Cerquetti, Anita

A Vocal Portrait: Operatic recital 1957; RAI broadcasts 1955/56, etc. / Anita Cerquetti, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble: ; RAI Concerto, Milan

Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Il Mito dell'Opera - Anita Cerquetti

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-07-04

Works: Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umbert...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Pola, Arrigo

Anita Cerquetti was a most accomplished artist and could handle the roles of very different types of operatic heroines. Whatever the character she played, the...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Sanzogno, Cerquetti, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Cerquetti, Anita; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Ferraro, Pier Miranda; Gonzales, Renzo; Massaria, Antonio; Pola, Arrigo; Presti, Vera; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Zagonara...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Weber: Oberon

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-02-04

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon
Performers: Cadoni, Fernanda; Cerquetti, Anita; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Monteanu, Petre; Panni, Nicoletta; Picchi, Mirto; Pirazzini, Miriam; Poli, Liliana; Valerio Degli Abbati
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio

Cerquetti was under-recorded but not under-appreciated. Her "Ocean" aria is considered by many to be the best every recorded. Finally in good sound! (2 CDs)...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Santini, Cerquetti, Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Borelli, Giannella; Cerquetti, Anita; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Nero, Giulio; Pirazzini, Miriam
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

"...One of the best live recordings available. Cerquetti made few recordings; this performance makes you wonder why... Corelli sings magnificently throughout, with an exhuberance that...continue...

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Tieri, Cerquetti, Poggi, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2003-03-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Cerquetti, Anita; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: Tieri, Emidio

Cherubini: Gli Abencerragi / Giulini, Cerquetti, Roney, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Frati, Augusto; Misciano, Alvino; Natali, Valiano; Petri, Mario; Testi, Lorenzo; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Florence Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Verdi: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Christoff, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

One of the most thrilling of Verdi's early operas is incomparably sung and conducted on this magnificent Italian performance, starring some of the greatest singers...continue...

Verdi: Ernani / Mitropoulos, Cerquetti, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-08-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Boni, Luciana; Cerquetti, Anita; Cesarini, Athos; Christoff, Boris; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

This is a classic live from 1967 Ernani recording, the singers all in their prime. The set has been transferred from analog tape using a...continue...

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Rossi, Cerquetti, Fischer-Dieskau

3 CD / Myto Records / 2000-02-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Jaia, Gianni; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors: Rossi, Mario