Cossotto, Fiorenza

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

The Verdi Opera Selection, Vol. 1 - Verdi Performances across the Eras of Trovatore; Don Carlos & Rigoletto / Karajan, Vargas, Nucci et al. [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Rigoletto
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Kabaivanska, Raina; Michael, Nadja; Miles, Alastair; Mosuc, Elena; Nucci, Leo; Polgar, Laszlo; Skovhus, Bo; Tamar, Iano; Van ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Billy, Bertrand de; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera; Zurich Opera

Arthaus' ambitious Verdi Opera Selection project aims to marry productions of Verdi's operas across eras. Legends of the past stand proudly next to today's legends...continue...

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...

Pavarotti & The Divas / Verdi, Donizetti, Mozart, Bellini / Scoto, Freni, Janowitz, Caballe, Cossotto

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Vincenzo Bellini: ...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Freni, Mirella; Janowitz, Gundula; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata

This disc presents Pavarotti in duets with several of the great ladies of opera. Renata Scotto was noted for the beauty of her voice, her...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...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

1 CD / Myto Records / 2012-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ottolini, Luigi; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria

Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh (08/21/1960)....continue...

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Highlights] / Taddei, Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Cossotto, Wachter

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ercolani, Renato; Fusco, Elisabetta; Gatta, Dora; Moffo, Anna; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vinco, Ivo; Wächter, Eberhard
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
The best performance comes from Eberhard Wächter, who sings the Count's aria with steely passion, articulating the triplets - and this is rare -...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1959-09-17_1959-09-19&1959-)....continue...

Amadeus: Best of Mozart / Te Kanawa, Karajan, Welser-Most et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Sonata for Piano no 11, K. 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Le nozz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Marshall, Margaret; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Naoumoff, Emile; Popp, Lucia; T...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Wlser-Most, Franz; Leppard, Raymo...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic

Donizetti: La Favorita / De Fabritiis, Cossotto, Kraus, Raimondi, NHK Symphony [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Kraus, Alfredo; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: NHK Symphony Orchestra

A thrilling and sublimely sung 1971 performance of one of Donizetti's most beautiful scores, starring two of opera's most magnificent artists, mezzo-soprano Fiorenza Cossotto and...continue...
Run Time: 180 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
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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...

Boito: Mefistofele

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cavalieri, Anna de; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Malagú, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Essential Mozart

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Desderi, Claudio; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gedda, Nicolai; Gr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Leppard,...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Karajan/Vienna State Opera, Domingo, Kabaivanska, Van Dam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caslavsky, Karl; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Kabaivanska, Raina; Van Dam, Jose; Venuti, Maria; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 151 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spani...continue...

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...

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...

Opera Exclusive - Placido Domingo Live / Carmen, Fedora, Il Trovatore [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2009-05-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Buchanan, Isobel; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Kabaivanska, Raina; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 418 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish
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Icon - Montserrat Caballé sings Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Boito, Mascagni, Giordano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; Macbeth; Un ba...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baratti, Giuseppe; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; K...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Levine, James; Guadagno, Anton; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra...

Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe was one of the world's leading operatic divas during the latter part of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

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

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

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

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, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
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...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel, Tatozzi, Pastori, Cossotto, Vinco, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-11-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

It is worth noting that all previous releases of this program are multi-copied recordings. Here for the first time it is presented from the Original...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Bellini: Complete Operas / Bernstein, Callas, Bonynge, Caballé, Cioffi, Scotto, et al

25 CD / Dynamic / 2008-09-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Adelson e Salvini, opera; Bianca e Fernando, opera; Il Pirata, opera; La Straniera, opera; Zaira, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatric...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Amodio, Nicola; Anderson, Kelly; Balboni, Anna Maria; Barcellona, Daniela; Caballe, Montserrat; Caforio, Armando; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Capasso, Camille;...
Conductors: Licata, Andrea; Viotti, Marcello; Sanzogno, Nino; Olmi, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Carella, Giuliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Luisi, Fabio; Bonynge, Richard; Bernstein, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Macerata Opera Festival Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Bellini: La sonnambula / Votto, Callas, Cossotto, Monti, Zaccaria, Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mantovani, Dino; Martelli, Edith; Monti, Nicola; Ricciardi, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

As Rene Seghers notes in his essay, at her 1955 debut in the role of Amina, Maria Callas "dominated the ensembles and, at certain moments,...continue...

Original Jacket Collection - Montserrat Caballé

15 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria di Rohan; Anna Bolena; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gemma di Vergy; Belisario, opera; Parisina ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brecknock, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Collins, Kenneth; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Griffiths, Gwyn; Ho...
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Ferrer, Rafael; Guadagno, Anton; Marco, Eugenio M.; Leinsdorf, Erich

This 15-disc set commemorates the virtuoso singer's 75th birthday in 2008. Winner of the 'Gramophone's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award', Caballe personally selected the repertoire in...continue...

Bellini: Norma / de Fabritiis, Cecchele, Vinco, di Stasio, Cossotto, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-04-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Castellana, Franco; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; di Stasio, Anna; Suliotis, Elena; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Karajan/La Scala, Vickers, Cossotto [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-03-11

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act
Performers: Cecchele, Gianfranco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Glossop, Peter; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Kabaivanska, Raina; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This production of 'Cavalleria Rusticana' from 1968 was staged by Giorgio Strehler, and Herbert von Karajan conducted the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Handel, Bellini, Gounod, Donizetti: Operas / Freni

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: L...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Caron, Willy; Cioni, Bruno; Companez, Irene; Cossotto, Fiore...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Verchi, Nino; Prêtre, Georges; Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von

This collection of six complete operas makes a strong case for why Mirella Freni has had the distinction of being one of the best-loved operatic...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...

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...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...

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...

Verdi: Messa di Requiem / Tullio Serafin

2 CD / Testament / 2007-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; I vespri siciliani; Giovanna d'Arco; Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Il Trovatore; Otello
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Fernandi, Eugenio; Modesti, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

"hearing this 1959 set after many years, it stands up beautifully and can be highly recommended. The hushed opening mesmerizes and the "Dies irae" and...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...

Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

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...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Serafin, Bergonzi, Stella, Cossotto

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonato, Armanda; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Ricciardi, Franco; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Blessed with Serafin's lithe, clear, unforced conducting...and a cast all of whose members are Italian." -Gramophone...continue...

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Giulini, Taddei, Moffo, Wächter

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cunningham, Diana; Ercolani, Renato; Fusco, Elisabetta; Gatta, Dora; Moffo, Anna; Schmidt, Heinrich; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spencer, Gillian; Taddei, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Various / La Scala Box Set / Various [12 DVD]

12 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-07-25

Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Lo frate 'nnamorato; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; La donna del lago; Wolfgang Amadeus Moz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June; Araiza, Francisco; Berti, Marco; Bertocchi, Sergio; Blake, Rockwell; Bottion, Aldo; Bramante, Aldo; Bruson, Renato; Capuano, Enzo; Cassis, Alessandro; Cazzaniga, Renato...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin; Ranzani, Stefano; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Corale Polifonica di Sommariva Bosco; La Scala Philharmonic; La Scala Philharmonic Chorus

With 11 operas and over 30 hours of performances, Opus Arte presents outstanding RAI television recordings of performances from the Teatro alla Scala, beautifully packaged...continue...
Run Time: 1832 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: USA
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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: La forza del destino / Ziino, Labo, Cappuccilli

2 CD / Living Stage / 2006-07-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; De Osma, Marcella; Labo, Flaviano; Mazzini, Guido; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Ziino, Ottavio
Ensemble: Parma Teatro Regio Chorus; Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

Grand Tier - Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-04-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

"This live performance...is of particular interest to fans of mezzo Fiorenza Cossotto, here caught early in her career, before the voice had grown into the...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...

Verdi: Requeim / Price, Karajan/Vienna Philharmonic Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

An exceptional cast of soloists - Leontyne Price, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fiorenza Cossotto and the young Luciano Pavarotti - makes this a visual and musical experience...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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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Boito: Mefistofele / Votto, Siepi, Poggi, Broggini, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-07-01

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Broggini, Cesy; Cossotto, Fiorenza; De Cavalieri, Anna; Malagu, Stefania; Mercuriali, Angelo; Poggi, Gianni; Ricciardi, Franco; Siepi, Cesare
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra