Opera/Operetta > Di Stefano, Giuseppe

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...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...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Dreamticket to La Traviata / Operatic legends sing the most famous arias & scenes

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, ...

This is a compilation of recordings made between 1914-1961 of the most famous arias and scenes from La Traviata allowing the listener to arrange several...continue...
Recording information: 1914-1961....continue...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...continue...

Terrific Tenors

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bjorling, Jussi; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Florez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Lanza, Mari...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Anto...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

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.

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Irma Gonzalez En Vivo, 1945-1965

2 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boit...
Performers: de la Pena, Dora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Gonzalez, Irma; Vickers, Jon; Woodrow, Aurora
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Ochoa, Salvador; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Markevitch, Igor

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Serafin, Di Stefano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Formichini, Dino
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

"Callas may present a rather formidable portrait of a young girl in Act 1, but here the final act with its long duet and the...continue...
Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy (07/18/1957-07/27/1957)....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

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...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Serafin, Di Stefano [Includes CD-ROM]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Rigoletto] Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milan (09/03/1955-09/16/1955)....continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

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...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

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...

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Love Duets / Rosanna Carteri, Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-06-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Basile, Arturo; Santini, Gabriele

These two famous singers were frequent stage partners. In Italy during the 1950s the two were often hired to sing together at La Scala in...continue...

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Cehanovsky, George; Davidson, Lawrence; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Franke, Paul; Hunt, Lois; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Valdengo, Giuseppe
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto

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...

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; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
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...

Il mito dell'opera - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Mig...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...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...

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...

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...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Forti, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

A Portrait of Manon - Great Love Duets / Anna Moffo, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; di Stasio, Anna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mari...
Conductors: Leibowitz, René; Previtali, Fernando; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / Gavazzeni, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Bastianini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bastianini, Ettore; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Puccini: Tosca, etc / Bartoletti, Crespin, Di Stefano, Taddei, et al

4 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Crespin, Régine; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Complete Italian Radio Recordings 1952-1956

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Friedrich v...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great sound including unpublished recordings - a unique Document remembering one of the greatest voices of the last century....continue...

Giuseppe Di Stefano - The Vienna Debut 1953 - Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, etc

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Schüchter, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora / Basile, Tebaldi, di Stefano, Sereni

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

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Caruso, Mariano; Chiocca, Gennaro; Cioffi, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Esca, Pina; Frosini, Mario; Mezetti, Sofia; Padillo, Luigi; Sereni, Mario [...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Enrico Caruso sang in the premiere of this opera in 1898, and it became a favorite worldwide. Giordano's opera 'Andrea Chenier' eventually surpassed it in...continue...

The Great Masters of the Opera

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Aroldo; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gi...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gigli, Beniamino; Jasper, Bella; Knoll, Rudolf; Kraus, Alfredo...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, Murray; Klein, Peter; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Paskalis, Kostas; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Price, Leontyne; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Perlea, Björling, Albanese, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Björling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Rota, Anna Maria
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"The sound may be limited, but no Puccinian should miss this, where Bjorling gives the finest ever interpretation on record of the role of Des...continue...

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...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

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...

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 # 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...

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

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
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...

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; Caballe, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Harwood...

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...

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...