Montserrat Caballé

Soprano

Montserrat Caballé

Caballé's international breakthrough came in 1965 when she substituted for an indisposed Marilyn Horne in a semi-staged performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at New York's Carnegie Hall. While she had to learn the role in less than one month, and considering this was her first engagement in a bel canto score, her performance created a sensation and made her famous throughout the opera world. The day after the New York Times quoted "Callas + Tebaldi = Caballé". Later that year, Caballé made her debut at Glyndebourne singing her first Rosenkavalier and at the Metropolitan Opera as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. In December 1965 she also returned to Carnegie Hall for her second bel canto opera, singing the tremendous part of Queen Elizabeth I in Donizetti's recently rediscovered Roberto Devereux.

In 1966 she made her debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Trovatore (and Pirata in 1967). In 1969 she produced an astonishing performance as Elisabetta of Valois in an all-star cast (including Domingo and Cappuccilli) of Don Carlo at the Arena di Verona. Her A (La) on the final "ah" at the very end of the opera has become famous, lasting for more than 20 bars up to the final accord from the orchestra, driving mad an audience of more than 10.000. In these performances she had to act on crutches because an accident occurred earlier that year in New York City. In the same period she also appeared in one of the most remarkable recitals of her career at the Teatro Corallo, also in Verona.

In 1970, she made her delayed "official" La Scala debut in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia and in 1972 her Covent Garden debut as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata. 1974 was probably the year when Caballé reached her peak, with a number of astonishing performances: Aida at Liceu in January, Vespri at the Met in March, Parisina d'Este at Carnegie Hall in March, 3 Normas in one week at the Bolshoi in Moscow, with Adriana Lecouvreur at La Scala in April, Norma in Orange in July (her top single performance, filmed in video by Pierre Jourdain), the recording of Aida under Muti in July, and the Duets recording with Giuseppe di Stefano in August.

In September she underwent major surgery to remove a huge but benign tumoral mass from her abdomen. She recovered quite well and was again on stage for Norma in early 1975.

Having lost some of her earlier brilliance and purity of voice, Caballé made up for it finding a more dramatic utterance and expresive singing in roles that demanded it. Thus, in 1978, another great year in her career, she sung a magnificent Tosca in San Francisco, with Pavarotti, and in Madrid a sublime Norma. A video exists of this performance, for some even better than her legendary one in Orange.

Although best known for her bel canto roles, Caballé eventually sang over eighty operatic roles, from baroque opera to Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini, including the Marschallin in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and the title role in Salome.

Caballé is also a noted recitalist, particularly of songs of her native Spain.

Her voice is noted for its purity, precise control, and power. She is admired less for her dramatic instincts and acting skills than for her superb technique, vocal shadings, and exquisite pianissimos.

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Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé


DISC 1: Presenting Montserrat Caballé

BELLINI: Norma, Act I - Casta Diva / BELLINI: Il Pirata, Act II - Oh! S’io potessi dissipar le nubi; Col sorriso d’innocenza (Mad Scene) / DONIZETTI: Roberto Devereux (Act III) – E Sara in questi orribili momenti; Vivi, ingrato, a lei d’accanto / Lucrezia Borgia (Prologue-Act I) – Tranquillo ei posa; Com’è bello! Quale incanto / Maria di Rohan (Act III) – Infausto Imene; Havvi un dio

DISC 2: Montserrat Caballé sings Zarzuela Arias (Popular Music of Spain)

SERRANO-ROMERO-FERNANDEZ: La Canción del olvido: Marinela, Marinela / CHAPÍ-RAMOS: El Rey que rabió: Mi tío se figura / VIVESPERRÍN-PALACIOS: Bohemios: No quieto que sepa que aquí vengo yo / M. FERNÁNDEZ-ARNICHES-LUCIO: El Cabo primero: Yo quiero a un hombre / ARRIETA- CAMPRODÓN: Marina: Pensar en él/ CHAPÍ-VEYAN-LÓPEZ: El Barquillero: ¡Cuando Esta Tan Hondo! / LUNAPASO-GARCÍA: El Niño judío: De España vengo / GUERRERO-ROMERO-FERNÁDEZ: La Rosa del Azafrán: No me duele que se vaya / PENELLA: Gil de Alcalá: Plenaria Y Invocación: Bendita Cruz

DISC 3: Montserrat Caballé sings songs of Granados: CANCIONES AMATORIAS & TONADILLAS

DISC 4: Richard Strauss - A Song Recital

Ich liebe Dich / Ruhe, meine Seele / Ich schwebe / Traum durch die Dämmerung / Zueignung / Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten / Wiegenlied / Ich trage meine Minne / Freundliche Vision / Schlechtes Setter / Morgen! / Befreit / Die Nacht / Cäcilie

DISC 5: Verdi Rarities

Un Giorno di Regno (Il Finto Stanislao) (Act I) – Ah! Non m’hanno ingannata!; Grave a core innamorato / I Lombardi (Act IV) – Qual prodigio!; Non fu sogno! / I Due Foscari (Act I) – No, mi lasciate; Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente / Alzira (Act I) – Riposa. Tutte, in suo dolor vegliante; Da Gusman, su fragil Barca / Attila (Act I) – Liberamente or piangi; Oh! Nel fuggente nuvolo / Il Corsaro (Act I) – Egli non riede ancora! – Non so le tetre immagini / Aroldo (Act II) – Oh, cielo! Dove son’io!; Ah! Dagli scanni eterei

DISC 6: Rossini Rarities

La donna del lago (Act II) – Tanti affeti in tal momento / Otello (Act III) – Oh tu, del mio dolor; Assisa a’ piè d’un salice / Stabat Mater – Inflammatus et accensus / Armida (Act I) – D’amore al dolce impero / Tancredi (Act I) – Oh patria, dolce; Tu che accendi questo core di tanti palpiti / L’Assedio di Corinto (Act III) – L’ora fatal s’appressa; Giusto ciel! In tal periglio

DISC 7: Zarzuela Love Duets

GURIDI-ROMERO-FERNANDEZ: El Caserío: Buenos días / VIVES-PERRÍN-PALACIOS: La Generala: Mi dulce sueno de adolescente / TORRÓBA-ROMERO: Luisa Fernanda: Caballero del alto plumero / BRETÓN: La Dolores: ¡Dolores mia! …! Aquí tu! / CABALLÉROECHEGARA:

El Dúo de la Africana: Comprende lo grave de mi situación

DISC 8: Great Operatic Duets

BELLINI: Norma (Act III) – Mira, o Norma / ROSSINI: Semiramide (Act I) – Serbami ognor; Alle più calde immagini / DONIZETTI: Anna Bolene (Act II) – Dio, che mi vedi; Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio / OFFENBACH: : Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Act II) – Barcarolle: Belle nuit / VERDI: Aida (Act II) – Silenzio! Aida verso noi s’avanza / PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly (Act II) – Il cannone del porto! (Flower Duet) / PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda (Act II) – E un anatema!; Là attesi e il tempo

DISC 9: Donizetti Rarities

Torquato Tasso (Act I) – Fatal Goffredo!; Trono e corona / Gemma di Vergy (Act I) – Lascia, Guido, ch’io possa vendicare; Una voce al cor; Egli riede? / Belisario (Act I) – Plauso! Voci di gioia; Sin la tomba è a me negata! / Parisina d’este (Act III) – No, più salir non ponno; Ciel, sei tu in tal momento; Ugo è spento

DISC 10: Great Operatic Heroines

VERDI: Otello (Act IV) – Mia Madre aveva; Canzone del Salince; Ave Maria (Willow Song) / VERDI: Un ballo in maschera (Act II) – Ecco l’orrido campo; Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa / DONIZETTI: Anna Bolene (Act II) – Piangete voi?; Al dolce guidami / CHARPENTIER: Luise (Act IIII) – Depuis le jour / PUCCINI: Tosca (Act II) – Vissi d’arte

DISC 11, 12 & 13: Bellini - Norma

DISC 14 & 15: Strauss - Salome


Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

Celebrating the extraordinary life and career of Montserrat Caballé on the occasion of her 75th birthday, Sony BMG Masterworks is pleased to release Caballé: The Original Jackets Collection. Limited edition 15-disc collection packaged in CD-size exact replicas of the original LP jackets and beautifully presented in an attractive outer clam box. Since her breakthrough performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965, Caballé has become one of the world’s most beloved sopranos. This 15-disc set honors Caballé in some of her most glorious recordings

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The Essential Montserrat Caballé

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Verdi:

Libera me


Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

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Bellini: I Puritani

Bellini: I Puritani


Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Julia Hamari & Matteo Manuguerra

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

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Puccini: Turandot

Puccini: Turandot


Montserrat Caballé, Mirella Freni & José Carreras

Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin & Orchestre Philharmonique de Strausbourg, Alain Lombard

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Opera Highlights - The Collector’s Edition

Opera Highlights - The Collector’s Edition


Beethoven:

Fidelio, Op. 72 (highlights)

Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner & Friedrich Treitschke, after Bouilly

Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Karl Ridderbusch, Zoltan Kélémen, José Van Dam, Helen Donath, Horst R. Laubenthal, Werner Hollweg & Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Bellini:

I Puritani (highlights)

Libretto by Carlo Pepoli

Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari, Agostino Ferrin, Stefan Elenkov & Dennis O’Neill

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Norma (highlights)

Libretto by Felice Romani. Recorded live at the Ravenna Festival

Jane Eaglen, Eva Mei, Vincenzo La Scola & Dimitri Kavrakos

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti

Berlioz:

Les Troyens (highlights)

Libretto by Berlioz, after Virgil’s Aeneid

Régine Crespin, Guy Chauvet, Jane Berbié, Marie-Luce Bellary, Jean-Pierre Hurteau, Gérard Dunan & Lucien Vernet

Fanfare du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Bizet:

Carmen (highlights)

Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after Mérimée

Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Eliane Lublin, Viorica Cortez, Kostas Paskalis, Claude Meloni & Bernard Gontcharenko

Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Les Pêcheurs de Perles (highlights)

Libretto by Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré

Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Gino Quilico & Jean-Philippe Courtis

Choeurs de Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Debussy:

Pelléas et Mélisande (highlights)

Text from Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, adapted by Debussy

Jacques Jansen, Victoria de Los Angeles, Gérard Souzay, Pierre Froumenty, Jeannine Collard, Françoise Ogéas & Jean Vieuille

Choeurs Raymond St Paul & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens

Delibes:

Lakmé (highlights)

Libretto by Edmond Gondinet & Philippe Gille, after Loti

Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer & Jean-Christophe Benoît

Choeurs du Théâtre National De l’Opéra-Comique & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard

Donizetti:

L'elisir d'amore (highlights)

Libretto by Felice Romani, after Scribe

Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei & Angela Vercelli

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Tullio Serafin

Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights)

Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Scott

Edita Gruberova, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Bruno Lazzaretti & Bonaventura Bottone

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Gershwin:

Porgy and Bess (highlights)

Libretto by Du Bose Heyward. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, after Du Bose & Dorothy K. Heyward

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Bruce Hubbard, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Gregg Baker, Barrington Coleman, Johnny Worthy, Mervin Wallace, Maureen Braithwaite, Autris Paige, Paula Ingram, Linda Thompson & Wayne Marshall

Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Gluck:

Orfeo ed Euridice (highlights)

Libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi

Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall & Edita Gruberova

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Gounod:

Faust (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Goethe

David Bell (organ), Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, r Thomas Allen, Michèle Command & Marc Vento

Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Roméo et Juliette (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Shakespeare

Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Simon Keenlyside, Alain Fondary, Claire Larcher, Guy Fechter & Alain Vernes

Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Handel:

Alcina (highlights)

Anonymous libretto, after Ariosto

Arleen Augér, Eiddwen Harrhy, Della Jones & Kathleen Kuhlmann

Opera Stage Chorus & City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Leoncavallo:

Pagliacci (highlights)

Libretto by Leoncavallo

José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela, Ugo Benelli & Thomas Allen

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Mascagni:

Cavalleria Rusticana (highlights)

Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci, after Verga

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari & Astrid Varnay

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Massenet:

Manon (highlights)

Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille, after Prévost

Ileana Cotrubas, Alfredo Kraus, Gino Quilico, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Martine Mahe & José van Dam

Choeurs du Capitole du Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Werther (highlights)

Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Millet & Georges Hartmann, after Goethe

Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra & Jules Bastin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson

Monteverdi:

L'Orfeo (highlights)

Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Nigel Rogers, Patrizia Kwella, Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith, Catherine Denley, Guillemette Laurens, Mario Bolognesi, John Potter, Stephen Varcoe, Terry Edwards & Geoffrey Shaw

London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & London Baroque, Nigel Rogers

Mozart:

Così fan tutte, K588 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival

Margaret Marshall, Agnes Baltsa, James Morris, Francisco Araiza, Kathleen Battle & José Van Dam

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (highlights)

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, after Bretzner

Anneliese Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Gerhard Unger & Gottlob Frick

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips

Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Beaumarchais

Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Margaret Price, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl, Mariana Nicolesco, Alejandro Ramirez, Ernesto Gavazzi, Patrizia Pace & Franco de Grandis

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Die Zauberflöte, K620 (highlights)

Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Edita Gruberova, Heinz Zednik & Brigitte Lindner

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Don Giovanni, K527 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

William Shimell, Cheryl Studer, Carol Vaness, Samuel Ramey, Frank Lopardo, Natale de Carolis & Susanne Mentzer

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Mussorgsky:

Boris Godunov (highlights)

Version by Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by Mussorgsky, after Pushkin & Karamzin

Boris Christoff, Ana Alexieva, John Lanigan, Boris Christoff, Dimitr Ouzounov, Evelyn Lear, Nicolai Christov, Bojan Katzarsky, Vasil Benchev, Christina Hadjikoleva & Kina Kosseva

Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens

Offenbach:

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier, after Hoffmann: Oeser edition

Neil Shicoff, Ann Murray, Luciana Serra, Rosalind Plowright, Jessye Norman, José Van Dam, Robert Tear, Jocelyn Taillon, Marcel Vanaud, Dale Duesing & Thierry Dran

Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie & Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Sylvain Cambreling

Puccini:

La Bohème (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Murger

Nicolai Gedda, Mirella Freni, Mario Sereni, Mario Basiola Jr., Paolo Montarsolo, Mariella Adani & Ferruccio Mazzoli

Chorus of Rome Opera House & Orchestra of Rome Opera House, Thomas Schippers

Madama Butterfly (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

Victoria de los Angeles, Miriam Pirazzini, Jussi Björling, Mario Sereni, Piero de Palma & Antonio Sacchetti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini

Manon Lescaut (highlights)

Libretto by Domenico Oliva & Luigi Illica, after Prévost

Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Noël Mangin, Vicente Sardinero, Robert Lloyd & Delia Wallis

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bruno Bartoletti

Tosca (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Sardou

Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Andrea Velis, Renato Capecchi, Paul Hudson & Itzhak Perlman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine

Turandot (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni, after Gozzi

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka, Vicente Sardinero, Remy Corazza, Riccardo Cassinelli & Michel Sénéchal

Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin & Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Rossini:

Guillaume Tell (highlights)

Libretto by Étienne de Jouy & Hippolyte Bis, after Schiller

Andréa Guiot, Nicolai Gedda & Ernest Blanc

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Alain Lombard

Il barbiere di Siviglia (highlights)

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after Beaumarchais

Sherrill Milnes, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Renato Capecchi, Ruggero Raimondi, Fedora Barbieri, Joseph Galiano & Michael Rippon

John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine

Saint-Saëns:

Samson et Dalila (highlights)

Libretto by Ferdinand Lemain

Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov, Remy Corazza, Jacques Potier & Jean-Pierre Hurteau

Choeurs René Duclos & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Strauss, R:

Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)

Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Rydl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Franz Grundheber, Barbara Hendricks, Claire Powell, Richard Leech & Alfred S?ramek

Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink

Verdi:

Aida (highlights)

Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni

Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni, Ferruccio Mazzoli & Bonaldo Giaiotti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta

Il Trovatore (highlights)

Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano

Robert Merrill, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Luciana Moneta, Angelo Mercuriali & Mario Rinaudo

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers

La Traviata (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Dumas

Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Rolando Panerai, Delia Wallis, Robert Lloyd, Mirella Fiorentini & Richard Van Allan

John Alldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato

La Forza del Destino (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Giorgio Zancanaro, Dolora Zajic, Paul Plishka & Silvestro Sammaritano

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

Nabucco (highlights)

Libretto by Temistocle Solera

Matteo Manuguerra, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Lloyd, Kenneth Collins & Anne Edwards

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Otello (highlights)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare

James McCracken, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gwyneth Jones, Piero de Palma, Florindo Andreolli, Alfredo Giacomotti, Anna di Stasio & Leonardo Monreale

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Rigoletto (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Nicolai Gedda, Cornell MacNeil, Reri Grist, Agostino Ferrin, Anna di Stasio, Limbania Leoni, Benito di Bella, Franco Ricciardi & Alfredo Giacomotti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Wagner:

Der Fliegende Holländer (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

José Van Dam, Kurt Moll, Dunja Vejzovic, Peter Hofmann, Thomas Moser & Kaja Borris

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

The Ring (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

James Morris, Andreas Schmidt, Peter Seiffert, Heinz Zednik, Marjana Lipov?sek, Julie Kaufmann, Silvia Herman, Susan Quittmeyer, Cheryl Studer, Reiner Goldberg, James Morris, Anita Soldh, Ruth Falcon, Ute Walther, Ursula Kunz, Silvia Herman, Margaretha Hintermeier, Carolyn Watkinson, Margartia Lilowa, Siegfried Jerusalem, Peter Haage, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eva Marton & John Tomlinson

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Eberhard Büchner, Horst Lunow, Geraint Evans, Zoltan Kélémen, René Kollo, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath & Ruth Hesse

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan

Lohengrin (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

René Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Siegmund Nimsgern, Dunja Vejzovic, Karl Ridderbusch & Robert Kerns

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Parsifal (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Warren Ellsworth, Phillip Joll, Donald McIntyre, Waltraud Meier & William Mackie

Chorus of Welsh National Opera & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Tannhäuser (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Waltraud Meier, Klaus König, Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem, Walton Grönroos, Donald Litaker & Rainer Scholze

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Tristan und Isolde (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry & Karl Ridderbusch

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Weber:

Der Freischütz (highlights)

Libretto by Friedrich Kind

Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn, Rudolf Schock, Wilhelm Walter Dicks & Fritz Hoppe

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth


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Verdi: I Masnadieri

Verdi: I Masnadieri


Ruggero Raimondi, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Montserrat Caballé, John Sandor, Maurizio Mazzieri & William Elvin

Ambrosian Singers & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Recorded - Brent Town Hall, London, August 1974

"As this excellent Philips recording makes plain, the long neglect of I Masnadieri is totally undeserved ... With Gardelli as ever an urgently sympathetic Verdian, and a team of four excellent principals, splendidly recorded, the set can be warmly welcomed."The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Philips Classic Opera - 4758703

(CD - 2 discs)

£16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

José Carreras Collection

José Carreras Collection


 

Vienna Comeback Recital, 1988

La Grande Notte a Verona, 1988

Carreras & Abbado in Frankfurt, 1992

A Bolshoi Opera Night, 1989

José Carreras & Montserrat Caballé, 1989

Salzburg Recital, 1989

Misa Criolla, 1990


José Carreras (tenor) & Montserrat Caballé.

Claudio Abbado

“A honeyed lyric tenor, richly coloured, clear and true and possessing a sensual beauty that is quite extraordinary.” Ovation
DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Arthaus Musik - 101415

(DVD Video - 7 discs)

£69.99 (£59.57 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Verdi: Luisa Miller

Verdi: Luisa Miller


Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Richard Van Allan, Anna Reynolds, Annette Céline & Fernando Pavarotti

London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maag

"Caballé gives a splendidly dramatic portrait of the heroine and Pavarotti's performance is full of creative, detailed imagination. Maag's sympathetic reading, by underlining the light and shade, consistently brings out the atmospheric qualities of Verdi's conception ... brilliantly played and vividly recorded." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Decca - Originals - 4758496

(CD - 2 discs)

£16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Donizetti: Parisina

Donizetti: Parisina


Montserrat Caballé, Jerome Pruett, Louis Quilico, James Morris & Eleanor Bergquist

Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler

Recorded live at the Carnegie Hall, New York, 06.03.1974

Myto Devotion - MDCD0002

(CD - 2 discs)

£16.49 (£14.03 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

Puccini Opera Favourites

Puccini Opera Favourites


Jussi Björling, Montserrat Caballé, Giuseppe Campora, Floriana Cavalli, Franco Corelli Charles Craig, Victoria de los Angeles, Ghena Dimitrova, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Amy Shuard & Antonietta Stella

EMI Classics for Pleasure - 3825892

(CD)

£5.99 (£5.10 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

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