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Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

A Portrait of Marianne Schech

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Giacomo M...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Benningsen, Lilian; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Cunitz, Maud; Fahberg, Antonia; Gerhein, Ina; Hoppe, Karl; Koth, Erika; Kuyswyk, Anny van; Lindermeier, Elisabeth; Metternich, Josef; M...
Conductors: Rischner, Alfons; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Rother, Artur; Jochum, Eugen; Müller-Kray, Hans; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Striegler, Kurt; Kraus, Richard; Leonhardt, Carl; Kempe, Rudolf

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...

Gigli In Concert

1 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita,...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino; Sivieri, Enrico
Conductors: Fekete, Zoltán; Shilkret, Nathaniel

This concert reveals how no tenor on record had as many colors in his palette as Gigli. At this point in his career, his interpretations...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Eugenia Burzio

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-08-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Otello; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; R...
Performers: Burzio, Eugenia

Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ester Mazzoleni

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-08-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni

Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fritz Feinhals

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-07-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; ...
Performers: Bosetti, Hermina; Feinhals, Fritz; Morena, Berta

The career of this celebrated helden baritone began in Cologne where he was born. He was a noted Wagnerian singer, performing at Covent Garden and...continue...

Aurora: Opera Arias

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-05-15

Works: Héctor Panizza: Aurora, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gi...
Performers: Anechina, Gabriel; Cura, Jose
Conductors: Cura, Jose

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; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björlin...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

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...

Prima Voce: Merrill & Björling

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-11-11

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Un ballo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils; Fiedler, Arthur

In the early ’50s, the 78 rpm recording of the lovely duet from Bizet's 'Pearl Fishers' sung by Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill, colleagues at...continue...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Robert Merrill Vol 4 - Arias from Rigoletto, La Traviata, etc

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-10-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Georges Bi...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Lenchner, Paula; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roggero, Margaret; Stevens, Rise [Mez...
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo; Perlea, Jonel; Toscanini, Arturo; Reiner, Fritz; Beecham, Thomas, Sir

The fact that Robert Merrill generally is remembered more for his singing than for his interpretations does in no way reduce his artistic merits. His...continue...

Gigli - Caruso - Schipa: The Legendary Three Tenors

1 CD / Yoyo USA, Inc. / 2008-10-14

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vieni sul mar (A song from Naples); Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amor...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli; Gigli, Beniamino; Schipa; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]

The Stars were Shining Vol 3 / Lawrence, Brice, Crooks, Tagliavini, Pinza, Tokatyan, et al

1 CD / Symposium / 2008-09-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; : Come to the Fair; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to m...
Performers: Brice, Carol; Crooks, Richard; Koshetz, Marina; Lawrence, Marjorie; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pinza, Ezio; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tassinari, Pia; Thomas, John Charles; Tokatya...
Conductors: Barlow, Howard; Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

This is the third volume in the series of rare recordings of the great singers of the 20th century. The compilation includes private issues, recordings...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nino Piccaluga

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-08-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Werther; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusti...
Performers: Piccaluga, Nino; Valobra, Cesarina

Born in 1890, Nino Piccaluga did not make his debut until 1917 at Novara's Teatro Coccia. He had a very big, loud and open voice...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébasti...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manù"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flos...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Verismo Arias - Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Jules Massenet: Werther;...
Performers: Howlett, Neil; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; National Philharmonic Orchestra

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...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-09-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wo...
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Caballé, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; ...

The fourth volume in Opera d'Oro's best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d'Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of...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; Björling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, M...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

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...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 18 - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; Alberto Franchetti...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Finzi-Magrini, Giuseppina; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pareto, Graziella; Ruffo, Titta

Ruffo possessed undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of his era (along with Caruso, he was one of the leading singers of the new...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; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grac...
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...

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...

Meyerbeer: L'Africana / Muti, Norman, Luchetti, Guelfi

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-02-13

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Ferrin, Agostino; Formichini, Dino; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Luchetti, Veriano; Matteini, Giuliana; Norman, Jessye; Rinaudo, Mario; Sighele, Mietta; Vivo, Graziano del
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Live performance of this rarely-performed opera, Florence, 1971. Only budget recording on CD! Meyerbeer died before L'africana, his last opera, was quite finished. He was...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Paul Schoffler Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-11-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carl...
Performers: Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone
Conductors: Loibner, Wilhelm; Prohaska, Felix

Paul Schoffler was an ensemble artist in the best sense but at the same time an active performer abroad, celebrated in opera houses around the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lilly Hagen

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; The Flying Dutchm...
Performers: Bosetti, Hermina; Hafgren, Lilly; Vogelstrom, Fritz

Lily Johanna Maria Hafgren was born in Stockholm, and came from a musical family who were engaged as performers and/or composers. Her initial training was...continue...

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...

Prima Voce - Alessandro Bonci

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Lucrezia Borgia; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Christop...
Performers: Bonci, Alessandro

Alessandro Bonci was one of a group of Italian tenors active at the end of the nineteenth and early in the twentieth centuries who exemplified...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gianni Poggi

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Me...
Performers: Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors: Narducci, A.; Simonetto, Alfredo; Capuana, Franco

Gianni Poggi was born in Piacenza, Italy, where his parents were merchants. Although he learned to play violin as a child, he wanted to become...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 Classical Album 2005 [US Version]

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Agustín Lara: Granada; Derek Strange / Bond: Viva! (after Vivaldi); Maori Traditional: Pokare Kare Ana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ludovic...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bocelli, Andrea; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Einaudi, Ludovico; Ferrier, Kathleen; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Gar...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Banbury, James; Norrington, Roger; Scholes, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Cleobury, Nicholas; Horner, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Musumarra, Romano; Giulini, Carlo Maria...
Ensemble: ; Bond (String Quartet); Czech Film Orchestra; Duel; Duel Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony O...

The greatest artists of today on this 2-on-1CD includes Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Luciano Pavarotti,Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Renée Fleming, Bond, José Carreras, Bryn Terfe...continue...

The Best

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; M...
Performers: Bartoli, Alberto; Brown, Kameron; Centonze, Michele; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Giannetti, Veris "Pecos"; Nanni, Stefano "Tellus"; Odorici, Piero; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; P...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Karajan, Herbert von; Maag, Peter; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Mehta, Zubin; Chiaramello, ...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orch...

Luciano Pavarotti recently celebrated his 40th anniversary as a recording artist and has just begun his 40-date worldwide farewell tour that will kick off in...continue...
Few operatic tenors of the 20th century were more honored than Luciano Pavarotti, and none were as popular; his fame went far beyond the usual boundaries of classical music and his music was as widely...continue...

Surround Yourself with Enrico Caruso

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; G...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Gadski, Johanna; Gluck, Alma; Homer, Louise; Jacoby,...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Rudolf Laubenthal

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-03-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Die Afrikanerin; Giusepp...
Performers: Laubenthal, Rudolf
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Mörike, Eduard; Waghalter, Ignatz
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Afrikanerin; Charles...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Ruffo, Titta

Lebendige Verganenheit - Alfred Piccaver II

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Dom Sébastien; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Piccaver, Alfred

Living Voices - Leo Slezak sings Wagner, Verdi & Meyerbeer

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Le Prophète; Di...
Performers: Scheidl, Theodor; Slezak, Leo
Conductors: Gurlitt, Manfred; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weyersberg, Bruno; Kunneke, Eduard

Leo Slezak, sometimes referred to as 'the German Caruso', was one of the most celebrated tenors at the Vienna Court Opera. His exquisitely beautiful lyric-dramatic...continue...

Joseph Schwarz - Arias

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-11-15

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ave Maria; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrika...
Performers: Dux, Claire; Jadlowker, Hermann; Schwarz, Joseph
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

These historic recordings from 1916-1918 by German baritone Joseph Schwartz showcase how he combined emotional intensity with Italianate 'bel canto' style....continue...

The Millennium Collection - Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Hip-O / 2004-08-03

Works: Italian Traditional: Santa Lucia; Giovanni Battista Califano: Vieni Sul Mar for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib); Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La tra...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Mancini, Henry; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson; Mancini, Henry; Bonynge, Richard; Magiera, Leone; Gamba, Piero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Gatto, A...
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Giancarlo Chiaramello; London Symphony Orchestra; Mancini Chorus; Mancini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Or...

Luciano Pavarotti's larger-than-life personality and extraordinary voice have made him a household name, and this 'Millennium' compilation features many of his most popular and beautiful...continue...
For those who can countenance the idea of a "best of" Luciano Pavarotti compilation to begin with, there may be some confusion why another one is needed, what with the existence of 1998's The Ultimate...continue...

The Hamburg Singers

4 CD / Preiser / 2004-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Das Rheingold; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia...
Performers: Ader, Rose; Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alten, Bella; Ammermann, Liselott; Armster, Carl; Bötel, Heinrich; Berlik, Jan; Birrenkoven, Willi; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Bollman, Hans Heinz; Bronsgeest, Corneli...

Beniamino Gigli - A Life in Words and Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Graeme Kay: Beniamino Gigli; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Monte, Toti Dal; Tomei, Giulio; Zamboni, Maria

Gigli was born to sing, and he used records, broadcasts and film to promote his music and career way beyond the confines of the opera...continue...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Celestina Boninsegna

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; I vespri siciliani; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gia...
Performers: Boninsegna, Celestina; Ischierdo, Emanuele; Lucia, Fernando de; Sabajno, Carlo; Valls, Giovanni

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...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 12 - Pasquale Amato

1 CD / Symposium / 2003-06-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci, opera;...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Salvatini, Mafalda