Opera/Operetta > Price, Leontyne

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: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...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...

Verdi & Puccini Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Domingo, Placido; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (1974-07-21_1974-07-23&1974-)....continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
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

Stellar Sopranos

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

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

Mozart: Requiem / Karajan, Price

1 CD / Archipel / 2011-02-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lacrimoso son' io, K 555; Don Giovanni
Performers: Price, Leontyne; Sauer, Franz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/24/1960)....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...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...

The Music of America: Barber

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Adagio for Strings; Concerto for Violin, Op. 14...
Performers: Barber, Samuel [Composer]; Blier, Steven; Garvey, David [Piano]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Horowitz, Vladimir; Katz, Martin; Price, Leontyne; Stern, Isaac; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Slatkin, Leonard; Bernstein, Leonard

"For a number of reasons, Sony's three-disc release of music by Samuel Barber in honor of his centenary year makes a terrific introduction for listeners...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Baldwin, Marcia; Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Morris, James; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James

Dvorak Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Rusalka; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Slavonic Dances (8) for Pia...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Price, Leontyne; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Santi, Nello; Szell, George; Litton, Andrew; Kempe, Rudolf; Munch, Charles

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

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, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
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...

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...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-11-19

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Price, Leontyne; Warfield, William
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

"The soloists are fabulous and their vivid characterizations are immediately engaging. Cab Calloway was a legendary Sportin' Life, and the originality and eccentricity of this...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2008-07-08

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Colbert, Helen; Dowdy, Helen; James, Joseph; Lamar, Moses; McCurry, John; Price, Leontyne; Riemann, Walter; Roberts, Howard A.; Scott, Leslie [Vocals]; Thigpen, Helen; Warfield, Willia...
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

This complete recording of Porgy and Bess is taken from a broadcast of a live recording at the Titania Palast, Berlin on September 21, 1952....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

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...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...

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...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

The Originals - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Kmentt

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; The Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, musical; Vincenzo Valente: Passione for voice & orc...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Koth, Erika; Nilsso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Leinsdorf, Price, Tucker, Elias

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinarily passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Verdi: Aida / De Fabritiis, Price, Casellato-Lamberti, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Casellato-Lamberti, Giorgio; Fiorentini, Mirella; Julius, Gabriele de; Parutto, Mirella; Price, Leontyne; Pugliese, Franco; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Leontyne Price 'live' was one of the greatest artists ever. Here she performs in Verdi's 'Aida in a live recording in Rome, 1966....continue...

Classic Library - Verdi Heroines / Leontyne Price

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; La traviata; Ernani; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: El Hage, Robert Amis; Hage, Robert Amis el; Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; ; Leinsdorf, Erich; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Rome Opera Orchestra

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...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Price, Giacomini, Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Courtney, James; Darrenkamp, John; Fissore, Enrico; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Jones, Isola; Kesling, Diane; Laciura, Anthony; Nucci, Leo; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, Simionato

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2005-07-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen (Extraits)
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Leontyne Price - Verdi & Puccini Arias

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Known by connoisseurs as the legendary 'Blue Album', this historic gem from 1961 was Leontyne Price's debut orchestral recording for RCA. It offers some of...continue...

Menus and Music - Dining and the Opera in Manhattan - Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, etc / Price, Sills, Domingo, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Gershwin: Porgy and ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Boesch, Christian; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Kraus, Alfre...

Legendary Performances - Andrea Chenier, etc /Franco Corelli

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-11-05

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Corelli, Franco; Forti, Carlo; Frazzoni, Gigliola; Gobbi, Tito; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

The World's Greatest Arias / Domingo, Price, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze d...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Merrill, Robert [Barito...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Santi, Nello; Cellini, Renato; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Navarro, Garcia; Previtali, Fernando; ; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Orquestra Sinfonica de Sevilla; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; R...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Leinsdorf, Price, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Iacopucci, Fernando; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Voca...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Sopranos - Romantic Opera / Callas, Sutherland, Caballé

1 CD / Columbia River Entertainment / 2002-01-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; Alcina; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don G...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Dutoit, Laurence; Price, Leontyne; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]

Sopranos - Favorite Opera / Callas, Sutherland, Caballé

1 CD / Columbia River Entertainment / 2002-01-16

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, Joan, Dame

Inspired Mozart - Music to Enhance your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-09-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 1 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G major (missa brevis), K. 49 (K. 47d); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Mass no 6 for soloists, chorus & orchest...
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia; Frank, Pamela; Galway, James [Flute]; Perlman, Itzhak; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Kammler, Reinhard; Levine, James; Grohs, Wolfgang; Eichhorn, Kurt; ; Zinman, David; Davis, Colin; Adler, Peter Herman; Stoltzman, Richard
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Aureum; English Chamber Orchestra; Soloists of the Europa Symphony (Soloists); Tokyo String Quartet; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Corelli, Price, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, F.
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Strauss Famous Scenes / Nilsson, Rysanek, Price, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Elektra; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Final Scene
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Crespin, Regine; Gruberova, Edita; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Holecek, Heinz; McDaniel, Barry; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Rysanek, Leoni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Opera For a Rainy Day

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2001-02-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; V...