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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...

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...

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...

Grand Tier - Bellini: Il pirata / Capuana, Caballé, Labo, Cappuccilli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-10-14

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Labo, Flaviano; Rafanelli, Flora; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This is a 1967 live recording from Italy of this early Bellini opera, starring the immortal Montserrat Caballe in the heyday of her magnificent voice....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

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Varviso, Berganza, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Montarsolo, Paolo; Pace, Miti Truccato; Panerai, Rolando; Tavolaccini, Giuliana; Vedovelli, Umberto
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably...continue...

Opera House - Donizetti: Don Pasquale, et al / Gracis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-04-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Il campanello di notte, opera
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Bruno, Emma; Frati, Augusto; Guggia, Mario; Lazzarini, Alfredo; Maccianti, Anna; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Mariotti, Alfredo; Rafanelli, Flora; Rinaldi, Alberto
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

Donizetti's comic tour de force, 'Don Pasquale,' is a cruel, amusing take on the generation gap and has a concentration and vitality that sets it...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...

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...

Verdi: La traviata / Pritchard, Sutherland, Bergonzi, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Frosini, Mario; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Meridionale, Tereno; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Voca...
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Penguin Guide
She has rarely sung on record with such deep feeling as in the final scene...This is not a sparkling Violetta, but it is vocally...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème (Highlights) / Serafin, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Chamber Orchestra

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...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Serafin, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Natali, Valiano; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This recording, described by John Ardoin in this 'Callas Legacy' as 'a glory of the LP era', was made in 1953 in Florence, where Callas...continue...

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

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Joan Sutherland

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-04-27

Works: Spoken Word: Introduction (Joan Sutherland in Conversation with Jon Tolansky) (Interview); Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: La tr...
Performers: Bonynge, Richard; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tourangeau, Huguette
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; National Orchestra Monte Carlo; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestre De L'Association Des Concerts

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...

The #1 Wedding Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; John Stanley: Voluntaries (10) for Organ, book 2, Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Trumpet Tune; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum in D major, H 146; Johann Sebas...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Augér, Arleen; Bilgram, Hedwig; Carreras, José; Cleobury, Stephen; Cochereau, Pierre; Delmotte, Roger; Domingo, Placido; Francescatti, Zino; Hurford, Pe...
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Münchinger, Karl; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Arndt, Günther; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bernstein, Leonard; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Hogwood, Christopher; Mackerr...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Mus...

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

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

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...

Verdi: Macbeth / Gui, Varnay, Petroff, Tajo, Penno, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2002-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Frosini, Mario; Mastrangelo, Giulio; Penno, Gino; Peruzzi, Edio; Petrov, Ivan; Poli, Liliana; Sarri, Gino; Tajo, Italo; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony 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

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Schippers, Caballé, Tucker, Vinco, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Matteini, Giuliana; Mattiucci, Franca; Natali, Valiano; Rigiri, Guerrando; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Vinco, Ivo; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Verdi's Il trovatore is above all a "singers' opera." It succeeds or fails depending on the singing of the leads; and good conducting is important...continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Gavazzeni, Bergonzi, Scotto

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-02-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Jotti, Renza; Scotto, Renata; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; La forza del destino; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Ch...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Basile, Arturo; Paoletti, Alberto; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A decade (1951-61) of great early recordings by Renata Tebaldi. Tebaldi enchanted audiences with her vocal beauty and personal charm. She is joined here in...continue...

Movie Adagios / Solti, Tebaldi, Lupu, Schiff, Fleming, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a); Così fan tutte, K 588; Req...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Brymer, Jack; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Fleming, Renée; Gürtler, Dietfried; Hasson, Maurice; Krause, Tom; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp, Lucia;...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Segal, Uri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Atzmón, Moshe; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Mauceri, John; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ingman, Nick; Chailly, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kertész,...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields members; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clevel...

La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonifacio, Tina; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Gibbs, John; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra;...

"...In recognition of her 75th birthday, also in November, Decca has issued a 27-track 'best of' CD set, showcasing some of [Dame Sutherland's] most famous...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

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...

Maria Callas - The Legend

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Giusepp...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Callas, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Or...

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

Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Franci, Parada, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incirinazione Di Poppea
Performers: Cesari, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Dominguez, Oralia; Monti, Nicola; Parada, Claudia; Parutto, Mirella; Picchi, Mirto
Conductors: Franci, Carlo
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

When this live performance was taped in 1966, authentic performance practice in early music was still in its infancy, so you will not hear old...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Schippers, Tucker, Caballé, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 1999-11-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Tucker, Richard [Tenor]; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

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

Grand Tier - Bellini: Il pirata / Capuana, Caballé, Labo, Cappuccilli, et al

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Rafanelli, Flora; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra