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The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

Callas sings Verdi: Forza del Destino; Ballo in Maschera, et. al. / Herbert von Karajan

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza Del Destino; Un Ballo in Maschera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

To celebrate Verdi's 200th birth anniversary, Dynamic is featuring a fascinating collection of performances recorded during the best period of Maria Callas' artistic career. Some...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1956....continue...

Maria Callas sings Casta Diva - Live and studio recordings from 1949 through two extraordinary live performances in 1955

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-07-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Serafin, Tullio; Picco, Guido; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Sebastian, Georges

Maria Callas, during her short and extraordinary career, Maria Callas played several times the role of Norma in Bellini's homonimous opera; making of this role...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Giuseppe di Stefano

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Paolo Tosti: Non t'amo più; Ideale, ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.

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...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

Bellini: Norma

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Boito: Mefistofele

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Malagú, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Rivals - Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2010-02-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo; Mugnai, Umberto; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Corelli, Capnist, Tagliabue, Votto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hardy Classic / 2008-12-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Heredia Capnist, Renata; Sacchetti, Antonio; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, Italian, French & Spanish
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Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Icon - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Bellini, Bizet, Mascagni, etc / Callas, Gobbi, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dawson, Herbert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gerbino, Giuse; Luise, Melchiorre...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Olivieri, Dino; Tonini, Antonio

The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on March 3, 2008, aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day, blessed...continue...

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, St...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

Bellini: La sonnambula / Votto, Callas, Cossotto, Monti, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, Zaccaria, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Very Best of Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sviglia; Vincenz...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino

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...

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

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

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Birth of a Diva - Legendary Early Recordings / Maria Callas

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Marietti, Ines; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Benzi, Armando; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Gandolfo, Ede Marietti; Marietti, Ines; M...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Verdi: La Traviata / Scotto, Raimondi, Bastianini, Votto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giul...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-04-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, ...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Franco Corelli gives us the most vocally thrilling Dick Johnson of all his burnished, brawny tone makes him both lovable and heroic. Tito Gobbi's Jack...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Kabaivanska, Domingo, Ghiaurov

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Ernani had its premiere in 1844 and went on swiftly to conquer the world's theaters, remaining one of Verdi's most popular operas for many decades....continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Great Opera Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Macbeth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Büchner, Eberhard; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Harling, Stuart; Leib, Günther; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Maionic...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Traviata (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Collection Du Millenaire....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...

Weekend Classics - A Puccini Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Bruno, Emma; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Gobbi, Tito; Konya, Sandor; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Poggi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata; S...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

From DG's Weekend Classics Series comes "A Puccini Weekend"....continue...

Verdi: Ernani, etc / Balkwill, Votto, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-02-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bickerstaff, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grant, Clifford; Kabaivanska, Raina; Smith, Donald; Tinsley, Pauline; Tracey, Peter
Conductors: Balkwill, Bryan; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

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...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Simionato, del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-05-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This double CD set features the newly re-mastered recording of one of the most famous Italian operatic performances of the 1950s: the opening night at...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Domingo, Ghiaurov, Teatro alla Scala

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Spoken Word: Intervista a Placido Domingo (Interview); Intervista a Raina Kabaivanska (Interview); Intervista a Nicolai Ghiaurov (Interview)
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This performance was Placido Domingo's 'La Scala' debut, and the beginning of a spectacular career. Great sound....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

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Boito: Mefistofele / Votto, Siepi, Poggi, Broggini, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-07-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cossotto, Fiorenza; De Cavalieri, Anna; Malagu, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Spontini: La Vestale / Votto, Callas, Corelli, Sordello

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-04-03

Works: Gasparo Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, Corelli, Gobbi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Del Signore, Gino; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Rarities Vol 1 / Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2004-01-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La traviata; Falstaff;...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Martini, Juan Emilio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra; Rio de Janeiro...

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Mirella Freni

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Mirella Freni / Jon Tolansky: Mirella Freni in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview); Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Schippers, Thomas; Klemperer, Otto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary Performances - Andrea Chenier, etc /Franco Corelli

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-11-05

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-10-09

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Coda, Eraldo; Danieli, Lucia; Del Monaco, Mario; Morresi, Giuseppe; Protti, Aldo; Sordello, Enzo; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra