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Cat. No.: 477 8121
Barcode: 0028947781219
Label: DG 21CD
Release Date: June


Various Artists | VERDI: Great Operas From La Scala (Limited Edition)


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Various Artists

 

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VERDI: Great Operas From La Scala

 

CD 1–2: Rigoletto
Gilda: Renata Scotto
Maddalena: Fiorenza Cossotto
Duca: Carlo Bergonzi
Rigoletto: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
RafaelKubelik, conductor

 

CD 3–4: Il Trovatore
Leonora: Antonietta Stella
Azucena: Fiorenza Cossotto
Manrico: Carlo Bergonzi
Il Conte di Luna: Ettore Bastianini
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Tullio Serafin, conductor

 

CD 5–6: La Traviata
Violetta: Renata Scotto
Alfredo: Gianni Raimondi
Germont: Ettore Bastianini
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
AntoninoVotto, conductor

 

CD 7–8: Un Ballo in Maschera
Amelia: Antonietta Stella
Ulrica: Adriana Lazzarini
Oscar: Giuliana Tavolaccini
Riccardo: Gianni Poggi
Renato: Ettore Bastianini
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor

 

CD 9–11: Don Carlos
Elisabetta: Antonietta Stella
Eboli: Fiorenza Cossotto
Don Carlos: Flaviano Labò
Rodrigo: Ettore Bastianini
Filippo: Boris Christoff
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Gabriele Santini, conductor

 

CD 12–14: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth: Shirley Verrett
Macbeth: Piero Cappuccilli
Macduff: Plácido Domingo
Banco: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor

 

CD 15–16: Simon Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra: Piero Cappuccilli
Maria Boccanegra: Mirella Freni
Gabriele Adorno: José Carreras
Fiesco: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Albiani: José van Dam
Pietro: Giovanni Foiani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor

 

CD 17–19: Aida
Aida: Katia Ricciarelli
Ramadès: Plácido Domingo
Amneris: Elena Obraztsova
Amonasro: Leo Nucci
Ramfis: Nicolai Ghiaurov
Re dell'Egitto: Ruggiero Raimondi
Priesterin: Lucia Valentini Terrani
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor

 

CD 20–21: Requiem
Katia Ricciarelli, Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor

Here is a fabulous Verdi package: eight great operas – including popular favourites Rigoletto, Trovatore, Traviata and Aida – recorded between 1961 and 1981 by Deutsche Grammophon at La Scala, Milan, the spiritual home of Italian opera. The world’s leading singers and conductors of the time provide an irresistible entrée into Verdi’s world of drama and passion. Claudio Abbado, who conducts Macbeth, Simon Boccanegra and Aida, completes the set with the Requiem.

Please note: this is a strictly limited edition, and once the stock is sold, cannot be reordered.

 

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Cat. No.: 478 0329
Barcode: 0028947803294
Label: Decca 3CD
Release Date: June


Anne Sofie von Otter; Karita Mattila | Mozart: Così fan tutte


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Fiordiligi: Karita Mattila
Dorabella: Anne Sofie von Otter
Guglielmo: Thomas Allen
Ferrando: Francisco Araiza
Despina: Elzbieta Szmytka
Don Alfonso: José van Dam
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor

 

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W.A. MOZART: Cosi fan tutte

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Cat. No.: 478 0326
Barcode: 0028947803263
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: June


June Anderson; Rockwell Blake | Rossini: La donna del lago


ARTISTS

Giacomo V. Re di Scozia: Rockwell Blake
Douglas d’Angus: Giorgio Surjan
Rodrigo di Dhu: Chris Merritt
Elena: June Anderson
Malcolm Groeme: Martine Dupuy
Albina: Marilena Laurenza
Serano: Ernesto Gavazzi
Bertram: Ferrero Poggi
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Riccardo Muti, conductor

 

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ROSSINI: La donne del lago

 

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Cat. No.: 478 0333
Barcode: 0028947803331
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: June


Kiri te Kanawa; Brigitte Fassbaender | R. Strauss: Capriccio


ARTISTS

Gräfin: Kiri te Kanawa
Graf: Hakan Hagegård
Flamand: Uwe Heilmann
Olivier: Olaf Bär
La Roche: Viktor von Halem
Clairon: Brigitte Fassbaender
Taupe: Werner Hollweg
Italienischer Sängerin: Anna Rita Taliento
Italienischer Tenor: Roberto Saccà
Haushofmeister: Gottfried Hornik
Ein Diener: Hans Hotter
Wiener Philharmoniker
Ulf Schirmer, conductor

 

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R. STRAUSS: Capriccio

 

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Cat. No.: 478 0323
Barcode: 0028947803232
Label: Decca 2CD
Release Date: June


Birgit Nilsson; James McCracken | Beethoven: Fidelio


ARTISTS

Leonore: Birgit Nilsson
Florestan: James McCracken
Rocco: Kurt Böhme
Don Pizzaro: Tom Krause
Marzelline: Graziella Sciutti
Jaquino: Donald Grobe
Don Fernando: Hermann Prey
Wiener Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel, conductor

 

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BEETHOVEN: Fidelio

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serse

Cat. No.: 477 8339
Barcode: 0028947783398
Label: DG 3CD
Release Date: June


Maureen Forrester | HANDEL: Serse


ARTISTS

Serse: Maureen Forrester
Romilda: Lucia Popp
Ariodate: Thomas Hemsley
Elviro: Owen Brannigan
Vienna Radio Orchestra
Brian Priestman, conductor

 

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G.F. HANDEL: Serse

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