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Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center Studios, New York (08/1992)....continue...

Ljuba Welitsch

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Queen of Spades, O...
Performers: Paolis, Alessio de; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Susskind, Walter; Moralt, Rudolf; Krips, Josef; Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has carefully chosen recordings of music covering a number of roles that Viennese, British, and American fans associated with Ljuba...continue...

Puccini: Madame Butterfly / Max Rudolf

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Baker, John; Cehanovsky, George; Luise, Melchiorre; Madeira, Jean; Paolis, Alessio de; Steber, Eleanor; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Valdengo, Giuseppe; Votipka, Thelma
Conductors: Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / James Levine, Debrorah Voigt, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-03-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Groves, Paul; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Highlights, etc / Warren, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera

14 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Baker, Mark; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Engert, Ruthild; Goldberg, Reiner; Gruber, Andrea; Haggander, Marianne; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kelm, Lind...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This is an economical way to own one of the most celebrated Ring Cycles in recorded history. "The glory of the cycle is the conclusion,...continue...

Trio - Bizet: Carmen / Bernstein, Horne, Baldwin, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-10

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Baldwin, Marcia; Boky, Colette; Christopher, Russell; Gramm, Donald; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Maliponte, Adriana; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Levine, Chernov, Studer, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-10-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Croft, Dwayne; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Graves, Denyce; Groves, Paul; Lindner, Elyssa; Maher, Robert; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Shaulis, Jane; s...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Following the MET's highly acclaimed "La Traviata" on DG with Cheryl Studer and Luciano Pavarotti (DGG 435 797) comes this long awaited release of "Rigoletto"...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Levine, Domingo, Norman, Moll, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-08-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bunnell, Jane; Domingo, Placido; Erickson, Kaaren; Giauque, Dennis; Glassman, Allan; Grant, Heidi; Groves, Paul; Guyer, Joyce; Katagiri, Hitomi; Laciura, Anthony; Moll, Kurt; Morris, James; Norman, J...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Verdi: Aida - Highlights / Levine, Millo, Domingo, Zajick

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Cook, Terry; Domingo, Placido; Millo, Aprile; Morris, James; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Zajic, Dolora; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Orchestra