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50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco / Evan Bowers, Renato Bruson, Svetla Vassileva, Luigi Petroni. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. e Coro, Bruno Bartoletti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Performers: Bowers, Evan; Bruson, Renato; Lo Piccolo, Maurizio; Petroni, Luigi; Vassileva, Svetla
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Here is the introduction to the opera Giovanna dArco conducted by Bruno Bartoletti with the MET, Royal Opera House, Salzburg Festival, and Paris Opera....continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco / Evan Bowers, Renato Bruson, Svetla Vassileva, Luigi Petroni. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. e Coro, Bruno Bartoletti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco
Performers: Bowers, Evan; Bruson, Renato; Lo Piccolo, Maurizio; Petroni, Luigi; Vassileva, Svetla
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

Here for the first time on BluRay is the introduction to the opera Giovanna dArco conducted by Bruno Bartoletti with the MET, Royal Opera House,...continue...
Run Time: 125 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, PCM 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German,...continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Puccini: Tosca [Highlights] / Scotto, Domingo, Bruson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Hudson, Paul; Perlman, Itzhak; Scotto, Renata; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Scotto provides perhaps the most telling use of the text since Callas's, and she constantly lets one see the distraught, temperamental woman behind the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (07/29/1980-08/02/1980)....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor [Highlights] / Gruberova, Kraus, Bruson, Lloyd

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Bruson, Renato; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Kuhlmann, Kathleen; Lazzeretti, Bruno; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Gruberova constantly pleases by her innate musicality ... Kraus is a master of Donizetti style.
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Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/16/1983-05/26/1983)....continue...

The Art of Belcanto

3 CD / Capriccio / 2011-03-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/1 (LW N14/1-2/1); Benedetto sia'l giorno (Sonetto 47), song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 270/2 & S. 270a ...
Performers: Angelis, Giovanni de; Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bruson, Renato; Ghazarian, Sona; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Martel-Bittner, Monika; Nicolesco, Mariana; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Sc...
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto

A few years ago, a singer at a top German opera house was begged by a conductor devoted to belcanto with the words: 'Don't just...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Il Corsaro / Renato Palumbo / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Damato, Adriana; Michailov, Zvetan; Sburlati, Michela
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato

Run Time: 107 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Europe
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Fulton, Caballe, Bumbry, Aragall, Estes (1984) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Hardy Classic / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Delange, Pierette; Elie, Jean-Louis; Estes, Simon; Gaballe, Guy; Godlewska, Ewa; Roni, Luigi
Conductors: Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: French National Orchestra; French Radio Chorus

Run Time: 191 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby digital
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, Spanish,...continue...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Donizetti: Fausta

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Fausta, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Botteghelli, Raimondo; Bruson, Renato; Carta, Nino; Gencer, Leyla; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Hussu, Liliana; Kabaivanska, Raina; Molle, Giuseppina Dalle; Pane, Tullio; Prandelli, Giacinto; Roni, Luigi [Ba...
Conductors: Oren, Daniel; de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Macbeth
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Connell, Elizabeth; Davis, Darlene; Eagleson, Leonard; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Fissore, Enrico; Groswin, Henri; Lima, Luis; Popescu, Torna; Rinaldi, Margherita; Scherpfha...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Muti, Riccardo

Donizetti: Poliuto, etc / Molinari-Pradelli, Morelli, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Casertano, Angelo; Lamberti, Giorgio; Maliponte, Adriana; Pagliuca, Silviano; Paolillo, Luigi; Poli, Pier Francesco
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Macbeth - Verdi/Deutsche Oper Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-03-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Becker, Josef; Bruson, Renato; Clam, Leopold; Griffith, David; Lang, Klaus; Morris, James; O'Neill, Dennis; Sweet, Sharon; Wolfrum, Paul; Zampieri, Mara
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Macbeth signifies the beginning of Verdi's lifelong preoccupation with William Shakespeare. Verdi focuses the work primarily on three leading protagonists: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the...continue...
Run Time: 149 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: Spanish, Italian, English, French, German
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Verdi: La Traviata / Fleming, Villazon, Conlon/LA Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-03-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Fleming, Renee; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Opera superstars Renee Fleming and Rolando Villazon star in this sumptuous 2006 production at the Los Angeles Opera of Verdi's masterpiece. "Violetta has lately become...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian Spanish, Dutch, Chinese
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Verdi: La Traviata / Cobos, Amsellem, Bros, Bruson [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-01-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Bros, Jose; Bruson, Renato
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Madrid Teatro Real Chorus; Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra

Norah Amsellem, as Violetta, leads a cast of outstanding talent in Pier Luigi Pizzi's beautiful production recorded in multi-track surround sound....continue...
Run Time: 174 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, Germ...continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Oren, Bruson, Furlanetto, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-09-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Bruson, Renato; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Guleghina, Maria; Kohama, Taemi; Striuli, Carlo; Uehara, Masatoshi; Zaremba, Elena
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy / Gatto, Caballé, Bruson, Casoni

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-05-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Lamberti, Giorgio; Machi, Mario; Rinaudo, Mario
Conductors: Gatto, Armando
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

This historic 1975 recording with the great Montserrat Caballe presents the first revival of this once-popular Donizetti opera, which had been unperformed for over seventy...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Muti, Scotto, Kraus, Bruson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Buchan, Cynthia; Cosotti, Max Rene; Kennedy, Roderick [Bass Vocals]; Keyte, Christopher; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Mariategui, Suso; Newman, Henry; Scotto, Renata; van Allan, Ric...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Band of the Royal Marines (Royal Marines School of

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Molinari-Pradelli, Caballé

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Bertocci, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Davia, Federico; Foiani, Giovanni; Guglielmi, Margherita; Meliciani, Carlo; Romani, Regoklo
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Spain's famous opera stars Carreras and Caballe, who are professional colleagues and friends in real life, are an irresistible pairing at the head of a...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata, Conlon/LA Opera, Fleming, Villazón, Conlon [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Fleming, Renee; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Opera superstars Renee Fleming and Rolando Villazon star in the 2006 Los Angeles production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece, 'La Traviata.' This performance was the highlight...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy; Bellini, etc / Caballé, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Arabella; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvre...
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Ausensi, Manuel; Berbié, Jane; Bloom, Peter; Borgato, Renato; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Clements, L.D....
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Rennert, Wolfgang; Patanè, Giuseppe; Masini, Gianfranco; Gatto, Armando

Seven complete operas starring the magnificent Montserrat Caballe—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1965–1975! Along with...continue...

Donizetti, Verdi, Bellini: Complete Operas / Carreras

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Jérusalem; Luisa Miller; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Bertocci, Aldo; Bezinian, Ruth; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casarini, Gianfranco; Cassis, Alessandro; Cocchieri, Vinicio; Cor...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Verchi, Nino; Mannino, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Previtali, Fernando

This fourteen disc set consists of seven complete operas starring the great Jose Carreras in exciting live recordings from 1972-1976. These imperishable performances are among...continue...

Donizetti: Poliuto, etc / Molinari-Pradelli, Morelli, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2007-10-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Casertano, Angelo; Gencer, Leyla; Lamberti, Giorgio; Maliponte, Adriana; Manzaneda, José; Pagliuca, Silvano; Paolillo, Luigi; Poli, Pier Francesco; Sardinero, Vincente; Zambon,...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Verdi: Otello

2 CD / Orfeo / 2007-07-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Kaludov, Kaludi; Koves, Peter; Lilowa, Margarita; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocals]; Simic, Goran; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin

Verdi: Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Panerai, Nucci, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Gonzalez, Dalmacio; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Nucci, Leo; Ricciarelli, Katia; Sells, Michael; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale

Verdi: Il Corsaro / Lopez-Cobos, Lamberti, Ricciarelli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Fabbris, Guido; Gulin, Angeles; Lamberti, Giorgio; Mazzieri, Maurizio; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Listed as thirteenth among Verdi's stage works, Il corsaro was actually conceived years before it was finished. By the time it was finally produced in...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Freni, Domingo, Bruson

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-05-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Allen, Paschal; Bruson, Renato; Curtis, Mark; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fryatt, John; Gambill, Robert; MacPherson, George; Rydl, Kurt [Bass Vocal...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe

Penguin Guide
No doubt [Rostropovich's] influence from the centre of the string texture contributes to the eloquence of the famous Adagio, which, like the performance as...continue...

Verd: Falstaff / Giulini, Royal Opera House / Bruson, Wildermann, Egerton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Hendricks, Barbara; MacPherson, George; Nucci, Leo; Wildermann, William
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The Falstaff (it's a pleasure to report) is a delight from start to finish... Bruson is a magnificent Falstaff, whether from the twinkle in his...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Giordano: Andrea Chenier

2 CD / Capriccio / 2006-12-28

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Dundekova, Evghenia; Guleghina, Maria; Helm, Hans; Lefebvre, Pierre; Linos, Glenys; Otelli, Claudio; Pasino, Gisella; Pertusi, Michele; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Ze...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Wagner: Lohengrin; Verdi / Guschlbauer, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2006-09-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Brunner, Evelyn; Bruson, Renato; Denize, Nadine; Hémonet, Pierre Le; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kang, Byung Woon; Kazbek, Merih; Kiertzner, Jens; Mertz, Lucien; Raimondi, Ruggero; Richert, Fran&ccedi...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Molinari-Pradelli, F.
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Rhin-Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra; Rhine Opera Chorus

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Various / La Scala Box Set / Various [12 DVD]

12 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-07-25

Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; La donna del lago; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June; Araiza, Francisco; Berti, Marco; Bertocchi, Sergio; Blake, Rockwell; Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Capuano, Enzo; Cassis, Alessandro; Cazzaniga, Renato...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin; Ranzani, Stefano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Corale Polifonica di Sommariva Bosco; La Scala Philharmonic; La Scala Philharmonic Chorus

With 11 operas and over 30 hours of performances, Opus Arte presents outstanding RAI television recordings of performances from the Teatro alla Scala, beautifully packaged...continue...
Run Time: 1832 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: La Traviata / Norah Amsellem, Jose Bros, Renato Bruson, Maria Espada, Madrid Opera - Jesus Lopez Cobos [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Legends / 2006-06-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Bros, Jose; Bruson, Renato; Espada, Maria; Mentxaka, Itxaro; Moncloa, Marco; Muzzi, Lorenzo; Rubiera, David; Sanchez, Emilio

Norah Amseliem as Violetta leads a cast of outstanding talent in Pier Luigi Pizzi's beautiful production filmed with High Definition cameras and recorded in multi-track...continue...
Run Time: 175 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC Widescreen, 1.78:1, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Donizetti: Operas / Campanella, Bernart, Soudant, et al

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Poliuto; Maria di Rohan
Performers: Alaimo, Vincenzo; Brighi, Walter; Briscik, Barbara; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Carroli, Silvano; Colafelice, Giacomo; Coni, Paolo; Connell, Elizabeth; d'Amico, Mildela; Dara, Enzo; Federici,...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; de Bernart, Massimo; Soudant, Hubert; Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bratislava Philharmonic Chorus; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Naples Teatro S...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Sinopoli, Plowright et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruson, Renato; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Curtis, Mark; Plowright, Rosalind; Pons, Juan; Rigby, Jean; Salomaa, Petteri; Tomlinson, John; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vo...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers

Here is a star-studded cast of principals who give their all along with an exceptionally strong line-up of secondary characters, especially Agnes Baltsa as Preziosilla....continue...

Donizetti: La Favorita

2 CD / Dynamic / 2005-07-28

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Corradi, Giampaolo; Cortez, Viorica; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Barenboim, Domingo, etc

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-07-12

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Friedmann, Gerard; Hubert, Michel; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Obraztsova, Yelena; Thau, Pierre; Zaharia, Constantin
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris Chorus

"The recording is as ripe as the music deserves... Barenboim proves as passionately dedicated an interpreter of Saint-Saens here as he did in the Third...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Domingo, Pretre/La Scala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Gall, Axelle; Obraztsova, Elena; Pons, Juan; Rinaldi, Alberto; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"In many respects, this is an excellent production. The work is transferred to the turn-of-the-20th century... Nicky Gillibrand's costuming is excellent, and the ensemble acting...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Il Cosaro

2 CD / Dynamic / 2005-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Cauli, Arturo; Damato, Adriana; Gianluca Floris; Marcelo Puente; Michela Sburlati; Zvetan Michailov
Conductors: Palumbo, Renato

Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Capecchi, Renato; Cheek, John; Domingo, Placido; Hudson, Paul; Martinez, Dominick; Perlman, Itzhak; Scotto, Renata; Velis, Andrea
Conductors: Levine, James

Donizetti: Belisario, etc / Masini, Zampieri, Bruson, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera; Roberto Devereux
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Meneghetti, Nino; Pinto, Hercilio; Portella, Vera; Ranieri, Dante; Terranova, Vittorio; Toczyska, Stefania; Vaz, Jairo; Verazzi, Mario; Zampieri, Mara
Conductors: Masini, Gianfranco
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus

Verdi: I Due Foscari [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Cazzaniga, Renato; Cupido, Alberto; Roark-Strummer, Linda; Roni, Luigi; Tagliasacchi, Monica
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Renato Bruson takes the role of the Venetian Doge - Francesco Foscari - in Verdi's dark, three-act tragedy based on a drama by Lord Byron...continue...
Run Time: 115 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Digitally Processed
Subtitles: English
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Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2004-07-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Berti, Marco; Bruson, Renato; Colombara, Carlo; Devia, Mariella; Gavazzi, Ernesto; La Scola, Vincenzo; Sovilla, Floriana
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti's great tragedy is his undisputed masterpiece of melancholic romanticism, with the doomed love between Lucia and Edgardo retold from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
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Donizetti: Maria di Rohan / Gavazzeni, Scotto, Bruson, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-06-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Cassis, Alessandro; Cesari, Paolo; Grilli, Umberto; Padoan, Carlo; Pedroni, Augusto; Scotto, Renata; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

There are surprisingly few recordings of 'Maria di Rohan' (and fewer of this calibre), despite the fact that most critics consider it one of Donizetti's...continue...

Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba / Renzetti, Bruson, Ingraam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-04-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Casellato, Renzo; Falcon, Ruth; Ingram, Ivo; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Verdi: Il Corsaro / Lopez-Cobos, Castellato-Lamberti, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-05-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Casarini, Gianfranco; Fabbris, Guido; Gulin, Angeles; Lamberti, Giorgio; Mazzieri, Maurizio; Piolatto, Maria Grazia; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: ; Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra

Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy / Gatto, Caballé, Bruson, Casoni

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Lamberti, Giorgio; Machi, Mario; Rinaudo, Mario
Conductors: Gatto, Armando
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus

Little known today, mainly because almost no sopranos other than Mme. Caballe can sing it, "Gemma di Vergy" was for some years in the 19th...continue...