Live performance, 1972, with a world-class cast, comparable to the best available anywhere. As with the other releases in the new Grand Tier series, this opera recording includes a full libretto in...więcej »
"Currently this is not only the only mid-price version of Stiffelio with a libretto — it’s the only available recording, period! And a fine one it is, with the soaring soprano Ange...więcej »
1967 live recording from Italy of this early Bellini opera, starring the immortal Montserrat Caballé in the heyday of her magnificent voice. The baritone and tenor are also major artists of ...więcej »
“The cast of this 1967 performance is excellent, led energetically by Franco Capuana … But of course the center of the revival, and its raison d’etre, is Leyla Gencer. And what a...więcej »
Seven complete operas starring the great Renata Tebaldi—live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1951–1966! Renata Tebaldi was one o...więcej »
A fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble “Prayer of Moses,” but neglected in the 20th century along with the rest of Rossini’s non-comic operas. This 1968 r...więcej »
Produced in March 1842, Nabucco was Verdi’s first triumph with the public and (most) critics, establishing him as a great composer. The audience at the premiere went mad with enthusiasm and d...więcej »
Opera d’Oro’s Grand Tier series presents the best-selling Opera d’Oro titles with deluxe new packaging at mid-price! This series has been an unqualified success in the budget cate...więcej »
It's tempting to claim that "Callas says it all," but that wouldn't be true. We don't have to explain that Maria Callas is a legend and sells millions of CDs with her name alone; we may n...więcej »
Five complete operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live...więcej »
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 »
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 »