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Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Mehli; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, F...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Mehta, He, Berti, D'Intino, Maestri, Prestia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-02-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Berti, Marco; D'Intino, Luciana; He, Hui; Maestri, Ambrogio; Prestia, Giacomo; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Mehta, Mehli
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Zubin Mehta conducts Aida, Verdi's most spectacular and over-the-top opera, in a new production from the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino starring Marco Berti, Luciana...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Jap...continue...

Rossini: Tancredi / Frizza, Barcellona, Takova, Giménez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Di Castri, Barbara; Giménez, Raúl; Marchesini, Nicola; Spotti, Marco; Takova, Darina
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This DVD features a classic production of Tancredi, the first serious and full-length and, for many, Rossini's most important opera.Created for the Rossini Opera Festival...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fre...continue...

Bellini: La Sonnambula / Daniel Oren, Mei, Bros, Prestia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-03-29

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Bros, Jose; Curiel, Nicoletta; Mei, Eva; Prestia, Giacomo
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Arthaus presents a remarkable staging of one of Bellini's operatic masterpieces. Portraying the titular heroine, Eva Mei was praised for her bel canto skill as...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Sacred Music: Verdi, Beethoven, Bach / Maazel, Luisi, Suzuki [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-10-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Elsner, Christian; Fantini, Norma; Genz, Christoph; Henschel, Dietrich; Larsson, Anna; Macleod, Stephan; Meli, Francesco; Nylund, Camilla; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit; Siwek, Rafal; Smi...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Luisi, Fabio; Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Symphonica Toscanini

This DVD box combines the most known and beloved works in sacred music of three of the greatest composers of all time: Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig...continue...
Run Time: 419 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk / Conlon, Vaneev, Grivnov, Charbonnet [2 DVD]

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

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29
Performers: Bomstein, Leonid; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Kunaev, Sergej; Matorin, Vladimir; Miriani, Nana; Petrinksy, Natascha; Rodescu, Julian; Vaneev, Vladimir
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Russian, English, Ge...continue...

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth Of Mtsensk / Conlon, Vaneev, Charbonnet [Blu-Ray]

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

Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29
Performers: Bomstein, Leonid; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Kunaev, Sergej; Matorin, Vladimir; Miriani, Nana; Petrinksy, Natascha; Rodescu, Julian; Vaneev, Vladimir
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: Russian, English, Ge...continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Mehta/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Urmana, Guelfi [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / TDK / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Mehta, Mehli
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 189 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: Messa Da Requiem / Maazel/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fantini, Smirnova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-04-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Fantini, Norma; Meli, Francesco; Siwek, Rafal; Smirnova, Anna
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

The fiftieth anniversary of Toscanini's death in 2007 was celebrated with gala concerts around the world, one of the most glamorous events being this benefit...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Latin, English, Germa...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Artur Rodzinski, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2009-04-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Tannhäuser
Performers: Hoffman, Grace; Lauhöfer, Robert; Neidlinger, Gustav; Nilsson, Birgit; Von Rohr, Otto; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: ; Rodzinski, Artur
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; New York Philharmonic

Verdi: La forza del distino / Zubin Mehta, Duccio Dal Monte, Violeta Urmana, Carlo Guelfi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-01-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bosi, Carlo; Dal Monte, Duccio; De Simone, Bruno; Gertseva, Julia; Giordani, Marcello; Guelfi, Carlo; Luongo, Alessandro; Polinelli, Filippo; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Trevisan, Antonella; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

In his 2007 production for the Maggio Musicale in Florence, French opera director Nicolas Joel - named as the next director of the Opera de...continue...
Run Time: 189 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.0 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: ...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Mitropoulos, Steber, Del Monaco, Giacomo, Guelfi, Tozzi, et al

2 CD / Regis Records / 2008-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: de Palma, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Steber, Eleanor; Susca, Vito; Tozzi, Giorgio; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri;
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Rossini: Armida / Serafin, Callas, Albanese, Filippeschi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-06-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Callas, Maria; Filippeschi, Mario; Frosini, Mario; Raimondi, Gianni; Salvarezza, Antonio; Stefanoni, Marco; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: ; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Mehta, Gallo, Mattila, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Benelli, Ugo; Cherici, Laura; Curiel, Nicoletta; Gallo, Lucio; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Nosotti, Angelo; Pertusi, Michele; Severi, Andrea...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

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...

Bellini: La Sonnambula (Opera) / Daniel Oren, Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentio [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-10-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Mei, Eva; Prestia, Giacomo
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Run Time: 138 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Itali...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...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Gelmetti, Anderson, Kraus

2 CD / Living Stage / 2005-03-02

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Anderson, June; Corradi, Giampaolo; Ferrin, Agostino; Kraus, Alfredo; Matteini, Giuliana; Saccomani, Lorenzo; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This edition of 'Lucia di Lammermoor' is complete. It includes the scene of Part II (beginning of Act II) set in Wolferag's Tower, which is...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Schippers, Nicolesco, Kraus, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2005-01-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Fiorentini, Mirella; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Matteini, Giuliana; Nicolesco, Mariana; Romero, Angelo
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Sutherland, Pavarotti

3 CD / Decca Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Corena, Fernando; Cross, Richard; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Monti, Nicola; Opthof, Cornelis; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Veasey,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Gelmetti, Kraus, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Alaimo, Simone; Corbelli, Alessandro; Kraus, Alfredo; Serra, Luciana
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba / Renzetti, Bruson, Ingraam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-04-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Casellato, Renzo; Falcon, Ruth; Ingram, Ivo; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Gallo, Lucio; Guelfi, Carlo; Konstantinov, Julian; La Scola, Vincenzo; Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

'Simon Boccanegra' is Verdi's second opera based on an historical drama by the Spanish author Garcia Gutierrez - the first was Il Trovatore. The political...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fr...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Mitropoulos, Tebaldi, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2004-01-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; de Palma, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio; Protti, Aldo; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Viva Italia!

1 CD / Decca / 2003-06-10

Works: Eduardo Di Capua: 'O sole mio; Maria, Marì; Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia; Traditional: Vieni sul mar; Luigi Denza: La danza; Funiculì funiculà; Carl Sigman: Arrivederci, Roma; Gi...
Performers: Aldrich, Ronnie; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Buckley, Emerson; Mancini, Henry; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo; Pritchard, John; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Malgoni, Walter; Loges, Karl-Heinz; M...
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; M...

Puccini: Tosca / Mehta, Bocelli, Cedolins, Maggio Musicale

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Baggio, Andrea; Barretta, Diego; Bertocchi, Sergio; Bocelli, Andrea; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Ciccone, Matteo; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Guelfi, Carlo; Peirone, Matteo; Ventura, José Ignacio
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Menotti: Il Console / Schippers, Zeani, Colmagro, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Castel, Nico; Colmagro, Gianluigi; Davidson, Joy; Fioroni, Giovanni Andrea; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Goldenthal, Bibiana; Matteini, Giuliana; Rafanelli, Flora; Vivo, Graziano del; Vo...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Cherubini: Medea / Gui, Callas, Guichandut, Barbieri, Petri

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-04-05

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Frosini, Mario; Guichandut, Carlos; Petri, Mario; Poli, Liliana; Tucci, Gabriela
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Rossini: Armida / Serafin, Callas, Albanese, Filippeschi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-04-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Callas, Maria; Filippeschi, Mario; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Muti, Mittelmann, Marton, Gedda

3 CD / Gala / 2002-04-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Marton, Eva; Mittelmann, Norman
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

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: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Christoff, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

One of the most thrilling of Verdi's early operas is incomparably sung and conducted on this magnificent Italian performance, starring some of the greatest singers...continue...

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Renata Scotto Vol 1

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Rafanelli, Flora; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Cerquetti, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-08-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

This is a classic live from 1967 Ernani recording, the singers all in their prime. The set has been transferred from analog tape using a...continue...

Callas Collection - Rossini: Armida / Serafin, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Filippeschi, Mario; Frosini, Mario; Raimondi, Gianni; Salvarezza, Antonio; Stefanoni, Marco; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

One of Rossini's rarest operas, brought back to life by the inimitable Callas with help from two of the finest bel canto tenors of the...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Montserrat Caballé

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Il Trovatore
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Matteini, Giuliana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Madrid Teatro de la Zarzuela Orchestra

Boito: Mefistofele / Bartoletti, Ramey, Cupido, Dessi

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

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Cupido, Alberto; Dessi, Daniela [Soprano Vocal]; Emili, Romano; Gyldenfeldt, Graciela von; Memeo, Francesco; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tagliasacchi, Monica; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Muti, Tucker, Sighele, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-11-17

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alberti, Walter; Frosini, Mario; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Nurmela, Kari; Sighele, Mietta; Taddei, Ottavio; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Mehta, Pavarotti, Banaudi, Verrett

2 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Banaudi, Antonella; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Facini, Enrico; Frittoli, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scaltriti, Roberto; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano ...
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus