Ferrara, Mario

Verdi: Otello / Renata Tebaldi, Hans Beirer, William Dooley, Mario Ferrara, Sieglinde Wagner - Deutsche Oper Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Dooley, William; Ferrara, Mario; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Tebaldi, Renata; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Patane, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Chrous of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: IT,GB,ES,DE,FR
Country of Origin: Germany...continue...

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra / Paolo Bordogna Ferrara/Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Papatheologou, Korchak; Cantarero [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Dynamic / 2012-02-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra
Performers: Bordogna, Paolo; Cantarero, Mariola; Cifolelli, Stefan; Custer, Manuela; Esposito, Alex; Ferrara, Mario; Korchak, Dmitry; Panozzo, Cosimo; Papatheologou, Kleopatra; Pertusi, Michele; Prato, Vittorio
Conductors: Jia, Lu
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Prague Chamber Choir

WORLD PREMIERE ON BLURAY! Both the cast and the conductor have been praised by international press for this performance. The rousing overture is very famous;...continue...

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra / Paolo Bordogna Ferrara/Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano, Papatheologou, Korchak; Cantarero [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra
Performers: Bordogna, Paolo; Cantarero, Mariola; Cifolelli, Stefan; Custer, Manuela; Esposito, Alex; Ferrara, Mario; Korchak, Dmitry; Panozzo, Cosimo; Papatheologou, Kleopatra; Pertusi, Michele; Prato, Vittorio
Conductors: Jia, Lu
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento; Prague Chamber Choir

La Gazza Ladra is an "opera semiseria" which developed from the middle of the eighteenth century with the vogue for "Larmoyant" tales. By Rossini's time...continue...
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Bellini: I Puritani

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

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: Ferrara, Mario; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Raimondi, Gianni; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Zanasi, Mario; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

Umberto Giordano: Siberia

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Sibera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Farina, Ida; Ferrara, Mario; Galo, Gino; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Lazzarini, Adriana; Londi, Laura; Maragliano, Luisa; Mazzini, Guido; Mazzotta, Paolo; Monachesi, ...
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo

Puccini: Turandot, etc / Annovazzi, Lippert, Zerbini, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Ferrara, Mario; Janulako, Wassili; Kucharsky, Andrej; Labo, Flaviano; Lippert, Marion; Marimpietri, Lidia; Mercuriali, Angelo; Pedroni, Augusto; Piacente, Maurizio; Zerbini, Antonio...
Conductors: Annovazzi, Napoleone
Ensemble: Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Donizetti: Operas / Campanella, Bernart, Soudant, et al

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Poliuto; Maria di Rohan
Performers: Alaimo, Vincenzo; Brighi, Walter; Briscik, Barbara; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Carroli, Silvano; Colafelice, Giacomo; Coni, Paolo; Connell, Elizabeth; d'Amico, Mildela; Dara, Enzo; Federici,...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; de Bernart, Massimo; Soudant, Hubert; Latham-Koenig, Jan
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bratislava Philharmonic Chorus; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Naples Teatro S...

Weber: Der Freischütz, Oberon / Sawallisch, Albrecht, et al

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-05-04

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon, J 306
Performers: Bjoner, Ingrid; Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen; Ferrara, Mario; Hamari, Julia; Hering, Karl-Joseph; Hollweg, Werner; King, James [Classical]; Machi, Mario; Miljakovic, Olivera; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pric...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Albrecht, George A.
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An homage to the deceased tenor, James King, this recording features both Margaret Price and Ingrid Bjoner in Maria Von Weber's Der Feischutz. The Annchen...continue...

Weber: Der Freischütz / Sawallisch, Price, King, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Dunn, Mignon; Ferrara, Mario; King, James [Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lavani, Carmen; Machi, Mario; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Rid...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Giordano: Il Re / Pier Alberto Biondi, Ugo Tansin, et al

1 CD / Gala / 2004-10-01

Works: Umberto Giordano: Il re
Performers: Baggiore, Elena; Ferrara, Mario; Marini, Enrico; Pagliughi, Lina; Turtura, Tito
Conductors: Biondi, Pier Alberto; Tansini, Ugo
Ensemble: Chorus; EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin; Orchestra

Giordano: Siberia; Catalani, Cilea / Belardinelli, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-04-09

Works: Umberto Giordano: Siberia; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Calo, Gino; Clabassi, Plinio; Farina, Ida; Ferrara, Mario; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Lazzarini, Adriana; Londi, Laura; Maragliano, Luisa; Mazzini, Guido; Mazzotta, Paolo; Monachesi, Walter; Olive...
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo; Scaglia, Ferruccio; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Chorus; Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orches...

Giordano: Siberia / Belardinelli, Maragliano, Zambon, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Umberto Giordano: Sibera
Performers: Calo, Gino; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Ferrara, Mario; Guggia, Mario; Londi, Laura; Maragliano, Luisa; Mazzini, Guido; Mazzotta, Paolo; Monachesi, Walter; Pugliese, Franco; Rossini, Pietro; Spica...
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Seldom heard today, "Siberia" was Giordano's favorite of all his operas, even though "Andrea Chenier" and "Fedora" have become the public's favorites. Full of romantically...continue...

The Great Operas of Giacomo Puccini

8 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Ausensi, Manuel; Boniface, Edgard; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; Cioni, Renato; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demar, ...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Votto, Antonino; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Spanish Radio/TV Orchestra

Eight discs for the price of six! Four Puccini masterworks are brought together at one low price....continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Votto, Nilsson, Carteri, La Scala

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Carteri, Rosanna; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ferrara, Mario; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Testa, Luigi
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Sure to be one of the most popular titles in the entire vast Opera d'Oro catalog, this 1958 Turandot features two of opera's mega-stars in...continue...