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Gottlob Frick Volume 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers: Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard

Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...

Jeann Gerville-Reache

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-12-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Charles Gounod: Sapho; La reine de Saba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Ju...
Performers: Cahier, Charles
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

The French contralto Jeanne Gerville-Réache had a short career that encompassed opera houses in France, Brussels, London and the Manhattan Opera House owned by Oscar...continue...

Celebrating 40 Years: Then and Now

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2010-07-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Ermione; Gaetano Donizetti: Ugo conte di Parigi; Parisina; Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi; Virginia; Giovanni Pacini: Maria regina d'Inghilterra; Alessand...
Performers: Bezdüz, Bülent; Browne, Sandra; Einarsdottir, Thora [Vocals]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Giannattasio, Carmen; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Massis, Annick; Mi...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Judd, James; Benini, Maurizio

This disc, featuring some of Opera Rara's finest singers, is dedicated to Sir Peter Moores and the Peter Moores Foundation in recognition of their invaluable...continue...

Meyerbeer: Crusader In Egypt

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-03-30

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Performers: Favaron, Luca; Pedrini, Emanuele
Conductors: Villaume, Emmanuel

Meyerbeer created his operas as vast, elaborate woven tapestries - showered with detail and color - the result of years of painstaking work. This landmark...continue...
Recording information: Teatro La Fenice, Venice, Italy (01/16/2007)....continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Singers to Remember - Eidé Noréna

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Atalanta; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Roméo et Juliette; Jacques...
Performers: Micheletti, Gaston; Norena, Eide
Conductors: Messner, Joseph; Defosse, H.; Coppola, Piero

The rare, late 1920s and '30s recordings of the little-known Scandinavian soprano Eide Norena are the subject of this release. Norena's debut took place in...continue...

The Great Tenors Vol 2 / Knote, Cerini, Paoli, Munteanu, Borgatti, Lapelletrie, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-09-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro Stradella; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Fromental...
Performers: Biel, Julian; Bochnicek, Julius; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Campagnola, Leon; Cerini, Selmar; Knote, Heinrich; Lapelletrie, Rene; Maison, Rene; Monteanu, Petre; O'Sullivan, John; Paoli, Antonio; Vezzani, Ce...

This digitally transferred compilation of the great tenors in historic recordings provides background information on each of them in the notes. The recordings range from...continue...

The Stars were Shining Vol 3 / Lawrence, Brice, Crooks, Tagliavini, Pinza, Tokatyan, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-09-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; : Come to the Fair; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to m...
Performers: Brice, Carol; Crooks, Richard; Koshetz, Marina; Lawrence, Marjorie; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tassinari, Pia; Thomas, John Charles; Tokatya...
Conductors: Barlow, Howard; Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

This is the third volume in the series of rare recordings of the great singers of the 20th century. The compilation includes private issues, recordings...continue...

Meyerbeer: Semiramide

2 CD / Dynamic / 2007-07-05

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

Golden Age of Opera in France Vol 2

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Der Nordstern; Die Afrikanerin; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Adolphe Adam: Le chalet; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Ernest Reyer: Sigurd; Gioa...
Performers: Affre, Agustarello; Agussol, Pauline; Gibert, Etienne; Imbert, Elie; Journet, Marcel; Marechal, Adolphe; Payan, Paul; Tanesy, Leonie

This was truly a golden age: each of these singers was French and with the exception of Journet, they all spent the bulk of their...continue...

Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Meyerbeer: L'Africana / Muti, Norman, Luchetti, Guelfi

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

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Ferrin, Agostino; Formichini, Dino; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Luchetti, Veriano; Matteini, Giuliana; Norman, Jessye; Rinaudo, Mario; Sighele, Mietta; Vivo, Graziano del
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Live performance of this rarely-performed opera, Florence, 1971. Only budget recording on CD! Meyerbeer died before L'africana, his last opera, was quite finished. He was...continue...

America's Singers Recorded - The First Generation

1 CD / Symposium / 2006-12-01

Works: Frederic H. Cowen: The promise of life, for voice & accompaniment; Gaetano Braga: Leggenda valacca "Angel's Serenade"; Walter Damrosch: Danny Deever, Op. 2 no 7; Richard Strauss: Lieder (6), Op. 17; ...
Performers: Adams, Suzanne; Adini, Ada; Bispham, David; Blass, Robert; Blauvelt, Lillian; Eames, Emma; Esty, Alice; Eweyk, Arthur van; Hamlin, George; Homer, Louise; Juch, Emma; Lussan, Zelie de; Montalant, Vert...

This album focuses on the earliest American singers of whom we have records. It affords us views of performing practice in the first years of...continue...

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Maerzendorfer, Gedda, Equiluz

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-08-08

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Farres, Pedro; Gedda, Nicolai; Illavsky, Ladislav; Neukirch, Harald; Petkov, Dimiter; Rugtvedt, Unni; Schenk, Manfred; Scovotti, Jeanette; Shane, Rita;...
Conductors: Marzendorfer, Ernst

This live broadcast from Vienna in 1971 brings together one of the most outstanding casts ever assembled for this rarely heard opera, a situation due...continue...

Hyperion Schubert Edition - Songs by Schubert's Friends

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Der Greis, part song for 4 voices & keyboard, H. 25c/5; Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Sehnsucht, for 2 voices & piano; Rastlose Liebe, for voice & piano (1st setting) (Lyrische Gedi...
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian; Doufexis, Stella; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thorsen, Marianne

These three generously filled discs were included as a 'bonus' in Hyperion's landmark forty-disc boxed set 'The Complete Songs by Franz Schubert,' released in November...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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Michael Bohnen Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold;...
Performers: Bohnen, Michael

These works highlight Michael Bohnen's first recordings made in America for the Brunswick label. Many of them are rare and, although often not "state-of-the-art" for...continue...

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

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

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

Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable, etc / Fulton, Gallois, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2006-01-05

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Donati, Walter; Lagrange, Michele; Marliere, Jean-Philippe; Ochagavia, Jose; Philippe, Michel; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Chorus

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Margarete Arndt-Ober

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-01-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Das Rhei...
Performers: Althouse, Paul; Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Endert, Elisabeth van; Jorn, Karl

Prima Voce - César Vezzani

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-09-13

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Afrikanerin; Le Prophète; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Da...
Performers: Vezzani, Cesar

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

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

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

A Survey of European Zonophone Recordings 1901-1903

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-02-01

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op....
Performers: Ackt, Aino; Agussol, Pauline; Caron, Rose; Cucini, Alice; Delmas, Jean Francois; Fugere, Lucien; Laffitte, Leon; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Mastio, Catherine; Melchissedec, Leon; Negri, Giovanni Battis...

Michael Bohnen - At the Metropolitan Opera

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer:...
Performers: Bohnen, Michael
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Szell, George

"Michael Bohnen was a superb singing-actor with a vibrant and attractive bass-baritone voice that demonstrated extraordinary facility in the lower and upper reaches for the...continue...

30th Anniversary of Martina Franca Festival

3 CD / Dynamic / 2004-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711; Giovanni Paisiello: Il duello comico, comic opera; Proserpine, opera; Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, opera; Gioa...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allegretta, Sara; Antonucci, Stefano; Bonfatti, Gregory; Bumbry, Grace; Ciofi, Patrizia; Colaianni, Domenico; Coni, Paolo; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Custer, Ma...
Conductors: Panni, Marcello; Carraro, Massimiliano; Carella, Giuliano; Bernart, Massimo de; Zedda, Alberto; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Aprea, Bruno; Halász, Michael; Bosman, Arnold; Luisi, Fabio; Guidarini, Marco; ...

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

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-11-01

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

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

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots

3 CD / Dynamic / 2003-10-12

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Allegretta, Sara; Annalisa Carbonara; Bronikowski, Marcin; Domingo Stasi; Grassi, Luca; Jean Vendassi; Leonardo Gramegna; Mok, Warren; Nicola Sette; Rancatore, Desiree; Raspagliosi, Annalisa; Sea-Won...
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato

Sogno talor... Special Collection Celebrating 25 Years

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Emilia di Liverpool; Roberto Devereux; Maria Padilla; Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth; Parisina d'Este; Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgog...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Benelli, Ugo; Brecknock, John; Bros, Jose; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caley, Ian; Christie, Nan; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Dugdale, Sandra; Fa...
Conductors: Parry, David; Carella, Giuliano; Benini, Maurizio; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The double CD set is in the form of a two-act Grand Opera Gala, with an overture, choruses, arias, ensembles and extravagant finales. A total...continue...

