Romantic Period > Del Monaco, Mario

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...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / A Film Sung by Tito Gobbi, Mario Del Manaco [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hal Leonard Corp / 2010-09-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Gobbi, Tito

Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
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Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Aida: Live Recording - Tokyo, 1961

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Pagliuca, Silviano; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriella; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

Bellini: Norma

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Verdi: Macbeth

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello
Performers: Berry, Noreen; Boniface, Edgard; Brian Wrigt; Celia Penny; Davies, Rhoderick; Del Monaco, Mario; Dobson, John; Gobbi, Tito; Jean Holmes; Robinson, Forbes; Shuard, Amy; Thomas, Glynne; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Sanzogno, Nino

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...

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...

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, Zaccaria, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Rodriguez, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Mario Del Monaco at the Bolshoi / Scenes from Carmen and Pagliacci (B&W) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2008-03-11

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Ivanov, Alex; Maslennikova, Leocadia; Vespov, Evgenyi
Conductors: Tieskovini, Basiliev; Melik-Pashayev, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Chorus; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

When Del Monaco appeared with the Bolshoi in 1959, he became the first Italian opera singer to perform in Soviet Russia. Included are Carmen scenes...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: Russia
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Verdi: Aida / de Fabritiis, Callas, Monaco, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Cesarini, Athos; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Krause, Tom; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Romanato, Nello; Satre, Ana Raquel; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Del Monaco, Callas, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-02-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

Reviewers find this performance the finest of Callas – here for the first time in splendid sound, at correct pitch and without overdubs from other...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...

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...

Catalani: La Wally / Cleva, Tebaldi, del Monaco, Diaz, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Marimpietri, Lidia; Tebaldi, Renata; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Catalani's opera was a success at La Scala when first given there in 1892 but it remains something of a rarity in the theatre today...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Tebaldi, Siepi, Corena, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carturan, Gabriella; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giordano, Ezio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebal...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

A star-studded recording of Verdi's dramatic masterpiece with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco and Ettore Bastianini in the main roles....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...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Verdi: Aida / Tucci, Del Monaco, Simionato, Protti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Kawauchi, Sumie; Pagliuca, Silvano; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriela; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus

"This September 1967 performance from Tokyo is a remarkable treasure. Call the production "traditional" or "old-fashioned", but it does nothing to distract from the singers....continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino

3 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-09-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bernard, Donald; Del Monaco, Mario; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Neumann, Lydia; Pechner, Gerhard; Rotolo, Rosemary; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]; Wildermann...
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus

Here is the 1953 New Orleans Opera production starring Zinka Milanov in excellent sound quality, mastered from previously unissued sound sources. Included is a bonus...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aldo Protti

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rossi, Lina; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Many opera lovers will still have vivid memories of this spirited singer, born in Cremona in 1920. His stocky, agile, muscular figure, his striking "diavolo"...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera - Acts 2 & 3 / Sanzogno, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Beloni, Gino; Biasini, Piero; Castellani, Carla; Del Monaco, Mario; Giunta, Arsenio; Morel, Marisa; Nardi, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Mario del Monaco at the Bolshoi - Bizet, Leoncavallo, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina; Bolshakov, Alexei; Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Fokin, Philip; Ionov, Ivan; Ivanov, Alexei; Lisitsian, Pavel; Lositzina, Nadezhda; Maslennicova, Leocadia; Masliennikova, I...
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Tieskovini, Basiliev
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

Carmen in Russian? No - in Russian, Italian and occasionally French - a linguistic mish-mash but it was a fabulously exciting evening nonetheless. Del Monaco's...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Simionato, del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-05-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This double CD set features the newly re-mastered recording of one of the most famous Italian operatic performances of the 1950s: the opening night at...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Rescigno, Del Monaco, Ligabue, Vinay

2 CD / Living Stage / 2005-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Banuelas, Roberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Gaetani, Lorenzo; Grillo, Joann; Ligabue, Ilva; Pirino, Antonio; Trimble, Michael; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Dallas Civic Opera Chorus; Dallas Civic Opera Orchestra

Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La forza del destino / Mitropoulos, Tebaldi, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2004-01-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; de Palma, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio; Protti, Aldo; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Grand Tier - Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, et al

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cavallari, Rina; Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Modesti, Giuseppe; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"This is an epic performance." - Robert Levine...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Erede, Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Corena, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great Voices of the Past - The 30 Tenors

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Eduardo...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Jadlowker, Hermann; Kozlovsky, Ivan; ...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Rother, Artur; Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo; Elmendorff, Karl; Orlov, Alexander; Gurlitt, Manfred; Rapée, Erno; Erede, Alberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Quadri, Argeo; Barbiro...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchester der Staatsoper Dresden; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano; Radio City Music Hall Orchestra

Opera d'Oro has gathered together 30 of the greatest male voices of the last century to each belt out an aria on "The 30 Tenors"....continue...

Verdi: Otello / Serafin, del Monaco, Carteri, Capecchi

2 CD / Gala / 2002-04-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; Catalani, Nestore; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Bruno; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; La forza del destino; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Ch...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Basile, Arturo; Paoletti, Alberto; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

A decade (1951-61) of great early recordings by Renata Tebaldi. Tebaldi enchanted audiences with her vocal beauty and personal charm. She is joined here in...continue...

Verdi: Aida /De Fabritiis, Callas, Del Monaco, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Fono / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Rodriguez, Rosita; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Subtitled "Callas - Her First 'Aida' with Del Monaco" this historic recording from July 3, 1951 in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, features...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Previtali, Gencer, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio; Del Monaco, Mario; Gencer, Leyla
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando

The #1 Tenor Album / Alagna, Bergonzi, Björling, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bi...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Böhm, Karl; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Patan...

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-06-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cavallari, Rina; Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Modesti, Giuseppe; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

Maria Callas is a true legend, and her name has sold millions of CDs. Sometimes she is the only great singer in a cast -...continue...

Italian Singers of Wagner Vol 2 / Del Monaco, Pertile, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2001-06-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Parsifal
Performers: Baldelli, Africo; Callas, Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Modesti, Giuseppe; Molinari, Enrico; Pampanini, Rosetta; Parmeggiani, Ettore; Pertile, Aureliano; Stracciari, Riccardo; Tagliabue,...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Quadri, Argeo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Capuana, Tucci, Del Monaco, Simionato

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Pagliuca, Silvano; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriela; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group; NHK Italian Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Bellini: Norma / Antonio Votto, Maria Callas

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Christoff, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

One of the most thrilling of Verdi's early operas is incomparably sung and conducted on this magnificent Italian performance, starring some of the greatest singers...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Callas, Del Monaco, Tadei, Dominguez, et al

2 CD / Archipel / 2001-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Taddei, Giuseppe

Il Mito dell'Opera - Mario Del Monaco

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2001-03-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Elmo, Cloe; Mascherini, Enzo; Petrella, Clara; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Tieri, Emidio

"...[Mario Del Monaco] had a voice of immense power. The two biggest tenor voices that I have ever heard in the theater were those of...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Cerquetti, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-08-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

This is a classic live from 1967 Ernani recording, the singers all in their prime. The set has been transferred from analog tape using a...continue...