Ruffo, Titta

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

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...

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...

Icon: Beniamino Gigli (7 CDs)

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; L'amico Fritz; Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Isab...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bada, Angelo; Baldosseri, Nerina; Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; de Luca, Giuseppe; Elmo, Cloe; Fedri, Dino; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Joseph; Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goehr, Walter; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pie...
Ensemble: ; Neapolitan Novelty Band

Beniamino Gigli was the most popular and successful Italian tenor in the first half of the 20th century. Acclaimed as the second Caruso, he was...continue...

Great Tenors 4 - Verdi, Wagner, Puccini

1 CD / Symposium / 2009-11-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger; Giuseppe Verdi: Aïda; I Lombardi; Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Mirella; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Romanze...
Performers: Bassi, Amedeo; Bendazzi-Garulli, Ernestine [Vocals]; Garulli, Alfonso; Ruffo, Titta

The two tenors featured in the fourth volume of this series of great tenors are both Italian. Alfonso Garulli began his career in 1881 and...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...

10 Great Tenors

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Il Duca d'Alba; Lucia di Lammermoor; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Un ballo in mas...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Björling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, M...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Amedeo Bassi, Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-08-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà, opera; Chatterton, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La F...
Performers: Bassi, Amedeo; Ruffo, Titta

Although time has passed him by, Amedeo Bassi was a renowned contemporary of Enrico Caruso and performed at the Met even before appearing at La...continue...

Symposium Opera Collection Vol 18 - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; Alberto Franchetti...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Finzi-Magrini, Giuseppina; Galvany, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pareto, Graziella; Ruffo, Titta

Ruffo possessed undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of his era (along with Caruso, he was one of the leading singers of the new...continue...

The Essential Collection - Great Tenors / McCormack, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Salvatore Fucito: Sultanto a Te for voice & orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Semele; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Aida, op...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Bjorling, Jussi; Bourdon, Rosario; Burke, Tom; Caruso, Enrico; Cortis, Antonio; Crooks, Richard; Gigli, Beniamino; Martinelli, Giovanni; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Melba, Nellie; M...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Rogers, Walter B.; Goehr, Walter; Sabajno, Carlo; Ormandy, Eugene; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Bourdon, Rosario; Grevillius, Nils...

The Essential Collection takes its first foray into classical music in this set, which features some of the greatest tenor voices of the first half...continue...

Neapolitan Songs

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Francesco Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Romanze (2); L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); La serenata; Canzoni napoletane (3); Marechiare; Addio; Gia...
Performers: Anselmi, Giuseppe; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Bastianini, Ettore; Björling, Jussi; Bonci, Alessandro; Capecchi, Renato; Carreras, José; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; de Lucia, Fernando; Del...

Prima Voce - Great Singers Vol 2 (1903-1939)

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Ernani; Traditional: Ma Lisette; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Les Huguenots; George Frederic...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Calvé, Emma; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Farrar, Geraldine; Favero, Mafalda; Flagstad, Kirsten; Garden, Mary; Gluck, Alma; Ivo...
Conductors: Blech, Leo; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

...An utterly splendid collection, winners every one...a tour from one superlative to another. Gramophone. Very popular selection of arias and featuring the greatest singers recorded...continue...

Vocal Archives - Enrico Caruso - The Verdi Recordings Vol 3

1 CD / Enterprise / 2006-01-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Requiem Mass
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gadski, Johanna; Homer, Louise; Ruffo, Titta

Surround Yourself with Enrico Caruso

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; G...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Gadski, Johanna; Gluck, Alma; Homer, Louise; Jacoby,...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-02-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Afrikanerin; Charles...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Ruffo, Titta

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 2

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-07-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Macbeth; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Andreva, Stella; Bampton, Rose; Battistini, Mattia; Bjorling, Jussi; Burzio, Eugenia; Caniglia, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Castagna, Bruna; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cordon, Norman; de Luca, Gi...
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Gui, Vittorio; Sabajno, Carlo; Sandberg, Herbert; Tansini, Ugo; Pitt, Percy; Panizza, Héctor

The Great Voices survey of Verdi operas continues with this second of three volumes, including extensive excerpts from 'La Traviata' and 'Un Ballo in Maschera'...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Verdi's Masterworks Vol 1

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; I due Foscari; Attila
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Badini, Ernesto; Bechi, Gino; Bernelli, Gina; Bjorling, Jussi; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caruso, Enrico; Crimi, Giulio; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Granforte, Apollo; Hempel...
Conductors: Sabajno, Carlo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Orchestra

This is the first release in a 4 volume series (8 CDs altogeher) surveying the greatest Verdi recordings made by the past century's most legendary...continue...

Puccini's Masterworks / Björling, Gigli, Melba, Muzio, et al

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

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Baronti, Duilio; Björling, Jussi; Borgioli, Armando; Bori, Lucrezia; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Del Monaco, Mario; Destinn, Emmy; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino; McCo...

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;...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - On the Wings of Belcanto - Bellini

2 CD / Preiser / 2002-02-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Bianca e Fernando, opera
Performers: Battistini, Mattia; Bonci, Alessandro; Boninsegna, Celestina; Borgioili, Dino; Callas, Maria; Cattaneo-Minghini, Irene; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gentile, Marina; Gu...

Great Voices of the Past - Legendary Opera Duets

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-07-10

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Henry Pur...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Baillie, Isobel; Bampton, Rose; Beuf, Augusto; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Eames, Emma; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals...

This is a unique collection of some operatic rarities, some sung by famous singers, some by names now forgotten, but belonging to artists of surprising...continue...

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 2 - 1910-1920

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-08-15

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammermoor; Linda di Chamounix; Carlos Gomes: Lo Schiavo, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ru...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Barrientos, Maria; Battistini, Mattia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Clement, Edmond; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ameli...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano

The Golden Age of Singing Vol 1 - 1900-1910

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Simon B...
Performers: Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Barili, Alfredo; Battistini, Mattia; Bonci, Alessandro; Boninsegna, Celestina; Boronat, Olimpia; Burzio, Eugenia; Butt, Clara, Dame; Calvé, Emma; Caruso, Enri...
Conductors: Sabaino

Celebrating the golden era of operatic singing, this special collection (the first of four volumes), culled from the highly acclaimed Prima Voce series, highlights the...continue...

The Prima Voce Treasury of Opera Vol 1

6 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-02-15

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Attila; Un ballo in masche...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Battistini, Mattia; Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cortis, Antonio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Devries, David; Flagstad, Kirsten; Fleta, Miguel; Galli-Curci, Amelit...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ghione, Franco; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Messner, J.; Reibold, Bruno; Sabajno, Carlo; Polacco, Giorgio; Albergoni, Angelo; Grevillius, Nils; Cloez, Gustave; Setti, G...

Artists of the Century - Caruso -Greatest Tenor in the World

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust; La Reine de Saba; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Ri...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giordano, Umberto; Gluck, Alma; Jacoby,...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.

Operatic Arias (1905-1941) / various artists

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; Il re di Lahore; Paolo Tosti: Au temps du grand roi; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Ernani; I due Foscari; Rigoletto; ...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Battistini, Mattia; de Luca, Giuseppe; Fugere, Lucien; Galeffi, Carlo; Giraldoni, Eugenio; Gorin, Igor; Husch, Gerhard; Magini-Coletti, Antonio; Maurel, Victor; Petri,...
Conductors: Tours, Frank; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Weissmann, Frieder; Reibold, Bruno

Prima Voce - Titta Ruffo

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Zazà,...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Ruffo, Titta
Conductors: Sabaino; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario

The Caruso Edition Vol 3 - 1912-1916

3 CD / Pearl / 1991-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Rigoletto; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Macbeth; Jean-Baptiste Fauré: Le Crucifix vous qui pleurez; Les Rameaux,...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Bianculli; Caruso, Enrico; Duchene, Maria; Elman, Mischa; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Hempel, Frieda; Jacoby, Josephine; Journet, Marcel; Kahn, P...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Scognamiglio, Gaetano; Setti, Giulio

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...