Opera/Operetta > Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Ebe Stignani, Lia Serafini, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-11-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"My first reaction on hearing this recording again was that to sing RadamEs, Gigli denies the sweetness of his voice and belts, making him sound...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Carlo Tagliabue, Umberto Berretoni, Rosetta Noli, Giuseppe Campora

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-09-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Caselli, Dario; Cavallari, Rina; Ferretti, Edo; Neri, Giulio; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Poggi, Gianni; Serpo, Ottavio; Sperti, Cesare Masini; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This recording, part of the Paperback Opera series on Preiser, presents the seventh recording ever made of 'La Traviata'. It was recorded in 1952 and...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giuseppe Campora, Vol. 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-07-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Giuseppe Campora had a remarkable career at top opera houses but was labeled as a second-rate tenor because of his lack of recordings. These recording...continue...

Puccini: Il Trittico / Bellezza, Serafin, Santini, Gobbi, Los Angeles, Rome Opera House Orchestra, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Canali, Anna Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

These three recordings of Puccini's operatic trio are tied together by the casting of Tito Gobbi in the baritone roles in the first and third...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

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

Puccini: La Boheme, etc / Paoletti, Lauri-Volpi, Schimenti, Ciavola, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-07-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ciavola, Giovanni; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Micheluzzi, Mafalda; Passerotti, Piero; Schimenti, Frances; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Titta, Enzo
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto;
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Bellini: Norma Act 1 / Santini, Callas, Corelli, Rome Opera

1 CD / Myto Records / 2008-06-06

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero; Neri, Giulio; Pirazzini, Miriam
Conductors: ; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Bellini: Norma / Santini, Neri, Corelli, Cerquetti, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele;
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

One of the best live Normas back on the market in improved sound from a new source!...continue...

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's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate "Nessun dorma"

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-10-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Appleby, Jo; Banbury, James; Bjorling, Jussi; Bolton, Michael; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Garrett, Nicholas; Habbin, David; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vo...
Conductors: Masini, Gianfranco; Cobos, Luis; Maazel, Lorin; Heindorf, Ray; Mercurio, Steven; Abbado, Roberto; Rizzi, Carlo; Ingman, Nick; Mehta, Zubin; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: ; Grudgionz Festival Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Verdi: La traviata / Serafin, de los Angeles, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Chissari, Santa; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ercolani, Renato; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Monte, Carlo del; Polotto, Vico; Sereni, Mario [Barito...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

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...

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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Gavazzeni, De los Angeles

2 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Huder, Maria; La Porta, Arturo; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Sbalchiero, Bruno
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...

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

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"This 'classic' 1954 recording is indeed that: I'd be hard pressed to think of a better performance of this opera, either live or on discs....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata Highlights / De Los Angeles, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Chissari, Santa; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ercolani, Renato; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Monte, Carlo del; Polotto, Vico; Sereni, Mario [Barito...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

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...

Verdi: Otello / Paoletti, Sarri, La Pollo, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Landi, Ada; Platania, Carlo; Pollo, Anna La; Russo, Mino; Sarri, Gino; Serra, Antonio Manca; Stoco, Virgilio
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Luigi Ricci, Stella Roman, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Marcangeli, Anna; Mazziotti, Nino; Roman, Stella; Sarri, Gino; Sawyer, Sylvia; Serra, Antonio Manca; Tatozzi, Vittorio
Conductors: Ricci, Luigi
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Alzira; Bellini / Capuana, Cava, McNeil, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bortoluzzi, Bianca; Cava, Carlo; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Filippeschi, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Mongelli, Andrea; Monti, Nicola; Porzano, Saverio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rinaudo, Mario; Rossi-L...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Donizetti: Fausta, etc / Oren, De Fabritiis, Bruson, etc

3 CD / Gala / 2003-02-07

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Fausta; Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Botteghelli, Raimondo; Bruson, Renato; Carta, Nino; Ferrin, Agostino; Gencer, Leyla; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Hussu, Liliana; Kabaivanska, Raina; Prandelli, Giacinto; Sabatucci, Lorenzo
Conductors: Oren, Daniel; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Trieste Teatro Verdi Chorus; Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Morelli, Gobbi, Sinimberghi, etc

1 CD / Gala / 2002-02-26

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Fineschi, Onelia; Gobbi, Tito; Masini, Galliano; Sinimberghi, Gino
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano / Molinari-Pradelli, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano; I vespri siciliani
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Gencer, Leyla; Gibin, Joao; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Jacopucci, Fernando; Limarilli, Gastone; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pugliese, Franco; Ronchini, Bruna; R...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This political potboiler is the 13th of Verdi's 36 operas. Rarely recorded it is now available at the great Gala price. Bonus tracks are excerpts...continue...

Great Performances - Luciano Pavarotti

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; di Stasio, Anna; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mario di; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernan...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

The performances come from the great opera houses of Rome and La Scala, Milan, and feature co-stars such as Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, Ruggero Raimondi...continue...

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...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kraus, Alfred...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Santi, Nello; Basile, Arturo; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Previtali, Fernando; Cleva, ...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Opera - Verdi: Aida (Highlights) / Mehta, Nilsson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Monteux, Stevens, Della Casa, etc

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Pierre Monteux conducts Rise Stevens as Orfeo and Lisa Della Casa as Euridice in the first CD release of this complete 1957 stereo recording of...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights / Previtali, Moffo, Tucker

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Liliana; Reynolds, Anna; Susca, Vito; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Tu, Tu, Amore - Puccini's Greatest Love Songs

1 CD / Decca / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden...

Verdi: La Traviata / Guerrini, Infantino, Silveri, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1999-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Conti, Gino; Giusti, Blando; Guerrini, Adriana; Huder, Maria; Infantino, Luigi; Platania, Carlo; Rakowsky, Paolo; Silveri, Paolo; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Romantic Nights / Bocelli, Pavarotti, Domingo, Lanza, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-04-13

Works: Eberhard Schoener: La Luna; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Testa: Il corrag...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Caruso, Enrico; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Peerce, Jan [Tenor ...
Conductors: Schoener, Eberhard; Mehta, Zubin; Rother, Artur; Pasternack, Josef A.; Morricone, Ennio; Callinicos, Constantin; Previtali, Fernando; Bass, Warner; Bonavolontà, Nino; Sinatra, Ray; Perlea, Jonel...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Oper...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / De los Angeles, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Testament / 1998-12-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Huder, Maria; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Sbalchiero, Bruno
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata / Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: di Stasio, Anna; Grilli, Umberto; Jacopucci, Fernando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rinaudo, Mario; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Thunder & Lightning / Sir Georg Solti

2 CD / Decca / 1998-11-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin...
Performers: Frick, Gottlob; Lorengar, Pilar; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmon...

Heroes - Giuseppe di Stefano - Donizetti, Leoncavallo, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1998-09-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Ruggero ...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Panerai, Rolando; Ticozzi, Ebe; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

The Essential Leontyne Price - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Hector Be...
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Decker, George; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, Edward; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Reiner, Fritz; Leinsdorf, Erich; Henderson, Skitch; Paur, Leonard de
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchest...

The Best of Italian Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Adrian Denss: Gagliarde; Wol...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cavalli, Floriana; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gedda, Nicolai; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Monte, Carlo del; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Davis, Colin; Santini, Gabriele; Grist, Reri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Schippers, Thomas; Fistoulari, Anatole; Galliera, Alceo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ferrari...
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Caniglia

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-11-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Sibera; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act;...
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Pasero, Tancredi
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Berrettoni, Umberto; Marinuzzi, Gino; Ricci, Luigi
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Prima Voce - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Sings Verdi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Basiola, Marco; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Cattaneo-Minghini, Irene; de Luca, Giuseppe; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Manfrini, Luigi; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Arduini, Renato; Ghione, Franco; Sabajno, Carlo; Zweig, Fritz; Bourdon, Rosario; Marinuzzi, Gino
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

3 Tenors of the Golden Age / Peerce, Bjoerling, Lanza

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-07-16

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart'...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callinicos, Constantin; Corena, Fernando; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Schauwecker, Frederick
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pilzer, Maximillian; Sinatra, Ray; Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils; Callinicos, Constantin; Bass, Warner; Reisman, Joe; Levin, Sylvan
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); Joe Reisman Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Tenors Greatest Hits / Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-06-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giu...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Oren, Daniel; Solti, Sir Georg; Santi, Nello; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Leinsdorf, Erich; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Downes, Edward; Mehta, Zubin; Masini, Gianfranco
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Seville Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Gino Bechi

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Don Carlos; Falstaff; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo
Conductors: Ricci, Luigi; Berrettoni, Umberto; Arduini, Renato; Votto, Antonino; Quadri, Argeo; Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Milan Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Opera's Greatest Duets / Pavarotti, Price, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly;...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mathis, Edith; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Guadagno, Anton; Basile, Arturo; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Magiera, Leone; Henderson, Skitch; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Modena Teatro Comunale Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera H...