Romantic Period > Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Great Love Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Recording information: RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (01/21/1972-01/22/1972); RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (02/03/1972)....continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

A Vocal Portrait: Operatic recital 1957; RAI broadcasts 1955/56, etc. / Anita Cerquetti, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble: ; RAI Concerto, Milan

Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Carlo Bergonzi: Early Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La Forza del Destino; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africana; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco ...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Pradella, Massimo

The original Decca recordings on this CD document Bergonzi's first operatic recital of 1957 in its entirety. We hear the tenor after his first season...continue...
Recording information: Torino (01/30/1960)....continue...

The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Don Carlo; Otello; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gioachino Rossini: Guilla...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Lombard, Alain; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi / Scotto, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2011-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: di Stasio, Anna; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernando; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rinaudo, Mario; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

This 1969 live performance from Rome has been issued before and greatly admired as one of the best-ever readings of the opera, but is now...continue...
Recording information: Rome (1969)....continue...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I masnadieri
Performers: Antoine, Bernadette; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bondino, Ruggero; Castle, Joyce; Devost, Janine; Farres, Pedro; Hamel, Michel; Ligabue, Ilva; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Salvetti, Amelia; Senechal,...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Afro Poli

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-10-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers: Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino

The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Virginia Zeani

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-05-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...continue...

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-05-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alfredo; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in 'The Guardian' (UK) called her "the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th...continue...

Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...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...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parodi, Corena, Lazzari, La Gatta, Poli, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James

This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Meyerbeer, Giordano, Cilea: Opera Arias / Carlo Bergonzi, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2009-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo M...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"This recital... shows him on peak form... all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, a voice still baritonal enough to...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Icon - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Bellini, Bizet, Mascagni, etc / Callas, Gobbi, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dawson, Herbert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gerbino, Giuse; Luise, Melchiorre...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Olivieri, Dino; Tonini, Antonio

The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on March 3, 2008, aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day, blessed...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Ernani / Gavazzeni, Prevedi, Caballé, Christoff

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-06-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Christoff, Boris; Fiorentini, Mirella; Glossop, Peter; Morresi, Giuseppe; Prevedi, Bruno; Ricciardi, Franco
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

"Bruno Prevedi... sings ardently, is stylistically right, has all the notes, and makes a good bandito. Peter Glossop [is]... a superb Carlo, dignified and noble......continue...

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Gavazzeni, Callas, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

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...

Bel Canto - Beautiful Voices of Opera

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Cappucc...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gagnon, Roland

Rossini is said to have defined 'bel canto' as denoting a voice of natural beauty that is even throughout its range, effortless delivery of florid...continue...

The World's Most Romantic Operas / Gavazzeni, Ozawa, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohè...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Crass, Franz; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mari...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Böhm, Karl; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Verchi, Nino; Maag, Peter; Schippers, Thomas; Matacic, Lovro von

Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest...continue...

Bellini, Verdi, Donizetti, etci: Operas / Pavarotti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La boh&e...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Baglioni, Bruna; Bosco, Carlo del; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballé, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corradi, ...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maag, Peter; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Seven complete operas starring the great Luciano Pavarotti at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...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...

Donizetti, Verdi, Bellini: Complete Operas / Carreras

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Jérusalem; Luisa Miller; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Bertocci, Aldo; Bezinian, Ruth; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casarini, Gianfranco; Cassis, Alessandro; Cocchieri, Vinicio; Cor...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Verchi, Nino; Mannino, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Previtali, Fernando

This fourteen disc set consists of seven complete operas starring the great Jose Carreras in exciting live recordings from 1972-1976. These imperishable performances are among...continue...

Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Bellini, Verdi: Operas / Scotto

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La Stran...
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Aragall, Giacomo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [B...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Basile, Arturo; Abbado, Claudio; Gracis, Ettore; Verchi, Nino

Renata Scotto is an artist unique for the intensity of her acting combined with a concentrated technique, great intelligence and authentic Italian style. These seven...continue...

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-10-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Jotti, Renza; Scotto, Renata; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

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...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Nabucco / Gavazzeni, Guelfi, Suliotis, Ghiaurov

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-03-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lane, Gloria; Raimondi, Gianni; Suliotis, Elena
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Produced in March 1842, Nabucco was Verdi's first triumph with the public and (most) critics, establishing him as a great composer. The audience at the...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-02-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Raimondi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Rumbo, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Live recording: Milan, 1957. One of Callas' greatest roles - now, at last, available again in improved sound. (2 CDs)...continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Grand Tier - Catalani: Loreley / Gavazzeni, Cappuccilli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Alfredo Catalani: Loreley
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Ferrin, Agostino; Suliotis, Elena; Talarico, Rita
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This performance, recorded live at the La Scala opera house in Milan on February 13, 1968, is the only recording of this opera ever issued...continue...

Various / La Scala Box Set / Various [12 DVD]

12 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-07-25

Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; La donna del lago; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June; Araiza, Francisco; Berti, Marco; Bertocchi, Sergio; Blake, Rockwell; Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Capuano, Enzo; Cassis, Alessandro; Cazzaniga, Renato...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin; Ranzani, Stefano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Corale Polifonica di Sommariva Bosco; La Scala Philharmonic; La Scala Philharmonic Chorus

With 11 operas and over 30 hours of performances, Opus Arte presents outstanding RAI television recordings of performances from the Teatro alla Scala, beautifully packaged...continue...
Run Time: 1832 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Historical - Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Gavazzeni, Stella

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-07-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Benatti, Erminio; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Maionica, Silvio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Ratti, Eugenia; Stella, Antonietta; Stignani, Ebe; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lyric & Coloratura Arias / Callas, Serafin, Simonetto, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Itali...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra San Remo; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gemini - Rossini: Overtures / Beecham, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-05-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; L'italiana in Algeri; L' inganno felice, opera; L'assedio di Corinto; Guglielmo Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Over...
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Schippers, Thomas; Gardelli, Lamberto; Gui, Vittorio; Serafin, Tullio; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: ; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Polish Chamber Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Sympho...

Verdi: Falstaff / Rossi, Gobbi, Ligabue, Alberti, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; La forza del destino
Performers: Alberti, Walter; Andreolli, Florindo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Canali, Anna Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carlin, Mario; Fioroni, Giovanni Andrea; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzari, Agostino; Ligabue, Ilva;...
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Here is the great Tito Gobbi in a recording never before released, along with a very interesting supporting cast. This is a live recording made...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...

Ponchielli: I Lituani / Gavazzeni, Garaventa, Hayashi

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2006-01-05

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: I lituani
Performers: Cassis, Alessandro; Garaventa, Ottavio; Hayashi, Yasuko
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

In years dominated by a mature Verdi whose undisputable mastership had reached European dimensions, Ponchielli was possibly the most promising composer of his generation. His...continue...

Boito: Nerone / Gavazzeni, Prevedi, Ferrin, Ligabue, Baldani

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2006-01-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Nerone
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Brighi, Walter; Cassis, Alessandro; Cocchieri, Vinicio; Corradi, Giampaolo; di Stasio, Anna; Ferrin, Agostino; Gonzales, Renzo; Ligabue, Ilva; Prevedi, Bruno; Vozza, Corinna; Zerbini, ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Gounod: Faust / Gavazzeni, Gedda, Ghiaurov, Harper, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-12-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Bartoletti, Luisa; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Massard, Robert; Retes, Africa De
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

'Faust' made its composer, Gounod, and his publisher, Choudens, rich men. For decades it was the most popular opera in the world, although in recent...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alda Noni

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Ama...
Performers: Monteanu, Petre
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Quadri, Argeo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milano Symphonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: I Due Foscari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Cazzaniga, Renato; Cupido, Alberto; Roark-Strummer, Linda; Roni, Luigi; Tagliasacchi, Monica
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Renato Bruson takes the role of the Venetian Doge - Francesco Foscari - in Verdi's dark, three-act tragedy based on a drama by Lord Byron...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
Country of Origi...continue...

Donizetti: Maria di Rohan / Gavazzeni, Scotto, Bruson, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-06-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Cassis, Alessandro; Cesari, Paolo; Grilli, Umberto; Padoan, Carlo; Pedroni, Augusto; Scotto, Renata; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

There are surprisingly few recordings of 'Maria di Rohan' (and fewer of this calibre), despite the fact that most critics consider it one of Donizetti's...continue...