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Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

6 reviews
Joh Vickers, Raina Kabaivanska

Deutsche Grammophon, 2008

A Force of Nature
When I ordered this DVD several weeks ago, I didn't realize that these were filmed, as opposed to live performances of Cav/Pag. I have a decent live Pagliacci performance (from the Met, paired with Puccini's Il Tabarro), but there don't seem to be any live, staged DVD performances available of Cavalleria Rusticana. Upon receiving the DVD, I was initially disappointed, because even though the ...

Amor--Opera's Great Love Songs

5 reviews
Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ...

Decca, 1998

If you are unsure about opera, this is where to begin
Many people are turned off of opera because of the nature of the beast - unknown tongue, the continual singing and particularly the sopranos whose voices are as piercing as they are diffdicult to understand. These selections are ravishing in their beauty. It has been estimated that 2/3 of all classical effort was put into opera. Thus it is not surprising that some of the best music ever penned ...

Puccini - La Bohème / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Ghiaurov, Karajan

49 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, ...

Decca, 1990

Best Bohème
This is one of the best opera recordings ever produced. For more than a decade, Freni-Pavarotti ruled the interpretation of Mimì and Rodolfo of this opera. This is absolutely the best La Bohème recording available, although some may argue that sometimes Karajan's tempi may be a little bit slow. But Karajan shows his meticulosity in this recording by showing all the poetry and dramatical concept ...

Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour)

27 reviews
Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ...

Decca, 2005

what a blessing
He is indeed missed!!! What a blessing to have this CD to hear and remember one of the world's greatest tenors. Highly recommend!

Falstaff / Verdi, Gobbi · Schwarzkopf · Moffo · Karajan

10 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, Herbert von Karajan, ...

EMI Classics 1957/1999, 1999

The benchmark Falstaff
Reference recordings are the touchstone by which all others are judged. The Callas-Gobbi Tosca is the universal example of a recording whose excellence so towers over the field as to bend the artistic vision of every subsequent laborer in the operatic vineyard in homage, conciously or not. Such recordings are extremely rare, perhaps two dozen at best. By such rigorous standards, this 1956 ...

Puccini - La Bohème / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Berlin Phil., Karajan [Highlights]

8 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Elizabeth Harwood, ...

Decca, 1990

One of the best recordings ever of a magnificent voice that will be missed. Thanks Mr Pavarotti!
I am writing this review a few days after the death of Luciano Pavarotti. Even if I do not know music, I like opera, and I love Puccini. This recording is one of the most beautiful I ever heard, and will make it clear, if ever there was any doubt, that we just lost one of the most outstanding artists of the 20th century. Forget about his incursions in pop music, forget about his late years ...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

11 reviews
Mario Borriello, Rolando Panerai, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

Timeless Treasure
Cleverly organized into 6 sections: 1.Bellini 2.Rissini and Donizetti 3.Verdi 4.Puccini 5.French operatic heroines 6.Dramatic heroines This 6 CD package is a must have for every classical music lover. Who can,after all,resist the union of the most beautiful arias with the immortal voice of Callas.

The Ultimate Puccini Collection

16 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Decca, 1998

Fantastic!
This is one of the first opera CDs I ever got. It's wonderful for just about any body;from the newbies like me or the opera fanatics. I especially like 'In Questa Reggia'. Buy it now!!

Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Antonino Votto, ...

24 reviews
Giacomo Puccini

EMI Classics, 1997

Callas-None Better
La Boheme in its complete form is splendid no matter what, but Callas, who is clearly at the apex of her powers, is remarkable. This opera, and this version in particular, is a must for anyone who wishes to hear the best that the art form has to offer. Giuseppe di Stephano is pretty good as well. He and Callas were emotionally close, although not in the Biblical sense, however their regard for ...

The #1 Opera Album

41 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and wonderful collection.

Essential Puccini

2 reviews
Giacomo Puccini, Alberto Erede, ...

Decca, 2001

Opera !
Great cd the songs, music are beautiful and not to talk about the voices, is what I expected to be. It should be in all opera lovers collection

Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video)

6 reviews
Giuseppe Taddei, Rolando Panerai

Sony, 2002

SENSATIONAL!
What a delightful experience, this video or DVD! The cast is A-One! The names GiuseppeTaddei and Raina Kabaivanska conjure up dramatic roles such as Scarpia and Tosca along with Christa Ludwig, ever dramatic as well. Yet, here they all are showing fantastic abilities with grand comedy! A highlight for this listener is the patter-type quartet of Alice Ford, Meg, Quickly, and the lovely ...

The Very Best of Beverly Sills

12 reviews
Alan Titus, Donald Gramm, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

The Very Best of Beverly Sills
This Bevery Sills CD is a delight. We lost a great person with her passing, but her musical talents will continue with such a CD available.

Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera) EMI Great Recordings of the Century with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di ...

3 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, Maria Callas, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

One of the great opera recordings
I am very impressed by EMI's new remastering of the famous Karajan/Callas recording of Il Trovatore, one of the greatest opera recordings ever made, in my view. Karajan elicits a remarkable degree of precision and refinement from the Scala orchestra, without ever losing that fiery and intense charge characteristic of the old-style Italian operatic tradition. Callas's magnificent portrayal ...

Verdi: La Traviata / Sills, Gedda, Panerai; Ceccato

31 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, John Alldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

Is there ANY DOUBT how pleased Verdi would be?
I have great regard for this recording of Beverly Sills in perhaps her real signature role. Lots of people would tell you "Manon", certainly, or "Lucia", or Elisabeth in "Devereauz", or perhaps "Baby Doe". I happen to simply love "Baby Doe", and, it was her truly great first big role. But, if one really wants to get down to the simple facts, Violetta, truly, was her best part, after "Manon". I ...

Puccini - La Boheme

11 reviews
Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi

Deutsche Grammophon, 2006

pre-order priority
I own this,however I just pre-ordered it. It's one of the best La Boheme available. I own 4 of them,but this still is one of my favorites. Don't wait. Pre-order it now. Mirella Freni doesn't disappoint.

Verdi: Falstaff

2 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, Herbert von Karajan, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

STILL AN ATHLETE IN HIS OLD AGE
That's Verdi, not Sir John Falstaff. It was Shaw's tribute to the octogenarian prodigy, said admiringly while he still hankered after his beloved composer of Trovatore and Un Ballo. Believe if you like what Verdi said about Falstaff being written for himself. He was one for putting up smokescreens such as his claim to be unlearned, he was still developing as a composer at age 80, he knew Falstaff ...

The Greatest Opera Show on Earth

12 reviews
Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, ...

Polygram Records, 1997

The Opera Collection To Own
For novices, and beginners who are having their first sample of the fine art of opera, this collection is a must have. In what are the most beloved and well-known operatic pieces, "celebrity" opera stars Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kenawa, Cecilia Bartoli, Andrea Bocelli, Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavoratti, provide a rich and colorful collection. Among the beautiful soprano arias you will find ...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (complete operas) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di ...

4 reviews
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY!
There makes little sense in elaborating on the performances of these two little verismo shockers. These performances have been around for a long time and are justly acclaimed. They have SO much to offer (except for stereophonic sound, which I can easily accept, since the monophonic sound is perfectly listenable): a passionate and venerated Italian conductor (Tullio Serafin) whose life-blood ...

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 reviews
Giuseppe Verdi, Herbert von Karajan, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

Exelent remastering
I love this production of IL TROVATORE.One of the exiting recording of Callas.The sound quality is very good.Exelent remastering...Bravo EMI.Highly recomended and unfogettable production...

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