Post Romantic Period > Gobbi, Tito

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Dream Ticket to Andrea Chenier: The most famous arias and celebrated singers, 1908 - 1960

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chènier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bjorling, Jussi; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Masini, Galliano; Milanov, Zinka [Sopran...

This is a compilation of the most famous arias and scenes from Andrea Chénier performed by different singers with varying interpretations. The recordings range from...continue...

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Maria Callas in Paris

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Hurteau, Jean-Pierre; Lance, Albert; Mars, Jacques; Rialland, Louis
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

Recording information: Palais Garnier, Paris, France (12/19/1958)....continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

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...there are few [conductors] that have the unerring sense of pace and unostentatious musicianship that Serafin brings to these recordings...Callas is mighty impr...continue...

16 Prologo da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bechi, Gino; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Ruffo...

Tosca (E) - Callas, Bergonzi, Pretre

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Recording information: Paris, Salle Wagram (12/1964-01/1965)....continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gobbi, Tito; Marimpietri, Lidia; Mariotti, Alfredo; Meletti, Saturno; Montarsolo, Paolo; Monte, Carlo del; Raymondi, Gi...
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele

Recording information: Opera House, Rome (07/1958)....continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

1 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Fineschi, Onelia; Gobbi, Tito; Masini, Galliano; Sinimberghi, Gino
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Purit...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Fernandi, Eugenio; Forti, Carlo; Ged...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo

In these 2 CDs, the iconic Greek-American soprano Maria Callas is heard in duets with a number of the greatest opera stars of her day....continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...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...

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...

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...

Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Forti, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

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

Baritone Masterclass - Cilea, Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, etc / Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-05-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; La traviata; Un ballo in ma...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito

Prima Voce - Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Ve...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has chosen early 78 rpm recordings that capture Tito Gobbi’s voice at its most lyrical, persuasive, and attractive. Very few...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Maria Callas! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with...continue...

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....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...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-04-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, ...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Franco Corelli gives us the most vocally thrilling Dick Johnson of all his burnished, brawny tone makes him both lovable and heroic. Tito Gobbi's Jack...continue...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Serafin, di Stefano, Callas

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Gavazzeni, De los Angeles

2 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Huder, Maria; La Porta, Arturo; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Sbalchiero, Bruno
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

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...

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...

Weekend Classics - A Puccini Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Bruno, Emma; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Gobbi, Tito; Konya, Sandor; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Poggi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata; S...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

From DG's Weekend Classics Series comes "A Puccini Weekend"....continue...

The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Historical - Leoncavallo, Mascagni / Serafin, Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola; Panerai, Rolando; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Classic recording, above all for Callas's contribution to two operas she never sang on stage after her student days. Serafin is the ideal conductor, and...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème, etc / Santini, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-10-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Avolanti, Gianni; Badioli, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Meletti, Saturno; Neri, Giulio; Ribetti, Elda; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Del Signore, Gino; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Callas - My First Tosca - Puccini: Tosca / De Sabata. et al

1 CD / Fono / 2004-01-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Stefano; Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor
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

Puccini: Tosca /De Sabata, Callas, Di Steffano, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-04-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Morelli, Gobbi, Sinimberghi, etc

1 CD / Gala / 2002-02-26

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Fineschi, Onelia; Gobbi, Tito; Masini, Galliano; Sinimberghi, Gino
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House 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...