Romantic Period > Di Stefano, Giuseppe

Neapolitan Songs / Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor [Limited Ed.]

2 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Canzoni-stornelli (3); Romanze (3); La serenata; Non t'amo più; Addio; 'A vucchella; A Ma...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Guarino, Gian Maria; Oliveri, Dino

Gramophone Magazine
Di Stefano is here in very good form indeed ... He can still thrill with his power and can also be irresistibly tender in...continue...
Recording information: Milan (1953-04-??&1953-06-??&1961-)....continue...

Dreamticket to La Traviata / Operatic legends sing the most famous arias & scenes

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, ...

This is a compilation of recordings made between 1914-1961 of the most famous arias and scenes from La Traviata allowing the listener to arrange several...continue...
Recording information: 1914-1961....continue...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...continue...

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Giuseppe di Stefano

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Paolo Tosti: Non t'amo più; Ideale, ...
Performers: Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moser, Edoardo
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.

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

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Serafin, Di Stefano [Includes CD-ROM]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Rigoletto] Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan (09/03/1955-09/16/1955)....continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

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

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

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

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

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

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

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

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

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

Heritage Masters - Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore, / Güden, di Stefano, Corena

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Corena, Fernando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

BBC Music Magazine
Hilde Gueden's Adina is properly coy and sweetly sung, Giuseppe di Stefano an affecting Nemorino, but Fernando Corena's Dulcamara steals the show.
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Love Duets / Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-06-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Basile, Arturo; Santini, Gabriele

These two famous singers were frequent stage partners. In Italy during the 1950s the two were often hired to sing together at La Scala in...continue...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

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

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

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...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

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

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

Verdi: Requiem / Toscanini, Nelli, Barbieri, di Stefano, Siepi, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-09-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Nelli, Herva; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: ; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Seven hundred hours of editing went into the original lp release of this recording, caused by the fact that only NBC's radio recording was left...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...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Complete Italian Radio Recordings 1952-1956

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Friedrich v...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great sound including unpublished recordings - a unique Document remembering one of the greatest voices of the last century....continue...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953 - Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Great Masters of the Opera

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Aroldo; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gi...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gigli, Beniamino; Jasper, Bella; Knoll, Rudolf; Kraus, Alfredo...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...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...

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

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

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

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

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

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

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

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

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: La Traviata / Serafin, Stella, Gobbi, La Scala, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Forti, Carlo; Galassi, Elvira; Gobbi, Tito; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal];...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Testament's La Traviata presents the first CD release of EMI's original 1956 recording. Walter Legge would have preferred Maria Callas for Violetta, but she was...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...

The Essential Collection: Maria Callas

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon ...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; ...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Karajan

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance, Berlin, September 29, 1955. One of the greatest live complete opera recordings starring Maria Callas, and the best of her recordings of Lucia...continue...

Historical - Verdi: Il trovatore / Karajan, Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Callas and Karajan took the world by the ears in the 1950s with this Il trovatore. Leonora was one of Callas's finest...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...

Verdi: La forza del destino

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-09-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bierbach, Franz; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Donch, Karl; Kreppel, Walter; Ludwig, Anne-Marie; Proglhoff, Harald; Simionato, Giulietta; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Welfing, Hug...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri

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

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...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Karajan, Callas

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Callas brings a passion and intimacy to the role that no other soprano [in the last] century has equaled...Karajan creates ideal support for Callas' blinding...continue...

Historical - Verdi: La forza del destino / Santini, Tebaldi

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Luise, Melchiorre; Neri, Giulio; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

"Pippo" offers a performance which alone would justify the purchase of this CD....continue...

Maria Callas - Gli anni d'oro Vol 1 1951-1953

10 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Filippeschi, Ma...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples ...

Istituto Discografico Italiano is proud to present this 10-CD box-set featuring five memorable performances by Maria Callas, recorded when she was at the peak of...continue...

Historical - Bizet: Carmen / Karajan, Simionato, di Stefano

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-05-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Roux, Michel; Sciutti, Graziella; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Serafin, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Natali, Valiano; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

This recording, described by John Ardoin in this 'Callas Legacy' as 'a glory of the LP era', was made in 1953 in Florence, where Callas...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Callas, Panerai, Barbieri

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-09-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Sanzogno, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Corena, Fernando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fioravanti, Giulio; Prandelli, Giacinto; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Bellini: I Puritani / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-05-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Karajan, Callas, di Stefano

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-03-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Modesti, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

In 1954, Maria Callas appeared once again in one of her most sucessful roles at Milan's La Scala. But on the podium that evening, there...continue...

Famous Voices of the Past - Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Sicilian Traditional: A la Barcillunisia; Can...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Cehanovsky, George; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moscona, Nicola; Munsel, Patrice; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Consiglio, Mario
Ensemble: Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Great Voices of the Past - Favorite French Excerpts

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules Massenet: Il re di...
Performers: Aumonier, Paul; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Civil, Pablo; Clement, Edmond; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Journet,...
Conductors: Rapée, Erno; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Erede, Alberto; Molajoli, Lorenzo

The first-ever budget priced album of great singers in French opera features selections from all the most famous titles, as well as a few rarities...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Archipel / 2003-01-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Rimoch, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra