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Opera Arias / Joyce Didonato, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida; La Donna del Lago; Maometto II; Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Semiramide; Otello; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Amici, Corrado; Brownlee, Lawrence; DiDonato, Joyce; Nicola, Roberta de; Putelli, Carlo
Conductors: Müller, Eduardo
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"While recording companies do not routinely concern themselves with exploring the legacies of singers that no one can reasonably hear, to her credit DiDonato takes...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...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Cossotto, Sordello, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Verdi, Puccini, Meyerbeer, Giordano, Cilea: Opera Arias / Carlo Bergonzi, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2009-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo M...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"This recital... shows him on peak form... all the Verdi items show the true heroic quality of his voice, a voice still baritonal enough to...continue...

Renata Tebaldi - Voice of Gold - Puccini, Verdi, Cilea, etc

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco Cilèa: Adrian...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Geneva Grand Theatre Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Overtures & Fantasies / Antonio Pappano, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Romeo & Juliet; Eugen Onegin; 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Performers: Carbonare, Alessandro; Matisic, Nikola; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocals]; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocal]; Valentini, Roberto
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"With chorus added in the 1812 as well as the Waltz from Eugene Onegin, this is an exceptional Tchaikovsky collection, a fine start for Antonio...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giacinto Prandelli

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jules Massenet: W...
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Giulio, Germana di; Prandelli, Giacinto
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Quadri, Argeo; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Giacinto Prandelli was born in 1914 in Lumezzane near Brescia. At the age of 20 he first studied voice with baritone Edmondo Grandini and made...continue...

Puccini: Edgar / Veronesi, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-08-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Edgar, opera
Performers: Cornetti, Marianne; Damato, Adriana; Domingo, Placido; Pons, Juan; Rafal, Siwek.
Conductors: Veronesi, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

'Edgar' is one of Puccini's early works, yet its music and style are remarkably advanced. This studio recording features the legendary Placido Domingo in the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aldo Protti

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rossi, Lina; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Many opera lovers will still have vivid memories of this spirited singer, born in Cremona in 1920. His stocky, agile, muscular figure, his striking "diavolo"...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fernando Corena

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pirazzini, Miriam; Poli, Afro
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Erede, Alberto; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Erede, Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Corena, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Verdi: Opera Choruses - Aida, Nabucco, Otello, Macbeth, etc

1 CD / Apex / 2002-09-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La battaglia di Legnano; I lombardi; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Ave Maria
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

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 Compact Opera Collection - Puccini: La Bohème / Serafin

2 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"Tebaldi's second Decca set with Bergonzi dominated the catalogue in the early days of stereo. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard... the recording...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Erede, Tebaldi, Campora, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2002-06-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Calvino, Michele; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Diozzi, Gianna; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Luise, Melchiorre; Pizzeri, Luigi; Rankin, Nell; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

Eloquence - Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Highlights) / Serafin

1 CD / Decca / 2001-05-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Maazel, Nilsson, Corelli, Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / Decca / 1999-03-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mantovani, Dino; Mariotti, Alfredo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Veronel...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohème / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Bastianini

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Penguin Guide
it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most...continue...

Cecilia & Bryn - Duets / Chung, Orchestra of Santa Cecilia

1 CD / Decca / 1999-03-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Fisher, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Orchestra

The rise of Cecilia Bartoli to internatioal stardom is a phenomenom of our time....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Cioni, Renato; MacDonald, Kenneth; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Satre, Ana Raquel; Siepi, Cesare; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

The Ultimate Divas Album

1 CD / Decca / 1998-09-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Bu...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jo, Sumi; Lopardo, Frank; Milanov,...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Lewis, Henry; Solti, Sir Georg; Cleva, Fausto; Previtali, Fernando; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Orchestra Monte Carlo; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

The Ultimate Puccini Collection / Pavarotti, Carreras, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Corelli, Franco; Corena, Fernando; Crespin, Regine; D'Angelo, Gianna; Di Stefa...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Barlow, Stephen; Chailly, Riccardo; Serafin, Tullio; Maazel, Lorin; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Mauceri, John
Ensemble: ; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa ...

Nessun Dorma - 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Um...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Bode, Hannelore; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin; Bonynge, Richard; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Resc...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New P...

Hilde Güden - Wie die Welt sie kannte

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Il rè pastore, K 208; Idomeneo; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (...
Performers: Barylli, Walter; Boskovsky, Willi; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Krauss, Clemens; Loibner, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera 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

Puccini: La Bohème / Erede, Tebaldi, Prandelli, Gueden

2 CD / Decca Import / 1994-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Luise, Melchiorre; Prandelli, Giacinto; Santafe, Ildebrando; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 1993-11-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; La forza del de...
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cleva, Fausto
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra