Votto, Antonino

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...

Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda

3 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Recording information: Torino (1952)....continue...

Callas sings Verdi: Forza del Destino; Ballo in Maschera, et. al. / Herbert von Karajan

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza Del Destino; Un Ballo in Maschera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

To celebrate Verdi's 200th birth anniversary, Dynamic is featuring a fascinating collection of performances recorded during the best period of Maria Callas' artistic career. Some...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1956....continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stafano, Tito Gobbi. Votto

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Maria Callas sings Casta Diva - Live and studio recordings from 1949 through two extraordinary live performances in 1955

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-07-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Serafin, Tullio; Picco, Guido; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Sebastian, Georges

Maria Callas, during her short and extraordinary career, Maria Callas played several times the role of Norma in Bellini's homonimous opera; making of this role...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla Del West (1956) / Gigliola Frazzoni, Franco Corelli [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-05-29

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This opera was performed for the first time one hundred years ago, on the 10th of December 1910, at the Metropolitan in New York, with...continue...

Garpare Spontini: La Vestale (1954) / Callas, Corelli, Votto [CD+Book]

2 CD / La Scala 1778 / 2012-04-24

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

1954: La Vestale - La Vestale with Maria Callas is a document of extraordinary historical and musical value. On opening night, the 7th of December...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Callas, Del Monaco, Protti, Zanolli

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Temp...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Krips, Josef; Vie...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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.

Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto

2 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Callas, Maria; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milano (12/07/1960)....continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Géza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Batt...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

Boito: Mefistofele

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Malagú, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Bellini: Norma

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Rivals - Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2010-02-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo; Mugnai, Umberto; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

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

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

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

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...

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

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

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

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

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...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Corelli, Capnist, Tagliabue, Votto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hardy Classic / 2008-12-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Heredia Capnist, Renata; Sacchetti, Antonio; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, Italian, French & Spanish
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Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Il Mito Dell'Opera - Franco Corelli

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-10-08

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla Del West; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Gui, Vittorio; Tansini, Ugo

Although it is not too long since Franco Corelli passed away, he retired from the stage over thirty years ago. Since then he has been...continue...

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Mal...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

Icon - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Bellini, Bizet, Mascagni, etc / Callas, Gobbi, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dawson, Herbert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gerbino, Giuse; Luise, Melchiorre...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Olivieri, Dino; Tonini, Antonio

The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on March 3, 2008, aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day, blessed...continue...

Bellini: La sonnambula / Votto, Callas, Cossotto, Monti, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, Zaccaria, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino;
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Very Best of Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Sviglia; Vincenz...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

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

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...

Birth of a Diva - Legendary Early Recordings / Maria Callas

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Marietti, Ines; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

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

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

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

The Premium Collection - 75 Classical Masterworks

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Joaqu...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Die...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Baumgartner; Ozawa, Seiji; Kubelik, Rafael; Wallenstein, Alfred; Chung, Chai-Dong; Jochum, Eugen; Pinnock, Trevor; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Barenboim, Daniel; Steinberg; Masur, Kurt; ...

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

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

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

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

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

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

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

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

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Benzi, Armando; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Gandolfo, Ede Marietti; Marietti, Ines; M...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Verdi: La Traviata / Scotto, Raimondi, Bastianini, Votto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giul...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues...continue...

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Votto, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Benatti, Erminio; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Coda, Eraldo; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, ...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Franco Corelli gives us the most vocally thrilling Dick Johnson of all his burnished, brawny tone makes him both lovable and heroic. Tito Gobbi's Jack...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Votto, Kabaivanska, Domingo, Ghiaurov

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Kabaivanska, Raina; Meliciani, Carlo; Pauli, Milena
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Ernani had its premiere in 1844 and went on swiftly to conquer the world's theaters, remaining one of Verdi's most popular operas for many decades....continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Gius...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Great Opera Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Macbeth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Büchner, Eberhard; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Harling, Stuart; Leib, Günther; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Maionic...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Traviata (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Weekend Classics - A Soprano Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Artmeier, Fred; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Gruberova, Edita; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ott, Karin; Poggi, Gianni; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Bar...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Kleiber, Carlos; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Löwlein, Hans; Peters, Reinhard; Rudel, Julius; Levine, James; Marin, Ion; Böhm, Karl; Michalski, C...

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...

Weekend Classics - A Puccini Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Bruno, Emma; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Gobbi, Tito; Konya, Sandor; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Poggi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata; S...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

From DG's Weekend Classics Series comes "A Puccini Weekend"....continue...