Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]

Live On Stage / Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barb...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Heater, Claude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Knapp, Josef...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Prêtre, Georges; Kempe, Rudolf; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef

Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mangelsdorff, Simone; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridder...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Rolls-Royce orchestral playing in a fine studio recording, with a starry cast led by Fietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Wotan. What is lacking in the rough...continue...

Puccini - The Definitive Collection / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

11 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James

A Portrait of Manon - Great Love Duets / Anna Moffo, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; di Stasio, Anna; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Labo, Flaviano; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Rinaudo, Mari...
Conductors: Leibowitz, René; Previtali, Fernando; Leinsdorf, Erich; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Nessun Dorma: Puccini's Greatest Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2008-06-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Howlett, Neil; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Krause, Tom; Ludwig, Christa; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2008, the classical music world will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago. No opera singer in recent times is more...continue...

Richard Strauss: Capriccio

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-06-04

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Christian, Hans; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Jaresch, August; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lackner, Herbert; Ludwig, Christa; Majkut,...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Gramophone Magazine
The sound on the Capriccio release is... lacking in air, although not enough to disturb the memory of Lisa della Casa's assumption of the...continue...

Essential Jose Carreras (International)

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven

A beloved member of The Three Tenors, Spain's Jos Carreras has become one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

The Essential José Carreras

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A beloved member of "The Three Tenors," Spain's Jose Carreras endures as one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

Mercadante: Il Giuramento

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-09-05

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Domingo, Placido; Fiotta, Michele; Herman, Sylvia; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Zampieri, Mara
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Leinsdorf, Price, Tucker, Elias

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinarily passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera...continue...

The # 1 Puccini Album

2 CD / Decca / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Freni, M...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Varviso, Silvio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Alagna, Roberto; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo...

Tschaikowsky: Eugen Onegin

2 CD / Orfeo / 2004-06-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Dvorsky, Peter; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jahn, Gertrude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Koves, Peter; Lilowa, Margarita; Yachmi, Rohangiz; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....continue...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kraus, Alfred...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Santi, Nello; Basile, Arturo; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Previtali, Fernando; Cleva, ...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Highlights / Leinsdorf, Price

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maero, Philip; Price, Leontyne; Tucker, Richard [T...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

Festspieldokumente - Cavalieri: Rappresentazione / Salzburg

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-06-02

Works: Emilio de' Cavalieri: La rappresentatione di anima e di corpo, musical morality play
Performers: Bomches, Helge von; Ellenbeck, Dieter; Fuchs, Gabriele [Soprano Vocal]; Hooley, William; Jahn, Gertrude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Malm, Curt; Raninger, Walter; Sarroca, Suzanne; Simon, Joanna...
Conductors: Marzendorfer, Ernst

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Varviso, Gedda, Grist, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 1999-04-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carmeli, Boris; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Wachter, Eberhard; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans

Puccini Gala - Famous Arias / Caballé, Carreras, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-05-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Francesco, Pier; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Santi, Nello; Varviso, Silvio; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mehta, Zubin

Bizet: Carmen / Karajan, Bumbry, Vickers, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-02-17

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Diakov, Anton; Freni, Mirella; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kesteren, John van; Miljakovic, Olivera; Paounov, Milen; Vickers, Jon; Vocals], Justin...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Puccini: Madama Butterfly

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra

"If you are tired of the rash of tiny, pale, faceless voices attempting to sing Butterfly, then return to those thrilling days of yesteryear with...continue...

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Puccini

1 CD / Decca / 1994-08-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La Rondine; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; ...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Serafin, Tullio; Levine, James; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Opera's Greatest Love Songs - Pavarotti, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; T...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Price, Margaret [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich; Perlea, Jonel; Prêtre, Georges; Oren, Daniel; Steinberg, Pinchas; Levine, James; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry

Ti Amo: Puccini's Greatest Love Songs

1 CD / Decca / 1993-10-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Howlett, Neil; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Krause, Tom; Ludwig, Christa; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Highlights / Karajan, Freni

1 CD / Decca / 1989-02-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra