Opera, Operetta, and Oratorio
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Il mito dell'opera: 23 Vesti la giuba da Pagliacci di Rugger
Bongiovanni
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Jan 01, 1993
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Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1961)
MYTO Historical
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May 03, 2012
Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded Live 1961)
Il mito dell'opera: Franco Corelli (Recorded 1955 - 1958)
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Jan 01, 2008
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Gotterdamerung
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Mar 11, 2016
For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Hans Hopf as Siegfried, Gottlob Frick as Hagen, and Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde. Gotterdammerung is the fourth of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Die Rosen Der Madonna
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Apr 07, 2013
Stolz: Die Rosen der Madonna Otto (Recorded 1961)
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Die Walkure (Bayreuth, 1962)
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Mar 11, 2016
For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Otto Wiener as Wotan, Grace Hoffmann as Fricka, Gottlieb Frick as Hundig, Fritz Uhl as Siegmund, and Astrid Varnay as Brunnhilde. Die Walkure is the second of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Live)
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Apr 01, 2009
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Live)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Mar 11, 2016
For the first time, the complete Beyreuth Ring from 1962 is being released on this magnificent 4-volume collection. This legendary performance is conducted by Rudolf Kempe, and features Otto Wiener as Wotan, Grace Hoffmann as Fricka, and Gerhard Stolze as Loge. Das Rheingold is the first of Wagner’s four music dramas that make up his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded 1952) [Live]
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Nov 02, 2009
Verdi: Rigoletto (Recorded 1952) [Live]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
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Nov 02, 2009
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Sung in German) [Recorded 1955
Granados: María del Carmen (Live)
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María del Carmen was Enrique Granados' first great operatic success and the stage work he held in highest regard. It was received with great acclaim at its premiere in 1898, admired for its refined and brilliant orchestral writing and for its prfound lyricism. Using the folklore, language and sounds of Murcia in south-eastern Spain alongside the influence of Wagnerian thematic techniques, the opera is set in a rural village where a water shortage and a love triangle inflame the mutual hatred between the peasant farmer Pencho and his wealthy rival Javier.
Rosanna Carteri: A Discographic Career
Urania Records
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Apr 01, 2013
Rosanna Carteri: A Discographic Career
Verdi: Rigoletto (Live)
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May 27, 2016
This performance of Rigoletto features possibly the most famous tenor of all time, Luciano Pavarotti. This three act opera by Giuseppe Verdi was premiered in Venice on March 11, 1851. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave, and is based on Victor Hugo’s play Le roi s’amuse. Alongside Pavarotti is a world-class cast, including Kostas Paskalis in the title role, Renata Scotta as Gilda andRosa Laghezza as Maddalena.
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Recorded 1952-1956)
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Jun 01, 2011
Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Recorded 1952-1956)
Paisiello: La Daunia Felice / Guglielmo, Lomabardi, Zanasi
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May 29, 2007
Includes work(s) by Giovanni Paisiello. Conductor: Federico Guglielmo. Soloists: Furio Zanasi, Donatella Lombardi, Luca Dordolo, Marina De Liso.
BELLINI: Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830 La Scala version)
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Jan 01, 2006
BELLINI: Capuleti e i Montecchi (1830 La Scala version)
PONCHIELLI: Gioconda (La)
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Jan 01, 2005
PONCHIELLI: Gioconda (La)
Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki / Rozhdestvensky, Morosova, Et Al
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Nov 21, 2000

In 1874 Tchaikovsky composed an opera, Vakula the Smith, that like many of his operatic works, failed with the public. Years later in 1885, Tchaikovsky resurrected the work, refashioned it, and renamed it Cherevichki, which translates as The Little Shoes. The plot still centers around Vakula, who is in love with the beautiful Oksana, who has him so wrapped around her little finger that she drives him to thoughts of suicide with her indifferent posturing. Oksana informs Vakula he can again win her love only by securing the slippers worn by the Czarina herself, a task Vakula accomplishes with the aid of the captured and subdued devil. Vakula returns triumphant, and Oksana, true to form, declines the slippers, stating that Vakula's love is treasure enough for her. (Gee, thanks a lot, babe!) Yes, of course there are more characters and subplots involved, but you get the gist of the story.
For this tale Tchaikovsky provided his characteristic melodic, passionate, dramatic music, including quite a few tuneful arias. Actually, a lot of it sounds like Swan Lake, and while there may not be passages of haunting despair of the type found in Eugene Onegin (with its Pathétique pre-echoes), there are plenty of emotionally intense moments, especially from Vakula, sung with tremendous feeling by Valerij Popov. Ekaterina Morosova combines the sweet and the tart with a beautiful voice to bring the facile Oksana to life, while her father, Cub, gets a warmly gruff portrayal by Vladimir Ognovenko.
As in Onegin, Act 3 features a seemingly obligatory extended solo for bass, the character in this case being His Serene Highness, sung in a dull but appropriately ceremonial manner by Grigory Osipov. Gennady Rozhdestvensky again proves his long-held Tchaikovsky credentials, reveling in the score's balletic passages and dramatic climaxes, all the while getting the Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari to sound like Russian orchestras of old. The live recording balances the voices (including the excellent chorus) and orchestra very well, bringing the drama right into the theater. The included applause reveals a strangely tepid audience response after each act, except at the very end.
--Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday.com
Il mito dell'opera: Virginia Zeani, Vol. 4
Bongiovanni
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Jun 10, 2014
Classical Music
Il mito dell'opera: Nicola Martinucci, Vol. 2 (Live)
Bongiovanni
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Jan 01, 2012
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Il mito dell'opera: Mario Filippeschi, Vol. 3 (Live)
Bongiovanni
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Jan 01, 2011
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Il Mito Dell'opera / Angelo Loforese
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Nov 19, 2013
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Il mito dell'opera: Jaime Aragall (Live Recordings 1966-1977
Bongiovanni
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Jan 01, 2011
Classical Music
MEYERBEER: Robert le diable
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Jan 01, 2000
MEYERBEER: Robert le diable
STRAUSS, R.: Daphne
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Jan 01, 2005
STRAUSS, R.: Daphne