Opera Obsession! Act II - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: I ma...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Channes, Muriel de; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; ...

This second volume of "Opera Obsession!" brings more great hits from the vast Opear d'Oro catalog of live opera, most of them issued for the...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-10-01

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

Meyerbeer: Roberto il Diavolo / Sanzogno, Christoff, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Formichini, Dino; Frati, Augusto; Frosini, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; Malagu, Stefania; Manganotti, Gianfranco; M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"Robert le diable" was one of the greatest hits in opera history, and made the fortune of the Paris Opera in 1831. After World War...continue...

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

4 CD / Decca / 2001-09-11

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

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

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

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

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

Bizet: Carmen / Herbert von Karajan, Giulietta Simionato

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mazzotta, Paolo; Pirino, Antonio; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Tarre...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Lewis, Henry
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Léonce Escalaïs

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Die Afrikanerin; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Jérusalem; Il Trova...
Performers: Algos, Angelo; Corradetti, Ferruccio; Luppi, Oreste; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Sala, Giuseppe

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Paul Knüpfer

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Henke, Waldemar; Jadlowker, Hermann; Knupfer, Paul; Offenberg, Helene

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Domenico Viglione Borghese

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-02-01

Works: Filippo Marchetti: Ruy Blas; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Thaïs; Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi; Tosca; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Alberto Franchetti: Germania; ...
Performers: Bellantoni, Giuseppe; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Russ, Giannina

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nazzareno de Angelis Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Aida, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Daniel-Fran&...
Performers: Angelis, Nazzareno de; Corradetti, Ferruccio; Garbin, Eduardo; Petri, Elisa

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Charles Dalmorès

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Pao...
Performers: Calve, Emma; Dalmores, Charles; Journet, Marcel; Scotti, Antonio

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gotthellf Pistor, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Siegfried; Parsifal; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Janssen, Herbert; Jost-Arden, Ruth; Pilinszky, Sigismund; Pistor, Gotthelf; Seinemeyer, Meta
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 3 - Dalmores, Cazette

1 CD / Symposium / 2000-06-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Cazette, Louis; Dalmores, Charles

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al

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

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

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

Meyerbeer: Le Prophète / Horne, Gedda, Lewis, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Hage, Robert Amis el; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Peter, Fritz; Rinaldi, Margherita
Conductors: Lewis, Henry
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

This performance was one of the seminal influences in the Meyerbeer revival, with peerless performances in the two leading roles. Ms. Horne was married to...continue...

Aus Münchens Operngeschichte - History of the Munich Opera

5 CD / Preiser / 2000-05-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Oberon; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Lohengrin; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bary, Alfred Von; Bender, Paul; Bertram, Theodore; Bosetti, Hermina; Braun, Helena; Brodersen, Friedrich; Burgwinkel, Josef; Eipperle, Trude; Erb, Karl; Fügel, Alfons; Fichtmuller...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 1 & 2 - Mei-Figner, et al

2 CD / Symposium / 2000-05-01

Works: César Cui: I Remember the Evening for voice & piano; Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell: In My Soul Winter Reigns; Wrangel: You are my morning; They loved one another; I love & Dream of Love; Balabano...
Performers: Figner, Nikolay; Mei-Figner, Medea

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Margarete Matzenauer

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prop...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bender, Paul; Kurt, Melanie; Matzenauer, Margarete

The Harold Wayne Collection Vol 34 - Mario Sammarco, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 1999-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Ave Maria; ...
Performers: Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Sammarco, Giuseppe Mario

Opera Rara Collection - 20 Selected Highlights

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-09-10

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

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

Lebendige Vergangenheit - José Mardones

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Anonymous: Stabat Mater; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Robert le Diable; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Aida, opera...
Performers: Mardones, Jose