Casa, Lisa della

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 4; Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" / Fritz Reiner, Chicago SO

2 CD / Widescreen Import / 2012-07-05

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Das Lied von der Erde; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Lisa Della Casa sings W.A. Mozart and Richard Strauss (rec. 1947-1960) [4 CDs]

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Strauss: Der Ros...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Jurinac, Sena; Kirschstein, Leonore; Ludwig, Christa; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Puttar, Nada; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich; Böhm, Karl; Szell, George; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Solti, Sir Georg; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Recording information: 1947-1960....continue...

Seine Grössten Erfolge: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-02-15

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Der Wildschütz; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Casa, Lisa della; Fehrenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Greindl, Josef; Greverus, Boris; Klust, Hertha; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reutter, Hermann; Schock, Rud...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fricsay, Ferenc; Rother, Artur; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Cluytens, André; Ludwig, Leopold; Böhm, Karl; Schmitz, Paul; Lohe, Jean; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario;...

Anton Dermota: Live Recordings, 1949-1981

2 CD / Orfeo / 2010-12-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, ...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bierbach, Franz; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dutoit, Laurence; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellwig, Judith; Helm, Hans; Jurinac, Sena; Kalin, Mira; Kun...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kleiber, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Klobucar, Berislav; Matacic, Lovro von; Schrottner, Peter; Baudo, Serge; Swarowsky, Hans; Sanderlin...

Recording information: 1944-1981....continue...

Live On Stage / Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barb...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Heater, Claude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Knapp, Josef...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Prêtre, Georges; Kempe, Rudolf; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef

Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th...continue...

50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
Recording information: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg....continue...

Magic Flute - Live Salzburg 1959

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Charlebois, Robert; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, Friederike; Simoneau, Léopold [Te...
Conductors: Szell, George

A Portrait of Hermann Uhde

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Alban Berg: Wozzeck; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Gehl, Hans [Piano]; Greindl, Josef; Hines, Jerome [Bass Vocal]; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Steber, Eleanor; Uhde, Hermann; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Eckner, H.; Cleva, Fausto; Kempe, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Hollreiser, Heinrich

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...

A Portrait of Anton Dermota: Opera and Songs

2 CD / Gala Import / 2009-11-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Macbeth; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Bedrich Smetana: Die Verkaufte Braut; Giovanni Bononcini: Polifem; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von...
Performers: Berger-Weyerwald, Hilda; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Kamann, Karl; Kern, Adele; Lienbach, Lisa; Nikolaidi, Elena; Rethy, Esther; Schwaiger, Rosl; Steingruber, Ilona; Topitz-Feile...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Ludwig, Leopold; Moralt, Rudolf; Schönherr, Max; Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Hundertmark, Frank; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Kassowitz, Gottfried; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Schuc...

Heritage Masters - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / E. Kleiber, C. Siepi, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2009-08-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dickie, Murray; Felbermayer, Anny; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Proglhoff, Harald; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Welfing, Hugo Meyer
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

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Heritage Masters - R. Strauss: Arabella / Solti, della Casa, London, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Coertse, Mimi; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kolowratnik, Karl; Lenninger, Wilhelm; London, Georg...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

Brahms, Schoeck, Ravel, Schubert, Strauss, Wolf: Lieder

1 CD / Orfeo / 2009-07-17

Works: Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Sandor, Arpad

Heritage Masters - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Dermota, Corena, Danco

3 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Krips, Josef
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer,...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; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
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...

Lisa Della Casa - Recital - Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, etc

1 CD / Orfeo / 2009-01-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Gottfried von Einem: Dantons Tod; Richard Strauss: Capriccio; Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Hammond, Hugh Beresford; Krenn, Werner; Madeira, Jean; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Wiener, Otto; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krombholc, Jaroslav; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef; Prêtre, Georges; Keilberth, Joseph

Recording information: Vienna State Opera House....continue...

Prima Voce - Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Krauss, Patzak, Güden, Wagner, Gedda, et al

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Eljen a Magyar, Op. 332; Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Immer nur Lächeln, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Gedda, Nicolai; Kunz, Erich; Patzak, Julius; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Ackermann, Otto; Moralt, Rudolf; Reinshagen, Victor; Paulik, Anton

Surely a more scintillating score than that composed by Johann Strauss II for his operetta 'Die Fledermuas' does not exist. This performance is conducted by...continue...

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, etc / Suitner, Schreier, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Mag...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Funke, Christian; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Leib, Gunther; Michallik, Oskar; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Blomstedt, Herbert; Tate, Jeffrey; Janowski, Marek; Sanderling, Kurt; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Vonk, Hans; Kurz, Siegfried; Neuhaus, Rudolf
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Herbert von Karajan: Salzburger Orchesterkonzerte 1957

4 CD / Orfeo / 2008-07-28

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "J...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Casa, Lisa della; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Herzog, Gerty
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

In den groáen Oper Szenen / Anneliese Rothenberger

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puc...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; chke, Thomas; Lunow, Horst; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter; Spiess, Ludovic; Ude, Armin
Conductors: Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Suitner, Otmar; Neuhaus, Rudolf

Anneliese Rothenberger, who lives at Schloss Salenstein on the Swiss side of Lake Constance, celebrated her 80th birthday on June 19, 2006. She made her...continue...

After Work Hour Vol 8 - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem S...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Casa, Lisa della; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Neukirch, Harald; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Ridder, Anton de; Rothenberger, Anneli...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Fricke, Heinz; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

This latest release in the series is aimed towards the opera fan, with arias and orchestral selections from the greatest masterpieces. There are a lot...continue...

Richard Strauss: Capriccio

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-06-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Christian, Hans; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Jaresch, August; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lackner, Herbert; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut,...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Gramophone Magazine
The sound on the Capriccio release is... lacking in air, although not enough to disturb the memory of Lisa della Casa's assumption of the...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

1 CD / Orfeo / 2008-03-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Edelmann, Otto; Kmentt, Waldemar
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Gramophone Magazine
Karajan live, his Vienna forces on top form, goes for lean, lithe Beethoven.
...continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger, etc / Knappertsbusch, Edelmann

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried Idyll
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borst, Heinz; Casa, Lisa della; Edelmann, Otto; Faulhaber, Werner; Janko, Josef; Kohl, Max; Mikorey, Karl; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Pflanzl, Heinric...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Singers to Remember - Helge Roswaenge - Opera and Operetta

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-10-09

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; ...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Kochhann, Elsa; Lemnitz, Tiana; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Schmidt, Franz; Orthmann, Erich; Reinshagen, Victor; Melichar, Alois; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Kunneke, Eduard
Ensemble: ; Kapelle der Staatsoper Berlin

The Originals - R. Strauss: Arabella / Solti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Coertse, Mimi; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Edelmann, Otto; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kolowratnik, Karl; Lenninger, Wilhelm; London, Georg...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg

"On the Decca set, Della Casa soars above the stave with the creamiest, most beautiful sounds and constantly charms one with her swiftly alternating moods...continue...

Lisa della Casa sings Richard Strauss

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-08-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Ariadne Auf Naxos; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dickie, Murray; Elderling, Anton; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Jaresch, August; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Poell, Alfred; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Schoeffler, Pau...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Moralt, Rudolf; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Hertog, Johannes den

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Borkh, Della Casa, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-08-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Felbermayer, Anny; Gerber-Candy, Audrey; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Littasy, Georg; Loraine, Karol; Lorenz, Max; M...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This recording finds Borkh in top form. Her energy and voice never flag...Lisa della Casa is a near perfect Chrysothemis...Dimitri Mitropoulos paces the opera with...continue...

Strauss: Arabella / Kempe, Della Casa, Trötschel, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Malaniuk, Ira; Nentwig, Kathe; Peter, Albrecht; Proebstl, Max; Trötschel, Elfriede; Uhde, Hermann
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

This set features a live performance of 'Arabella' given by the Bayerischen Staatsoper at the Royal Opera House during their visit to London since the...continue...

Strauss: Arabella / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-01-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Carnuth, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Ehrengut, Walter; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gunter, Horst; Hoppe, Carl; Kohn, Karl Christian; Mücke, Karl; Malaniuk, Ira; Matthes, Walther; Mertes, Matthias; ...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

"Della Casa soars above the stave with the creamiest, most beautiful sounds and constantly charms one with her swiftly alternating moods of seriousness and gaiety."...continue...

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

Wiener Opernfest 1955 Highlights

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-10-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Alban Berg: Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Rich...
Performers: Anday, Rosette; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Berta Seidl; Boesch, Ruthilde; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Buchbauer, Alois; Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Edith Preisner...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Kubelik, Rafael; Reiner, Fritz; Knappertsbusch, Hans

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Reiner, Della Casa, Chicago Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Casa, Lisa della
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"This is a brisk, unsentimental rendition of Mahler's pseudo-Classical symphony, incisively played and spectacularly executed. Overall, it's not the last word, but this is still...continue...

Richard Strauss: Arabella

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-06-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Edelmann, Otto; Eta Kohrer; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Malaniuk, Ira; Melchert, Helmut; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Ruesche, Kurt; Stern, Georg; ...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Krauss

3 CD / Guild / 2004-12-01

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bierbach, Franz; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hann, Georg; Hellwig, Judith; Jaresch, August; Lemnitz, T...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Lisa Della Casa sings Brahms, Schubert, etc

1 CD / Testament / 2004-07-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Franz Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Im Frühling, D ...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Hudez, Karl; Peschko, Sebastian

Lisa Della Casa's art was always of the kind that conceals art, and had no truck with artifice. Her illustrious career on the international scene...continue...

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Fischer-Dieskau

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Jon Tolansky: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview)
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Holm, Richard; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Kubelik, Rafael; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Barbirolli, John; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl; Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Requiem / Walter, Della Casa, Malaniuk, et al

1 CD / Classica d'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Malaniuk, Ira; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Strauss Famous Scenes / Nilsson, Rysanek, Price, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Der Rosenkavalier; Elektra; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Final Scene
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Crespin, Regine; Gruberova, Edita; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hellwig, Judith; Holecek, Heinz; McDaniel, Barry; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Rysanek, Leoni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Böhm, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Helge Rosvaenge - Zürich 1949

1 CD / Preiser / 2000-12-01

Works: Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt, operetta in 3 acts (revision of "Endlich Allein"); Du bist meine Sonne, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Giuditta"); Der Graf von Luxemburg; Freunde,...
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Reinshagen, Victor
Ensemble: Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arabella, etc / Della Casa, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2000-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Arabella; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Bierbach, Franz; Casa, Lisa della; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Moralt, Rudolf; Hollreiser, Heinrich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is an important issue and one that no lover of Strauss's music must miss. The songs are among the most moving musical documents we...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Monteux, Stevens, Della Casa, etc

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

Pierre Monteux conducts Rise Stevens as Orfeo and Lisa Della Casa as Euridice in the first CD release of this complete 1957 stereo recording of...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4 / Reiner, Della Casa, Chicago Symphony

1 CD / RCA Records Import / 2000-03-07

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major
Performers: Casa, Lisa della
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Erich Kleiber, Cesare Siepi, et al

3 CD / Decca Import / 1999-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dickie, Murray; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A classic of the gramophone". -Gramophone...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Borkh, Della Casa, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Felbermayer, Anny; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Littasy, Georg; Loraine, Karol; Lorenz, Max; Madeira, Jean; Majkut, Erich; Meyer, Kerstin [Mez...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Highlights / Kleiber, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Corena, Fernando; Danco, Suzanne; Dickie, Murray; Felbermayer, Anny; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Poell, Alfred; Proglhoff, Harald; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Siepi, Cesare; Welfing, ...
Conductors: Kleiber, Erich
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

4 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Bracht, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Graf, Emil; Hahn-Plouvier, Myriam; Hoppe, Karl; Keil, Adolf; Klarwein, Franz; Kuen, Paul; Kuhn, John; Ostertag, Karl; Peter, Albre...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans

Richard Strauss: Elektra

2 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Borkh, Inge; Casa, Lisa della; Draskler, Sonja; Gerber-Candy, Audrey; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lorenz, Max; Madeira, Jean; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Szell, Della Casa, Kopth, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1997-07-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Charlebois, Robert; Donch, Karl; Hotter, Hans; Jerger, Alfred; Koth, Erika; Majkut, Erich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Plumacher, Hetty; Sailer, F...
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus