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Ezio Pinza sings Verdi, Mozart, Monteverdi (1990)
performed by Ezio Pinza (bass), Fausto Cleva (chimes), Fritz Kitzinger (piano), 20th Century-Fox Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Ambroise Thomas, Andrea Falconieri, Charles Gounod, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Bononcini, Giovanni Legrenzi, Giovanni Paisiello, Giuseppe Sarti -
Donizetti: L'Elisir D'Amore
performed by Craig Rutenberg (piano), Dawn Upshaw (vocals), Enzo Dara (baritone), Kathleen Battle (vocals), Leo Nucci (baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti -
Prima Voce: Ponselle (1989)
performed by Ezio Pinza (bass), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Marion Telva (contralto), Mischa Schmidt (violin), Romano Romani (piano), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Anton Arensky, Antonio De Curtis, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Eduardo di Capua, Gaspare Spontini, Giuseppe Verdi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Vincenzo Bellini -
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (1997)
performed by Ben Heppner (vocals), Birgitta Svenden (vocals), Deborah Voigt (vocals), James Morris (vocals), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (vocals), Paul Groves (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner -
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Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1993)
performed by Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (tenor), Luigi Borgonovo (baritone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Arrigo Boito, Carlos Gomes, Charles Gounod, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini -
Rossini: The Barber of Seville (1996)
performed by Calvin Marsh (baritone), Carlo Tomanelli (bass), Cesare Valletti (tenor), Fernando Corena (bass), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Margaret Roggero (mezzo-soprano), Robert Merrill (baritone), Roberta Peters (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
Verdi: Luisa Miller (1992)
performed by Aprile Millo (vocals), Florence Quivar (vocals), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (vocals), John Bills (vocals), Paul Plishka (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Vladimir Chernov (vocals), Wendy White (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi -
Verdi: Luisa Miller (1992)
performed by Aprile Millo (vocals), Florence Quivar (vocals), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (vocals), John Bills (vocals), Paul Plishka (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Vladimir Chernov (vocals), Wendy White (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi -
Rosa Ponselle (1989)
performed by Ezio Pinza (bass), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Igor Chicagov (piano), Romano Romani (piano), Rosa Ponselle (piano), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Anonymous, Charles Gounod, Dortzal-de Fontenailles, Ernest Charles, Gaspare Spontini, Geni Sadero, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Vincenzo Bellini -
Rossini: Barber of Seville (Highlights) (1999)
performed by Calvin Marsh (vocals), Cesare Valletti (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Giorgio Tozzi (vocals), Margaret Roggero (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals), Roberta Peters (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Gioachino Rossini -
The Camden and New York Recordings (2004)
performed by Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Angelo Bada (tenor), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Ezio Pinza (bass), Giuseppe de Luca (baritone), Louise Homer (contralto), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Amilcare Ponchielli, Ernesto de Curtis, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni -
Prima Voce: Martinelli (1989)
performed by Ezio Pinza (bass), Francis J. Lapitino (harp), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Grace Anthony (soprano), Rosa Ponselle (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano -
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4 (2001)
performed by Enrico Caruso (tenor), Frances Alda (soprano), Johanna Gadski (soprano), Louise Homer (mezzo-soprano), Marcel Journet (bass), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Emanuele Nutile, Friedrich von Flotow, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Karl Goldmark, Paolo Tosti -
3 Legendary Tenors: Caruso; Gigli; McCormack (1996)
performed by Alma Gluck (soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor), Ruggero Leoncavallo (piano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Albano Seismit-Doda, Amilcare Ponchielli, Ben Black, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Guy d'Hardelot, Italian Traditional, J. A.. Butterfield, Jacques Offenbach, Luigi Denza, Moisés Simóns, Paolo Tosti, Teodoro Cottrau -
Scenes from Otello and Simon Boccanegra (1993)
performed by Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Helen Jepson (soprano), Herman Dreeben (tenor), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Leonard Warren (baritone), Nicolas Massue (tenor), Robert Nicholson (baritone), Rose Bampton (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi -
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Prima Voce: Ljuba Welitsch (2009)
performed by Alessio de Paolis (tenor), Ljuba Welitsch (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Carl Maria von Weber, Carl Millöcker, Franz Lehár, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Strauss II, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
Prima Voce: Tibbet in Opera (1991)
performed by Giovanni Martinelli (vocals), Herman Dreeben (vocals), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Leonard Warren (vocals), Nicolas Massue (vocals), Robert Nicholson (vocals), Rose Bampton (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo -
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 8 (2002)
performed by Andre DeSegurola (bass), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Francis J. Lapitino (harp), Frieda Hempel (soprano), Gaetano Scognamiglio (piano), Leon Rothier (bass), Maria Duchene (mezzo-soprano), Titta Ruffo (baritone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Clarence G. Gartner, Fermin Maria Alvarez, Geoffrey O'Hara, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Guglielmo Cottrau, Jean-Baptiste Fauré, Landon Ronald, Paolo Tosti, Pietro Mascagni, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Ruperto Chapí, V. Ricciardi -
Barber: Vanessa (2009)
performed by Eleanor Steber (vocals), George Cehanovsky (vocals), Giorgio Tozzi (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Regina Resnik (vocals), Robert Nagy (vocals), Rosalind Elias (vocals), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Samuel Barber -
Beniamino Gigli: The Complete Victor Recordings, Vol. 2: 1926-28 (1996)
performed by Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Angelo Bada (tenor), Beniamino Gigli (vocals), Ezio Pinza (bass), Giuseppe de Luca (baritone), Louise Homer (contralto), Rosario Bourdon (baritone), Titta Ruffo (baritone), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, E.A. Mario, Enrico Toselli, Ernesto de Curtis, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Riccardo Drigo, Stefano Donaudy -
The Complete Recordings, Vol. 9 (2003)
performed by Alma Gluck (soprano), Bianculli (mandolin), Emmy Destinn (soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Frances Alda (soprano), Gaetano Scognamiglio (piano), Mischa Elman (violin), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Victor Orchestra
composed by Adolphe Adam, Augusto Rotoli, Carlos Gomes, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Eduardo di Capua, Gaetano Donizetti, Gaetano Errico Pennino, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jósef Zygmunt Szulc, Jules Massenet, Luigi Denza, M.S. Ciociano -
Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone of The Met: Don't Fence Me In (2002)
performed by Giovanni Martinelli (vocals), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Leonard Warren (vocals), Robert Nicholson (vocals), Rose Bampton (vocals), Stewart Wille (piano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Cole Porter, Franz Lehár, George Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Jacques Offenbach, Jerome Kern, Jules Massenet, Louis Gruenberg, Sigmund Romberg, William Steffe -
Alma Gluck (1999)
performed by Alma Gluck (vocals), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Louise Homer (alto), Metropolitan Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Bedrich Smetana, Benjamin Godard, Carl Zeller, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini