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Verdi: Aida / Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Ebe Stignani, Lia Serafini, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-11-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"My first reaction on hearing this recording again was that to sing RadamEs, Gigli denies the sweetness of his voice and belts, making him sound...continue...

Puccini: Il Trittico / Bellezza, Serafin, Santini, Gobbi, Los Angeles, Rome Opera House Orchestra, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Canali, Anna Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

These three recordings of Puccini's operatic trio are tied together by the casting of Tito Gobbi in the baritone roles in the first and third...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...

A Portrait of Manon - Great Love Duets / Anna Moffo, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; di Stasio, Anna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mari...
Conductors: Leibowitz, René; Previtali, Fernando; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Puccini: La Boheme, etc / Paoletti, Lauri-Volpi, Schimenti, Ciavola, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-07-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ciavola, Giovanni; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Micheluzzi, Mafalda; Passerotti, Piero; Schimenti, Frances; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Titta, Enzo
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto;
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...continue...

Verdi: La traviata / Serafin, de los Angeles, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Chissari, Santa; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ercolani, Renato; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Monte, Carlo del; Polotto, Vico; Sereni, Mario [Barito...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Santini, Carosio, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Lelio, Loretta Di; Luise, Melchiorre; Monti, Nicola; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Bjoerling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"This 'classic' 1954 recording is indeed that: I'd be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs....continue...

Bellini: Norma / Santini, Cerquetti, Corelli, et al

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Borelli, Giannella; Cerquetti, Anita; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Nero, Giulio; Pirazzini, Miriam
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"...One of the best live recordings available. Cerquetti made few recordings; this performance makes you wonder why... Corelli sings magnificently throughout, with an exhuberance that...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata Highlights / De Los Angeles, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Chissari, Santa; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ercolani, Renato; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Monte, Carlo del; Polotto, Vico; Sereni, Mario [Barito...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Otello / Paoletti, Sarri, La Pollo, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Landi, Ada; Platania, Carlo; Pollo, Anna La; Russo, Mino; Sarri, Gino; Serra, Antonio Manca; Stoco, Virgilio
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Luigi Ricci, Stella Roman, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Marcangeli, Anna; Mazziotti, Nino; Roman, Stella; Sarri, Gino; Sawyer, Sylvia; Serra, Antonio Manca; Tatozzi, Vittorio
Conductors: Ricci, Luigi
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Alzira; Bellini / Capuana, Cava, McNeil, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bortoluzzi, Bianca; Cava, Carlo; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Filippeschi, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Mongelli, Andrea; Monti, Nicola; Porzano, Saverio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rinaudo, Mario; Rossi-L...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen / Bellezza, Stignani, Gigli, Rome Opera, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-02-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Cadoni, Fernanda; Gigli, Beniamino; Gigli, Rina; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Marcangeli, Anna; Mazzini, Guido; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tomei, Giulio
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Monteux, Stevens, Della Casa, etc

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Pierre Monteux conducts Rise Stevens as Orfeo and Lisa Della Casa as Euridice in the first CD release of this complete 1957 stereo recording of...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights / Previtali, Moffo, Tucker

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Liliana; Reynolds, Anna; Susca, Vito; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Guerrini, Infantino, Silveri, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Conti, Gino; Giusti, Blando; Guerrini, Adriana; Huder, Maria; Infantino, Luigi; Platania, Carlo; Rakowsky, Paolo; Silveri, Paolo; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

The Best of Italian Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Adrian Denss: Gagliarde; Wol...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cavalli, Floriana; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gedda, Nicolai; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Monte, Carlo del; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Davis, Colin; Santini, Gabriele; Grist, Reri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Schippers, Thomas; Fistoulari, Anatole; Galliera, Alceo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ferrari...
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Most Famous Opera Duets

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-04-16

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Z...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Bonisolli, Franco; Brendel, Wolfgang; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Barbirolli, John; Barenboim, Daniel; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Giulini, Carlo Maria; S...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra