Six complete operas starring the great Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! ...więcej »
Live performance, Rome, May 12, 1970. Features original artwork by Rafal Olbinski, re-mastered sound, and 76-page booklet with historic photos. Complete Italian-English libretto newly translated fo...więcej »
Don Carlo has an unusual place in Verdi’s canon: it is one of his greatest operas, yet one of the least performed. Originally written in French as Don Carlos for the Paris Opéra in 186...więcej »
Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861) was a popular Early Romantic opera composer in Germany whose works disappeared for a few decades but have been successfully revived in recent times. Two of his ...więcej »
Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow) was first heard at the Vienna State Opera on October 10, 1919. Though admired by many, it had a mixed reception. The libretto by Strauss’s ...więcej »
Wagner’s early masterpiece is heard in an authoritative, truly classic performance from the composer’s own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, the shrine and Mecca of the true Wagnerite. Some...więcej »
An all-star live production of this most popular of operas, complete with extensive notes, newly-translated libretto, remastered digital sound, and beautiful packaging, all at mid-price! One of the...więcej »
Leonie Rysanek was one of the greatest Wagner-and-Strauss sopranos of recent times and many of her recordings are considered definitive. Certainly that description applies to this legendary perform...więcej »
The newest release in Opera d’Oro’s Grand Tier series is of a live performance at the Salzburg Festival in 1972, with an all-star cast in one of Mozart’s greatest operas. Although...więcej »
When Leyla Gencer died at age 79 in 2008, the obituary in The Guardian (UK) called her “the greatest Turkish opera singer of the 20th century and a singing actor of formidable power and indiv...więcej »
The only recording ever made of this 20th-century masterpiece features the towering artistry of Fischer-Dieskau in the title role of a Renaissance goldsmith who murders his customers because he can...więcej »
Der Freischütz was the fi rst great German national opera, breaking the stranglehold of the Italians over the opera world. Its premiere in 1821 was a sensation, and Weber was proclaimed the fo...więcej »
Seven complete operas from the bel canto repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1955–1971! Rossini is said to hav...więcej »
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) is often described as a composer who had only one "hit," but this is not strictly true. In addition to Andrea Chenier, he had triumphs with Fedora, Siberia, a...więcej »
Arabella was first heard in 1933. A kind of sequel to Der Rosenkavalier of 1911, it was to take its place as one of Richard Strauss’s more popular operas, thanks to its good-natured story and...więcej »
Few recordings exist of the sensational artistry of Spanish soprano Angeles Gulín (1939–2002), whose enormous, dark voice was said to have set the crystal chandeliers rattling at La Fe...więcej »
One of the greatest recordings showcasing the artistry of soprano Magda Olivero, “the Queen of Verismo.” Also stars one of the greatest tenors of the twentieth century, Franco Corelli, ...więcej »
Six complete operas from the basic repertoire—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1967–1974! The most representative oper...więcej »
W 1985 r. pojawiła sięna polskim rynku muzycznym trzecia z kolei nasza płyta pt "Chroń mnie".Nagrywaliśmy ją z nowymi muzykami: Grzegorzem Płechą, Robertem Kozakiem, Dariuszem Lipiń...więcej »
I was reluctant to chronicle out time on the road. Sometimes great moments are best captured in a memory which holds the true feeling that's so hard to convey. Thank you Sophie, thank you Roger, th...więcej »