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

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

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

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

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...

The Art of Singing / Golden Voices of the Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; De los Angeles, Victoria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gigli, Beni...

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Historical Collection: Alfredo Kraus, Boris Christoff, Renata Scotto [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-04-03

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Kraus, Alfredo; Scotto, Renata

Run Time: 247 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
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Essential Tchaikovsky

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'; Con...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Eyron, Jan; Gedda, Nicolai; Labinsky, Alexandre; Marchesini, Gaston; Papian, Vag; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Spivakov, Vladimir; Truma...
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Ozawa, Seiji; Hickox, Richard; Soltesz, Stefan; Lanchbery, John; Jansons, Mariss; Previn, Andre

Boris Christoff: Lugano Recital, 1976 / Bruno Amaducci / Swiss Television Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Hopak; Boris Godunov; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gius...
Performers: Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Amaducci, Bruno

Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: Italy
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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;...

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...

Best Tchaikovsky 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G, Op. 44; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo them...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Chang, Sarah; Christ, Tanja; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Christoff, Boris; Donohoe, Peter; Eyron, Jan; Gaust, Georg; Gedda, Nicolai; Gergieva, Larissa; Hartog, Bernhard; Lemalu, Jona...
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Ozawa, Seiji; Barshai, Rudolf; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Lanchbery, John; Soltesz, Stefan; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Plasso...
Ensemble: ; Chung Trio

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), performed by many of...continue...

Prima Voce: Boris Christoff

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Antonio Caldara: La costanza in amor vince l'inganno; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La Forza del Destino; Simon...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole; Gui; Karajan, Herbert von; Dobroven, Issay; Malko; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Potorzhinski, Feodor

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Boris Christoff IV

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; King Saul; The wild wi...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Neri, Giulio
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio; Santini, Gabriele; Perlea, Jonel; Dobroven, Issay; Tzipine, George

Boris Christoff (b.1914) had 120 roles in his repertoire. The most famous were Boris Godunov, which he reportedly sang close to 600 times, Mephistopheles in...continue...

Borodin: Fürst Igor

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor
Performers: Buoso, Ennio; Christoff, Boris; Corradi, Giampaolo; Dominguez, Oralia; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Hotter, Hans; Infantino, Luigi; Klein, Peter; Majkut, Erich; Malaniuk,...
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Matacic, Lovro von

Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Il Terribile (La Pskovitana)

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Pskovityanka) (standard version), opera in 3 acts with a prologue
Performers: Bakocevic, Radmila; Botta, Giovanni; Christoff, Boris; Gaetani, Lorenzo; Kozma, Lajos; Las, Genia; Meneghini, Daniela Mazzucato; Ronchini, Bruna; Susca, Vito; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Hubad, Samo

IVAN SUSANIN

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-03

Works: Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Spoken Word: Interview with Boris Christoff after this performance [Borodin's Prince Igor, Chicago, 1962]
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Gorin, Igor; Rota, Anna Maria; Rubio, Consuelo; Zenni, Virginia
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Danon, Oskar

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Alexander Nikolayevich Serov: Shrove Tuesday, for voice & chorus; Russian Traditional: Song of the Lumberjacks; The Bandore; Down Peterskaya Street; Down the Mother Volga, folksong; The Lonely Autumn...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Tzipine, George

Boris Christoff, a great but not uncontroversial singer, had 120 roles in his repertoire, the most famous of which were Boris Godunov, Mephistopheles and King...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...

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...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Ernani / Gavazzeni, Prevedi, Caballé, Christoff

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-06-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Christoff, Boris; Fiorentini, Mirella; Glossop, Peter; Morresi, Giuseppe; Prevedi, Bruno; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

"Bruno Prevedi... sings ardently, is stylistically right, has all the notes, and makes a good bandito. Peter Glossop [is]... a superb Carlo, dignified and noble......continue...

Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, etc: Arias and Duets / Giangiacomo Guelfi

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-06-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I due Foscari; Attila; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Suliotis, Elena

Edition von Karajan Vol 1 - Verdi: Requiem - Live 1949

2 CD / Audite / 2008-05-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Klose, Margarete; Rosvaenge, Helge; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Herbert von Karajan's first recording of the Verdi Requiem (Salzburg Festival, 1949) was made at a time when he was laboriously rebuilding his career. It...continue...

Massenet: Don Chisciotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza, Badioli, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa; Christoff, Boris
Conductors: ; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

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...

Verdi: I vespri siciliani (highlights) / Kleiber, Callas

2 CD / Testament / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Bardi, Giorgio Kokolios; Callas, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Mascherini, Enzo; Masini, Mafalda; Paoli, Aldo de; Pettini, Lido; Ristori, Brenno; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Testament scores a major coup with this seminal recording by Maria Callas in its first-ever release made from newly-discovered masters. The high-quality tapes which were...continue...

Russian Opera Arias & Songs / Christoff, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Khovanschina; Mephistopheles' song of the flea; Songs and dances of death; Softly the spirit flew up to heaven; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsak...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Malko, Nicolai; Karajan, Herbert von; Dobroven, Issay; Schuchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: ; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Verdi: Don Carlo / Santini, Rome Opera Orchestra

3 CD / Membran / 2007-08-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Gobbi, Tito; Neri, Giulio; Nicolai, Elena; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele

Verdi: Messa di Requiem / Tullio Serafin

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; I vespri siciliani; Giovanna d'Arco; Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Il Trovatore; Otello
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Fernandi, Eugenio; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"hearing this 1959 set after many years, it stands up beautifully and can be highly recommended. The hushed opening mesmerizes and the "Dies irae" and...continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Sanzogno, Cerquetti, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Cerquetti, Anita; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Ferraro, Pier Miranda; Gonzales, Renzo; Massaria, Antonio; Pola, Arrigo; Presti, Vera; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Zagonara...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

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...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, etc / Matacic

4 CD / Myto Records / 2006-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre
Performers: Botteghelli, Raimondo; Brunelli, Walter; Cadoni, Fernanda; Capecchi, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Ciavola, Giovanni; Franzini, Carlo; Giorgi, Ezio de; Gonzales, Renzo; Infantino, Luigi; Loomis, James; M...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Mannino, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

This is a splendid performance in Italian, featuring some of the best singers Italy could boast at the time....continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Lewis, Rudel, Ferro, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2006-11-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Beleval, Emilio; Bottazzo, Pietro; Christoff, Boris; di Stasio, Anna; Domingo, Placido; El Hage, Robert Amis; Fisher, Robert; Galvany, Marisa; Gencer, Leyla; Gibbs...
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; Rudel, Julius; Ferro, Gabriele
Ensemble: American Opera Society Chorus; New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Opera Orchestra of New York; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Chorus; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Maria Callas - Gli anni d'oro Vol 1 1951-1953

10 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Filippeschi, Ma...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples ...

Istituto Discografico Italiano is proud to present this 10-CD box-set featuring five memorable performances by Maria Callas, recorded when she was at the peak of...continue...

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...

Borodin: Prince Igor

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

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor
Performers: Bareva, Liliana; Chekerliiski, Constantin; Christoff, Boris; Dulguerov, Cyril; Gaeva, Radka; Mihailov, Luben; Milkovsky, Alexei; Penkova, Reni; Todorov, Todor; Winer-Chenisheva, Julia
Conductors: Semkov, Jerzy

"This set is still a strong contender, primarily because of Boris Christoff. He sings two major roles - a tradition started by Chaliapin - and...continue...

Mozart: La Betulia liberata / Rossi, Schwarzkopf, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c)
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Pirazzini, Miriam; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vincenti, Luigia
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

An opera in all but name, 'La Betulia liberata' was written by Mozart when he was just 15 years old. It tells the Biblical story...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Votto, Tucker, Gobbi, Roberti, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Caruso, Mariano; Christoff, Boris; Gobbi, Tito; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Roberti, Margherita; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucker, Richard [Tenor]; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini / Santi, Ligabue, Bondino, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2004-02-06

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini; Giuseppe Verdi: I masnadieri
Performers: Bondino, Ruggiero; Bruson, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Devost, Janine; Farres, Pedro; Ligabue, Ilva; Protti, Aldo
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: French National Orchestra; French National Radio Chorus; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Il Terrible / Hubad, Christoff, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-01-05

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Maid of Pskov "Ivan the Terrible"
Performers: Bakocevic, Radmila; Botta, Giuseppe; Christoff, Boris; Gaetani, Lorenzo; Kozma, Lajos; Las, Genia; Mazzucato-Meneghini, Daniela; Ronchini, Bruna; Susca, Vito; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Hubad, Samo
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Chorus; Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Mozart: La Betulia Liberata / Rossi, Schwarzkopf, Valletti

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c)
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Pirazzini, Miriam; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: EIAR Chorus Turin; EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Dobrowen, Christoff, Gedda, etc

3 CD / Pearl / 2003-03-25

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Songs & Dances of Death (Pesni y plyaski smerti; 4), song cycle for voice & piano, edited by Rimsky-; Alexander Borodin: Song of the dark forest; Nikolai Rimsky-Kors...
Performers: Bielecki, André; Bonte, Raymond; Borg, Kim; Bousquet, Eugené; Christoff, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Lebedeva, Ludmilla; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Pasternak, Wassili; Pieczora, Stanislav; Roman...
Conductors: Dobroven, Issay; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Meyerbeer: Roberto il Diavolo / Sanzogno, Christoff, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Formichini, Dino; Frati, Augusto; Frosini, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; Malagu, Stefania; Manganotti, Gianfranco; M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"Robert le diable" was one of the greatest hits in opera history, and made the fortune of the Paris Opera in 1831. After World War...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-08-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Khovanschina; Mephistopheles' song of the flea; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele...
Performers: Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Malko, Nicolai; Karajan, Herbert von; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Gavazzeni, Caballé, Prevedi, Glossop, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-07-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Christoff, Boris; Fiorentini, Mirella; Glossop, Peter; Morresi, Giuseppe; Prevedi, Bruno; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Verdi: I Masnadieri / Gavazzeni, Raimondi, Christoff, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I masnadieri
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Corradi, Giampaolo; Foiani, Giovanni; Ligabue, Ilva; Raimondi, Gianni; Talba, Enrico
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

Massenet: Don Chisciotte / Simonetto, Berganza, Christoff

2 CD / Gala / 2002-04-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alcandro, lo confesso...Non sò, d'onde viene, K 512; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bagno, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berri, Tino; Bortolotto, Gianni; Castellani, Carlo; Christoff, Boris; Frascati, Tommaso; Liviabella, Sergio; Malgarini, Pina; No...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Dobrowen, Christoff

3 CD / Living Stage / 2002-03-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Bielecki, André; Bonte, Raymond; Borg, Kim; Bousquet, Eugéne; Christoff, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Pasternak, W.; Pieczora, Stanislav; Romanova, L.; Ustinov, G.; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Dobrowen, Issay
Ensemble: ORTF National Orchestra; Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Paris Choir

Wagner: Parsifal / Gui, Callas, Baldelli, Panerai, et al

3 CD / Fono / 2001-10-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Baldaccini, F.; Baldelli, Africo; Bertocci, Aldo; Broilo, Renata; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Lopatto, Dimitri; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pace, Mitì Truccato;...
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

In this historic live recording, Callas assumes the role of Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal for the first time, in 1950. Complete libretto, history of the...continue...

Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Kleiber, Callas, Masini, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Bardi, Giorgio Kokolios; Callas, Maria; Carmassi, Bruno; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Mascherini, Enzo; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Karajan, Zadek, Christoff, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 in B minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 74
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Klose, Margarete; Rosvaenge, Helge; Zadek, Hilde
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Friends of Music Society Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra