Browse: The Sony Opera House (series)
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Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedWalter Berry (Wozzeck), Isabel Strauss (Marie), Fritz Uhl (Tambourmajor), Carl Doench (Doktor), Albert Weikenmeier (Hauptmann), Richard van Vrooman (Andres), Ingeborg Lasser (Margret), Gérard Dunan (Narr)
Orchestre & Choeur de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 10th Awards (1967), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 10th Awards (1967), Classical Album of the Year
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Shirley Verrett (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), Mario Basiola Jnr (Silvano), Ezio Flagello (Samuele), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Tom)
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
With Leontyne Price's regal Amelia, Carlo Bergonzi's fervent Riccardo, Robert Merrill's imposing Renato, and Reri Grist's button-cute Oscar, Erich Leinsdorf's 1966 Ballo with the RCA Italiana... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vincenzo Sardinero (Schaunard), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro), Alan Byers (Parpignol)
John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir &...
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Opera Recording
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Adina), Plácido Domingo (Nemorino), Geraint Evans (Dulcamara), Ingvar Wixell (Belcore), Lillian Watson (Giannetta)
Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royle Opera House‚ Covent Garden, Sir John Pritchard
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Puccini: Tosca
Leontyne Price (Tosca), Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Sherrill Milnes (Scarpia), Paul Plishka (Il Sagristano), Clifford Grant (Angelotti), Francis Egerton (Spoletta), John Gibbs (Sciarrone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Leontyne Price's… 'Vissi d'arte' is artistry incarnate… Domingo sounds young and ardent as Cavaradossi, and Milnes's villain is the most complete I've ever heard, projecting the meaning of every... — More…
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedDonnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Wilma Shakesnider (Serena), Carol Brice (Maria), Andrew Smith (Crown), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Betty Lane (Clara), Larry Marchsall (Sportin' Life)
Houston Grand Opera Orchcestra & Chorus, John Demain
a distinctive and colourful performance of a masterly and moving opera — More…
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl tabarro
Ingvar Wixell (Michele), Plácido Domingo (Luigi), Renata Scotto (Giorgetta), Gillian Knight (La Frugola), Michel Sénéchal (Il Tinca), Dennis Wicks (Il Talpa), John Treleaven (Venditore di canzonette), Yvonne Kenny, Peter Jeffes (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica...
The highlight of this set...is an outstanding Suor Angelica, with Renata Scotto in the title role, supported by Marilyn Horne as her aunt, and Ileana Cotrubas (who also sings Lauretta in Schicchi)... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Puccini: Tosca
Maria Guleghina (Tosca), Salvatore Licitra (Cavaradossi), Leo Nucci (Scarpia), Alfredo Mariotti (Il Sagristano), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Angelotti), Ernesto Gavazzi (Spoletta), Silvestro Sammaritano (Sciarrone), Virginia Barchi (Un pastore), Ernesto Panariello (Un carceriere)
Orchestra e Coro...
Riccardo Muti takes his time with Tosca, but it's worth the wait for Maria Guleghina's 'Vissi d'arte'. — More…
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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Montserrat Caballé (Lucrezia Borgia), Shirley Verrett (Maffio Orsini), Ezio Flagello (Don Alfonso), Franco Ricciardi (Jacopo Liveretto), Franco Romano (Don Apostolo Gazella)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Jonel Perlea
Caballé's caught at her peak on this 1966 recording alongside Alfredo Kraus's peerless Gennaro in a role which showcases her prodigious agility, creamy tone and superhuman breath-control. — More…
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Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Thomas Allen (Malatesta), Renato Bruson (Don Pasquale), Frank Lopardo (Ernesto), Eva Mei (Norina), Alfredo Giacomotti (Un notaio)
Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado
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