Bellini’s opera version of the Romeo and Juliet story is one of his finest early works, the first to unequivocally display his mature style. It had a fully successful early run, although it h...więcej »
Mozart's greatest comic opera is seldom found at mid-price, at least not in a great performance! But here is one with one of the finest Mozart casts ever put together, with one of the greatest cond...więcej »
Perhaps the greatest May-December match-up in opera recording, this thrilling live performance of Manon Lescaut stars tenor Plácido Domingo near the beginning of his career, in the youthful ...więcej »
Live performance, Milan, April 4, 1956. Puccini made a big hit with the American public when his new opera, The Girl of the Golden West, had its fi rst performance, not in Italy but at the Metropol...więcej »
Italian soprano Renata Scotto is perhaps the most acclaimed of all singers in the role of Madame Butterfly which was one of her specialties. She brought to it a perfection of style and youthful voi...więcej »
La straniera (The Foreigner) had a triumphant premiere on February 14, 1829 at La Scala,Milan. Bellini wrote to his librettist Felice Romani that the audience was enthusiastic “beyond belief,...więcej »
Seven complete operas starring the magnificent Montserrat Caballé — great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1965–1975!...więcej »
Beethoven’s only opera is heard here in a miraculous performance with probably the best cast and conductor ever captured on disc. Selected as one of the best performances from the vast Opera ...więcej »
This 1951 live recording was made in Italy to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Verdi’s death, and stars the legendary tenor Giacomo Lauri-Volpi as Rodolfo. Conductor Mario Rossi is well ...więcej »
Another long-neglected masterpiece, Macbeth is today one of Verdi’s most popular operas following successful revivals in recent years like this dramatic 1970 performance.With a cast like this...więcej »
La Juive is a spectacular five-act grand opera with high drama, gigantic set pieces, and thrilling music – the Romantic era’s version of Cinemascope. Seldom mounted today due to cost, i...więcej »
Live performance,Tokyo, September 18, 1973. La traviata is among the most popular operas ever written. Today it is probably the most frequently performed of all 28 operas by Verdi.Based...więcej »
Seven complete operas starring the great Luciano Pavarotti at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Ex...więcej »
“This performance was recorded live at La Scala on January 20, 1964. Gabriele Santini — who would pass away toward the end of that year — brings the authority of a life saturated ...więcej »
Live performance, Berlin, September 29, 1955. One of the greatest live complete opera recordings starring Maria Callas, and the best of her recordings of Lucia di Lammermoor. Selected as one of the...więcej »
Among Rossini’s numerous comic operas, La Cenerentola (1817) has long held a place second only to The Barber of Seville. In fact, for many years it was often more popular than The Barber, unt...więcej »
This performance, recorded live at the La Scala opera house in Milan on February 13, 1968, is the only recording of this opera ever issued with complete libretto at mid-price. Alfredo Catalani (185...więcej »
Idomeneo, Re di Creta ("Idomeneus, King of Crete"), written when Mozart was 24, was already his seventh opera. Although not nearly so well known today as several later works, it contains ...więcej »
The Lady of the Lake, based on the narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, has been one of the most successful of Rossini’s “serious” operas to be revived in recent years. Overflowing...więcej »
Seven complete operas starring the great José Carreras—live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1972—1976! Spanish tenor Jos&...więcej »