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Diana Tash in Recital

1 CD / LML Music / 2009-02-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: An Chloë, K 524; Als Luise die Briefe, K 520; Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (295b); Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Gioachino Rossini: La pastorella ("Odia la pastorella"), for v...
Performers: Guzelimian, Armen; Tash, Diana

A recital featuring German lied, French chanson, Italian art song, Spanish song, and Americana - all on one disc!...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...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Meyerbeer: Semiramide

2 CD / Dynamic / 2007-07-05

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Semiramide riconsciuto, opera
Performers: Caputo, Aldo; Polito, Clara; Roberto Biasio; Sacchi, Federico; Stefania Grasso; Tufano, Eufemia
Conductors: Calderon, Rani

Meyerbeer: L'Esule di Granata (Highlights) / Carella, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-03-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts
Performers: Catling, Ashley; Claycomb, Laura; Custer, Manuela; Heley, John; Kelly, Paul Austin; Loveday, Martin; Palazzi, Mirco; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"This package is a deluxe, as always. A full libretto is included, along with superb notes by Geroge Loomis that tell you everything that you...continue...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

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

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; Ricciardo e Zoraide; Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Bailey, Simon; Banks, Barry; Barcellona, Daniela; Bayley, Clive; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Claycomb, Laura; Collins, Kenneth; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; Custer, Manu...
Conductors: Parry, David; Judd, James; Carella, Giuliano; Matheson, John

We have here many different kinds of ensemble, starting with the elaborate formality of the duet from Rossinis Bianca e Falliero and concluding with the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Armida Parsi-Pettinella

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Corradetti, Ferruccio; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Mazzoleni, Ester; Parsi-Pettinella, Armida; Pasini-Vitale, Lina; Russ, Giannina; Sala, Giuseppe

Although she as one of the finest singers under contract to Fonotipia, it is still extremely difficult to find information about her. Her performances remained...continue...

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Athalia, HWV 52; Giulio Cesare; Giovanni Bononcini: Griselda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Niccolò Piccinni: La Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Begg, Heather; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonynge, Richard; Clement, Joseph; Dilley, Harry; Dobson, John; Krenn, Werner; Pepin, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Boult, Adrian; Hogwood, Christopher; Jones, Granville; Gamley, Douglas; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John

This new major retrospective showcases Joan Sutherland in many of her famous roles and recordings across her career from 1959 to a recording of a...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 7 - Primo Dolce Affano / Vidal, Harper, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2005-01-11

Works: Franz Liszt: Sonetto del Petrarca no 47 (Benedetto sia'l giorno; II), for piano (Années II/4), S. 161/4 (LW A55/; Sonetto del Petrarca no 104 (Pace non trovo; I) for piano (Tre sonetti no 1), S....
Performers: Claycomb, Laura; Custer, Manuela; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Matteuzzi, William; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Servile, Roberto; Vidal, Elisabeth

The Hamburg Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2004-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Das Rheingold; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Gaetano Donizetti: ...
Performers: Ader, Rose; Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alten, Bella; Ammermann, Liselott; Armster, Carl; Bötel, Heinrich; Berlik, Jan; Birrenkoven, Willi; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bollman, Hans Heinz; Bronsgeest, Corneli...

Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou / Parry, Massis, Ford, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-11-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Beer, Susanne; Bosworth, Nicholas; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Lee, Colin; Massis, Annick; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Previati, Fabio; Putnins, Pauls; Watkin, David; Wood, Rol...
Conductors: Parry, David

"As Margherita, soprano Annick Massis just keeps on going up and up. Daniela Barcellona offers grandeur of expression as Isaura, with Alastair Miles providing solid...continue...

Meyerbeer in Italy / Ford, Kenny, Parry, London PO, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-10-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto; Romilda e Costanza, opera (melodramma semiserio) in 2 acts; Emma di Resburgo, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, op...
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Bovino, Maria; Dolton, Geoffrey; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Kitchen, Linda; Mason, Anne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mills, Bronwen; Montague, Diana; Nic...
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

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...

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato - Arias & Scenes

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

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Matacic, Lovro von

Handel, Gounod, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, et al: Arias / Kitic

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2002-05-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Charles Gounod: Sapho; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Maid of Orleans; Camille Saint-Saë...
Performers: Kitic, Milena
Conductors: Queler, Eve

Duets to Die For - Larmore, Fleming, Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Zoraida di Granata; Anna Bolena; Simon Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera; Vincenzo Lavigna: Hoango; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Ricciar...
Performers: Blake, Rockwell; Cullagh, Majella; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Haddock, Marcus; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jones, ...
Conductors: Parry, David

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots /Bonynge, Sutherland, Arroyo, et al

4 CD / Decca / 2001-09-11

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Bacquier, Gabriel; Clement, Joseph; Cossa, Dominic; Coster, Janet; Gibbs, John; Grant, Clifford; Lehane, Maureen; Noble, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Sabine Kalter

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-06-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Schmerzen ("Sonne, weinest jeden Abend..."), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Wesendonk Lieder; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Tr&a...
Performers: Bollman, Hans Heinz; Kalter, Sabine; Tauber, Richard

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin
Performers: Booth, Philip; Derick, Peter Van; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Jones, Gwendolyn; Mandac, Evelyn; Mittelmann, N.; Monk, Allan [Baritone Vocals]; Sullivan, Daniel; Verrett, Sh...
Conductors: Perisson, Jean

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato Vol 1

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

The excuse always given as to why Meyerbeer's brilliant masterpiece is not more often mounted is that seven great singers are needed for the principal...continue...

Beautiful Image - Mosca, Rossini, et al / Diana Montague

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Mosca: Le bestie in uomini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; L' inganno felice, opera; Gia...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lewis, Keith; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rarities there certainly are here...all featuring Diana Montague prominently. But the gem is a newly released item...[by] Julius Benedict. With its early-Romantic sensibility it makes...continue...

Opera Rara Collection - 20 Selected Highlights

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-09-10

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi; Virginia, opera; Il Salotto; Gaetano Donizetti: Gabriella di Vergy, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Ugo conte di Parigi, opera; L'Assedio di Calais; Emilia di Live...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Arthur, Maurice; Browne, Sandra; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cook, Deborah; Davies, Joan; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Gray, Lissa; Hargraves, Ma...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Listening to the nearly 80 minutes of this disc was, for me, analogous to what I felt as a child entering a candy shop: Every...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1810-1820

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Pucitta: La Vestale, opera; Pietro Generali: Adelina, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; T...
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Bickley, Susan; Bolton, Andrea; Bovino, Maria; Bromley, Phillip Guy; Cashmore, John; Doghan, Philip; Dolton, Geoffrey; Drake, Susan; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny,...
Conductors: Parry, David

"As ever in these volumes the playing of the Philharmonia under David Parry is an utterly reliable source of strength, and the presentation is again...continue...

Meyerbeer. Il Crociato In Egitto. I.platt. Y.kenny. D.montag

4 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Kitchen, Linda; Montague, Diana; Platt, Ian
Conductors: Parry, David

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David

Meyerbeer: Dinorah / Judd, Cook, du Plessis, Oliver

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"
Performers: Caley, Ian; Cook, Deborah; Earle, Roderick; Jones, Della; Oliver, Alexander; Plessis, Christian du; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Von der Königlichen Hofoper zur Staatsoper Unter den Linden

4 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anders, Peter; Armster, Carl; Bachmann, Hermann; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berger, Rudolf; Bettendorf, Emmy; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bohnen, Michael; Brandt, Marianne; Branzell, Karin;...

Marilyn Horne - 150th Anniversary of Teatro Regio of Parma

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1997-11-06

Works: Giovanni Lampugnani: Meraspe; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; Semele, HWV 58; Gioachino Rossini: Maometto secondo; Tancredi; Traditional: Nightingale; He's gone away; O Dear! What Can the Matter ...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin