Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola

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

Verdi: Don Carlos

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

Brilliant Opera Collection - Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Fillipeschi, Stignani

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cavallari, Rina; Filippeschi, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This recording from La Scala in 1954, whilst not technically perfect, captures Callas in her element. "For a generation of opera-goers, Callas was Norma, and...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Virginia Zeani

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-05-12

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Born in Romania, Virginia Zeani studied in Bucharest and Italy. She made her debut in 1948 at Bologna's Teatro Duse singing the role that was...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

Mussorgsky, Wagner: Opera Highlights / Stokowski

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Cauwet, Raymond; Mason, Lawrence; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

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...

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...

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...

The Essential Collection: Maria Callas

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon ...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; ...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

2 CD / Myto Records / 2007-02-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Raimondi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Rumbo, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Live recording: Milan, 1957. One of Callas' greatest roles - now, at last, available again in improved sound. (2 CDs)...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; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
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...

Verdi: Don Carlos / Capuana, Picchi, Pedrini, Barbieri

2 CD / Gala / 2006-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Cavalieri, Laura; Mascherini, Enzo; Morisani, Romeo; Pedrini, Maria; Picchi, Mirto; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Torti, Armando
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus; Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra

Historical- Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia/Giulini, Callas

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Callas in one of her only "comic" roles recorded live....continue...

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Giulini, Callas, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-02-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Maria Callas's interpretation of this role appears exceptionally modern and faithful to the original score in its revival of the tessitura for mezzo. Beside Callas...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Serafin, Callas, Stignani

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-06-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Caroli, Paolo; Cavallari, Rina; Filippeschi, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Mikhail Glinka: A Li...
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Braithwaite, Warwick; Benintende-Neglia, Tomaso; Fistoulari, Anatole; Previtali, Fernando

Famous Voices of the Past - Maria Callas

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-08-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Gabriele; De Sabata, Victor; Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Spontini: La Vestale / Votto, Callas, Corelli, Sordello

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-04-03

Works: Gasparo Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giulio Neri

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Arrigo Boito: Me...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Filippeschi, Mario; Neri, Giulio; Poggi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Questa, Angelo; Previtali, Fernando; Gui, Vittorio; Votto, Antonino; Capuana, Franco

Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale / Gavazzeni, Gencer

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Ildebrando Pizzetti: Assassinio nella Cattedrale, opera
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Campi, Enrico; Carturan, Gabriella; Cassinelli, Antonio; Cormanni, Adolfo; Dondi, Dino; Gencer, Leyla; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Ortica, Mario; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Puglisi, Lino...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Pizzetti, successor to Respighi at the St. Cecilia Academy in Rome, wrote in a style reminiscent both of the Impressionists and of late Reniaissance or...continue...

Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi / Gracis, Olivero, et al

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

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi, opera
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cesari, Renato; Lazzari, Agostino; Maddalena, Alessandro; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vincenzi, Edda
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore
Ensemble: Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra

Verdi: Alzira; Bellini / Capuana, Cava, McNeil, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Alzira; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bortoluzzi, Bianca; Cava, Carlo; Cecchele, Gianfranco; Filippeschi, Mario; MacNeil, Cornell; Mongelli, Andrea; Monti, Nicola; Porzano, Saverio; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rinaudo, Mario; Rossi-L...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Callas - Her Earliest Successes / Serafin, Basile, Gui, etc

1 CD / Fono / 2002-10-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Basile, Arturo; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Great Voices of the Past - The Age of Bel Canto

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro),...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Ivogun, Maria; La...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greatest Heroes

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

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von W...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Bampton, Rose; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fleta, Miguel; Gigli, Beniamino; Lehmann, Lotte; Lore...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Super Villains

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bechi, Gino; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Destinn, Emmy; Granforte, Apollo; Hasslo, Hugo; Herrmann, Josef; Pasero, Tancredi; Pertile, Aureliano; Pinza, Ezio;...

Debut Series - Callas - 1949 - One Year, One Voice

1 CD / Fono / 2002-02-05

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bechi, Gino; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

With 11 selections from Norma, Nabucco and Turandot, these are the very earliest Callas rarities, including her absolute first appearance on tape, May 20, 1949,...continue...

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano / Molinari-Pradelli, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano; I vespri siciliani
Performers: Borriello, Mario; Gencer, Leyla; Gibin, Joao; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Jacopucci, Fernando; Limarilli, Gastone; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Pugliese, Franco; Ronchini, Bruna; R...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This political potboiler is the 13th of Verdi's 36 operas. Rarely recorded it is now available at the great Gala price. Bonus tracks are excerpts...continue...

Inge Borkh

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walkü...
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Borkh, Inge; Greindl, Josef; Kamann, Karl; Konya, Sandor; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Neralic, Tomislav; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Streich, Rita; Suthaus, Ludwig; Tappy, Eric; Tuc...
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gui, Vittorio; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Schuricht, Carl; Kraus, Richard; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Müller-Kray, Hans

Wolf-Ferrari: I Quattro Rusteghi

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I quattro rusteghi, opera
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cesari, Renato; Lazzari, Agostino; Maddalena, Alessandro; Mariotti, Alfredo; Olivero, Magda; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Vincenzi, Edda
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Gavazzeni, Callas, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-03-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Raimondi, Gianni; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Rumbo, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

This was the opera that launched Donizetti's international career in 1830. It was popular for about 50 years, then suddenly disappeared. This 1957 Callas performance...continue...

Callas Collection - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-11-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Gobbi, Tito; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Luise, Melchiorre; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Callas Collection - Spontini: La Vestale / Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Few sopranos could encompass the vocal and dramatic demands of the heroine of this seldom-heard but beautiful opera, which has two sublime arias for the...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Serafin, de los Angeles

2 CD / Testament / 1998-12-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Benatti, Erminio; Canali, Anna Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Luise, Melchiorre; Monti, Nicola; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Milan Opera Chorus

Virginia Zeani - Opera Recital

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1992-02-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlos; La fo...
Performers: Kraus, Alfredo; Lazzari, Agostino; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Zeani, Virginia