Carbonari, Virgilio

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Giordano: Fedora / Magda Olivero, Mario del Monaco, Tito Gobbi

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini (Highlights); Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Gasparini, Annamaria; Monreale, Leonardo; Olivero, Magda
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: ; Monte Carlo Opera Chorus

Artists:
Mario Del Monaco (Loris Ipanoff), Magda Olivero (Fedora), Tito Gobbi (De Siriex), Leonardo Monreale (Lorek/Nicola), Lucia Cappellino (Olga Sokarev), Piero De Palma (Il Barone Rouvel...continue...
Recording information: Salle Alcazar, Monte Carlo (05/1969)....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...

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Scotto, Raimondi, Bastianini, Votto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giul...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

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...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Leinsdorf, Price, Tucker, Elias

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinarily passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera...continue...

Great Opera Choruses

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Macbeth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Büchner, Eberhard; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Harling, Stuart; Leib, Günther; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Maionic...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Traviata (Highlights)

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bonato, Armanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Morresi, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Scotto, Renata; Tavolaccini, Giuliana
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Puccini Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Bruno, Emma; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Gobbi, Tito; Konya, Sandor; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Poggi, Gianni; Scotto, Renata; S...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Peters, Reinhard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

From DG's Weekend Classics Series comes "A Puccini Weekend"....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Kubelik, Scotto, Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Scotto...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Gramophone
Kubelik is a conductor in Fricsay's class as his support for Fischer-Dieskau's Rigoletto reveals. Fischer-Dieskau once more reaches to a character's soul
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Verdi: La battaglia de Legnano / Gavazzeni, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Stefanoni, Marco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Recordings of this neglected Verdi spectacular are rare at any price, but this great-sounding budget edition - starring Franco Corelli - is unique. It's the...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Capuana, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; MacNei...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

The Compact Opera Collection - Puccini: Madama Butterfly

2 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cazzato, Michele; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nanni, Oscar; Nerozzi, Lidia; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

This classic recording, using Italian forces under the direction of Tullio Serafin, features the incomparable pairing of Renata Tebaldi with Carlo Bergonzi in their first...continue...

Corelli in Verdi's "Il Trovatore" / Gavazzeni, Stella, et al

2 CD / Opera Legacy / 2002-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Ricciardi, Franco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Here is the white heat of La Scalas opening night, December 7, 1962! Gavazzeni leads the Scala orchestra through a singularly memorable evening. The climax...continue...

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

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-02-05

Works: Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Casoni, Bianca Maria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fiorentini, Mirella; Freni, Mirella; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Live performance, Milan, December 7, 1963 of Mascagni's second most famous opera (after Cavalleria rusticana), in a surprisingly different mode. A gentle pastoral tale of...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Morelli, Corelli, Gordoni, D'Orazi, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Recorded Sound: Bis [encore]! Franco!!; Applause; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato
Performers: Artioli, Walter; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; d'Orazi, Attilio; Giorgi, Walter; Gordoni, Virginia; Grella, Bruno; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Parma Teatro Regio Chorus; Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

Callas Collection - Donizetti: Poliuto / Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto
Performers: 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...

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

2 CD / Decca / 1999-03-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cazzato, Michele; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nanni, Oscar; Nerozzi, Lidia; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

Puccini: Tosca / Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Morresi, Giuseppe; Negri, Antonio Eros; Piva, Franco; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]

Massenet: Manon / Maag, Freni, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Freni, Mirella; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciardi, Franco; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Puccini: Turandot / Gavazzeni, Nilsson, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera d'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; Mercuriali, Angelo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ricciardi, Franco; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

"If you are tired of the rash of tiny, pale, faceless voices attempting to sing Butterfly, then return to those thrilling days of yesteryear with...continue...

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

Verdi: Battaglia di Legnano / Corelli, Bastianini, Gavazzeni

2 CD / Myto Records / 1994-10-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Ferrin, Agostino; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Stefanoni, Marco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Verdi: La Traviata / Maazel, Lorengar, Aragall, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1994-02-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Carbonari, Virgilio; Fiorentini, Mirella; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Lorengar, Pilar; Losa, Alfonso; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Malagu, Stefania; Poli, Pier F...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra