Tebaldi, Renata

Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 / Live recordings from the 1960s, treasures in black & white / Ludwig, Tebaldi, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Dooley, James; Dooley, William; Ferr, Mario; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Grummer, Elisabeth; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Koth, Erika; Lo...
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc; Patané, Giuseppe; Rother, Artur; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings. This special edition box contains the live recordings from the...continue...
Run Time: 729 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian
Country of Orig...continue...

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Renata Tebaldi, Hans Beirer, William Dooley, Mario Ferrara, Sieglinde Wagner - Deutsche Oper Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Dooley, William; Ferrara, Mario; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Tebaldi, Renata; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Patane, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Chrous of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: IT,GB,ES,DE,FR
Country of Origin: Germany...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

The Tokyo Concerts: Alfredo Kraus (1996) & Franco Corelli (1971) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Paride ed Elena; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voi...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Corelli, Franco; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection box consists of the Franco Corelli 1971 Tokyo Concert and the Alfredo Kraus 1996 Tokyo Recital. Two wonderfully historic performances for the price...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German
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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 Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

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...

Puccini: La bohème / Tulio Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Gianna

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-10-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Onesti, Georgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, R...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto

One of the most popular and beloved operas of all time, La Bohème is presented in the legendary recording from Rome in 1959. Tebaldi is...continue...
Recording information: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome (08/1959)....continue...

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

The Art of Singing / Golden Voices of the Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; De los Angeles, Victoria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gigli, Beni...

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Renata Tebaldi Sings Puccini & Verdi Favourites

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Boheme; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Del Monaco, Mario; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio

Legendary Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi presents a number of her greatest and most popular roles, the recording as exceptional as her voice....continue...

Franco Corelli and Ranata Tebaldi: Live in Tokyo, 1973 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Luigi Denza: Occhi di fata; Vincenzo Bellini: Soave sogno (Sogno d'infanzia), for voice & piano; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Jules Massenet: Manon; ...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Japan
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Rivals - Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi

1 CD / Fono / 2010-02-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo; Mugnai, Umberto; Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Professori

Puccini - The Music Scene

2 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borkh, Inge; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Caselli, Dario; Cesari, Renato; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; de los Angeles, Victoria; Del Mon...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Patanè, Franco; Leinsdorf, Erich; Pasternack, Josef A....

This is a collection of acts and scenes from various Puccini operas performed by world-renowned singers. No librettos are included....continue...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Two Divas: Callas & Tebaldi - The Greatest Sopranos of All Time

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; La traviata; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Um...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Orchestra Di Milano Della Rai; Orchestra Sinfonica...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Cossotto, Sordello, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Opera! The Most Famous Arias

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2008-10-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ave Maria; Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Luisa Miller; Alfredo ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cavaradossi, Mario; Cupido, Alberto; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nicolova, Tania; Pastine, Giafranco; Raimondi, Rugger...

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Historical - Puccini: Tosca / Gavazzeni, Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Bastianini

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-10-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Bastianini, Ettore; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Renata Tebaldi - Voice of Gold - Puccini, Verdi, Cilea, etc

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-07-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco Cilèa: Adrian...
Performers: Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Geneva Grand Theatre Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Giordano: Fedora / Basile, Tebaldi, di Stefano, Sereni

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-05-13

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Caruso, Mariano; Chiocca, Gennaro; Cioffi, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Esca, Pina; Frosini, Mario; Mezetti, Sofia; Padillo, Luigi; Sereni, Mario [...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

Enrico Caruso sang in the premiere of this opera in 1898, and it became a favorite worldwide. Giordano's opera 'Andrea Chenier' eventually surpassed it in...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Arbace, Libero; Cesarini, Athos; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Krause, Tom; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Romanato, Nello; Satre, Ana Raquel; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

Puccini, Catalani, Verdi, Giordano, Boito: Operas / Tebaldi

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto

Giordano: Fedora; Puccini: Turandot, etc / Di Stefano

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; ...
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Beggiato, Ortensia; Buccini, Vittorio; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Campolonghi, Piero; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Carteri, Rosanna; Carturan, Gabriella;...
Conductors: Picco, Guido; Mugnai, Umberto; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo

During his peak years, Giuseppe Di Stefano (b. 1921) had one of the most sensually beautiful tenor voices ever recorded. He was universally regarded as...continue...

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...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...

Shakespeare at the Opera - Verdi: Otello, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello; Falstaff; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Charles Gounod: R...
Performers: Abello, Andre; Aichberger, Ewald; Barbieri, Fedora; Borg, Kim; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cossutta, Carlo; Dermota...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Rieger, Fritz; Almeida, Antonio de; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the...continue...

Catalani: La Wally / Cleva, Tebaldi, del Monaco, Diaz, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Del Monaco, Mario; Marimpietri, Lidia; Tebaldi, Renata; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Catalani's opera was a success at La Scala when first given there in 1892 but it remains something of a rarity in the theatre today...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Tebaldi, Siepi, Corena, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Carturan, Gabriella; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giordano, Ezio; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Siepi, Cesare; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebal...
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

A star-studded recording of Verdi's dramatic masterpiece with Renata Tebaldi, Mario Del Monaco and Ettore Bastianini in the main roles....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; Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ebert, Harry; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Jurinac, Sena; Lanza, Mario ...
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Zamboni, Rainaldo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Rother, Artur; Marszalek, Franz; Ackermann, Otto; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leo...

Puccini: Tosca / Tebaldi, Poggi, Guelfi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Guelfi, Giangiacomo; La Porta, Arturo; Onesti, Giorgio; Pagliuca, Silvano; Pirino, Antonio; Poggi, Gianni; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: NHK Italian Opera Chorus; The NHK Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Broadcasting Chorus

This 1961 production from the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan finds soprano Renata Tebaldi in one of her greatest roles. She is partnered by tenor Gianni Poggi...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Verdi: Aida / Karajan, Tebaldi, Simionato, Bergonzi, Macneil

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Mill, Arnold van; Ratti, Eugenia; Simionato, Giulietta; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Friends of Music Society

"Forty-eight years have elapsed... but this set still manages to be among the best Aidas ever recorded. Karajan was truly a whiz kid in those...continue...

The Originals - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Kmentt

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; The Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, musical; Vincenzo Valente: Passione for voice & orc...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Koth, Erika; Nilsso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Falstaff / De Sabata, Stabile, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-05-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Canali, Anna Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Silveri, Paolo; Stabile, Mariano; Tebaldi, Renata; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor

"One of the most remarkable performances of anything by Verdi ever captured on a disc. Mariano Stabile's Falstaff was a legendary achievement, dramatically and vocally,...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier / Tebaldi, Protti, Del Monaco, Capuana [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2007-04-24

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Del Monaco, Mario; di Stasio, Anna; La Porta, Arturo; Onesti, Giorgio; Pagliuca, Silvano; Pini, Amalia; Protti, Aldo; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group; NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo

Run Time: 131 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, B&W
Country of Origin: USA
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Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Giordano: Andrea Chénier

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-10-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bierbach, Franz; Corelli, Franco; Ercolani, Renato; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hurshell, Edmund; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Koreh, Endre; Paskalis, Kostas; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Pr...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von

Opera D'Oro at the Movies / Pavarotti, Callas, et al

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-10-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: N...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Fusco, Cecilia; Gaifa,...

Opera music can heighten the tension of drama, add passion to a romance, or even underscore the antics of a comedy. Beyond its critical role...continue...