Barbieri, Fedora

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...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Fedora Barbieri [DVD]

1 DVD Video / View Video / 2011-12-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora

Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC
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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...

Verdi: Don Carlos

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Purit...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Fernandi, Eugenio; Forti, Carlo; Ged...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo

In these 2 CDs, the iconic Greek-American soprano Maria Callas is heard in duets with a number of the greatest opera stars of her day....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Corelli, De Fabritis, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Marcangeli, Anna; Pandano, Vittorio; Parutto, Mirella; Russo, Mino
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

This performance is very serious business! Corelli is aflame, singing his scenes with Azucena with warmth, fervor and - in Act II - frenzy!...continue...

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...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...

Verdi: Requiem / Toscanini, Nelli, Barbieri, di Stefano, Siepi, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-09-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Nelli, Herva; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: ; Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Seven hundred hours of editing went into the original lp release of this recording, caused by the fact that only NBC's radio recording was left...continue...

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

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

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

Shakespeare at the Opera - Verdi: Otello, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello; Falstaff; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Charles Gounod: R...
Performers: Abello, Andre; Aichberger, Ewald; Barbieri, Fedora; Borg, Kim; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cossutta, Carlo; Dermota...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Rieger, Fritz; Almeida, Antonio de; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the...continue...

Birth of a Diva - Legendary Early Recordings / Maria Callas

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Marietti, Ines; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Levine, Sills, Gedda, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

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...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Benzi, Armando; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Gandolfo, Ede Marietti; Marietti, Ines; M...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

The Essential Collection: Maria Callas

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon ...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; ...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Historical - Verdi: Il trovatore / Karajan, Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Callas and Karajan took the world by the ears in the 1950s with this Il trovatore. Leonora was one of Callas's finest...continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

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...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Capuana, Picchi, Pedrini, Barbieri

2 CD / Gala / 2006-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus; Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra

Historical - Verdi: La forza del destino / Santini, Tebaldi

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Luise, Melchiorre; Neri, Giulio; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Chorus; Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

"Pippo" offers a performance which alone would justify the purchase of this CD....continue...

Verdi: Aida / Gui, Corelli, Stella, Barbieri, Colzani

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-01-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Colzani, Anselmo; Corelli, Franco; Petri, Mario; Stella, Antonietta
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

On 24th November 1955 Franco Corelli appeared before the audience of Napless Teatro San Carlo as Radams in Giuseppe Verdis Aida. That memorable soire was...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fedora Barbieri

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Jules Massenet: Werther; Antonio Vivald...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Marzollo, Dick
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Cleva, Fausto; Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Maria Callas - Gli anni d'oro Vol 1 1951-1953

10 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Botteghelli, Raimondo; Callas, Maria; Campolonghi, Piero; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Filippeschi, Ma...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples ...

Istituto Discografico Italiano is proud to present this 10-CD box-set featuring five memorable performances by Maria Callas, recorded when she was at the peak of...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Domingo, Pretre/La Scala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Gall, Axelle; Obraztsova, Elena; Pons, Juan; Rinaldi, Alberto; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"In many respects, this is an excellent production. The work is transferred to the turn-of-the-20th century... Nicky Gillibrand's costuming is excellent, and the ensemble acting...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Callas Edition - Verdi: Aida - Highlights /Serafin, La Scala

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Modesti, Giuseppe; Ricciardi, Franco; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan, Callas, Panerai, Barbieri

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-09-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Mauri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gemini - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Levine, Sills

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La forza del destino / Mitropoulos, Tebaldi, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2004-01-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; de Palma, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio; Protti, Aldo; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giulio Neri

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Arrigo Boito: Me...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Filippeschi, Mario; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Questa, Angelo; Previtali, Fernando; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Capuana, Franco

Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi / Gracis, Olivero, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi, opera
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cesari, Renato; Lazzari, Agostino; Maddalena, Alessandro; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vincenzi, Edda
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore
Ensemble: Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra

Cherubini: Medea / Gui, Callas, Guichandut, Barbieri, Petri

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2003-04-05

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Andreassi, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Frosini, Mario; Guichandut, Carlos; Petri, Mario; Poli, Liliana; Tucci, Gabriela
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

The Compact Opera Collection - Mascagni, Leoncavallo

2 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bruson, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Obraztsova, Yelena; Pons, Juan; Rinaldi, Alberto; Stratas, Teresa
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebú / Simonetto, Picchi, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-01-01

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebu, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cattelani, Arrigo; Cioni, Bruno; Malaspina, Giampiero; Malatrasi, Rina; Panni, Nicoletta; Picchi, Mirto; Zaccaria, Antonio
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Fighera, Mario; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

The Earliest Testimonial / Maria Callas, et al

1 CD / Fono / 2002-09-03

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto
Ensemble: ; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Renata Tebaldi - The Birth of a Legend

1 CD / Fono / 2002-05-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Requiem Mass; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626; Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Elmo, Cloe; Gardino, Jolanda; Malipiero, Giovanni; Panerai, Rolando; Pasero, Tancredi; Prandelli, Giacinto; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Böhm, Karl; Cantelli, Guido; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Abbado, Ghiaurov, Raimondi, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2002-02-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Corato, Luigi de; Ferrarini, Alida; Foiani, Giovanni; Gaifa, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Jankovic, Eleonora; Langridge, Phil...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Debut Series - Callas - 1949 - One Year, One Voice

1 CD / Fono / 2002-02-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

With 11 selections from Norma, Nabucco and Turandot, these are the very earliest Callas rarities, including her absolute first appearance on tape, May 20, 1949,...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Previtali, Gencer, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio; Del Monaco, Mario; Gencer, Leyla
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando

Verdi: Falstaff / Rossi, Gobbi, Tebaldi, Freni, et al

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Ercolani, Renato; Freni, Mirella; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzari, Agostino; Pandano, Vittorio; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Opera Arias / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Fono / 2001-06-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; I lombardi; Attila; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Ribetti, Elda; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: ; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Beniamino Gigli made his first recording in 1918, two years before the death of Caruso, whose successor he was considered. Gigli skilfully sailed through the...continue...

Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi, opera
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cesari, Renato; Lazzari, Agostino; Maddalena, Alessandro; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vincenzi, Edda
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Serafin, Gigli, Bechi, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Gigli, Beniamino; Giusti, Blando; Niccolini, N.; Novelli, Ugo; Pasero, Tancredi; Ribetti, Elda
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House 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...