Halévy, Jacques

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

The Best of Jose Carreras: A Portrait

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Macbeth; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La Juive (The Jewess); Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Jac...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delacôte, Jacques; Plasson, Michel; Muti, Riccardo; Lombard, Alain

Maria / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2012-01-17

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: Fischer, Adam

"[Bartoli] has aimed not only to present Malibran's repertoire but also to capture her sound. Bartoli's rich voice, with its pyrotechnical capabilities and dramatic powers,...continue...
Recording information: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstras (2006-08-14_2006-08-16&2006-)....continue...

Nessun Dorma / Franco Bonisolli, tenor (rec. 1972 - 1975) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Manon Lexcaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Jules Massenet: Manon; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gae...
Performers: Bier, Johannes; Bindszus, Peter; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruscantini, Sesto; Corelli, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Freni, Mirella; Garduhn, Henno; Jedlicka, Rudolf; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kovicz, Hania; Lukat, Ha...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno

Lebendige Vergeigenheit: Albert Da Costa

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-02-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Le Prophète; L'Africana; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagn...
Performers: Costa, Albert da

Despite possessing an impressive voice and a brilliant upper register, Albert da Costa never achieved the level of recognition afforded to his contemporaries among the...continue...

Lebendige Vergeigenheit: Kurt Baum

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-02-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Stabat mater; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Hugeunots; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore...
Performers: Baum, Kurt
Conductors: Loibner, Wilhelm

Few tenors have polarized opera fans more than Kurt Baum. While some consider him nothing more than a loud and showy singer, others wax lyrical...continue...

Halevy: Clari / Bartoli, Zurich Opera, Fisher [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Jacques Halévy: Clari
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chausson, Carlos; Kaluza, Stefania; Liebau, Eva; Osborn, John; Scorsin, Giuseppe; Widmer, Oliver
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla; Zurich Opera Chorus

Maria Malibran, like Pauline Viardot, was a daughter of the influential vocal pedagogue, Manuel García. In Halévy's obscure Clari, composed for Malibran in 1828, Cecilia...continue...
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Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Werther; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Les Troyens, o...
Performers: Hanon, Philippe; Lis, François; Nemtanu, Sarah [Violin]
Conductors: Gabel, Fabien

"The programme is formidably intelligent: well-known items are placed alongside some terrific music by composers we rarely hear (Halévy and Wormser, for instance), the aim...continue...
Recording information: Studio 103, Maison De La Radio, Paris, France (07/2010)....continue...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

The Art of John van Kesteren in Opera

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; La rencontre imprévue; Antonio Sacchini: Odipe à Colone; Franz Joseph Haydn: Il mondo della luna; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio se...
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Hermann, Heinz; Kesteren, John van; Koth, Erika; Plumacher, Hetty; Reichardt, Walter
Conductors: Seibel, Klauspeter; Eichhorn, Kurt; Koetsier, Jan

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Jean Noté - Opera Arias, Songs

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2009-09-01

Works: Daniel-François Auber: La muette de Portici; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi:...
Performers: Fontaine, Charles; Gall, Yvonne; Note, Jean

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

The Great Tenors Vol 2 / Knote, Cerini, Paoli, Munteanu, Borgatti, Lapelletrie, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-09-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Friedrich von Flotow: Alessandro Stradella; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Fromental...
Performers: Biel, Julian; Bochnicek, Julius; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Campagnola, Leon; Cerini, Selmar; Knote, Heinrich; Lapelletrie, Rene; Maison, Rene; Monteanu, Petre; O'Sullivan, John; Paoli, Antonio; Vezzani, Ce...

This digitally transferred compilation of the great tenors in historic recordings provides background information on each of them in the notes. The recordings range from...continue...

I Palpiti D'Amour

1 CD / Orfeo / 2008-07-10

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Luisa Miller; La battaglia di Legnano; Carlos Gomes: Fosca, opera; Il Guarany, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi; Jules Massenet: H&...
Performers: Stoyanova, Krassimira
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich

Maria

1 CD / Decca / 2007-11-19

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Adam, Fischer

Maria / Bartoli, Vengerov, Fischer, Scintilla CO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Manuel Garcia: El poeta calculista, opera; La figlia dell'aria, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula,...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: ; Fischer, Adam
Ensemble: International Chamber Soloists; Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria...continue...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Carl Braun

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Der Wa...
Performers: Braun, Carl

Braun had much in common with Walther Kirchhoff (Preiser 89686) by establishing a special reputation in Wagner. He debuted as King Mark in Tristan at...continue...

Pure Bass - Mozart, Wagner, etc: Opera Arias / Maynor

1 CD / Qualiton / 2007-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Götterdämmerung; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, ...
Performers: Maynor, Kevin; Woitach, Richard

Kevin Maynor's sonorous, deep bass voice and compelling presence has graced the stages of many important opera companies including The Lyric Opera of Chicago and...continue...

L'Incomparable Georges Thill

1 CD / Forlane (France) Import / 2007-07-10

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Le Cid; Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions); Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giaco...
Performers: Thill, Georges
Conductors: Heurteur, Fernand; Bigot, Eugene; Chagnon, Pierre

Golden Age of Opera in France Vol 2

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Der Nordstern; Die Afrikanerin; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Adolphe Adam: Le chalet; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Ernest Reyer: Sigurd; Gioa...
Performers: Affre, Agustarello; Agussol, Pauline; Gibert, Etienne; Imbert, Elie; Journet, Marcel; Marechal, Adolphe; Payan, Paul; Tanesy, Leonie

This was truly a golden age: each of these singers was French and with the exception of Journet, they all spent the bulk of their...continue...

Roberto Alagna - Viva l'Opera!

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; Aida, opera; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Friedrich ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barrard, Marc; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Manfrino, Nathalie; Mariotti, Alfredo; Moore, Darren; Price, John; Ragona...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Pidò, Evelino; Elder, Mark; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Guidarini, Marco

This is a great collection of Roberto Alagna singing opera's greatest hits. CD 1 features Italian arias and songs. CD 2 features French arias and...continue...

Vocal Rarities / D'Andrade, Chaliapin, Ershov, King, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2006-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Siegfried; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; D'Andrade, Francesco; Ershov, Ivan Vasilyevich; King, Roxy; Maclennan, Francis; Perard-Petzl, Luise

A true selection of rarities indeed! The one genuinely familiar name, Chaliapin, is represented by what could be experimental, unissued recordings of folk songs. Needless...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mafalda Salvatini

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Eugen d'Alb...
Performers: Jadlowker, Hermann; Salvatini, Mafalda; Schlusnus, Heinrich

This significant release features historic recordings from both the very beginning and end of Italian soprano Mafalda Salvatini's illustrious career....continue...

Voices Behind the Iron Curtain - Stalin Era Soviet Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2006-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Pyotr I...
Performers: Aleksandrovich, Mikhail; Arkhipova, Irina; Badridse, David; Barssova, Valeriya; Baturin, Alexander; Bolshakov, G.; Borisenko, Veronika; Burlak, Ivan; Davidova, V.; Dolukhanova, Zara; Firssova, Vera; ...

French Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Grand Tier - Halévy: La Juive / Guadagno, Tucker, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive
Performers: Baldwin, Anthony; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bris, Michele Le; Fleet, Edgar; Fyson, Leslie; Gwynne, David; Hayashi, Yasuko; Rucker, Richard; Sabate, Juan
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"A viable masterpiece...with great musical and theatrical force...this performance is one of real commitment; no one holds back in an effort to recreate some of...continue...

Lebebdige Vergangenheit - Cesare Siepi II

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Conley, Eugene; Davidson, Lawrence; Siepi, Cesare; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Cleva, Fausto; Scherman, Thomas

Cesare Siepi is generally considered one of the finest operatic basses from the period after World War II. His voice was characterized by a deep,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Navarini, Arimondi, Gravina

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat mater; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Fromental Halévy: La ju...
Performers: Arimondi, Vittorio; Gravina, Giovanni; Navarini, Francesco

Francesco Navarini, whose exact birth date is unknown, sang his debut in 1878 as Don Alfonso in 'Lucrezia Borgia' at Cittadella near Rome. In following...continue...
Includes work(s): simon boccanegra: il lacerato spirito (ve by various composers....continue...

Prima Voce - César Vezzani

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-09-13

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Afrikanerin; Le Prophète; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Da...
Performers: Vezzani, Cesar

The Symposium Opera Collection Vol 16

1 CD / Symposium / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Fromental Halévy: La juive;...
Performers: Giraldoni, Eugenio; Navarini, Francesco

Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights), etc / Weigert, Wolff, Malkin

1 CD / Gebhardt / 2005-06-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Hans May: Beim Rheinwein sollst du mein sein; Jacques Halévy: La juive
Performers: Arensen, Heinz; Gottlieb, Henriette; Hansen, Paul [Tenor]; Helgers, Otto; Malkin, Beate; Watzke, Rudolf; Weltner, Armin; Wolff, Fritz
Conductors: Weigert, Hermann;
Ensemble: Berlin Municipal Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Chorus

San Francisco Opera Gems Volume 2 / Merola, et al

3 CD / Guild / 2005-02-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Ros...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Alvary, Lorenzo; Boerner, Charlotte; Conner, Nadine; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garris, John; Gigli, Beniamino; Harrell, Mack; Howell, John; Jobin, Raoul; Kullman, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; M...
Conductors: Merola, Gaetano; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Sebastian, Georges
Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Great Tenor Arias [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Decca Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Great Tenor Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"A stunning agility wedded to sweetness; an absolutely even register from bottom to easy, focused top; a youthful, zesty loving approach to singing that communicates...continue...

Prima Voce - Treasures of the St. Petersburg Museum

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-09-07

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser;...

Prima Voce - Lev Sibiryakov

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-08-03

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Rusalka, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Field-Marshal D...
Performers: Sibiriakov, Lev

Classic Library - Domingo sings Caruso / Santi, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: ...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Psaros, Georgetta; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Downes, Edward;
Ensemble: ; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording is one of Domingo's landmark albums, which salutes a tenor of an earlier age while establishing Caruso's repertoire as his own....continue...
Personnel: Plácido Domingo (tenor)....continue...

Prima Voce - Leo Slezak, tenor

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2003-10-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: La muette de Portici; L...
Performers: Slezak, Leo

Beniamino Gigli - I Concerti del 1953 a Napoli, Roma, Milano

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-09-30

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Pietro Mascagni: Lodoletta; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Jacques Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; G...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dawson, Herbert; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Noto, Giuseppe; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pietro; Sabajno, Carlo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio; Zamboni...
Ensemble: ; Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach; Strings & Harp

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...

Red Seal - Halévy: La Juive / Young, Shicoff, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive
Performers: Gati, Istvan; Isokoski, Soile; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Monarcha, Janusz; Reinprecht, Johann; Schorg, Regina; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Todorovich, Zoran [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Neil Shicoff Live

1 CD / Orfeo / 2003-05-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Jules Massenet: Werther; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges...
Performers: Chernov, Vladimir; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Chaslin, Frédéric; Luisi, Fabio; Viotti, Marcello

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 10 - Paul Bender

1 CD / Symposium / 2003-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Richard Wagne...
Performers: Bender, Paul

Opera Obsession! Act II - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: I ma...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Channes, Muriel de; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; ...

This second volume of "Opera Obsession!" brings more great hits from the vast Opear d'Oro catalog of live opera, most of them issued for the...continue...

Enrico Caruso - The Tenor of the Century

1 CD / Fono / 2002-06-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioc...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tucker

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-04-01

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Amilcare...
Performers: Ilitsch, Daniza; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Cooper, Emil; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Antonini, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Columbia Concert Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra