Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]

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...

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...

The Very Best of Daniel Barenboim from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; Variations (10) for Piano in G major on Gluck's "Unser dummer Pöbel meint"...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonig, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Finnila, Birgit; Garrard, Don; Harper, Heather; Hohn, Carola...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Boulez, Pierre; Barbirolli, John

Daniel Barenboim was born in Buenos Aires in 1942 and received his first piano lessons at age five from his mother. Later, he studied under...continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

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...

Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Alceo Galliera, et al [Includes CD-ROM]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Il barbiere di Siviglia] Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Carturan, Gabriella
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (02/07/1957-02/14/1957)....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

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

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

Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D 732
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Borriello, Mario; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Danco, Suzanne; Nobile, Alfredo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbier di Siviglia / Gabriele Santini, Luigi Alva, Sesto Bruscatini, Carlo Badioli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-09-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"This performance was recorded live at La Scala on January 20, 1964. Gabriele Santini - who would pass away toward the end of that year...continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

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...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Canali, Anna Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Simionato, Giulietta; Spataro, Tomaso
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Bel Canto - Beautiful Voices of Opera

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Cappucc...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gagnon, Roland

Rossini is said to have defined 'bel canto' as denoting a voice of natural beauty that is even throughout its range, effortless delivery of florid...continue...

Handel, Bellini, Gounod, Donizetti: Operas / Freni

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Caron, Willy; Cioni, Bruno; Companez, Irene; Cossotto, Fiore...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Verchi, Nino; Prêtre, Georges; Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von

This collection of six complete operas makes a strong case for why Mirella Freni has had the distinction of being one of the best-loved operatic...continue...

Mozart, Beethoven, Humperdinck: Operas / Schwarzkopf, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alsen, Herbert; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Braun, Hans; Calabrese, Franco; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gobbi, Tito; Greindl, Josef; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Cantelli, Guido

Six complete operas starring the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

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

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Varviso, Berganza, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Montarsolo, Paolo; Pace, Miti Truccato; Panerai, Rolando; Tavolaccini, Giuliana; Vedovelli, Umberto
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Abbado, Berganza, Alva, Capecchi

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Capecchi, Renato; Guglielmi, Margherita; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Trama, Ugo; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"A triumph...the kind of directness and authority which the young Abbado manifests here is most welcome...[His] mastery is such that in the big ensembles the...continue...

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz / Gavazzeni, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-10-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Prêtre, Georges

The first part of the famous double-bill performance, featuring the under-recorded Raimondi opposite the gorgeous Freni and the charismatic Panerai....continue...

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Horne, Alva, Dara

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-09-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Guglielmi, Margherita; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Horne and Abbado did not often work together - when they did the sparks were flying. One of the wittiest Italiana recordings ever preserved....continue...

Rossini: Barber Of Seville (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cesari, Renato; Dara, Enzo; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Kovats, Barna; Malagu, Stefania; Montarsolo, Paolo; Prey, Hermann [B...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Grand Tier - Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Horne

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-06-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Guglielmi, Margherita; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"Here, in addition to the staggering virtuosity and the pointed characterization we're used to [from Marilyn Horne], we get wonderful humor and the impression that...continue...

Callas Edition - Rossini: Barber of Seville - Highlights

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

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Gobbi, Tito; Ollendorf, Fritz; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri / Abbado, Horne, Alva, Dara

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-04-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Guglielmi, Margherita; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Montarsolo, Paolo; Rinaldi, Alberto; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Marilyn Horne and Claudio Abbado alone make this recording a no-brainer at budget price. Consider also the brilliant recorded sound, lively ensemble, and the sweet...continue...

Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, etc / Rossi, Sciutti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-01-07

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Mattioli, Renata; Rota, Anna Maria; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Handel: Serse / Bellugi, Alva, Freni, Panerai, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Calabrese, Franco; Companez, Irene; Freni, Mirella; Monreale, Leonardo; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

For several generations Handel's opera Xerxes (or, in Italian, Serse) was remembered for a single unforgettable melody: the aria "Ombra mai fu," even better known...continue...

Scarlatti: La Griselda / Sanzogno, Freni, Alva, Panerai

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La Griselda, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bruscantini, Sesto; Freni, Mirella; Lavani, Carmen; Luchetti, Veriano; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Chorus

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Abbado, Valentini-Terrani, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Dara, Enzo; Desderi, Claudio; Guglielmi, Margherita; Montarsolo, Paolo; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Giulini, Berganza, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Borelli, Jos; Capecchi, Renato; Corena, Fernando; Genemans, Gé; Trama, Ugo; Tyler, Marilyn
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra

Gounod: Faust / Prêtre, Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Freni, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; di Stasio, Anna; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Massard, Robert; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Sanzogno, Di Stefano, Alva, et al

1 CD / Myto Records / 2001-05-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Petrella, Clara; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Sordello, Enzo
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"When people speak about the way in which Giuseppe Di Stefano self-destructed, shortening his career by recklessly singing roles not suited for his light lyric...continue...

A Night at the Opera / Caballé, Corelli, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2001-01-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; La bohème; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; U...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D...

Callas Collection - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-11-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Alva, Panerai, Moffo, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-09-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barbieri, Fedora; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Merriman, Nan; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...Karajan's polished performance...appears...in better sound than ever. Indeed, for once the company's early stereo has life and clarity, allowing us to hear the conductor's infinite...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Abbado, Berganza, Alva, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Capecchi, Renato; Guglielmi, Margherita; Montarsolo, Paolo; Trama, Ugo; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Orchestra

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Santini, Cossotto, Alva

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1997-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badioli, Carlo; Bertinazzo, Giuseppe; Bruscantini, Sesto; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Forti, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Mozart: Don Giovanni - Highlights / Giulini, Sutherland

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1989-06-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Cappuccilli, Piero; Frick, Gottlob; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Taddei, Giuseppe; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra