Puccini: Tosca (1997) more music like this

performed by Alvaro Cordova (vocals), Angelo Mercuriali (vocals), Dario Caselli (vocals), Franco Calabrese (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Melchiorre Luise (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra
composed by Giacomo Puccini

This is one of the most justly revered operatic recordings ever made -- a dramatic and musical gold standard for Tosca despite its advancing age and monophonic sound. It was the last major recording project for Victor de Sabata, one of opera's greatest, yet least often recorded conductors. He brought a distinctive rhythmic urgency to this ...

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Verdi: Falstaff more music like this

performed by Anna Moffo (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Fedora Barbieri (vocals), Luigi Alva (vocals), Nan Merriman (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Tomaso Spataro (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Aria: A Passion for Opera (1994) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Danielle Millet (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Corelli (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Léo Delibes, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini

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Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1958) more music like this

performed by Fritz Ollendorf (vocals), Gabriella Carturan (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mario Carlin (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Gioachino Rossini

EMI's 1957 Il barbiere di Siviglia remains near the top of the pack of recorded performances of the opera. As important as the fine cast is in making this a memorable version, it's a work that needs top-notch conducting to make its fullest impact, and Alceo Galliera leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus in a quicksilver performance that ...

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Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (1997) more music like this

performed by Anna Maria Canali (vocals), Gino Sarri (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Raffaele Arie (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Valiano Natali (vocals), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra (choir, chorus), Tullio Serafin (conductor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti

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Puccini: Tosca (1997) more music like this

performed by Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), David Sellar (vocals), Giorgio Tadeo (vocals), Leonardo Monreale (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Ugo Trama (vocals), Paris National Opera Orchestra (choir, chorus)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (1993) more music like this

performed by Anna Maria Canali (vocals), Ebe Ticozzi (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Nicola Monti (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra
composed by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo

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Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (1991) more music like this

performed by Adriana Lazzarini (vocals), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Piva (vocals), Lucine Amara (soprano), Mario Sereni (vocals), Mario Spina (vocals), Mario Zanasi (baritone), Tito Gobbi (baritone)
composed by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo

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The Very Best of Franco Corelli (2003) more music like this

performed by Adriana Lazzarini (mezzo-soprano), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Antonietta Stella (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Corinna Vozza (mezzo-soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Gabriella Tucci (soprano)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Charles Gounod, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Cilea, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo

Just a generation ago, posterity hadn't quite made up its mind about Franco Corelli. Corelli was an operatic oddity, a self-trained singer with movie star looks who largely learned his craft from listening to old records of his predecessors. Corelli made up for what he may have lacked in conventionally trained, "beautiful" tone with an approach ...

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Puccini: Tosca (1997) more music like this

performed by Alvaro Cordova (vocals), Angelo Mercuriali (vocals), Dario Caselli (vocals), Franco Calabrese (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Melchiorre Luise (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

This is one of the most justly revered operatic recordings ever made -- a dramatic and musical gold standard for Tosca despite its advancing age and monophonic sound. It was the last major recording project for Victor de Sabata, one of opera's greatest, yet least often recorded conductors. He brought a distinctive rhythmic urgency to this ...

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Verdi:Otello (1998) more music like this

performed by Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass), Florindo Andreolli (tenor), Franco Calabrese (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Mario Carlin (tenor), Miriam Pirazzini (mezzo-soprano), Robert Kerns (baritone), Tito Gobbi (baritone)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Verdi: Rigoletto (1997) more music like this

performed by Adriana Lazzarini (vocals), Carlo Forti (vocals), Elvira Galassi (vocals), Giuse Gerbino (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Luisa Mandelli (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Plinio Clabassi (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (1997) more music like this

performed by Anna Maria Canali (vocals), Gino Sarri (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Raffaele Arie (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Valiano Natali (vocals), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti

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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (1993) more music like this

performed by Anna Maria Canali (vocals), Ebe Ticozzi (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (conductor)
composed by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo

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Verdi: Aida (1992) more music like this

performed by Elvira Galassi (vocals), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Giuseppe Modesti (bass), Maria Callas (soprano), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Richard Tucker (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (1958) more music like this

performed by Fritz Ollendorf (vocals), Gabriella Carturan (vocals), Luigi Alva (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Mario Carlin (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Gioachino Rossini

EMI's 1957 Il barbiere di Siviglia remains near the top of the pack of recorded performances of the opera. As important as the fine cast is in making this a memorable version, it's a work that needs top-notch conducting to make its fullest impact, and Alceo Galliera leads the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus in a quicksilver performance that ...

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The Very Best of Tito Gobbi (2003) more music like this

performed by Carlo Forti (bass), Gino Sarri (tenor), Loretta Di Lelio (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor), Luisa Mandelli (soprano), Margherita Carosio (soprano), Mario Filippeschi (tenor), Nicola Monti (tenor), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Raffaele Arie (bass)
composed by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (1997) more music like this

performed by Eugenia Ratti (vocals), Ezio Giordano (vocals), Fedora Barbieri (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Silvio Maionica (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Puccini: Tosca (Highlights) (1998) more music like this

performed by Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Giorgio Tadeo (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Ugo Trama (vocals), Paris National Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra, Monte Carlo
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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The Perfect Opera (2000) more music like this

performed by Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Fritz Wunderlich (vocals), Gabriele Santini (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Pier Miranda Ferraro (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edouard Lalo, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Pietro Mascagni

The Perfect Opera does not live up to its name (what could?), but it contains a surprisingly rich and offbeat selection of performances. How often does an aria sampler include Maria Callas singing Carmen, Fritz Wunderlich singing Handel, and singers, such as Fiorenza Cossotto and Pier Miranda Ferraro, whose names do not often appear on these ...

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Puccini: Tosca (1998) more music like this

performed by David Sellar (vocals), Dennis Wicks (vocals), Edgard Boniface (vocals), Eric Garrett (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Renato Cioni (vocals), Robert Bowman (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Victor Godfrey (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Verdi: Falstaff more music like this

performed by Anna Moffo (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Fedora Barbieri (vocals), Luigi Alva (vocals), Nan Merriman (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Tomaso Spataro (vocals)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Puccini: Tosca (2003) more music like this

performed by David Sellar (vocals), Dennis Wicks (vocals), Edgard Boniface (vocals), Eric Garrett (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Renato Cioni (vocals), Robert Bowman (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Victor Godfrey (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

In the early '60s, Maria Callas' mystique was in full bloom, but her career was in question, marred by frequent absences and cancellations. This 1964 production of Tosca was a triumph, however, showing her detractors that her voice was still intact, and reinforcing her fans' belief that she was the ideal diva -- brilliant of voice, and convincing ...

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Verdi: Nabucco (1986) more music like this

performed by Anna D'Auria (vocals), Bruno Prevedi (vocals), Carlo Cava (vocals), Dora Carral (vocals), Elena Suliotis (vocals), Giovanni Foiani (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Walter Krautler (vocals), Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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The Very Best of Giuseppe di Stefano (2003) more music like this

performed by Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano), Ebe Ticozzi (mezzo-soprano), Franco Ventriglia (baritone), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Herbert Dawson (organ), Maria Callas (soprano), Melchiorre Luise (mezzo-soprano), Raffaele Arie (bass), Rolando Panerai (baritone)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Paolo Tosti, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Salvatore Cardillo, Sicilian Traditional, Vincenzo Bellini

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