Egerton, Francis

Tears On Toast: Opera's Greatest Tragedies & Triumphs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; The Girl of the Golden West; Charles Gounod: Faust; ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Barker, Cheryl; Bartoli, Cecilia; Begg, Heather; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Elvin, William; Fowle...
Conductors: Fritzsch, Johannes; Noseda, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Summers, Patrick; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Divall, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hogwood, Christopher; Karajan, Herbert vo...

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

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...

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...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Panerai, Nucci, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Gonzalez, Dalmacio; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Nucci, Leo; Ricciarelli, Katia; Sells, Michael; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale

Verd: Falstaff / Giulini, Royal Opera House / Bruson, Wildermann, Egerton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Boozer, Brenda; Bruson, Renato; Egerton, Francis; Hendricks, Barbara; MacPherson, George; Nucci, Leo; Wildermann, William
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The Falstaff (it's a pleasure to report) is a delight from start to finish... Bruson is a magnificent Falstaff, whether from the twinkle in his...continue...
Run Time: 138 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Domingo, Verrett, Te Kanawa, et al

3 CD / / 2005-11-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allan, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"Verrett is quite interesting. Hers has always been an individual timbre, perhaps not beautiful in the conventional sense, but unique, and possessing an innate animal...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Verrett, Domingo, Van Dam, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Lancaster, Robert; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

A "Carmen" cast and conductor like this would be hard to match on any label, at any price, but it's yours in remastered digital sound...continue...

Lehar: Merry Widow (Highlights Sung In English)

1 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-21

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Brecknock, John; Egerton, Francis; Ewer, Graeme; Fryatt, John; Krenn, Werner; Masterson, Valerie; Resnik, Regina; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress / Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Performers: Bell, Donaldson; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Coxon, Richard; Egerton, Francis; Evans, Rebecca; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fisher, Jonathan; Gritton, Susan; Hayward, Robert; Keyte, Christopher;...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This premiere digital studio recording of Vaughan Williams's powerful and moving epic follows a highly successful performance at the Barbican Hall, London, in November, 1997....continue...

Royal Opera House - The Puccini Experience / Downes

1 CD / Conifer Classics / 1995-11-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi; Edgar, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, op...
Performers: Botha, Johan; Druiett, Michael; Egerton, Francis; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gheorghiu, Angela; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Rautio, Nina
Conductors: Downes, Edward
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohème / Davis, Ricciarelli, Carreras, et al

2 CD / Philips Import / 1994-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Angelis, Giovanni de; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Egerton, Francis; Elvin, William; Hagegard, Hakan; Hazell, Richard; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Putnam, Ashley; Ricciarelli, Katia; Whelan, David; ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Mehta, Price, Domingo, Milnes, Plishka

2 CD / RCA Records / 1986-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Gibbs, John; Grant, Clifford; Milnes, Sherrill; Pearl, David; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Price, Leontyne; Rippon, Michael
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir