Simonetto, Alfredo

Verdi: Un giorno di Regno / Alfredo Simonetto, Orchestra e Coro della Radio Italiana / Renato Capecchi, Sesto Bruscantini, Lina Pagliughi, Laura Cozzi, Cristiano Dalamangas, Juan Oncina, Mario Carlin, Ottavia Plenizio

2 CD / Dynamic / 2012-11-13

Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro della Radio Italiana

This historic recording is presently one of the very few CDs available on the market of Verdi's forgotten work. "Un Giorno di Regno" is a...continue...

Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno / Renato Capecchi, Sesto Bruscantini, Lina Pagliughi, Laura Cozzi, Juan Oncina (rec. 1951)

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: RAI Orchestra Milan

Remastered in February 2006, Warner Classics and Cetra present a historic mono recording of the rarely performed Verdi opera, Un giorno di regno. This 1951...continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

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...

Catalani: Loreley

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Alfredo Catalani: Loreley
Performers: Cavalieri, Anna de; Colella, Alfredo; Gigli, Rina; Guelfi, Piero; Neate, Ken
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo

Verdi: Oberto

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto; I lombardi
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Bonelli, Gino; Broilo, Renata; Gallo, Gustavo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nicolai, Elena; Petri, Mario; Roan, Lydia; Vitale, Maria
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

IVAN SUSANIN

2 CD / Gala / 2009-10-03

Works: Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Spoken Word: Interview with Boris Christoff after this performance [Borodin's Prince Igor, Chicago, 1962]
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Gorin, Igor; Rota, Anna Maria; Rubio, Consuelo; Zenni, Virginia
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Danon, Oskar

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bergonzi, Vitale, Panerai, Petri

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Saverio Mercadante: Il Giuramento; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertocci, Aldo; Canali, Anna Maria; Demetz, Vincenzo Maria [Vocals]; Dominguez, Oralia; Ferrein, Giuliano; Guagni, Enzo; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Pirazzini, M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando

Recording information: Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy (02/12/1954)....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Virginia Zeani

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-05-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...continue...

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Simonetto, Carosio, Raimondi, Taddei, Corsi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Corsi, Rina; Modesti, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti had written about sixty operas already when he produced 'Linda di Chamounix', the last and best of his works in the semiseria style. It...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Meyerbeer, Giordano, Cilea: Opera Arias / Carlo Bergonzi, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2009-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo M...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Simonetto, Alfredo;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"This recital... shows him on peak form... all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, a voice still baritonal enough to...continue...

Gioacchino Rossini: Armida

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Filippeschi, Mario; Frosini, Mario; Raimondi, Gianni; Salvarezza, Antonio; Stefanoni, Marco; Ziliani, Alessandro
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Serafin, Tullio

Massenet: Don Chisciotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza, Badioli, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa; Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Verdi: Oberto, etc / Simonetto, Wolf-Ferrari, Vitale, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-01-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto; I lombardi
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Bonelli, Gino; Broilo, Renata; Gallo, Gustavo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nicolai, Elena; Petri, Mario; Roan, Lydia; Vitale, Maria
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Prima Voce - Cesare Siepi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Nabucco; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola...
Performers: Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Simonetto, Alfredo

Features rare recordings that are very difficult to find in their original 78 rpm format! This compilation includes Cesare Siepi’s first recordings, made for the...continue...

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Franco Alfano: Risurrezione; Jules Massenet: Manon; César Franck: La proces...
Performers: Bravura, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Giannotti, Armando; Magnetti, Ermelinda; Merli, Francesco; Neroni, Luciano; Olivero, Magda; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del; Vocals], Gina Cigna [Soprano; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: Ghione, Franco; Tansini, Ugo; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Christoff Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri rimorsi atroci, recitative and aria for bass & orchestra, K. 432 (K. 4; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride;...
Performers: Christoff, Boris
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Pradella, Massimo; Bour, Ernest; Fistoulari, Anatole; Simonetto, Alfredo; Cluytens, André

With his commanding stage presence and thunderous voice, Boris Christoff was the heir to a long tradition of Slavonic basses. The singer courted controversy and...continue...

Cimarosa: Il Credulo / Simonetto, Valleti, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-03-06

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il credulo
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Carlin, Mario; Gatta, Dora; Giorgetti, Maria Luisa; Rizzieri, Elena; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Donizetti: Il Campanello / Simonetto, Bruscantini, Capecchi

1 CD / Archipel / 2007-02-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Campanello di notte
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Capecchi, Renato; Mercuriali, Angelo; Pace, Miti Truccato; Scarangella, Clara
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: EIAR Chorus Turin; EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin

Auber: Domino noir / Gressier, Micheau, Peyron, Berthon

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Le Domino Noir, opera; Fra Diavolo
Performers: Berton, Liliane; Betti, Freda; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; Demigny, Bernard; Maurun, Gilbert; Micheau, Janine; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Orlandini, Gino; Pace, Miti Truccato; Parras, Germ...
Conductors: Gressier, Jules; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; ORTF Lyric Chorus

Here is a complete performance of Auber's sparkling opera 'Le domino noir', plus highlights from another Auber opera, 'Fra Diavolo'. "Auber's music has an irresistible...continue...

Lyric & Coloratura Arias / Callas, Serafin, Simonetto, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Itali...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra San Remo; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Luciano Neroni

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mosè in Egitto; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lamme...
Performers: Neroni, Luciano
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Tansini, Ugo; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Ortus, Chitarrista Michele
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Born into a musical family (including a composer uncle, mezzo-soprano aunt and a conducting grandfather), Neroni was encouraged to train at the Conservatorio in Milan...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...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

La leggenda di Magda Olivero - Studio Recordings 1938-1953

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: La tra...
Performers: Cigna, Gina; Magnetti, Ermelinda; Merli, Francesco; Olivero, Magda
Conductors: Ghione, Franco; La Rosa Parodi, Armando; Tansini, Ugo; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: EIAR Chorus Turin; EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

These offers most of the studio recordings made by Magda Olivero between 1938 and 1953, documenting the talent of this wonderful artist, who was born...continue...

Catalani: Loreley / Simonetto, Neate, Guelfi, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2005-03-02

Works: Alfredo Catalani: Loreley
Performers: Colella, Alfredo; De Cavalieri, Anna; Gigli, Rina; Guelfi, Piero; Neate, Kenneth
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Magda Olivero

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Iris; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Suor A...
Performers: Magnetti, Ermelinda; Olivero, Magda; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo

The Rarities Vol 1 / Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2004-01-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La traviata; Falstaff;...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Martini, Juan Emilio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra; Rio de Janeiro...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Excerpts) /Simonetto, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Gigli, Beniamino; Guerrini, Adrianna
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Auber: Le Cheval de Bronze / Marty, Nigoghossian, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-04-05

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Bronze Horse, opera; Fra Diavolo
Performers: Arapian, Armand; Bellamy, Brigitte; Campora, Giuseppe; Cold, Ulrik; Corena, Fernando; Garcisanz, Isabel; Moigne, Guy; Nessi, Giuseppe; Nigoghossian, Sonia; Noni, Alda; Orlandini, Gino; Pace, Miti Tru...
Conductors: Marty, Jean-Pierre; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; ORTF Chorus

Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebú / Simonetto, Picchi, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-01-01

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebu, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cattelani, Arrigo; Cioni, Bruno; Malaspina, Giampiero; Malatrasi, Rina; Panni, Nicoletta; Picchi, Mirto; Zaccaria, Antonio
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Fighera, Mario; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Renata Tebaldi - The Birth of a Legend

1 CD / Fono / 2002-05-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Requiem Mass; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Elmo, Cloe; Gardino, Jolanda; Malipiero, Giovanni; Panerai, Rolando; Pasero, Tancredi; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Böhm, Karl; Cantelli, Guido; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra

Massenet: Don Chisciotte / Simonetto, Berganza, Christoff

2 CD / Gala / 2002-04-06

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alcandro, lo confesso...Non sò, d'onde viene, K 512; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Così dunque tradisci...Aspri...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bagno, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berri, Tino; Bortolotto, Gianni; Castellani, Carlo; Christoff, Boris; Frascati, Tommaso; Liviabella, Sergio; Malgarini, Pina; No...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco / Simonetto, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Panerai, Rolando; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Recitals - Maria Callas - Arias & Scenes

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramid...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Prêtre, Georges; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Athens Festival Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Highlights from the legendary Maria Callas recitals in Athens (1957) and Paris (1963), and from Italian radio broadcasts (1952-56). Conductors include Pretre, Votto, De Fabritis...continue...

Recitals - Renata Tebaldi - Arias & Scenes

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

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

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

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Simonetto, Corelli, Gobbi, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Corelli, Franco; Gobbi, Tito; Micheluzzi, Mefalda; Puglisi, Lino
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Franco Corelli's legendary ringing tones are unforgettable in "Vesti la giubba," perhaps the most famous of all tenor opera arias. The number of other great...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Cesare Siepi

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Car...
Performers: Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Basile, Arturo; Gallino, Cesare

Recitals - Gianni Raimondi Vol 2 - Arias & Scenes

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-10-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von

Massenet: Don Quichotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza

2 CD / Opera d'Oro / 2000-04-11

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Christoff, Boris; Malgarini, Pina; Nobile, Alfredo; Rovero, Ornella
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

The title role of this opera based on the comic yet touching story of Don Quixote was created for the legendary bass Feodor Chaliapin, who...continue...

Recitals - An Evening with Maria Callas Vol II

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Caniglia, Lauri-Volpi, etc

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 1998-12-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Oberto
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Colella, Alfredo; Falchi, Raffaele de; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Meletti, Saturno; Nicolai, Elena; Pasero, Tancredi; Platania, Carlo; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Panizza, Héctor; Simonetto, Alfredo

When Opera Reached the Airwaves: The Great Coloraturas

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1996-01-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ludwig, Walther; Pagliughi, Lina; Pons, Lily; Robin, Mado; Tagliabue, Carlo; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Serafin, Tullio; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Walter, Bruno; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Cellini, Renato; Merola, Gaetano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Svéd

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-07-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Richard Wagne...
Performers: Sved, Alessandro; Ursuleac, Viorica
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / Simonetto, Taddei, Savio, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-04-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Avogadro, Liana; Bacci, Carlo; Calabrese, Franco; Corena, Fernando; Dubbini, Agnese; Fanti, Mario; Ferrari, Renza; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Rapisardi, Grete; Sa...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin