Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Corato, Luigi de; Foiani, Giovanni; Mazzucato, Daniela; Mercuriali, Angelo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Pavarotti, Luciano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-03

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Performers: Brunetti, Vito Maria; Iacopucci, Fernando; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Ricciardi, Franco; Romano, Franco; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel

Recording information: RCA Italiana Studios, Rome (1966)....continue...

Bellini: Norma / James Levine, Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Paul Plishka, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-07-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Giuseppe, Enrico di; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Tear, Robert; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wallis, Delia
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

This is truly a rare treasure from the archives. Norma is perhaps the greatest, most dramatic bel canto opera and Bevely Sills was undoubtedly one...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...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...

Original Jacket Collection - Montserrat Caballé

15 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria di Rohan; Anna Bolena; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gemma di Vergy; Belisario, opera; Parisina ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brecknock, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Collins, Kenneth; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Griffiths, Gwyn; Ho...
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Ferrer, Rafael; Guadagno, Anton; Marco, Eugenio M.; Leinsdorf, Erich

This 15-disc set commemorates the virtuoso singer's 75th birthday in 2008. Winner of the 'Gramophone's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award', Caballe personally selected the repertoire in...continue...

The Essential Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I due Foscari; Aroldo; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vinc...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Resnik, Regina; Sardinero, Vicente; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Prêtre, Georges; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Queler, Eve; Masini, Gianfranco; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of New York;...

"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recordings in 1966. As...continue...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...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...

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Don Carlo / Stein, Corelli, Janowitz

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Corelli, Franco; Franc, Tugomir; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Talvela, Martti; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Franco Corelli never recorded the role of Carlos commercially so this is instantly valuable; and indeed the tenor is in magnificent voice - pungent, emotionally...continue...

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...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Rossi, Pavarotti, Cappuccilli, Rinaldi

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo
Performers: Barbera, Maria; Bonetti, Margherita; Cappuccilli, Piero; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Jacopucci, Fernando; Lazzarini, Adriana; Monreale, Leonardo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Picozzi, Filiberto; Rinaldi, M...
Conductors: Rossi, Mario; Abbado, Claudio

The young Pavarotti and the superb Cappuccilli together are breathtaking. The under-recorded but not under-appreciated Rinaldi completes a superb performance....continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Domingo, Verrett, Te Kanawa, et al

3 CD / / 2005-11-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allan, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"Verrett is quite interesting. Hers has always been an individual timbre, perhaps not beautiful in the conventional sense, but unique, and possessing an innate animal...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo

3 CD / Orfeo / 2005-05-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Corelli, Franco; Franc, Tugomir; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Talvela, Martti; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; ...
Conductors: Stein, Horst

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

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

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: I ma...
Performers: Blachut, Beno; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Channes, Muriel de; Ciannella, Giuliano; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; ...

This second volume of "Opera Obsession!" brings more great hits from the vast Opear d'Oro catalog of live opera, most of them issued for the...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Verrett, Domingo, Van Dam, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Lancaster, Robert; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

A "Carmen" cast and conductor like this would be hard to match on any label, at any price, but it's yours in remastered digital sound...continue...

The World's Greatest Arias / Domingo, Price, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze d...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Merrill, Robert [Barito...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Santi, Nello; Cellini, Renato; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Navarro, Garcia; Previtali, Fernando; ; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Orquestra Sinfonica de Sevilla; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; R...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Leinsdorf, Price, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Iacopucci, Fernando; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Voca...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

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...

Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Verrett, Ghiaurov, etc

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Mariotti, Alfredo; Martinucci, Nicola; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zardo, Carlo; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

The cast on this great recording in recent sound is equal or superior to anything on commercial studio recordings. With Abbado conducting at La Scala,...continue...

Donizetti: La Favorita / Queler, Verrett, Kraus, Elvira, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Elvira, Pablo; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Queler, Eve
Ensemble: Opera Orchestra of New York

Bellini: Norma / Peloso, Verrett, Todisco, Milcheva, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2001-09-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Busse, Barry; Grant, Clifford; Jones, Gwendolyn; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Peloso, Paolo
Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Orchestra

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Dido & Aeneas / Leppard, et al

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

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fill up the bowl (from "The Fairy Queen), trio for 2 sopranos & bass with chorus, Z. 629/5b; Come all ye songsters of the sky (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629...
Performers: Cavicchioli, Rosina; Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Gaifa, Carlo; Jordacescu, Dan; Lavani, Carmen; Lensky, Margaret; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Valente, Benita; ...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond

Shirley Verrett Sings Bellini & Verdi

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Aida, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Grant, Clifford; Janowitz, Gundula; Milcheva-Nonova, Alexandrina; Philippo, Ans; Todisco, Nunzio; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Peloso, Paolo; Downes, Edward; Stein, Horst

Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

3 CD / Gala / 2001-05-11

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin
Performers: Booth, Philip; Derick, Peter Van; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Jones, Gwendolyn; Mandac, Evelyn; Mittelmann, N.; Monk, Allan [Baritone Vocals]; Sullivan, Daniel; Verrett, Sh...
Conductors: Perisson, Jean

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...

A Night at the Opera / Caballé, Corelli, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2001-01-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; La bohème; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; U...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; D...

Falla: El amor brujo, Nights in the Garden of Spain, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-10-31

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain; Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos")
Performers: Entremont, Philippe; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Ozawa, Verrett, Stella, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-04-11

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Turin

A live performance of the original Vienna version of Gluck's masterpiece, performed in Turin, Italy in 1970 with two world-famous female voices in the title...continue...

Mahler: Symphonies no 1 & 3 / Leinsdorf, Verrett, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Artists of the Century - Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Adelson e Salvini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: L'assedio di Corinto; Semiramide; Armida; S...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Masini, Gianfranco; Prêtre, Georges; Santi, Nello

Budget priced double disc anthology of the best recordings of the late great Spanish soprano. She had one of the most unique voices that ever...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Verrett, Cassily, Massard

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Cassilly, Richard; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Foiani, Giovanni; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Massard, Robert; Monreale, Leonardo; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Cillario, Verrett, Caballé, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Caballe, Montserrat; Fioravanti, Giulio; Garaventa, Ottavio; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Verri, Nella
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice

Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Verrett, Cappuccilli, Domingo et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-01-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Bortolotti, Massimo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Fontana, Sergio; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Malagú, Stefania; Malagu, Stefani...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Mehta, Pavarotti, Banaudi, Verrett

2 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Banaudi, Antonella; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Facini, Enrico; Frittoli, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scaltriti, Roberto; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano ...
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...

Opera's Greatest Duets / Pavarotti, Price, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly;...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mathis, Edith; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Guadagno, Anton; Basile, Arturo; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Magiera, Leone; Henderson, Skitch; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Modena Teatro Comunale Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera H...

Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett - Great Operatic Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 1991-08-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama B...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; McCarthy, John
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Verdi: Rigoletto / Chailly, Pavarotti, Nucci, Anderson

2 CD / Decca Import / 1989-11-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bortoli, Carlo de; Carolis, Natale de; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Laurenzia, Marilena; Mori, Orazio; Mosca, ...
Conductors: Tonini, Antonio; Chailly, Riccardo; Polastri, Roberto
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus

Verdi: Requiem / Abbado, Ricciarelli, Domingo, Ghiaurov

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1986-05-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ricciarelli, Katia; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus