Gobbi, Tito

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...

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...

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: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Schwarzkopf, Alva, Moffo

2 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: 1956....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...

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Maria Callas in Paris

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Callas, Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Hurteau, Jean-Pierre; Lance, Albert; Mars, Jacques; Rialland, Louis
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges

Recording information: Palais Garnier, Paris, France (12/19/1958)....continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio

International Record Review
...there are few [conductors] that have the unerring sense of pace and unostentatious musicianship that Serafin brings to these recordings...Callas is mighty impr...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...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Live, Salzburg 1961

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2010-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Susca, Vito

A brilliant live performance from Salzburg in 1961. Baritone Tito Gobbi, one of the great singing actors of his era, is indelibly vivid as the...continue...
Recording information: Salzburg (08/19/1961)....continue...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

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...

Tosca (E) - Callas, Bergonzi, Pretre

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Recording information: Paris, Salle Wagram (12/1964-01/1965)....continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gobbi, Tito; Marimpietri, Lidia; Mariotti, Alfredo; Meletti, Saturno; Montarsolo, Paolo; Monte, Carlo del; Raymondi, Gi...
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele

Recording information: Opera House, Rome (07/1958)....continue...

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

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

1 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Fineschi, Onelia; Gobbi, Tito; Masini, Galliano; Sinimberghi, Gino
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe

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...

O Sole Mio, Canzoni, Vol. 1

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-11-10

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: Il pescatore pensa, for voice & piano/orchestra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Pour un baiser; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Romanze (3); T'amo ancora; Mauro C...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Cazette, Louis; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giacomo, Salvatore di; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lucia, Fernando de; Muratore, Lucien [Vocals]; Pertile, A...

Rooted in popular culture, the Neapolitan canzoni's lyrics and music are inspired by everyday themes. They are plain and simple miniatures that attain a higher...continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Cordova, Alvaro; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Mercuriali, Angelo
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

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...

Verdi: Nabucco

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-07-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Carral, Dora; Cava, Carlo; D'Auria, Anna; Foiani, Giovanni; Gobbi, Tito; Krautler, Walter; Prevedi, Bruno; Suliotis, Elena
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

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...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Puccini: Il Trittico / Bellezza, Serafin, Santini, Gobbi, Los Angeles, Rome Opera House Orchestra, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Canali, Anna Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Chissari, Santa; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra

These three recordings of Puccini's operatic trio are tied together by the casting of Tito Gobbi in the baritone roles in the first and third...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...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...

Vissi d'arte - The Puccini Love Songs / Maria Callas, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Danieli, Lucia; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fernandi, Eugenio; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Nessi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spatafor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This 2-CD set covers all of Puccini's main soprano arias as well as the principal love duets, in which Callas is joined by her regular...continue...

Platinum Deluxe: Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Forti, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Ticozzi, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Rossi, Gencer, Gobbi, Mazzoli, Picchi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Amodeo, Giovanni; Gencer, Leyla; Gobbi, Tito; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Monachesi, Walter; Picchi, Mirto; Sarri, Gino
Conductors: ; Rossi, Mario
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

The cast assembled in this historical CD features two of the best interpreters of all times: soprano Leyla Gencer and baritone Tito Gobbi, who fit...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Canali, Anna Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Simionato, Giulietta; Spataro, Tomaso
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Baritone Masterclass - Cilea, Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Rossini, etc / Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-05-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; La traviata; Un ballo in ma...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito

Prima Voce - Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Ve...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has chosen early 78 rpm recordings that capture Tito Gobbi’s voice at its most lyrical, persuasive, and attractive. Very few...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...

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...

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...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

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...

Mozart, Beethoven, Humperdinck: Operas / Schwarzkopf, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alsen, Herbert; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Braun, Hans; Calabrese, Franco; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gobbi, Tito; Greindl, Josef; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Cantelli, Guido

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

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

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...

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...

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...