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Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (more info)
Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Cimara Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret Pietro Mascagni Gioachino Rossini Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Bruno Campanella Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Gabriele Bellini Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis
Bruno Pola, baritone
Paolo Montarsolo, bass
Alberto Carusi, baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Nicoletta Curiel,
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Elina Garanca, soprano
Friedemann Rohlig, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Luciana Serra,
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Richard Tauber, tenor
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Maria Bayo, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Benno Ziegler, baritone
Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Alan Opie, baritone
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kazmer Sarkany, baritone
Laszlo Orban, baritone
Ferenc Korpas, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ewa Podles, contralto
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Angelo Romero, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Roberto Servile, baritone
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Enzo Dara, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Ramon Vargas, tenor
Marion Talley, soprano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Allan Monk, baritone
Aurelio Faedda, bass
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 1911


1.   Overture - 6:56
2.   Largo al factotum - 5:14
3.   Ecco ridente - 5:11


L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra Parlophon Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Stanford Robinson Argeo Quadri Clemens Schmalstich John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Selmar Meyrowitz Nils Grevillius Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Richard Bradshaw Felix Gunther Niels Muus David Parry John Landor
Andreas Post, tenor
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Roberto Frontali, baritone
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Simone Alaimo, baritone
Mariangela Spotorno, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Studio pianist, piano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Valeria Esposito,
Aquiles Machado, tenor
Roberta Canzian,
Marjorie Heyward,
Mary Plazas, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Ashley Holland, baritone
Enrico Marrucci,
Erwin Schrott, baritone
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Vincenzo La Scola, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Patrick Marques, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: Broadcast on 24 December, 1949


4.   L'elisir d'amore: Come Paride vezzoso - 3:17
5.   L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima - 3:17


Don Pasquale (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Bruno Campanella Gilles Bellemare Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Franco Ghione Gennaro Papi Richard Bradshaw David Parry
Aldo Bertolo, tenor
Guido Pasella, bass
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Luciana Serra,
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Nino Martini, tenor
Francesco Valentino, baritone
Jason Howard, bass
Andrew Shore, bass
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Alessandro Corbelli, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone
Enzo Dara, bass
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone


6.   Don Pasquale: Bella siccome un angelo - 3:29


Gabriella di Vergy (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


7.   Gabriella di Vergy: Quell'aspetto…quel'accenti Oh qual m'ingombra il petto - 6:35


Lucia di Lammermoor (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Antonino Fogliani Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Ugo Tansini Bruce Pullan Gustav Kuhn Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry Herman Heller
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Matteo Barca, tenor
Tiziana Falco, soprano
Peter Rose, bass
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Enrico Giuseppe Iori,
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Robert Pomakov, bass
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Giovanni Malipiero, tenor
Giuseppe Manacchini, baritone
Luciano Neroni, bass
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Angelo Bada, tenor
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Gino Quilico, baritone
Riccardo Stracciari, baritone
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Charles Hackett, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Hye Hun Chung Bennett, harp
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Stephen Chaundy, tenor
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Minnie Egener, mezzo-soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Desiree Rancatore, soprano
Luca Grassi, baritone
Roberto de Biasio, tenor
Ezio Pinza, bass
Maria Elena Barrientos, piano
Michael Schade, tenor
Charles K. North, flute
Raffaele Arie, bass
Valiano Natali, tenor
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Gino Sarri, tenor
Andrea Morosini, choirmaster
Luigi Vellucci, tenor
Jose Mardones, bass
George Meader, tenor
Emma Noe, soprano
Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli, tenor
Marco Jentzsch, tenor
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
John Lemmone, flute
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 10 April 1925


8.   Lucia di Lammermoor: Cruda, funesta smania - 4:30


I puritani (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Will Humburg Tullio Serafin Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Alfredo Simonetto
Franco Federici, bass
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Mariella Devia, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Aurora Cattelani, soprano
Christopher Robertson,
William Matteuzzi, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Louis Quilico, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
Eleonora Jankovic, mezzo-soprano
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Paolo Washington, bass
Russell Braun, baritone


9.   Or dove fuggo mai?…Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei - 5:24
10.   A te, o cara - 4:08


Maria Padilla (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


11.   Maria Padilla: L'ora fatal…Ah! Quello fu per me - 5:58


La favorita (more info)
Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Studio orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Bratislava Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Fabio Luisi Steven Mercurio Richard Bradshaw Alexandrs Vilumanis
Adelisa Tabiadon, soprano
Alessandro Veducci, vocals
Michele Farruggia, vocals
Elina Garanca, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Elvira Casazza, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Giuseppe Morino, tenor
Paolo Coni, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


12.   La Favorite: Favorita del re!…Spirto gentile - 4:56


La traviata (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Czech Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gabriele Santini Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Gerhard Steeger Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Uri Mayer Richard Bradshaw Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Wilhelm Schuchter Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Michail Angelov Julian Bigg
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Frances Ginzer, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Caroline Bleau, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Lionello Cecil, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Robert Pomakov, bass
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Gino Quilico, baritone
Claire Rutter, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Carlo Forti, bass
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Antonietta Stella,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Alma Gluck, soprano
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Franco Ricciardi,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Monika Krause, soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Rannveig Braga, mezzo-soprano
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Oswald, tenor
Pavol Maurery, baritone
Peter Subert, tenor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Ben Heppner, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Silvio Maionica,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Susan McCulloch,
Renato Bruson, baritone
Knut Skram, bass-baritone
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Carmen Dragon,
Ede Gandolfo Marietti, mezzo-soprano
Ines Marietti, soprano
Francesco Albanese, tenor
Ugo Savarese, baritone
Mariano Caruso, tenor
Mario Zorgniotti, tenor
Alberto Albertini, baritone
Gino Bianchi, bass
Franco Rossi, bass
Giulio Mogliotti, choirmaster
Georg Tichy, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Fumiko Mochiki, soprano
Yasuo Yanagisawa, bass
Hiroyuko Okayama, bass
Hirochi Mochiki, tenor
Akihito Shikano, bass
Shigeru Sawa, mezzo-soprano
Kazuhiko Ichikawa, tenor
Toshiro Ishii, vocals
Katruaki Fukui, vocals
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Lucia Aliberti, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
James Westman, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone


13.   La Traviata: Lunge da lei…De' miei bollenti spiriti - 3:56


Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao) (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw
Michael Schade, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


14.   Un Giorno di Regno: Provero che degno…Infiammato da spirto - 7:28

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