Recitals - An Evening with Leyla Gencer Vol 11 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15 Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera; Maria Stuarda; Anna BolenaPerformers: Gencer, Leyla Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, France Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra ![]() Recitals - An Evening with Gianni Raimondi Vol 11 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-08-15 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; La FavoritaPerformers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Raimondi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Previtali, Fernando Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra ![]() Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-18 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon BoccanegraPerformers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice Conductors: Abbado, Claudio Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Many years after its first performance Verdi extensively revised Simon Boccanegra, exhibiting the great faith he had in its splendid music. The story is one...continue... ![]() Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible / Schippers, Panni, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-18 Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Pskovityanka) (standard version), opera in 3 acts with a prologuePerformers: Bertocci, Aldo; Bondino, Ruggero; Christoff, Boris; Colella, Alfredo; Gaetani, Lorenzo; Gonzales, Renzo; Las, Genia; Moretti, Giuseppe; Panni, Nicoletta; Pugliese, Franco Conductors: Schippers, Thomas Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus Originally called "The Maid of Pskov", this enjoyable Russian opera is better known in the West as Ivan the Terrible, first performed under that title...continue... ![]() Puccini: Turandot / Votto, Nilsson, Carteri, La Scala2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11 Works: Giacomo Puccini: TurandotPerformers: Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ferrara, Mario; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Testa, Luigi Conductors: Votto, Antonino Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Sure to be one of the most popular titles in the entire vast Opera d'Oro catalog, this 1958 Turandot features two of opera's mega-stars in...continue... ![]() Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, operaPerformers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alberto; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal] Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus Belisario is truly one of the most unjustly neglected of Donizetti's 70-odd operas, only a handful of which are heard regularly today. Belisario was his...continue... ![]() Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Votto, Sutherland, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11 Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, operaPerformers: Campora, Giuseppe; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dondi, Dino; Gullino, Walter; Kabaivanska, Raina; Sutherland, Joan, Dame Conductors: Votto, Antonino Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra From the world's most famous opera house comes this live 1961 performance of a Bellini rarity, the centerpiece of Joan Sutherland's role in the revival...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Rossini: Armida / Serafin, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Gioachino Rossini: ArmidaPerformers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Filippeschi, Mario; Frosini, Mario; Raimondi, Gianni; Salvarezza, Antonio; Stefanoni, Marco; Ziliani, Alessandro Conductors: Serafin, Tullio Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus One of Rossini's rarest operas, brought back to life by the inimitable Callas with help from two of the finest bel canto tenors of the...continue... ![]() Cherubini: Medea / Schippers, Callas, Vickers, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 actsPerformers: Callas, Maria; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Martelli, Edith; Simionato, Giulietta; Tosini, Ivana; Vickers, Jon Conductors: Schippers, Thomas Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus One of the benchmark Callas recordings in one of her favorite roles. A searing drama that seems almost written for her voice and temperament....continue... ![]() Puccini: Tosca / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Giacomo Puccini: ToscaPerformers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Farfan, Luz Maria; Sagarminaga, Carlos Conductors: Picco, Guido Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra Another ideal role for the mighty Callas, flaming to life in a riveting interpretation, and paired with her greatest partner, Giuseppe Di Stefano....continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Verdi: Aida / Del Monaco, Taddei, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, operaPerformers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero Del Monoco's legendary trumpet tones are ideally suited for Verdi's Ancient Egyptian war hero, and Callas is the most tempestuous of all Aidas in this...continue... ![]() Verdi: Rigoletto / Picco, Callas, Di Stefano, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, operaPerformers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Garcia, Maria Teresa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos Conductors: Picco, Guido Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus Again the unbeatable team of Callas and Di Stefano, in one of the most powerful and beloved of all operas, creating a masterpiece of the...continue... ![]() Catalani: La Wally / Basile, Tebaldi, Majonica, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-06-13 Works: Alfredo Catalani: La WallyPerformers: Dondi, Dino; Gardino, Jolanda; Lopatto, Dimitri; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Perotti, Pinuccia; Prandelli, Giacinto; Tebaldi, Renata Conductors: Basile, Arturo Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Tebaldi gets her moment in the limelight with this recording of one of her best roles, the Swiss miss with a wild spirit, creating the...continue... ![]() Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots / Sutherland, Corelli, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die HugenotenPerformers: Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]... Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea The excuse always given as to why Meyerbeer's brilliant masterpiece is not more often mounted is that seven great singers are needed for the principal...continue... ![]() Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Böhm, King, Rysanek, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Berry, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Egel, Martin; Haug, Maria; Hesse, Ruth; Kelemen, Zoltan; King, James [Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Maly, Alexander; Mayr, Ingrid; Rysanek, Leonie; Schneid... Conductors: Böhm, Karl Seldom performed because of its daunting staging difficulties, Die Frau ohne Schatten is nevertheless one of Strauss's musically most brilliant and imposing works, and a...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Wagner: Parsifal / Gui, Christoff, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Richard Wagner: ParsifalPerformers: Baldelli, Africo; Bertocci, Aldo; Broilo, Renata; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Lopatto, Dimitri; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pace, Miti Truccato; Pagliughi, Lina; Paner... Conductors: Gui, Vittorio Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome One of the more unusual appearances of Maria Callas was as Kundry in Parsifal. Adding to the amazement of it all is that the opera...continue... ![]() Bizet: Carmen / Prêtre, Cossotto, Domingo, Van Dam, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, operaPerformers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bosco, Carlo del; Carta, Nino; Ciliento, Nicoletta; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Maliponte, Adriana; Mantovani, Dino; Poli, Pier Francesco; Santelli, Giovanna; Testa, ... Conductors: Prêtre, Georges A Carmen to contend with, especially at the opera d'Oro price, is this lively performance with Domingo in vocal full bloom and the great mezzo...continue... ![]() Meyerbeer: Le Prophète / Horne, Gedda, Lewis, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le ProphètePerformers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Hage, Robert Amis el; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Peter, Fritz; Rinaldi, Margherita Conductors: Lewis, Henry Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin This performance was one of the seminal influences in the Meyerbeer revival, with peerless performances in the two leading roles. Ms. Horne was married to...continue... ![]() Wagner: Die Meistersinger / Prohaska, Greindl, Lorenz, et al4 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergPerformers: Arnold, Benno; Dome, Alfred; Fehn, Helmut; Fuchs, Eugen; Gosebruch, Herbert; Greindl, Josef; Kallab, Camilla; Krenn, Fritz; Krollmann, Karl; Lorenz, Max; Muller, Maria; Pina, Erich; Prohaska, Jaro; S... Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm Arguably the greatest Wagner conductor of all time in a classic recording made in the middle of World War II in Wagner's own theater....continue... ![]() Bellini: I Puritani / Callas, Di Stefano, Picco, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, operaPerformers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Lugo, Tanis; Rimoch, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto Conductors: Picco, Guido Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus One of the greatest "singers' operas", starring two of the greatest singers recorded live in Mexico City, 1952....continue... ![]() Verdi: Don Carlo / Ghiaurov, Prevedi, Abbado, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don CarlosPerformers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Casula, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guglielmi, Margherita; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Prevedi, Bruno; Talvela, Martti; Zerbini, Anton... Conductors: Abbado, Claudio Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus A star-studded performance of this dark Verdi masterpiece makes for an evening of great opera....continue... ![]() Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Leskovich, Ghiaurov, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Modest Mussorgsky: KhovanschinaPerformers: Bosco, Carlo del; Carosi, Ubaldo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Handt, Herbert; Luchetti, Veriano; Marchiandi, Angelo; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Rovetta, Teodoro; Siepi, Cesare; Sighele, Mietta; S... Mussorgsky's "second" opera (after Boris Godunov) has really come into its own in recent years, and it is fair to say that it has never...continue... ![]() Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko / Svetlanov, Petrov, Firsova, et al3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16 Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: SadkoPerformers: Avdeyeva, Larissa; Filippov, Vladimir; Firssova, Vera; Ghelieva, Alexei; Gorbunov, Victor; Levko, Valentina; Petrov, Vladimir; Zakharov, Nikolai Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra As one of those intriguing operas "more talked about than heard," Sadko is a welcome addition to the Opera d'Oro catalog in this splendid and...continue... ![]() Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Ozawa, Verrett, Stella, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11 Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: OrfeoPerformers: Adani, Mariella; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals] Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin A live performance of the original Vienna version of Gluck's masterpiece, performed in Turin, Italy in 1970 with two world-famous female voices in the title...continue... ![]() Massenet: Don Quichotte / Simonetto, Christoff, Berganza2 CD / Opera d'Oro / 2000-04-11 Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 actsPerformers: Badioli, Carlo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Christoff, Boris; Malgarini, Pina; Nobile, Alfredo; Rovero, Ornella Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan The title role of this opera based on the comic yet touching story of Don Quixote was created for the legendary bass Feodor Chaliapin, who...continue... ![]() Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Basile, Tebaldi, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11 Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del WestPerformers: Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Borriello, Mario; Casolari, Egidio; Cava, Carlo; Cesarini, Athos; Ciavola, Giovanni; Cioni, Bruno; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Guelfi, Giang... Conductors: Basile, Arturo Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome Though one of Puccini's less famous operas, The Girl of the Golden West offered a showcase role for the great Renata Tebaldi, the only rival...continue... ![]() Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea / Franci, Parada, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11 Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incirinazione Di PoppeaPerformers: Cesari, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Dominguez, Oralia; Monti, Nicola; Parada, Claudia; Parutto, Mirella; Picchi, Mirto Conductors: Franci, Carlo Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra When this live performance was taped in 1966, authentic performance practice in early music was still in its infancy, so you will not hear old...continue... ![]() Massenet: Werther / Cillario, Tagliavini, Gencer, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14 Works: Jules Massenet: WertherPerformers: Borriello, Mario; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Gencer, Leyla; Susca, Vito; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Tavolaccini, Giuliana Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra Though Manon is his most famous, Werther is considered by many to be Massenet's greatest opera. This live performance from 1959 preserves the heavenly "head...continue... ![]() Nielsen: Saul and David / Horenstein, Christoff, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14 Works: Carl Nielsen: Saul og David (Saul and David), opera, FS 25Performers: Borg, Kim; Christoff, Boris; Fisher, Sylvia; Gobel, Bodil; Hartmann, Willy; Langdon, Michael; Söderström, Elisabeth; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal] Conductors: Horenstein, Jascha Ensemble: Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Saul and David is one of the two great operas by Denmark's greatest composer, Carl Nielsen, and this 1972 performance in Copenhagen under the legendary...continue... ![]() Bizet: The Pearl Fishers / Parodi, Taddei, Kraus, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14 Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, operaPerformers: Cava, Carlo; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Malgarini, Pina; Taddei, Giuseppe Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa Sung in Italian, this 1960 performance from Milan offers the beautiful tenor of Alfredo Kraus, the great stylist of French opera in the full youthful...continue... ![]() Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Votto, Di Stefano, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-03-14 Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 actPerformers: Beggiato, Ortensia; Carturan, Gabriella; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Simionato, Giulietta Conductors: Votto, Antonino Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus A live 1955 performance of the original "verismo" opera, sung with fire and passion by two of the greatest of their time, Di Stefano and...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Spontini: La Vestale / Corelli, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11 Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, operaPerformers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal] Conductors: Votto, Antonino Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Few sopranos could encompass the vocal and dramatic demands of the heroine of this seldom-heard but beautiful opera, which has two sublime arias for the...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Donizetti: Poliuto / Corelli, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: PoliutoPerformers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal] Conductors: Votto, Antonino Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus Callas and Corelli are together again for another operatic rarity. Donizetti's Poliuto, a work which suffered obscurity not because of uninteresting music but because of...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di LammermoorPerformers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Feuss, Anna Maria; Monte, Carlo del; Silva, Roberto; Tortolero, Francesco Conductors: Picco, Guido Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus Callas was indelible as the love-crazed heroine of Donizetti's tragic masterpiece, Lucia di Lammermoor. Her portrayal is one for the history books, and you can...