini was born in Florence, Italy, in September, 1760. He received his first musical instruction at the age of six from his father, Bartolomeo,...continue...

Rossini: Moise et Pharaon / Muti, Frittoli, Ganassi, Filianoti, Schrott [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Ceron, Antonello; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Muraro, Maurizio; Muzek, Tomislav; Schrott, Erwin; Surguladze, Nino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Arthaus presents an impressive staging of one of Rossini's opera masterpieces. This production, staged by La Scala Milan is conducted by Riccardo Muti. Moise et...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Muti, Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Ceron, Antonello; Costello, Stephen; Del Savio, Simone; Di Castri, Barbara; Petrenko, Mikhail; Poplavskaya, Marina; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This live production from the 2008 Salzburg Festival features young singers Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Span...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Muti, Antonenko, Poplavskaya, Alvarez [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Ceron, Antonello; Costello, Stephen; Del Savio, Simone; Di Castri, Barbara; Petrenko, Mikhail; Poplavskaya, Marina; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Salzburg Festival Childrens' Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This live production from the 2008 Salzburg Festival features young singers Marina Poplavskaya and Stephen Costello and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alvares, Eduardo; Cortez, Viorica; Domingo, Placido; Franc, Tugomir; Ghazarian, Sona; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Holmes, Eugene; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Casula, Maria; Ferrin, Agostino; Formichini, Dino; Gedda, Nicolai; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Marton, Eva; Mittelmann, N.; Rafanelli, Flora; Rinaudo, Mario; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Terranova, Vittorio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Haydn: The Creation / Muti/Vienna PO, Popp, Araiza, Ramey, Vermillion [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Bar, Olaf; Popp, Lucia; Ramey, Samuel; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Muti, Álvarez, Kirchschlager, Vienna State Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-10-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Ragazzo, Lorenzo; Schade, Michael; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For his production of "Don Giovanni" at the Vienna International Festival (Vienna Festival), Roberto de Simone does not want to follow in the footsteps of...continue...
Run Time: 173 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Verdi: Otello / Muti/La Scala, Domingo, Fritoli, Nucci [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Catani, Cesare; Ceron, Antonello; Domingo, Placido; Frittoli, Barbara; Lana, Cesare; Nucci, Leo; Panariello, Ernesto; Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Rinaldi, Rossana
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Milan 'Otello' traditionally opens the Scala season and did so in 2001 on December 7th, but at the same time it was the farewell...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Opera Exclusive - Mozart at the Salzburg Festival [3 DVD]

6 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; La clemenza di Tito, K 621
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Battle, Kathleen; Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Marshall, Margaret; Morris, James; ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 537 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish...continue...

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Muti/Vienna State Opera, Frittoli, Kirchschlager [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Corbelli, Alessandro; Frittoli, Barbara; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Schade, Michael; Skovhus, Bo
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Riccardo Muti's conducting of one of Mozart's most beloved operas was hailed in the press for its "freshness, rapidity and wit" and for "its wonderfully...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, En...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Muti, Scotto, Kraus, Bruson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Buchan, Cynthia; Cosotti, Max Rene; Kennedy, Roderick [Bass Vocals]; Keyte, Christopher; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Mariategui, Suso; Newman, Henry; Scotto, Renata; van Allan, Ric...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Band of the Royal Marines (Royal Marines School of

Bel Canto - Beautiful Voices of Opera

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Cappucc...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gagnon, Roland

Rossini is said to have defined 'bel canto' as denoting a voice of natural beauty that is even throughout its range, effortless delivery of florid...continue...

Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, etci: Operas / Pavarotti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La boh&e...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Baglioni, Bruna; Bosco, Carlo del; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballé, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corradi, ...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maag, Peter; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Seven complete operas starring the great Luciano Pavarotti at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E / Muti, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-14

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 8 for chorus & orchestra in E major ("Missa Solemnis"); Antiphons (9), for 4 voices & orchestra ("à la Palestrina") (3 lost); Nemo gaudeat, motet for 2 choruses & 2 orga...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Feller, Harald; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Hanft, Max; Hartkopf, Christof; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Meyer, Andreas; Pizzolato, Marianna; Schneider, Bernard; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
It's actually some of the quietest music which mesmerises most - the exquisitely prayerful 'O Salutaris', an interpolated oasis of religiose restraint before...continue...

Grand Tier - Bellini: I Puritani / Muti, Pavarotti, Freni, Bruscantini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Venturini, Mino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"Mirella Freni [is] at her vocally most impeccable and emotionally most communicative and her Elvira is a lovely creation. Pavarotti sings with grace, ease, and...continue...

Meyerbeer: L'Africana / Muti, Norman, Luchetti, Guelfi

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-02-13

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Ferrin, Agostino; Formichini, Dino; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Luchetti, Veriano; Matteini, Giuliana; Norman, Jessye; Rinaudo, Mario; Sighele, Mietta; Vivo, Graziano del
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Live performance of this rarely-performed opera, Florence, 1971. Only budget recording on CD! Meyerbeer died before L'africana, his last opera, was quite finished. He was...continue...

Mozart: Magic Flute / Pape, Gerhaler, Kuhmeier, Groves, Muti/Vienna PO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bespalovaite, Irena; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Kuhmeier, Genia; Pape, René
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"A winning cast . . . Amazing." -The New York Times...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Various / La Scala Box Set / Various [12 DVD]

12 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-07-25

Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; La donna del lago; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June; Araiza, Francisco; Berti, Marco; Bertocchi, Sergio; Blake, Rockwell; Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Capuano, Enzo; Cassis, Alessandro; Cazzaniga, Renato...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin; Ranzani, Stefano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Corale Polifonica di Sommariva Bosco; La Scala Philharmonic; La Scala Philharmonic Chorus

With 11 operas and over 30 hours of performances, Opus Arte presents outstanding RAI television recordings of performances from the Teatro alla Scala, beautifully packaged...continue...
Run Time: 1832 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
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;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Gemini - Rossini: Stabat Mater, etc / Cleobury, Muti, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Briggs, David; Gambill, Robert; Gedda, Nicolai; Howell, Gwynne; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Popp,...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Muti, Riccardo

The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento; Giu...
Performers: Beguelin, Jean-Noel; Buchan, Cynthia; Caballe, Montserrat; Dunn, Mignon; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Malfitano, Cat...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Veltri, Michelangelo; Caldwell, Sarah; Rescigno, Nicola; Rudel, Julius; Levine, James; Fulton, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Campanella, Bruno

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Muti, Domingo, Freni, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hadrian, Frank; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sammaritano, Silvestro; Surjan, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Zajick, D...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Verdi: Attila [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-01-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila
Performers: Gavazzi, Ernesto; Kaludov, Kaludi; Luperi, Mario; Ramey, Samuel; Studer, Cheryl; Zancanaro, Giorgio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The La Scala Collection continues in top form with this superb performance of Riccardo Muti conducting the famed Samuel Ramey and Cheryl Studer in the...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
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Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-11-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Capuano, Enzo; Merritt, Chris; Studer, Cheryl; Zancanaro, Giorgio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi's 1855 Paris opera which Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata is treated to a performance of blazing energy and intimate refinement with a superb...continue...
Run Time: 211 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
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Muti, Riccardo: Verdi: Don Carlo [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Anisimov, Alexander; Coni, Paolo; D'Intino, Luciana; Dessi, Daniela; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This visually stunning and artistically superb performance of Verdi's dark masterpiece is now available on DVD for the first time. The film of this 'live'...continue...
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Country of Origin: Italy
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Cherubini: Messa in fa maggiore "Di Chimay" / Muti, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-04-06

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 4, for chorus & orchestra in F major ("di Chimay")
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Cherubini is little regarded by the general public today, but in his time he achieved wide popularity and was greatly admired by other composers, notably...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Muti, Fabbricini, Curiel, Alagna, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Capuano, Enzo; Coni, Paolo; Cossutta, Enrico; Curiel, Nicoletta; Fabbricini, Tiziana; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Mori, Orazio; Musinu, Francesco; Panariello, Ernesto; Sammaritano, Silvestro; ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlos; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Gugli...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Muti, Tomowa-Sintow, Fassbaender, Domingo, etc

2 CD / Orfeo / 2002-06-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hillebrand, Nikolaus; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Orth, Norbert; Seibel, Marianne; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Recitals - Mirella Freni - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Charles Goun...
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Malagu, Stefania; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Prêtre, Georges; Maag, Peter

Bellini: I Puritani / Muti, Freni, Pavarotti, Bruscantini

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Venturini, Emilio
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Verdi: Nabucco / Muti, Nimsgren, Deutekom, Giaiotti, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Deutekom, Christina; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Luperi, Mario; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Smit, Henk
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Kersjes, Anton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Bosco, Carlo del; Bruson, Renato; Corradi, Giampaolo; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Luchetti, Veriano; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Novelli, Carlo; Polidori, Graziano; Raimondi, Ruggero; Scotto, Renata; Verri, Nella
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Rossini: William Tell / Muti, Gedda, Marton, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Casula, Maria; Ferrin, Agostino; Formichini, Dino; Gedda, Nicolai; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Marton, Eva; Mittelmann, N.; Rafanelli, Flora; Rinaudo, Mario; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Verdi: Attila / Muti, Raimondi, Stella, Cecchele, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila
Performers: Cecchele, Gianfranco; Ferrari, Ferrando; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Monreale, Leonardo; Raimondi, Ruggero; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Muti, Corena, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Bottazzo, Pietro; Corena, Fernando; Frati, Augusto; Panerai, Rolando; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo