 | Romance of the Violin [Read More ...]
Description: Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility. "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi opens the disc, with Bell delicately accompanied by a harp and spinning the long melody with great sensitivit... |
 | The Very Best of Maria Callas [Read More ...]
Excellent:I love this CD. It includes the best performance of romantic heroines in opera by Maria Callas. I really enjoyed it and each time of listenting can be more understanding this great artist. |
 | The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden [Read More ...]
Description: Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elı - na Garancˇa, Ramón Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tézier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera favorites. Thi... |
 | La Sonnambula (Limited Edition Hardcover Book) [Read More ...]
Description: Limited Edition hardcover book: The world's biggest bel canto stars Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Florez in a major new studio recording of Bellini's Romantic masterpiece La sonnambula. The two leading bel canto super stars of today, Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Florez join fo... |
 | Bel Canto Spectacular - Deluxe Edition [Read More ...]
Description: This Special Deluxe Limited Edition includes the CD and a DVD of interviews, performance clips, a picture gallery and more! For this special album, Florez is joined by an all-star roster of his friends, including Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, Mariusz Kwiecien, Patrizia Ciofi an... |
 | Bellini: La Sonnambula (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe Modesti, Leonard Bernstein, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan [Read More ...]
Description: Maria Callas had worked with Leonard Bernstein at La Scala on Medea in 1953. Here, in '55, they were together again for a very different heroine. While Medea is all vengeance and rage, Amina in Sonnambula is a delicate, sweet, village girl whose sleepwalking confuses the locals i... |
 | Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments [Read More ...]
Review: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Indeed:I have more experience with other genres of music, but am interested in basically all kinds. I have been collecting CDs for nearly 2 decades but had no Opera in my collection. I did a little research and arrived at a conclusion. If I wanted... |
 | Voce D'Italia: Arias For Rubini [Read More ...]
Description: Juan Diego Flórez is THE tenor for bel canto operas, the first choice for any new production at the world's greatest opera houses. Flórez recently performed the first aria encore at La Scala in 74 years. On Voce d'Italia, he pays tribute to an extraordinary predecessor who insp... |
 | Cecilia Bartoli - Maria [Read More ...]
Description: Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria Malibran: Romantic icon, Bel Canto muse, and the most extraordinary opera star of her time. Maria features 8 world premiere re... |
 | Renee Fleming: By Request [Read More ...]
Description: "by Request" is a Collection of Fleming's Greatest and Most Popular Recordings Including Works by Mozart, Bellini, Pucchini, Verdi and Dvorak. Featuring Recordings from Renee Fleming's Outstanding Decca Discography Together with Two Glorious Tracks Strauss "Cacilie" and Verdi's "... |
 | Italian Opera Arias [Includes DVD] [Read More ...]
Review: Mad Scene triumph:My wife and I saw Ms.Dessay perform Lucia at the Paris Opera in a non-traditional production. We thought it was fabulous, but the DVD of her performance at the Met in a traditional staging may be even better. Although there are a few misses in her singing,the ov... |
 | Anna Netrebko: Opera Arias [Read More ...]
Description: Here, a year after her sensational Metropolitan debut as Prokofiev’s Natasha from War and Peace, comes the debut solo recital album of 30-something soprano Anna Netrebko. She hails from southern Russia, and her emergence from the life of a conservatory student has a touch of th... |
 | Bel Canto Spectacular [Read More ...]
Description: The King of the High Ds returns with an all-new album of bel canto arias and duets. Juan Diego Florez once again proves why he is THE tenor in demand around the world for the operas of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. In fact, he even broke the 70 year-old taboo against encores at... |
 | Andrea Bocelli - The Opera Album ~ Aria [Read More ...]
Description: Exclusive Australian Gold pressing released to coincide with his first public appearance in Australia. He'll be performing at the opening ceremonies and then onto to tour the land down under. His back catalogue will be released & re-packaged in slipcases with his signature on the... |
 | Renée Fleming [Read More ...]
Description: Surely, Renée Fleming has one of the most beautiful voices to be heard anywhere today. It combines velvety warmth, creamy richness, soaring radiance, and flawless purity, and seems to flow out without effort, every tone impeccably centered and in tune, capable of almost too ... |
 | Maria Callas 100 Best Classics [Read More ...]
Description: Best Callas 100 (part of the Best Classics 100 series) features 6 CDs of the best and most popular operatic arias and duets sung by legendary soprano Maria Callas from her EMI catalog of complete operas and recital albums. Each CD contains approx. 16-17 tracks. CD 1 The Opera... |
 | Vincenzo Bellini: La staniera [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent:There is much to be said for La Straniera. It is innovative and distinctive and has a great deal of very stunning music. With so few Bellini operas in total, it is surprising that this work has received so liitle attention, both in the theatre and in recording. Opera Ra... |
 | Bellini - Norma / Maria Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, Zaccaria, Teatro alla Scala, Serafin [Read More ...]
Review: Running Out of Superlatives:There is not much more that can be said about this recording. It is one of the finest performances on CD. The pairing of Callas and Corelli is one for the ages and results in a performance that will not be bettered. The other singers, especially Chr... |
 | The Ultimate Aria Collection ~ A Passion for Opera [Read More ...]
Description: Put together in evident haste, this collection is nevertheless a surefire, appetite-whetting starter kit both for the budding operaphile and for the simply intimidated. The samplings include some of the greatest voices from EMI's vaults: here you'll find the polar opposites Calla... |
 | Sempre Libera [Read More ...]
Description: Anna Netrebko's second CD is even more impressive than her first. She still may not be an absolutely polished, finished artist, but she's working at it and presents here a very satisfying---even thrilling---program. She doesn't quite have the stature or insights for Verdi's Viole... |