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Verdi: La traviata / Di Stefano, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviataPerformers: Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Cerda, Gilberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Patoni, Edna; Ruffino, Ignacio; Tortolero, Francesco; Trevi, Cristina Conductors: Mugnai, Umberto Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus The dying Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata was another of Callas's great roles, and again she is partnered with Di Stefano in this live performance...continue... ![]() Callas Collection - Verdi: Il trovatore / Warren, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il TrovatorePerformers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Moscona, Nicola; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Simionato, Giulietta; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal] Conductors: Picco, Guido Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus In this live performance from June 20, 1950, a youthful Maria Callas is supported by an unusually stellar cast of co-principals, including the beloved American...continue... ![]() Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Lambert, Hammond, Noble, et al1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16 Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Coates, Edith; Fullerton, Joan; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Hobson, Edna; Jones, Trefor; Noble, Dennis; Ord, Boris; Patriss, Sylvia; Ripley, Gladys Conductors: Lambert, Constant Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra Strings ![]() R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (abridged) / Heger, Lehmann2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16 Works: Richard Strauss: Der RosenkavalierPerformers: Ettl, Karl; Gallos, Hermann; Lehmann, Lotte; Madin, Viktor; Mayr, Richard; Michalsky, Aenne; Olszewska, Maria; Paalen, Bella; Schumann, Elisabeth; Wernigk, William Conductors: Heger, Robert Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus ![]() Mozart: The Magic Flute / Beecham, Roswaenge, Berger, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620Performers: Beilke, Irma; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Berglund, Ruth; Fabbry, Ernst; Grossmann, Walter; Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Marherr, Elfriede; Rosvaenge, Helge; Scheppan, Hilde; Spletter, Carla; S... Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir Ensemble: Favres Solisten Vereinigung ![]() Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher / Dugard, Gérome, et al1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16 Works: Arthur Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, dramatic oratorio for various speakers & vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra,Performers: Anspach, Frederic; Dugard, Marthe; Ferrière, Anne-Marie; Genicot, Georges; Gerome, Raymond; Joris, Madeleine; Lenssens, Ria; Piloy, Ren; Thiernesse, Marguerite Conductors: Vocht, Lodewijk de ![]() Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Sabajno, Schipa, Badini, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-11-16 Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don PasqualePerformers: Badini, Ernesto; Callegari, Giordano; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal] Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus ![]() Recitals - An Evening with Jessye Norman1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht, song for voice & piano (or orchestra) in B minor (Rückert Lieder no 4); Liebst du um Schön...Performers: Norman, Jessye ![]() Recitals - An Evening with Alfredo Kraus Vol 11 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Luigi Cherubini: Ali-Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs, opera in 4 acts; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Vincenzo Bellin...Performers: Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals] ![]() Recitals - An Evening with Maria Callas Vol III1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ernani; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Georges B...Performers: Callas, Maria Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Prêtre, Georges Ensemble: ; Paris Opéra Chorus; Paris Opéra Orchestra ![]() Recitals - An Evening with José Carreras1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Luisa MillerPerformers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal] ![]() Verdi: Falstaff / De Sabata, Stabile, Tebaldi, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: FalstaffPerformers: Canali, Anna Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Silveri, Paolo; Stabile, Mariano; Tebaldi, Renata; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals] Conductors: De Sabata, Victor ![]() Verdi: Stiffelio / De Fabritiis, Del Monaco, Gulin, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: StiffelioPerformers: Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Gulin, Angeles; Hecht, Joshua; Marchiandi, Angelo; Paolillo, Luigi; Ruta, Eva Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero ![]() Strauss: Salome / Böhm, Rysanek, Hopf, Wächter, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-10-12 Works: Richard Strauss: Final ScenePerformers: Hoffmann, Grace; Rysanek, Leonie; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor; Wachter, Eberhard Conductors: Bohm, Adolph Kurt ![]() Offenbach: Bluebeard / Doussard, Legay, Gayraud, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14 Works: Jacques Offenbach: Barbe-bleue, operetta in 3 actsPerformers: Alvi, Bernard; Dachary, Lina; Doniat, Aime; Gayraud, Christiane; Hennetier, Huguette; Legay, Henri; Lenoty, Rene; Levasseur, Jeannette; Marechal, Jacqueline; Pruvost, Jacques; Stiot, Monique; Terrass... Conductors: Doussard, Jean Ensemble: ORTF Lyric Orchestra ![]() Rossini: La Cenerentola / Abbado, Berganza, Alva, et al2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14 Works: Gioachino Rossini: La CenerentolaPerformers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Capecchi, Renato; Guglielmi, Margherita; Montarsolo, Paolo; Trama, Ugo; Zannini, Laura Conductors: Abbado, Claudio Ensemble: Orchestra |
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