Post Romantic Period > Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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

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...

Two Divas: Callas & Tebaldi - The Greatest Sopranos of All Time

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; La traviata; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Um...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
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Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Orchestra Di Milano Della Rai; Orchestra Sinfonica...

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...

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...

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / Gavazzeni, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Bastianini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bastianini, Ettore; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

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...

Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied; Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Lieder (6) für eine Frauenstimme; Alte Weisen (6); Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst, song...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; De Sabata, Victor; Ackermann, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Krips, Josef; Dart, Thurston; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as...continue...

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

2 CD / Gala / 2006-09-02

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lesca...
Performers: Dall'Argine, Eugenio; Dominici, Ernesto; Galeffi, Carlo; Ghirardini, Emilio; Girardi, Piero; Giusti, Blando; Marini, Luigi; Melandri, Antonio; Mirella, Luba; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Rizza, Gilda dalla; Tic...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohéme / Freni, Raimondi, Karajan/Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Maffeo, Gianni; Martino, Adriane; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

In the early 1960s, Herbert von Karajan joined forces with the world-famous stage director Franco Zeffirelli for a milestone production of 'La Boheme'. Filmed at...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: Italian, German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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A Tenor Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauber...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schreier, Peter; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Bartoletti, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vie...

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

Maria Callas sings Puccini / Karajan, Serafin, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Gedda, Nicolai
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Gavazzeni, Simionato

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Carturan, Gabriella; Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"This live [1963] recording of 'Cavalleria Rusticana'...features a group of singers 'to the manner born,' all in their prime, and a conductor who was a...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 - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sanzogno, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Petrella, Clara; Protti, Aldo; Sordello, Enzo
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The famous La Scala premiere. Di Stefano is in incandescent form and fabulously supported by the Scala elite of the time....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Eva Turner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Landon Ronald: O Lov...
Performers: Turner, Eva [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Robinson, Stanford; Molajoli, Lorenzo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Opera) / Riccardo Muti, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-09-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Cura, José; Gallo, Lucio; Guleghina, Maria
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording features Puccini's heart-breaking opera from one of the best opera houses of the world, featuring tenor Jose Cura and soprano Maria Guleghina as...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Domingo, Pretre/La Scala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

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

"In many respects, this is an excellent production. The work is transferred to the turn-of-the-20th century... Nicky Gillibrand's costuming is excellent, and the ensemble acting...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Votto, Di Stefano, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Beggiato, Hortensia; Carturan, Gabriella; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: La Boheme [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2005-02-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Peirone, Matteo; Servile, Roberto
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

TDK presents a recording of a marvelous new opera production from Milan on DVD. Franco Zeffirelli stage Puccini's masterpiece 'La Boheme' with international opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: E...continue...

The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Mig...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Karajan, Bergonzi, Carlyle, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carlyle, Joan; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Conviction and insight instil this Pagliacci with excitement and real drama. A troupe of actors arrives to give a performance of a...continue...

Puccini: Fanciulla Del West [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-07-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bertocchi, Sergio; Domingo, Placido; Pons, Juan; Roni, Luigi; Salvadori, Antonio; Zampieri, Mara
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini himself considered this unique melodrama his best work, saying "'Fanciulla' promises to become a second 'Boheme', but more powerful, bolder and broader." Mara Zempieri...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Italy...continue...

SACD - The Ultimate Audio Experience - The Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Universal Classics Import / 2004-06-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1); Rusalka; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Gheorghiu, Angela; Harada, Takashi; Keenlyside, Simon; Menafra, Andrea; Michael, Nadja; Moore, Latonia; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Fischer, Iván; Noseda, Gianandrea; Masur, Kurt; Dantone, Ottavio; Chailly, Riccardo; Summers, Patrick; Goebel, Reinhard; McCreesh, Paul; Gergiev, Valery; Kaplan, Gilbert; Frizza,...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Musica Antiqua Köln ; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Verdi ...

Opera Arias / Evelyn Lear, et al

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Richard Strauss: Der Rosen...
Performers: Lear, Evelyn
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Maazel, Lorin; Kunsche, Mathias; Kleiber, Carlos; Szimandi, Istvan; Patanè, Giuseppe; Leinsdorf, Erich; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Budapest Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Salzburg F...

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

Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Overture, etc / Matacic, Philharmonia

1 CD / Testament / 2004-02-01

Works: Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Overture on the Themes of 3 Russian Songs, for orchestra; Overture on Russian Themes no 2 "Russia"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Hamlet Ove...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia 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

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

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-10-09

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Coda, Eraldo; Danieli, Lucia; Del Monaco, Mario; Morresi, Giuseppe; Protti, Aldo; Sordello, Enzo; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Massenet: Werther / Capuana, Tagliavini, Simionato, Gatta

2 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Gatta, Dora; Ligabue, Ilva; Orlandini, Gino; Simionato, Giulietta; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

Début Series - Simionato - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-07-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act;...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Bossi, Renzo; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Huder, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Mascagni, Pietro; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Capuana, Franco; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Debut Series - Toscanini - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-01-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Suite for Orchestra no 4 "Scènes pittoresques"; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony ...
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Nelli, Herva; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
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...

Great Opera Recordings - Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-08-21

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; I Rantzau, opera in 4 acts; Guglielmo Ratcliff, opera (tragedia) in 4 acts; Iris; Le maschere, opera (commedia liric...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Mascagni, Pietro
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Cavalleria Rusticana" tells a lurid and passionate story in a vivid musical style that brilliantly intensifies each dramatic situation and at the same time evokes...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

Eloquence - Movie Classics - Music From Famous Films

1 CD / Philips / 2001-03-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Requiem in D minor, K 6...
Performers: Brymer, Jack; Civil, Alan; Domingo, Placido; Grumiaux, Arthur; Hajdu, István; Magaloff, Nikita; Marshall, Margaret; McNair, Sylvia; Shicoff, Neil
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Haitink, Bernard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Davis, Colin, Sir; Mauceri, John; Monteux, Pierre; Prêtre, Georges; Gergiev, Valery; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Negri, Vittorio
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchest...

Puccini: La Bohème / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Chailly, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Scano, Elisabetta
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This dazzlingly fresh interpretation from Chailly, Alagna and Gheorghiu with Milan's famous La Scala opera orchestra promises to be the finest recording available since the...continue...

A Tenors Valentine / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-01-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata; Three Tenors, The
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Domingo, Placido; Cobos, Luis
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera...

There is no better way to celebrate romance then with the passion of great arias from grand operas. Of course there are no better practitioners of the lyric drama then the Three Tenors: José Car...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alessandro Ziliani

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-12-01

Works: François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turand...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Oltrabella, Augusta; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano; Vocals], Mafalda Favero [Soprano; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Olivieri, Dino
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Heroes - Giuseppe di Stefano - Donizetti, Leoncavallo, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1998-09-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Ruggero ...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Panerai, Rolando; Ticozzi, Ebe; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mercedes Capsir

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts; L&...
Performers: Capsir, Mercedes; Cecil, Lionello; Galeffi, Carlo
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Montorio, Daniel
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

Callas Edition - Puccini: La Bohème - Highlights / Votto

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1998-06-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Spatafora, Manuel; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra