Cilèa, Francesco

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagú, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballé, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, ...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz;...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Opera

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohè...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea

La Stupenda: The Glory of Joan Sutherland. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Regiment; Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur; Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; plus a gala concert with Lucian Pavarotti. Australian Opera, Richard Bonynge [6 DVDs]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La fille du régiment, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Allman, Robert; Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Elkins, Margreta; Grant, Clifford; Johnston, Suzanne; Pringle, John; Shaw, John; Stevens, Ronald; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thane, Amanda; Wegner, John; Yu...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethen Sydney Orchestra

This unique 5 DVD collection brings together, for the first time, the legendary Australian soprano Joan Sutherland in four key dramatic coloratura roles that were...continue...
Run Time: 725 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTXC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English
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L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra - songs by Hahn, Tosti, Cilea, Cesti, Respighi, et al. / Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano; Donald Sulzen, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-09-25

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano; Paolo Tosti: Quatro canzoni d'Amaranta, song cycle for voice & piano; A Marechiare; Francesco Cilèa: Serenata ("Mormorante di tenero desio")...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Sulzen, Donald

Anna Caterina Antonacci's enchanting recital entitled L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra (Dawn divides the light from the shadows) delves into a colourful landscape of French...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (12/05/2011)....continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renée; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmi...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

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Lyric and Coloratura Arias - by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea, Spontini, Giordan, Meyerbeer at al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

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; Björling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Lu...
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...

Placido Domingo Sings Caruso

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; La bohème, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L' arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giaco...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: London, England (07/26/1971-07/30/1971); London, England (08/05/1971); London, England (08/09/1971)....continue...

The Opera Singer / René Kollo, tenor (rec. 1981 - 1986) [2 CDs]

2 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; ...
Performers: Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Marton, Eva; Orth, Norbert; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Wallat, Hans; Ebert, Wolfgang; Janowski, Marek; Geese, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Collado, Jose

Opera singer René Kollo does not restrict himself to only tenor roles in Richard Wagner's opera repertoire. An extensive catalogue of LPs and CDs, including...continue...
Recording information: 1981-1986....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 Import / 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

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, AV 132; Johanne...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2012-05-01

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Andriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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The Tokyo Concerts: Alfredo Kraus (1996) & Franco Corelli (1971) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Paride ed Elena; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voi...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Corelli, Franco; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection box consists of the Franco Corelli 1971 Tokyo Concert and the Alfredo Kraus 1996 Tokyo Recital. Two wonderfully historic performances for the price...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German
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Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-04-17

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Le Voci Di Lecce / Camassa, Emitry, Elmo, Gallo, Perulli, Rizzo, Tafuro

1 CD / Nireo / 2012-04-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La Traviata; Rigoletto; I Lombardi alla prima criciata; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Strauss: Serenata; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Lucia di Lamm...
Performers: Camassa, Vanna; Demitry, Luigi; Elmo, Cloe; Gallo, Gustavo; Gigli, Beniamino; Pagliughi, Lina; Perulli, Franco; Rizzo, Niceta; Salerno, Mario; Tafuro, Franco; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Berretoni, U.; Morel, Jean Paul; Capuana, Franco; Mignone, E.; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera: Nicola Martinucci, Vol 2

1 CD / Bongiovanni Import / 2012-03-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leon...
Performers: Martinucci, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano

Recording information: 1976-2003....continue...

Airs D'Opera / Huberte Vecray, Soprano

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Guillaume Tell; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adrienne Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot;...
Performers: Dubuc, Gilbert; Garen, David; Hector, Claude; Laffant, Jean; Vecray, Huberte; Verbeeck, Jan
Conductors: Doneux, Edgard; Martelli, Luigi; Bastin, Maurice

Although Huberte Vecray (1923 - 2009) devoted the essential part of her career to opera, mention should also be made of a series of radio...continue...
Recording information: INR Bruxelles....continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labeque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nathan; Woo...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Bellissimo Italian Opera

1 CD / Dynamic / 2011-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Demetrio e Polibio; Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Ernani
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Berti, Marco; Carosi, Micaela [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Guelfi, Carlo; Neves, Susan; Polverelli, Laura; Prestia, Giacomo; Simoncin...
Conductors: Carraro, Massimiliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Palumbo, Renato; Renzetti, Donato; Allemandi, Antonello

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Arrivederci [17 Track Version] / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-11

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Ti voglio tanto bene; Non ti scordar di me; Renato Rascel: Arrivederci Roma; Eldo di Lazzaro: Chitarra romana, song for voice & orchestra; U...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, St. Paul's School, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Homage to Maria Callas [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valentini, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Italian Operas / Rossini, Verid, Puccini, Cilea [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-10-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Marzendorfer, Ernst; Muti, Riccardo; Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

A Fool for Love: Popular arias from Mozart to Stravinsky / Michael Spyres, tenor

1 CD / Delos / 2011-09-27

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:...
Performers: Spyres, Michael
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: ; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Emerging American tenor and Missouri native Michael Spyres, completed his studies at the Vienna Conservatory, and is already known to European audiences having appeared in...continue...
Recording information: Pavel Slobodkin Center for the Arts, Moscow (11/2010)....continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-09-20

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

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...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Palumbo, Carosi, Alvarez, Cornetti, Antoniozzi

2 CD / Dynamic / 2011-07-13

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Bosi, Carlo; Carosi, Micaela [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Casalin, Luca; Cornetti, Marianne; De Chiara, Antonella [Soprano]; Iannuzzi, Carola [Vocals]; ...
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato
Ensemble: Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra

Recording information: Teatro Regia, Turin, Italy (2009-07-01&2009-07-05&2009-)....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.

Great Singers Live: Margaret Price

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; La Clemenza di Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Le Nozze di Figaro; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vincenzo Bellini:...
Performers: Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Wallberg, Heinz; Hager, Leopold; Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Munchner Rundfunkorchester

These first releases of Margaret Price with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester cover a time period from 1977 to 1991. Her work was largely concentrated on Mozart...continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Great Singers Live: Mirella Freni

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Freni, Mirella
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir

Since 1952, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester's Sunday Concerts have developed into a meeting place for fans of "beautiful voices". These previously unreleased recordings by Mirella Fren...continue...

Verismo Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Fedora; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci; Pi...
Performers: Della, Cristina; Feola, Rosa; Kaufmann, Jonas; Reale, Cristina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Jonas Kaufmann returns to the Italian verismo tradition to sing arias that define opera's most passionate and vulnerable leading men. Kaufmann's international reputation is soaring...continue...
Recording information: Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/18/2010-03/22/2010); Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Petrassi Hall (03/2010)....continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damra...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Richard Crooks

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-04-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Edouard L...
Performers: Crooks, Richard
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Richard Crooks was known less for the richness of his voice than his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings of Mozart are rightfully...continue...

Italian Intermezzo: Music Without Words

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Edgar, opera; Alfredo Catalani: Loreley; La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Siberia; Fedora; Amilcare Ponchielli: La ...
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

The intermezzi recorded on this CD are, in the main, orchestral mood-painting interludes found in the great Italian operatic repertoire of the 19th and early...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester....continue...

Alfredo Kraus û The 1996 Tokyo Recital [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Jules Massenet: Werther; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voice & piano; Pablo Sorozábal...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko

Run Time: 55 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, French
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Opera Arias / Marie-Josée Lord

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-11-16

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Michel Berger: Starmania; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea ...
Performers: Lord, Marie-Josée
Conductors: Pietraroia, Giuseppe

Recording information: Église Saint-Ferdinand, Laval, Québec, Canada (06/2010)....continue...

Classic Australian Performances / Sutherland, Bonynge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, op...
Performers: Allman, Robert; Baigildin, Sergei; Begg, Heather; Bermingham, Jennifer; Black, Jeffrey; Brynnel, Monique; Collins, Kenneth; Dawes, Christopher; Donald, Robin; Donnelly, Malcolm; Elkins, Margreta; Ewe...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Sydney Opera House....continue...

Heritage: Beloved Songs of Italy

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-09-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Storiella d'amore, song for voice & piano; Turandot; Paolo Tosti: 'A vucchella; Ideale, for voice & piano (...
Performers: Alongi, Philip

Opera Arias / Barbara Hendricks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Claude Debussy: L'Enfant prodigue; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress; Francesco Cilèa: Adri...
Performers: Collerette, Hélène; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbié, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Teno...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

Original Three Tenors: 20th Anniversary Special Edition (Spec)

2 CD / Decca / 2010-08-10

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africaine; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des L...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Three Tenors' legendary Rome concert, this is a remastered and repackaged version (on CD plus bonus DVD) of...continue...
Recording information: The Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy (07/07/1990).

Includes the three tenors finale medley by various composers....continue...