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Giordano: Fedora, etc / Molajoli, Bruna-Rasa, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lesca...
Performers: Alfieri, Antonio; Baracchi, Aristide; Bassi, Anna Masetti; Dall'Argine, Eugenio; Dominici, Ernesto; Galeffi, Carlo; Ghirardini, Emilio; Girardi, Piero; Giusti, Blando; Mannarini, Ida; Marini, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbier di Siviglia / Gabriele Santini, Luigi Alva, Sesto Bruscatini, Carlo Badioli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-09-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"This performance was recorded live at La Scala on January 20, 1964. Gabriele Santini - who would pass away toward the end of that year...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Malipiero

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-06-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers: Cristoforeanu, Florica; Malipiero, Giovanni
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Albergoni, Angelo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giovanni Malipiero's recordings overwhelm the listener with their high quality. The tenor from Padua effortlessly puts today's stars in the shade. He had an excellent...continue...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / Karajan, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frick, Hotter, Nilsson, Ludwig, et al

3 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Frick, Gottlob; Hellwig, Judith; Hotter, Hans; Ludwig, Christa; Madeira, Jean; Nilsson, Birgit; Rössl-Majdan, Hilde; Rohs, Martha; Rysanek, Leonie; Rysanek, Lotte; Scheyrer, Gerd...
Conductors: ; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

On the 100th anniversary of Herbert von Karajan's birth, IDIS is proud to present a World Premiere Recording on CD, one of the most significant...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Il Trovatore / Gavazzeni, Bergonzi, Tucci, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriella; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording, which has been a best-seller in the standard Opera d’Oro budget catalogue, represents a live performance by the world-famous La Scala opera company...continue...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Serafin, Stella, Gobbi, La Scala, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Grand Tier - Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Horne

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-06-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Guglielmi, Margherita; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Here, in addition to the staggering virtuosity and the pointed characterization we're used to [from Marilyn Horne], we get wonderful humor and the impression that...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser, etc / Sawallisch, Beirer, Jurinac, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-05-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Siegfried
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Braun, Victor; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Malone, Carole; Martin, Janis [50's]; Morris, Jeff; Muller, Willy; Piecka, Konrad; Schubert, Gotthard; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A superb supporting cast starring Sena Jurinac, Hans Beirer, Martti Talvela, Janis Martin, Victor Braun and Jeff Morris with the Ochestra e Coro del Teatro...continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Historical - Verdi: La traviata / Giulini, Callas, Raimondi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Maionica, Silvio; Mandelli, Luisa; Raimondi, Gianni; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Domingo, Nucci

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Nucci, Leo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This release features a very talented cast that includes Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi and Nicolai Ghiaurov, all captured in Claudio Abbado's exalted account....continue...

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Stignani

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cavallari, Rina; Filippeschi, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Domingo, Ghiaurov, Teatro alla Scala

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Spoken Word: Intervista a Placido Domingo (Interview); Intervista a Raina Kabaivanska (Interview); Intervista a Nicolai Ghiaurov (Interview)
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This performance was Placido Domingo's 'La Scala' debut, and the beginning of a spectacular career. Great sound....continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Ricciarelli, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Bramante, Aldo; Bullo, Libero; Cerri, Gaspare; Corbelli, Alessandro; Domingo, Placido; Fontaine, Serge; Gernone, Sebastiano; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grella, Bruno; Maz...
Conductors: Lizzio, Franco; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Opera Explained - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana", narration with musical examples
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bechi, Gino; Evstatieva, Stefka; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Mauro, Anna di; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Tumagian, Eduard
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro; Rahbari, Alexander
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

'Cavalleria Rusticana' is the short opera that has all the elements of a grand opera compressed into a single highly dramatic time span. The story...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Otello / Kleiber, Domingo, Freni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Jori, Jone; Mori, Orazio; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raffanti, Dano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Not even Toscanini managed to inspire and sustain music-making of such blistering intensity." - Andrew Farach-Colton...continue...

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Horne, Alva, Dara

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Guglielmi, Margherita; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Marilyn Horne and Claudio Abbado alone make this recording a no-brainer at budget price. Consider also the brilliant recorded sound, lively ensemble, and the sweet...continue...

The Compact Opera Collection - Mascagni, Leoncavallo

2 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Obraztsova, Yelena; Pons, Juan; Rinaldi, Alberto; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Legendary Performances - Andrea Chenier, etc /Franco Corelli

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-11-05

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: La battaglia de Legnano / Gavazzeni, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Stefanoni, Marco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Recordings of this neglected Verdi spectacular are rare at any price, but this great-sounding budget edition - starring Franco Corelli - is unique. It's the...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Karajan, Moffo, Cioni, Sereni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Loretti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Ricciardi, Franco; Righetti, Romana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nic...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Italian-American soprano Anna Moffo was a megastar in the 1960s and early 70s thanks to her beauty, thrilling voice, and acting ability. Her career...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Price, Bruson, et al

3 CD / Bella Voce / 2001-11-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Caldera, Francesca; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, Corelli, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Mercuriali, Angelo; Novelli, Ugo; Ricciardi, Franco; Signore, Gino del; Sordello, Enzo; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccari...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Antonino Votto leads the orchestra and chorus in a muscular reading of Puccini's dramatic score, which very clearly served as one of the inspirations for...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Sabajno, Rozsa, Ziliani, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Borgonovo, Luigi; Callegari, Giordano; Franco, Olga de; Gelli, Antonio; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Votto, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dondi, Dino; Gullino, Walter; Kabaivanska, Raina; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

From the world's most famous opera house comes this live 1961 performance of a Bellini rarity, the centerpiece of Joan Sutherland's role in the revival...continue...

Prima Voce - Great Singers in Donizetti

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-06-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Lucrezia Borgia; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Maria di Rudenz; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Albani, Carlo; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badini, Ernesto; Battistini, Mattia; Bori, Lucrezia; Boronat, Olimpia; Butt, Clara, Dame; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; ...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Ghione, Franco; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This two-CD set surveys one of the greatest periods of singing on record and includes many of the greatest exponents of their art: Marcel Journet,...continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Chailly, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bullo, Massimiliano; Corbelli, Alessandro; De Candia, Roberto; Pertusi, Michele; Piccoli, Francesco; Polverelli, Laura; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"...Chailly's tempos here are just enough faster than his earlier one to give most of the opera an effervescence that makes it sail by. Cecilia...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Gavazzeni, Nilsson, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera d'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ricciardi, Franco; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Santini, Cossotto, Alva

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bertinazzo, Giuseppe; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Verrett, Cappuccilli, Domingo et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-01-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Bortolotti, Massimo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Fontana, Sergio; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Malagú, Stefania; Malagu, Stefani...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Prima Voce - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Sings Verdi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Basiola, Marco; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Cattaneo-Minghini, Irene; de Luca, Giuseppe; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Manfrini, Luigi; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Arduini, Renato; Ghione, Franco; Sabajno, Carlo; Zweig, Fritz; Bourdon, Rosario; Marinuzzi, Gino
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alessandro Valente

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-06-18

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Sly; Umberto Giordano: La cena...
Performers: Lattuada, Emma; Valente, Alessandro [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Veroli, Manlio di; Sabajno, Carlo; Semperini, Alberto; Nastrucci, Gino
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Iva Pacetti

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-06-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Pietro...
Performers: Franci, Benvenuto; Gigli, Beniamino; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Montesanto, Luigi; Pacetti, Iva
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Marinuzzi, Gino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

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Verdi: Rigoletto - Highlights / Muti, Bruson, Rost, Alagna

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bruson, Renato; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Gobbi, Antonio de; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Laurenzia, Marilena; Pentcheva, Mariana; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Sammaritano, Silvestro; Trevisan, Anto...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Highlights / Chailly

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbacini, Paolo; Dara, Enzo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Nucci, Leo; Pierotti, Raquel; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sammaritano, Silvestro
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Bellini: La Sonnambula / Bernstein, Callas, Valletti

2 CD / Myto Records / 1994-04-18

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Modesti, Giuseppe; Ratti, Eugenia; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aureliano Pertile Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1993-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; ...
Performers: Fanelli, Luisa; Granforte, Apollo; Pertile, Aureliano; Sheridan, Margaret; Tellini, Ines Alfani
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Apollo Granforte Vol 1

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera
Performers: Girardi, Piero; Granforte, Apollo; Mannarini, Ida; Masini, Guglielmo; Menni, Giuseppe; Nastrucci, Gino; Palai, Nello; Rosza, Anna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Zaccarini, Franco
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra