Meletti, Saturno

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

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...

Beniamino Gigli in Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-10-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Acampora, Irene; Cambi, Adelina; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gentile, Guiseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; Guelfi, Piero; Malgarini, Pina; Meletti, Saturno; Pini, Amalia
Conductors: Patanè, Franco

These recordings come from San Carlo, Naples, January 1952. Here, Gigli is perfervid throughout the performance and more involved with words than in the 1934...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...

Verdi: Falstaff / Rossi, Taddei, Carteri, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Meletti, Saturno; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pagliughi, Lina; Pini, Amalia; Renzi, Emilio; Signore, Gino del; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Verdi's last opera, written when he was approaching 80, receives one of its finest performances on disc, with a conductor greatly admired by connoisseurs though...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème, etc / Santini, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-10-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Avolanti, Gianni; Badioli, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Meletti, Saturno; Neri, Giulio; Ribetti, Elda; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Mascagni: Guglielmo Ratcliff / La Rosa Parodi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Guglielmo Ratcliff, opera (tragedia) in 4 acts
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Ceroni, Aronne; Ciminelli, Giovanni; Ferraro, Pier Miranda; Jakabfy, Eva; Mattioli, Renata; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Meletti, Saturno; Pace, Miti Truccato; Pedroni, Augusto; Tatone, Vito
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa

Verdi: Falstaff / Rossi, Taddei, Renzi, Pagliughi, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2000-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Meletti, Saturno; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pagliughi, Lina; Pini, Amalia; Renzi, Emilio; Signore, Gino del; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Rossi, Mario

Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Marinuzzi, Caniglia, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-09-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Avogadro, Liana; Caniglia, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Dominici, Ernesto; Masini, Galliano; Meletti, Saturno; Nessi, Giuseppe; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tagliabue, Carlo

This was the first complete recording of La forza del destino....continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Caniglia, Lauri-Volpi, etc

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 1998-12-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Oberto
Performers: Caniglia, Maria; Colella, Alfredo; Falchi, Raffaele de; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Meletti, Saturno; Nicolai, Elena; Pasero, Tancredi; Platania, Carlo; Zagonara, Adelio
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Panizza, Héctor; Simonetto, Alfredo