Del Monaco, Mario

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...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

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

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

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

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

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Dream Ticket to Andrea Chenier: The most famous arias and celebrated singers, 1908 - 1960

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chènier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bjorling, Jussi; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Masini, Galliano; Milanov, Zinka [Sopran...

This is a compilation of the most famous arias and scenes from Andrea Chénier performed by different singers with varying interpretations. The recordings range from...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...

Terrific Tenors

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bjorling, Jussi; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Florez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Lanza, Mari...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Anto...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Renata Tebaldi Sings Puccini & Verdi Favourites

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Boheme; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio

Legendary Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi presents a number of her greatest and most popular roles, the recording as exceptional as her voice....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / A Film Sung by Tito Gobbi, Mario Del Manaco [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Hal Leonard Corp / 2010-09-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Gobbi, Tito

Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
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16 Prologo da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bechi, Gino; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Ruffo...

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...

Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2010-04-03

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini, opera
Performers: Campi, Enrico; Carturan, Gabriella; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cesarini, Athos; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Malaspina, Giampiero; Mantovani, Dino; Marimpietri, Lidia; Mercuriali, Ang...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Recording information: Teatro alla Scala, Milano (06/04/1959)....continue...

Aida: Live Recording - Tokyo, 1961

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Pagliuca, Silviano; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriella; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

Bellini: Norma

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino

Verdi: Macbeth

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello
Performers: Berry, Noreen; Boniface, Edgard; Brian Wrigt; Celia Penny; Davies, Rhoderick; Del Monaco, Mario; Dobson, John; Gobbi, Tito; Jean Holmes; Robinson, Forbes; Shuard, Amy; Thomas, Glynne; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Sanzogno, Nino

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...

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

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 - 26 "E lucevan le stelle" da Tosca di Giacomo Puccini

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2009-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bjorling, Jussi; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Caruso, Enrico; Ciniselli, Ferdinando; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Mig...

An opera becomes popular only if at least one of its arias is a success: Tosca contains many famous pieces, but one above all, "E...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

18 "Celeste Aida" da Aida di Giuseppe Verdi / Caruso, Bergonzi, Paoli, Björling, Corelli, Gigli, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Labò, Flaviano; Lagares, Rafael; Martinelli, Gio...

'Aida' is the most widely-performed opera ever and the aria 'Celeste Aida' is what might be termed its calling card. After all, it is sung...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Mitropoulos, Steber, Del Monaco, Giacomo, Guelfi, Tozzi, et al

2 CD / Regis Records / 2008-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: de Palma, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Steber, Eleanor; Susca, Vito; Tozzi, Giorgio; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri;
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Del Monaco, Zaccaria, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Rodriguez, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Mario Del Monaco at the Bolshoi / Scenes from Carmen and Pagliacci (B&W) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2008-03-11

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Ivanov, Alex; Maslennikova, Leocadia; Vespov, Evgenyi
Conductors: Tieskovini, Basiliev; Melik-Pashayev, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Chorus; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra

When Del Monaco appeared with the Bolshoi in 1959, he became the first Italian opera singer to perform in Soviet Russia. Included are Carmen scenes...continue...
Run Time: 90 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: Russia
...continue...

Verdi: Aida / de Fabritiis, Callas, Monaco, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes 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

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Del Monaco, Callas, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-02-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

Reviewers find this performance the finest of Callas – here for the first time in splendid sound, at correct pitch and without overdubs from other...continue...

Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

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

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...

Catalani: La Wally / Cleva, Tebaldi, del Monaco, Diaz, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Marimpietri, Lidia; Tebaldi, Renata; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Catalani's opera was a success at La Scala when first given there in 1892 but it remains something of a rarity in the theatre today...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 # 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...

Il Mito Dell'Opera - Mario Del Monaco - Rarities

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2007-09-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario

Perhaps the only truly heroic tenor - what the Germans call a Heldentenor - to come out of Italy. And more to the point, he...continue...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Verdi: Aida / Tucci, Del Monaco, Simionato, Protti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Cesarini, Athos; Del Monaco, Mario; Kawauchi, Sumie; Pagliuca, Silvano; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriela; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; NHK Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus

"This September 1967 performance from Tokyo is a remarkable treasure. Call the production "traditional" or "old-fashioned", but it does nothing to distract from the singers....continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

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

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

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Tebaldi, Protti, Del Monaco, Capuana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-04-24

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; di Stasio, Anna; La Porta, Arturo; Onesti, Giorgio; Pagliuca, Silvano; Pini, Amalia; Protti, Aldo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Run Time: 131 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: La Forza del Destino

3 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-09-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bernard, Donald; Del Monaco, Mario; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Neumann, Lydia; Pechner, Gerhard; Rotolo, Rosemary; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]; Wildermann...
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus

Here is the 1953 New Orleans Opera production starring Zinka Milanov in excellent sound quality, mastered from previously unissued sound sources. Included is a bonus...continue...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aldo Protti

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rossi, Lina; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Many opera lovers will still have vivid memories of this spirited singer, born in Cremona in 1920. His stocky, agile, muscular figure, his striking "diavolo"...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera - Acts 2 & 3 / Sanzogno, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Beloni, Gino; Biasini, Piero; Castellani, Carla; Del Monaco, Mario; Giunta, Arsenio; Morel, Marisa; Nardi, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Mario del Monaco at the Bolshoi - Bizet, Leoncavallo, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-07-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina; Bolshakov, Alexei; Del Monaco, Mario; Fabrisanov, Kaisar; Fokin, Philip; Ionov, Ivan; Ivanov, Alexei; Lisitsian, Pavel; Lositzina, Nadezhda; Maslennicova, Leocadia; Masliennikova, I...
Conductors: Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Tieskovini, Basiliev
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

Carmen in Russian? No - in Russian, Italian and occasionally French - a linguistic mish-mash but it was a fabulously exciting evening nonetheless. Del Monaco's...continue...

Il mito dell'opera - 24 Nessun dorma da Turandot

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2005-07-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Granda, Aless...

If it is true, as many claim, that the great epic age of opera ended with Puccini, there is no doubt that Calaf's aria, taken...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Votto, Callas, Simionato, del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-05-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Del Monaco, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This double CD set features the newly re-mastered recording of one of the most famous Italian operatic performances of the 1950s: the opening night at...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

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2005-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Alagna, Roberto; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brockhaus, Lilo; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crespin, Regine; De...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Roberto; Pritchard, John; Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Varviso, Silvio; Abbado, Claudio; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, ...