Taddei, Giuseppe

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

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

Gramophone Magazine
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...

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

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...

Verdi: La Traviata (Highlights)

1 CD / IMC Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Alonso, Francisco; Callas, Maria; Cerda, Gilberto; Farfan, Luz Maria; Giron, Cristina; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Taddei, Giuseppe; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Borodin: Fürst Igor

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor
Performers: Buoso, Ennio; Christoff, Boris; Corradi, Giampaolo; Dominguez, Oralia; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Hotter, Hans; Infantino, Luigi; Klein, Peter; Majkut, Erich; Malaniuk,...
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Matacic, Lovro von

Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Macbeth
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Connell, Elizabeth; Davis, Darlene; Eagleson, Leonard; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Fissore, Enrico; Groswin, Henri; Lima, Luis; Popescu, Torna; Rinaldi, Margherita; Scherpfha...
Conductors: Bellugi, Piero; Muti, Riccardo

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-01-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Linda di Chamounix; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo; Aida, opera
Performers: Bianchini, Giovanni; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Padis, Leo [Vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Sacchetti, Antonio; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rapolo, Ugo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santini, Gabriele

This historic recording of Tosca was made in 1957 and originally released on Philips. There is a synopsis but no libretto or notes included....continue...
Recording information: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1957)....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...

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Grand Tier - Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-05-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alfredo; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in 'The Guardian' (UK) called her "the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th...continue...

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Simonetto, Carosio, Raimondi, Taddei, Corsi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Corsi, Rina; Modesti, Giuseppe; Raimondi, Gianni; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti had written about sixty operas already when he produced 'Linda di Chamounix', the last and best of his works in the semiseria style. It...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

Puccini: Tosca, etc / Bartoletti, Crespin, Di Stefano, Taddei, et al

4 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Crespin, Régine; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, etc / Ackermann, Tyler, Kesteren, Petrich, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-06-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Cava, Carlo; Griebel, August; Ito, Kyoko; Moscucci, Orietta; Noni, Alda; Petrich, Helene; Schiebener, Karl; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tyler, Marilyn;...
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; ; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra; NHK Symphony Chorus Tokyo; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Verdi: Otello / Beecham, Stella, Vinay, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-06-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Modesti, Giuseppe; Stella, Antonietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir;
Ensemble: Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra

Ramon Vinay is considered, with Mario del Monaco, as one of the greatest interpreters of 'Otello' of the twentieth century. In 1946 he sang it...continue...

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Rodriguez, Rosa; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Verdi: Aida / de Fabritiis, Callas, Monaco, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-03-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Ruffino, Ignacio; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes 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...

The World's Most Romantic Operas / Gavazzeni, Ozawa, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohè...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Crass, Franz; Farina, Ida; Filici, Mari...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Böhm, Karl; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Verchi, Nino; Maag, Peter; Schippers, Thomas; Matacic, Lovro von

Seven complete operas from the romantic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1973 of the greatest...continue...

Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Bellini, Verdi: Operas / Scotto

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La Stran...
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Aragall, Giacomo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [B...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Basile, Arturo; Abbado, Claudio; Gracis, Ettore; Verchi, Nino

Renata Scotto is an artist unique for the intensity of her acting combined with a concentrated technique, great intelligence and authentic Italian style. These seven...continue...

Donizetti: L'elisir d'Amore

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-10-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Jotti, Renza; Scotto, Renata; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mario Filippeschi

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-04-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea ...
Performers: Caroli, Paolo; Filippeschi, Mario; Mancini, Caterina; Neri, Giulio; Panerai, Rolando; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rossi, Mario; Quadri, Argeo; Gui, Vittorio

Filippeschi was intelligent enough in his early years to limit his repertoire strictly to lyric roles: Pinkerton, Rodolfo, Alfredo and Faust. The war years were...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, etc / Matacic

4 CD / Myto Records / 2006-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre
Performers: Botteghelli, Raimondo; Brunelli, Walter; Cadoni, Fernanda; Capecchi, Renato; Christoff, Boris; Ciavola, Giovanni; Franzini, Carlo; Giorgi, Ezio de; Gonzales, Renzo; Infantino, Luigi; Loomis, James; M...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Mannino, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

This is a splendid performance in Italian, featuring some of the best singers Italy could boast at the time....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto, Opera Arias / Questa, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2006-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; I vespri siciliani; Otello
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Colasanti, Irma; Fiorio, Tilde; Giacobini, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Neri, Giulio; Pagliughi, Lina; Soley, Tommaso; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Teno...
Conductors: Questa, Angelo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Giulini, Taddei, Moffo, Wächter

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cunningham, Diana; Ercolani, Renato; Fusco, Elisabetta; Gatta, Dora; Moffo, Anna; Schmidt, Heinrich; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Spencer, Gillian; Taddei, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Catalani / Bellezza, Gencer, Taddei

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-05-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: de Palma, Piero; De Santis, Vittorio; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Gencer, Leyla; Taddei, Giuseppe; Terrosi, Aldo
Conductors: Bellezza, Vincenzo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

During the 1950s Maria Callas was not the only rising star of opera; beside the great Greek-American soprano, another young singer who would become quite...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 / Santini, Tagliavini, Carteri, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2005-05-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Ramella, Elvina; Siepi, Cesare; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]; Zorgniotti, Mario
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin

Puccini: La Bohème, etc / Santini, Carteri, Tagliavini

2 CD / DS Classics / 2005-03-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Jules Massenet: Le roi de Lahore; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Ramella, Elvina; Siepi, Cesare; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio; Zorgniotti, Mario
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci / Karajan, Bergonzi, Carlyle, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carlyle, Joan; Morresi, Giuseppe; Panerai, Rolando; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Conviction and insight instil this Pagliacci with excitement and real drama. A troupe of actors arrives to give a performance of a...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Levine, Freni, Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; Freni, Mirella; Groves, Paul; Laciura, Anthony; Pavarotti, Luciano; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vargas, Ramón [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Erede, Sukis, Ludwig, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-05-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Ludwig, Christa; Nikolova, Milkana; Smith, Malcolm [bass]; Sukis, Lilian; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus; Vienna Opera Orchestra

Callas - A Verona

1 CD / Fono / 2004-03-02

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Marietti, Ines; Poggi, Gianni; Savarese, Ugo; Silveri, Paolo; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele; Picco, Guido; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Coro Cetra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; 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

The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; G...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dawson, Herbert; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Noto, Giuseppe; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pietro; Sabajno, Carlo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio; Zamboni...
Ensemble: ; Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach; Strings & Harp

Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano / Gui, Gencer, Limarilli

2 CD / Myto Records / 2003-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Performers: Gencer, Leyla; Limarilli, Gastone; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Karajan, Gedda, Schwarzkopf, et al

2 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2003-05-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Capozzi, Gilda; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Noni, Alda; Orell, Ester; Petri, Mario; Pirino, Antonio; Rizzoli, Bruna; Rota, Anna Maria; Schlean, Karla; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sole,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Début Series - Simionato - My First Record

1 CD / Fono / 2002-07-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act;...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Bossi, Renzo; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Huder, Maria; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tagliavini, Ferruccio
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Mascagni, Pietro; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Capuana, Franco; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Gavazzeni, Bergonzi, Scotto

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-02-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Jotti, Renza; Scotto, Renata; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

Puccini: La Bohème / Karajan, Freni, Raimondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-02-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Klein, Peter; Panerai, Rolando; Raimondi, Gianni; Taddei, Giuseppe; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

One of the strongest casts in any live performance of this favorite opera, with Karajan conducting in Vienna. Live performance, Vienna, November 9, 1963....continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Previtali, Taddei, et al i

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Broilo, Renata; Cassinelli, Antonio; Infantino, Luigi; Poldi, Piero; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Verdi: Aida /De Fabritiis, Callas, Del Monaco, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Fono / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Rodriguez, Rosita; Ruffino, Ignacio; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Silva, Roberto; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra

Subtitled "Callas - Her First 'Aida' with Del Monaco" this historic recording from July 3, 1951 in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, features...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Callas, Del Monaco, Tadei, Dominguez, et al

2 CD / Archipel / 2001-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Dominguez, Oralia; Taddei, Giuseppe

Il Mito dell'Opera - Mario Del Monaco

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2001-03-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ave Maria; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; Elmo, Cloe; Mascherini, Enzo; Petrella, Clara; Taddei, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Tieri, Emidio

"...[Mario Del Monaco] had a voice of immense power. The two biggest tenor voices that I have ever heard in the theater were those of...continue...

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

Donizetti: Belisario / Gavazzeni, Zaccaria, Taddei, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-07-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario, opera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Carusi, Alberto; Gencer, Leyla; Grilli, Umberto; Pallini, Rina; Pecile, Mirna; Sebastian, Bruno; Taddei, Giuseppe; Veronese, Augusto; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus

Belisario is truly one of the most unjustly neglected of Donizetti's 70-odd operas, only a handful of which are heard regularly today. Belisario was his...continue...