Corena, Fernando

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen Import / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

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

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...

Puccini: La bohème / Tulio Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Gianna

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Onesti, Georgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, R...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, La Bohème is presented in the legendary recording from Rome in 1959. Tebaldi is...continue...
Recording information: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (08/1959)....continue...

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Poli, Afro; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Signo...
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Sanzogno, Nino

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Afro Poli

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-10-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers: Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino

The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....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...

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 - Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore, / Güden, di Stefano, Corena

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Corena, Fernando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Mandelli, Luisa
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

BBC Music Magazine
Hilde Gueden's Adina is properly coy and sweetly sung, Giuseppe di Stefano an affecting Nemorino, but Fernando Corena's Dulcamara steals the show.
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Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

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...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parodi, Corena, Lazzari, La Gatta, Poli, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James

This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale, etc / Parodi, Corena, Poli, Lazzari, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Colombo, Scipio; Corena, Fernando; Del Signore, Gino; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Mattioli, Renata; Poli, Afro; Sciutti, Graziella
Conductors: La Rosa Parodi, Armando; ; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Cesarini, Athos; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Krause, Tom; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Romanato, Nello; Satre, Ana Raquel; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

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...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Tebaldi, Siepi, Corena, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carturan, Gabriella; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giordano, Ezio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebal...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

A star-studded recording of Verdi's dramatic masterpiece with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco and Ettore Bastianini in the main roles....continue...

The Originals - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Kmentt

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; The Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, musical; Vincenzo Valente: Passione for voice & orc...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Koth, Erika; Nilsso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Karajan, Tebaldi, Simionato, Bergonzi, Macneil

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Mill, Arnold van; Ratti, Eugenia; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Friends of Music Society

"Forty-eight years have elapsed... but this set still manages to be among the best Aidas ever recorded. Karajan was truly a whiz kid in those...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...

Original Masters - Renata Tebaldi - Aria and Duets

5 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Otello; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; O del mio dolce ardor; Richard Wagner: Lohe...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonynge, Richard; Campora, Giuseppe; Caruso, Mariano; Caselli, Dario; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; MacNeil, Cornell; McGillivray, Ja...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bartoletti, Bruno; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Serafin, Tullio; Cleva, Fausto; Capuan...

The great soprano Renata Tebaldi's incredible catalogue of recordings for Decca began with a recital disc made in 1949. Over the next twenty years she...continue...

Auber: Domino noir / Gressier, Micheau, Peyron, Berthon

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Le Domino Noir, opera; Fra Diavolo
Performers: Berton, Liliane; Betti, Freda; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; Demigny, Bernard; Maurun, Gilbert; Micheau, Janine; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Orlandini, Gino; Pace, Miti Truccato; Parras, Germ...
Conductors: Gressier, Jules; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; ORTF Lyric Chorus

Here is a complete performance of Auber's sparkling opera 'Le domino noir', plus highlights from another Auber opera, 'Fra Diavolo'. "Auber's music has an irresistible...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème (Highlights) / Serafin, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Chamber Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fernando Corena

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pirazzini, Miriam; Poli, Afro
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Erede, Alberto; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Sutherland, Pavarotti

3 CD / Decca Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Corena, Fernando; Cross, Richard; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Monti, Nicola; Opthof, Cornelis; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Veasey,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Armando La Rosa Parodi, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-09-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cavallari, Rina; Corena, Fernando; Corridori, Anita; Pirazzini, Miriam; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / La Rosa Parodi, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Calo, Gino; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; Guerrini, Adriana; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pirazzini, Miriam; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Sanzogno, Di Stefano, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-05-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Corena, Fernando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fioravanti, Giulio; Prandelli, Giacinto; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Erde, Tebaldi, Campora, Mascherini, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2003-08-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Bori, Lucrezia; Campora, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Farneti, Maria; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Mascherini, Enzo; Sacchetti, Antonio; Schipa, T...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto

Verdi: Aida / Erede, Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Corena, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Auber: Le Cheval de Bronze / Marty, Nigoghossian, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-04-05

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Bronze Horse, opera; Fra Diavolo
Performers: Arapian, Armand; Bellamy, Brigitte; Campora, Giuseppe; Cold, Ulrik; Corena, Fernando; Garcisanz, Isabel; Moigne, Guy; Nessi, Giuseppe; Nigoghossian, Sonia; Noni, Alda; Orlandini, Gino; Pace, Miti Tru...
Conductors: Marty, Jean-Pierre; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; ORTF Chorus

The Compact Opera Collection - Puccini: La Bohème / Serafin

2 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"Tebaldi's second Decca set with Bergonzi dominated the catalogue in the early days of stereo. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard... the recording...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Erede, Tebaldi, Campora, et al

2 CD / Pearl / 2002-06-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème
Performers: Calvino, Michele; Campora, Giuseppe; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Diozzi, Gianna; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Luise, Melchiorre; Pizzeri, Luigi; Rankin, Nell; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice

2 CD / Decca / 2001-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: D...
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carral, Dora; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D'Angelo, Gianna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Franc, Tugomir; Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Kubelik, Rafael; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardelli, Lamberto; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic...

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

Puccini's Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Turandot; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Corena, Fernando; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Milnes, Sherrill; Moffo, Anna; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals];...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Leinsdorf, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Roberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santi, Nello; Serafin, Tullio

Rossini: The Barber of Seville - Highlights / Leinsdorf

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Marsh, Calvin; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Roggero, Margaret; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

Puccini: Tosca / Leinsdorf, Milanov, Bjoerling, Rome Opera

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bianchini, Giovanni; Carlin, Mario; Catalani, Nestore; Corena, Fernando; Jussila, Mika; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Monreale, Leonardo; Preziosa, Vincenzo; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

"...Here we have Bjoerling and Warren--enough even without Milanov--but Milanov is wonderful. This has been on CD before...but the remastering is better...One of the best...continue...

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...

Cimarosa, Paër: Il Maestro di Cappella / Casella, Corena

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1999-06-26

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il Maestro di cappella; Ferdinando Paër: Le maître de chapelle
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Martel, Jacqueline; Pontiggia, Luigi
Conductors: Casella, Leopoldo
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohème / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Bastianini

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Penguin Guide
it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most...continue...

Monteverdi: Madrigali / Loehrer, Lugano Società cameristica

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1998-09-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Al lume delle stelle; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 6; Madrigals, Book 8
Performers: Condostati, Stella; Corena, Fernando; Gahwiller, Sylvia; Gamper, Annalies; Giorgetti, Maria Luisa; Gruber, Ferry; Loomis, James; Mancini, Jolanda; Minetto, Maria; Petroff, Nasco
Conductors: Loehrer, Edwin
Ensemble: Lugano Chamber Music Society

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Muti, Corena, Panerai, et al

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

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Bottazzo, Pietro; Corena, Fernando; Frati, Augusto; Panerai, Rolando; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

The Ultimate Puccini Collection / Pavarotti, Carreras, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Corelli, Franco; Corena, Fernando; Crespin, Regine; D'Angelo, Gianna; Di Stefa...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Barlow, Stephen; Chailly, Riccardo; Serafin, Tullio; Maazel, Lorin; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Mauceri, John
Ensemble: ; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa ...

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-02-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Ercolani, Renato; Fanelli, Gaetano; Giordano, Ezio; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto

Penguin Guide
The recording has a glitter and brilliance to match even the fabulous court of the emperor of China
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Recording information: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (07/1955)....continue...

Mozart: The Concert Arias / Te Kanawa, Gruberova, et al

5 CD / Decca / 1997-11-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola agl'occhi miei, recitative and aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 272; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; O temerario Arbace!...Per quel paterno, recitative a...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gruberova, Edita; Hobarth, Elfriede; Knussen, Stuart; Kuchl, Rainer; Laki, Krisztina; Parsons, Geoffrey; Te Kanaw...
Conductors: Fischer, György; Pritchard, John; Peters, Reinhard; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Haydn Orchestra