Ventriglia, Franco

Gaetano Donizetti: Il duca d'Alba

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-11-03

Works: Spoken Word: Radio introduction; Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Catalani, Nestore; Cioni, Renato; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Mancini, Caterina; Quilico, Luigi; Tei, Enzo; Tosini, Ivana; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Previtali, Fernando

Donizetti: Pia De' Tolomei [Highlights] / Meneguzzer, Pagliazzi, Baratti, Malacarne

1 CD / Nuova Era / 2009-10-27

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei, opera
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Ferracini, Maria-Grazia; Ferrario, Adriano; Malacarne, Rodolfo; Meneguzzer, Iolanda; Pagliazzi, Franco; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Rigacci, Bruno

Key Donizetti researchers think that the main reason Pia De’ Tolomei has never found its way to success may be because it doesn’t revolve around...continue...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Ventriglia, Olivero, Ferrari, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-09-08

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Aarden, Mimi; Capecchi, Renato; Carlin, Mario; Ferrari, Ferrando; Geest, Simon van der; Graaf, Else de; Lugt, Elisabeth; Olivero, Magda; van Egmond, Max; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Vernizzi, Fulvio

This booklet includes a fascinating Olivero interview on her return to the stage as Adriana. In Olivero's performance here, from Holland, she has great nuance,...continue...

Grand Tier - Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Ghiaurov, Verrett, Petri, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-11-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Corradi, Giampaolo; Garaventa, Ottavio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gusmeroli, Giovanni; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lane, Gloria; Petri, Mario; Ventriglia, Franco; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zylis-Gar...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This is a fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble "Prayer of Moses," but was neglected in the 20th century along with...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Icon - Giuseppe Di Stefano - Puccini: Tosca; Verdi, Bellini, Bizet, Mascagni, etc / Callas, Gobbi, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Dawson, Herbert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gerbino, Giuse; Luise, Melchiorre...
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Olivieri, Dino; Tonini, Antonio

The Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano, who died on March 3, 2008, aged 86, was one of the finest opera singers of his day, blessed...continue...

Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy; Bellini, etc / Caballé, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Arabella; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvre...
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Ausensi, Manuel; Berbié, Jane; Bloom, Peter; Borgato, Renato; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Clements, L.D....
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Rivoli, Gianfranco; Rennert, Wolfgang; Patanè, Giuseppe; Masini, Gianfranco; Gatto, Armando

Seven complete operas starring the magnificent Montserrat Caballe—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1965–1975! Along 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...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Votto, Tucker, Gobbi, Roberti, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2004-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Caruso, Mariano; Christoff, Boris; Gobbi, Tito; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Roberti, Margherita; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucker, Richard [Tenor]; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus; Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba / Schippers, Quilico, Ganzaroli

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-07-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba
Performers: Cioni, Renato; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Quilico, Louis; Tei, Enzo; Tosini, Ivana; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Trieste Philharmonic

Strauss: Salome / Mehta, Caballé, Nimsgern, Wolff, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Lilowa, Margarita; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Ochman, Wieslaw; Thiemann, Karlheinz; Ventriglia, Franco; Wolff, Beverly

Grand Tier - Rossini: Mosè / Sawallisch, Ghiaurov, Verrett, Petri, et al

2 CD / / 2001-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Corradi, Giampaolo; Garaventa, Ottavio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gusmeroli, Giovanni; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lane, Gloria; Petri, Mario; Ventriglia, Franco; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zylis-Gar...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Originally titled Mose in Egitto, this Biblical epic was one of Rossini's greatest hits in its day, and the "Prayer of Moses" became one of...continue...

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

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

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

Heroes - Giuseppe di Stefano - Donizetti, Leoncavallo, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1998-09-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Ruggero ...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Panerai, Rolando; Ticozzi, Ebe; Ventriglia, Franco
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

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

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-16

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

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