Moffo, Anna

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...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...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...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; Björling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Lu...
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...

Dreamticket to La Traviata / Operatic legends sing the most famous arias & scenes

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, ...

This is a compilation of recordings made between 1914-1961 of the most famous arias and scenes from La Traviata allowing the listener to arrange several...continue...
Recording information: 1914-1961....continue...

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

Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Rachmaninov: Vocalise / Anna Moffo, soprano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34
Performers: Moffo, Anna
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; America Symphony Orchestra

Soprano Anna Moffo was born in Pennsylvania in 1932 of Italian parents. After a period at the Curtis Institute, she went back to her ancestral...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center, New York City, USA (04/1964)....continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Temp...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Highlights] / Taddei, Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Cossotto, Wachter

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Ercolani, Renato; Fusco, Elisabetta; Gatta, Dora; Moffo, Anna; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vinco, Ivo; Wächter, Eberhard
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

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The best performance comes from Eberhard Wächter, who sings the Count's aria with steely passion, articulating the triplets - and this is rare -...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1959-09-17_1959-09-19&1959-)....continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Moffo, Cioni, Poli [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Afro
Conductors: De Fabritis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Orchestra RAI Radiotelevisione di Milano

Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC
Subtitles: English, French, German
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Art of Anna Moffo

4 CD / Gala Import / 2011-06-07

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Ottorino Respighi: La Fiamma
Performers: Anelli, Anna Maria; Calabrese, Franco; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Coleva, Mara; Ercolani, Renato; Galli, Gianna; Mazzini, Guido; Moffo, Anna; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vega, Danilo
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bartoletti, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio

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...

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

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; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
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...

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...

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

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

Rachmaninoff: The Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Import / 2008-04-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Songs (14), Op. 34; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32; Concerto for Pi...
Performers: Brailowsky, Alexander; Janis, Byron; Moffo, Anna; Pennario, Leonard; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Stott, Kathryn; Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]
Conductors: Jorda, Enrique; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
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...

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

8-CD budget priced clamshell box including highlights of Callas in her most iconic performances....continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Gius...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Respighi: La fiamma / Molinari-Pradelli, Coleva, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-05-09

Works: Ottorino Respighi: La fiamma, opera in 3 acts, P. 175
Performers: Carturan, Gabriella; Coleva, Mara; Mandalari, Maria Teresa; Mandelli, Luisa; Moffo, Anna; Prandelli, Giacinto; Santo, Tusa; Tagliabue, Carlo; Villa, Luisa; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Respighi composed several operas, of which 'La Fiamma' is generally considered the most successful. Enchanted by the Byzantine-era mosaics in Ravenna churches, Respighi had long...continue...

Bellini: La Sonnambula

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-06-29

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Anelli, Anna Maria; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Galli, Gianna; Mazzini, Guido; Moffo, Anna; Vega, Danilo
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno

Menus and Music - Dining and the Opera in Manhattan - Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, etc / Price, Sills, Domingo, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Gershwin: Porgy and ...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Boesch, Christian; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Kraus, Alfre...

Donizetti: La Figlia del Reggimento / Mannino, Moffo, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera; Emilia di Liverpool
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Campora, Giuseppe; Cantelo, April; Cassinelli, Antonio; Dowling, Denis; Fioravanti, Giulio; Frascati, Tommaso; Gardino, Jolanda; McAlpine, William; Moffo, Anna; Rovetta, Teodoro; Suther...
Conductors: Mannino, Franco; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Liverpool Music Group Singers

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Björling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, ...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Karajan, Moffo, Cioni, Sereni, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Leoni, Limbania; Loretti, Giorgio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Ricciardi, Franco; Righetti, Romana; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]; Zaccaria, Nic...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Italian-American soprano Anna Moffo was a megastar in the 1960s and early 70s thanks to her beauty, thrilling voice, and acting ability. Her career...continue...

Inspired Voices - Music to Enhance Your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Hodie aperuit nobis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johannes Brahms: Der englische Gruss ("Gegrüsset"), for mixed ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina; Knutson, Lydia Heather; Lamb, Andrew; Moffo, Anna; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Piau, Sandrine...
Conductors: Thornton, Barbara; Marlow, Richard; Fiedler, Arthur; Davis, Colin; Froschauer, Helmuth; Goodman, Roy; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Levine, James; Hills, Margaret; Eichhorn, Kurt; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; La Petite Bande; Sequentia (Early music ensemble); Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Classics - Opera! - Bizet: Carmen / Maazel, Moffo, et al

2 CD / RCA Import / 2001-11-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Berbie, Jane; Cappuccilli, Piero; Corelli, Franco; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; McDaniel, Barry; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Moffo, Anna; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Highlights from Gaetano Donizetti's la Figlia del Reggimento

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2001-09-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Fioravanti, Giulio; Gardino, Jolanda; Moffo, Anna
Conductors: Mannino, Franco

Opera Goes to the Movies

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Costa, Mary; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo; Marton, Eva; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Peters, Roberta; Price, Leontyne; Seiffert...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Patanè, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia ...

Rachmaninoff for Relaxation / Ormandy, Janis, Starker, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-06-19

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Prelude, Op. 32, no 5; Songs (14), Op. 34; Prélude for piano in F major, TN ii/15; Prelude for piano no 5 i...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Bezrodny, Sergei; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Janis, Byron; Kazakevich, Mikhail; Moffo, Anna; Neriki, Shigeo; Spivakov, Vladimir; Starker, Janos; Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri; Ormandy, Eugene; Stokowski, Leopold; Reiner, Fritz; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: American Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

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's Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Turandot; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Corena, Fernando; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Mattiucci, Franca; Milnes, Sherrill; Moffo, Anna; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals];...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Leinsdorf, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Roberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santi, Nello; Serafin, Tullio

Mozart: Arias / Anna Moffo, Galliera, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Testament / 2000-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; D...
Performers: Moffo, Anna
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Originally released as two separate mono LPs and four stereo LPs, this material is brought together here on a single album for the very first...continue...

The Only Operetta Album You'll Ever Need - Lèhar, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-05-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Robert Stolz: Der Favorit, operetta; Frühjahrsparade; Liebeskommando; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Yo...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Hadley, Jerry; Johnson, Julia Migenes; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Moffo, Anna; Popp, Lucia; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Schramm, Margit; Von Stade, F...
Conductors: Stolz, Robert; Melichar, Alois; Sinatra, Ray; Collado, Jose; Santi, Nello; Wallberg, Heinz; Eisbrenner, Werner; Bonynge, Richard; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; Rudolf Lamy Choir; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninoff: Vocalise / Rachmaninoff, Moffo, Kissin, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-04-04

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Vocalise
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Babin, Victor; Bezrodny, Sergei; Galway, James [Flute]; Jones, Warren; Kissin, Evgeni; Moffo, Anna; Spivakov, Vladimir; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Vronsky, Vitya
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Gould, Morton; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gerhardt, Charles; Tomita; Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Morton Gould Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Norman Luboff Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

The Great Moments from Die Fledermaus /Moffo, Franchi, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Franchi, Sergio; Hauxvell, John; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Moffo, Anna; Scovotti, Jeanette; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Danon, Oskar
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

This highlights disc of Johann Strauss II's classic, high-spirited operetta appears for the first time on CD. Anna Moffo, Sergio Franchi and Rise Stevens lead...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Karajan, Gobbi, Alva, Panerai, Moffo, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-09-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Barbieri, Fedora; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Merriman, Nan; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spataro, Tomaso; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"...Karajan's polished performance...appears...in better sound than ever. Indeed, for once the company's early stereo has life and clarity, allowing us to hear the conductor's infinite...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata - Highlights / Previtali, Moffo, Tucker

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Liliana; Reynolds, Anna; Susca, Vito; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Opera Treasury - Humperdinck: Hänsel and Gretel / Eichhorn

2 CD / RCA Records Import / 1999-07-13

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Berthold, Charlotte; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ludwig, Christa; Moffo, Anna; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt
Ensemble: Tölz Boys Choir

"The news here is not the performances, which has been almost universally praised, but the availability of Humperdink's wonderful fairy tale in spiffy new sound...continue...

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

Callas Edition - Puccini: La Bohème - Highlights / Votto

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1998-06-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moffo, Anna; Panerai, Rolando; Spatafora, Manuel; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Previtali, Moffo, Tucker, Merrill, etc

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Calabrese, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Poli, Liliana; Reynolds, Anna; Susca, Vito; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Ventriglia, Franco; Zagona...
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

"...Moffo was at that time the best Violetta in the world (Callas almost never assumed the role, and Sutherland, still in her 'droopy' period, was...continue...

Rachmaninoff - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-04-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Songs (14), Op. 34; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32; Concerto for Pi...
Performers: Brailowsky, Alexander; Janis, Byron; Moffo, Anna; Pennario, Leonard; Stott, Kathryn; Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]
Conductors: Jorda, Enrique; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: American Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

The Best of Italian Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Adrian Denss: Gagliarde; Wol...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; Cavalli, Floriana; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gedda, Nicolai; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Monte, Carlo del; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Davis, Colin; Santini, Gabriele; Grist, Reri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Schippers, Thomas; Fistoulari, Anatole; Galliera, Alceo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ferrari...
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Most Famous Opera Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; La bohème; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Obraztsova, Yelena; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Guadagno, Anton; Patanè, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Kuhn, Gustav; Slatkin, Leonard; Gardelli, Lamberto; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard

Basic 100 Vol 26 - Rodrigo and Villa-Lobos / Bream

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-10-12

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Prelúdios (5), for guitar, A. 4...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Moffo, Anna; Winfield, Michael
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Stokowski, Leopold; Brouwer, Leo
Ensemble: American Symphony Orchestra; Monteverdi Orchestra; RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra