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Verdi: Don Carlo / Sylvester, Millo, Levine, Metropolitan Opera, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Carosi, Ubaldo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Micalucci, Carlo; Petkov, Dimiter; Prevedi, Bruno; Ravaglia, Emilia; Zylis-Gara, Teresa
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 1) / Furtwängler, Treptow, Rohr, Konetzni, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2009-04-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Konetzni, Hilde; Treptow, Günther; Von Rohr, Otto
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Verdi, Puccini, Meyerbeer, Giordano, Cilea: Opera Arias / Carlo Bergonzi, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2009-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo M...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Simonetto, Alfredo;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"This recital... shows him on peak form... all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, a voice still baritonal enough to...continue...

Grand Tier - Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Ghiaurov, Verrett, Petri, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-11-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Corradi, Giampaolo; Garaventa, Ottavio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gusmeroli, Giovanni; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lane, Gloria; Petri, Mario; Ventriglia, Franco; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zylis-Gar...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This is a fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble "Prayer of Moses," but was neglected in the 20th century along with...continue...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel, Tatozzi, Pastori, Cossotto, Vinco, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-11-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

It is worth noting that all previous releases of this program are multi-copied recordings. Here for the first time it is presented from the Original...continue...

Puccini: Turandot

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alunno, Giandomenico; Binci, Mario; Carlin, Mino; Castellano, Elio; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Frascati, Tommaso; Marimpietri, Lidia; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Scaglia, Ferruccio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

There can never be enough recordings of this beloved opera, and this rare one from Radio Italy in 1965 highlights not only the fine tenor...continue...

Rossini: Guillaume Tell / Sanzogno, Silveri, Filippeschi, Borrelli, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Arié, Raffaele; Barbesi, Attilio; Benetti, Margherita; Borelli, Giannella; Carlin, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Massaria, Antonio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Rovere, Anna Maria; Silveri, Paolo; Washing...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Complete Italian Radio Recordings 1952-1956

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Friedrich v...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great sound including unpublished recordings - a unique Document remembering one of the greatest voices of the last century....continue...

Grand Tier - Strauss: Arabella / Rennert, Caballé, Nimsgern, Kollo, etc

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

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Borgato, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Dominguez, Oralia; Falcone, Licia; Freiberger, Manfred; Gaifa, Carlo; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Monreale, Leonard...
Conductors: Rennert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

'Arabella' was first heard in 1933. A kind of sequel to 'Der Rosenkavalier' of 1911, it was to take its place as one of Richard...continue...

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Jochum, Braun, Frantz, Hopf, Rysanek, Weber, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dickie, Murray; Frantz, Ferdinand; Hopf, Hans; Lindermeier, Elisabeth; Lopatto, Dimitri; Rysanek, Leonie; Spataro, Tomaso; Weber, Ludwig
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Grand Tier - Bellini: I Puritani / Muti, Pavarotti, Freni, Bruscantini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Venturini, Mino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"Mirella Freni [is] at her vocally most impeccable and emotionally most communicative and her Elvira is a lovely creation. Pavarotti sings with grace, ease, and...continue...

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

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

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

Paperback Opera - Verdi: Nabucco / Previtali, Silveri, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria
Performers: Binci, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Francardi, Licinio; Gaggi, Albino; Gatti, Gabriella; Mancini, Caterina; Preziosa, Beatrice; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando; Braithwaite, Warwick; Erede, Alberto; Rignold, Hugo; Rankl, Karl; Patanè, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This release in the Paperback Opera series focuses attention on the acclaimed Verdi bass Paolo Silveri (1913-2001). He began his career in 1944 that took...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Rodzinski, Liebl, et al

3 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2007-03-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gré; Brunelli, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Ernster, Deszö; Harrower, Peter; Liebl, Karl; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Schweiger, Rosl; Wächter, Eberhard; Wilfert, Herta
Conductors: Rodzinski, Artur
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Born in Split (Dalmatia) in 1892, Artur Rodzinski was one of the most popular conductors active on the international scene between 1930 and 1958, year...continue...

Bach: Magnificat, etc / Karajan, Schwarzkopf, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-03-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Gedda, Nicolai; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Tadeo, Giorgio
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

A unique release - Karajan, Schwarzkopf and Gedda in Bach's Magnifica - first release on any format. Good sound....continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Khaikin, Naydenov, Ghiaurov

3 CD / Gala / 2006-07-05

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Baldani, Ruza; Bodourov, Ljubomir; Chiappi, Mario; Cvejik, Biserka; Di Cesare, Ezio; Diakov, Anton; Fiorentini, Mirella; Frascati, Tommaso; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grigoriev, Anton; K...
Conductors: Khaikin, Boris; Naydenov, Asen
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Sofia National Opera Chorus; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

Weber: Der Freischütz, Oberon / Sawallisch, Albrecht, et al

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-05-04

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon, J 306
Performers: Bjoner, Ingrid; Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen; Ferrara, Mario; Hamari, Julia; Hering, Karl-Joseph; Hollweg, Werner; King, James [Classical]; Machi, Mario; Miljakovic, Olivera; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pric...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Albrecht, George A.
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An homage to the deceased tenor, James King, this recording features both Margaret Price and Ingrid Bjoner in Maria Von Weber's Der Feischutz. The Annchen...continue...

Grand Tier - Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"This live performance...is of particular interest to fans of mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto, here caught early in her career, before the voice had grown into the...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Sawallisch, Adam, Cox, Kniplova, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Adam, Theo; Cox, Jean; Dominguez, Oralia; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kniplova, Nadezda; Paller, Ingrid; Ridderbusch, Karl; Wohlfahrt, Erwin
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Sawallisch, Cox, Kniplova, et al

4 CD / Myto Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Cox, Jean; Dalis, Irene; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gramatzki, Ilse; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kniplova, Nadezda; Lehnert, Ch...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Sawallisch, Adam, Martin, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Adam, Theo; Dominguez, Oralia; Gramatzki, Ilse; Hammes, Liselotte; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kirschstein, Leonore; Liljeberg, Ingrit; Martin, Janis [50's]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Ridderbusch, Karl; Schachtschneider...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This released showcases the start of the legendary Sawallisch Ring, with singers that were just starting their career at the time (in 1968)....continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Sawallisch, Adam, Martin, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Dalis, Irene; Dillard, Jane Murray; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; Katz, Eberhard; Kniplova, Nadezda; Kostia, Raili; Martin, Janis [50's]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Purtonen, Aili; Rebmann...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

When listening to this great performance on marvels at the verdant freshness of the voices and also why the singers did not become better known....continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An array of top Wagner singers leads the cast under the taut direction of German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. Tenor Rene Kollo is one of the...continue...

Artist Portrait - Plácido Domingo

1 CD / Teldec / 2004-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Un ballo in maschera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; María Teresa L...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Johnson, Julia Migenes
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Mehta, Zubin; Barenboim, Daniel; Silvetti, Bebu; Colangelo, José; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Members of the Staatskapelle Berlin (Mem...

"He typically gives everything, with a wonderful sense of line and anafedntly lyrical tone." - The Guardian "Domingo's glorious voice, dark timbred and powerful, thrilling...continue...

Grand Tier - Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-11-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cavallari, Rina; Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Modesti, Giuseppe; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"This is an epic performance." - Robert Levine...continue...

Shostakovich: Katerina Ismailova / Ahronovich, Lane, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-06-03

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Katerina Izmaylova, opera, Op. 114
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Carmi, Giacomo; Chokalov, Georgi; Cocchieri, Vinicio; Cochran, William; di Stasio, Anna; Domenico, Bernardino di; Lane, Gloria; Mazzieri, Maurizio; Munzi, Marcello; Nurmela, Kari; ...
Conductors: Ahronovitch, Yuri
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Originally title 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsendk District', this is the opera that got Shostakovich in trouble with the Stalinist authorities. He revised it years...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Karajan, Gedda, Schwarzkopf, et al

2 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2003-05-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Capozzi, Gilda; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Noni, Alda; Orell, Ester; Petri, Mario; Pirino, Antonio; Rizzoli, Bruna; Rota, Anna Maria; Schlean, Karla; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sole,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Parsifal / Jochum, Windgassen, Frantz, Weber, et al

4 CD / Living Stage / 2003-02-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Frantz, Ferdinand; Mödl, Martha; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus of White Voices Rome; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Debut Series - Callas - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Parsifal
Performers: Baldelli, Africo; Callas, Maria; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex; Bruckner: Te Deum / Karajan, et al

1 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2002-05-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Performers: Foa, Arnoldo; Gedda, Nicolai; Haefliger, Ernst; Laszlo, Magda; Petri, Mario; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: Requiem, Te Deum / Abbado, Scotto, Horne, Pavarotti

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

The Great Operas of Giacomo Puccini

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Ausensi, Manuel; Boniface, Edgard; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; Cioni, Renato; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demar, ...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Votto, Antonino; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Spanish Radio/TV Orchestra

Eight discs for the price of six! Four Puccini masterworks are brought together at one low price....continue...

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

3 CD / Fono / 2001-10-30

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

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

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...

Great Performances - Luciano Pavarotti

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernan...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

The performances come from the great opera houses of Rome and La Scala, Milan, and feature co-stars such as Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Ruggero Raimondi...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Stewart, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-06-05

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Balboni, Anna Maria; Bjoner, Ingrid; Callio, Timo; Cortez, Viorica; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Zotti, Marisa
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

One of the most powerful dramas in all of opera, Elektra is the perfect vehicle for a great dramatic soprano. Birgit Nilsson was the greatest...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Kollo, Janowitz, et al

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

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Grand Tier - Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Ghiaurov, Verrett, Petri, et al

2 CD / / 2001-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Corradi, Giampaolo; Garaventa, Ottavio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gusmeroli, Giovanni; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lane, Gloria; Petri, Mario; Ventriglia, Franco; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zylis-Gar...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Originally titled Mose in Egitto, this Biblical epic was one of Rossini's greatest hits in its day, and the "Prayer of Moses" became one of...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Mehta, Nilsson, Wolff, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2001-02-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Bertolini, Wande; Brilioth, Helge; Buoso, Ennio; Meven, Peter; Nilsson, Birgit; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pastine, Gianfranco; Strudthoff, Claudio; Wolff, Beverly
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Basile, Tebaldi, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Borriello, Mario; Casolari, Egidio; Cava, Carlo; Cesarini, Athos; Ciavola, Giovanni; Cioni, Bruno; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Guelfi, Giang...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Though one of Puccini's less famous operas, The Girl of the Golden West offered a showcase role for the great Renata Tebaldi, the only rival...continue...

Verdi: Attila / Muti, Raimondi, Stella, Cecchele, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila
Performers: Cecchele, Gianfranco; Ferrari, Ferrando; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Monreale, Leonardo; Raimondi, Ruggero; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Bjoner, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 1998-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Bjöner, Ingrid; Crass, Franz; Eliasson, Sven-Olof; Fonseca, Regina; Lehrberger, Thomas; Ridderbusch, Karl
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Strauss: Arabella / Rennert, Caballé, Nimsgern, et al

2 CD / Bella Voce / 1998-05-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Boom, Peter; Borgato, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Dominguez, Oralia; Falcone, Licia; Freiberger, Manfred; Gaifa, Carlo; Kollo, Rene; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Monreale, Leo...
Conductors: Rennert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Puccini: La Bohème / Schippers, Pavarotti, Freni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1997-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maffeo, Gianni; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prisco, Elio; Talarico, Rita; Vocals], Nicola Ghius...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Puccini: Tosca / Mehta, Domingo, Malfitano, Raimondi

2 CD / Teldec / 1996-07-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Federici, Franco; Gatti, Giorgio
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

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Il Mito Dell'Opera - Mario Filippeschi Vol II

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1994-02-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Catania, Salvatore; D'Angelo, Gianna; Filippeschi, Mario; Mancini, Caterina; Noli, Rosetta; Poli, Afro; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tassi, Anna Maria; Zeani, Virginia
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Reina, Ryos; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Quadri, Argeo; Gui, Vittorio; Mugnai, Umberto; Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Caracas Municipal Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Rome Oper...