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Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras
The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 - 25th Anniversary Edition [ Decca CD+DVD / CD/DVD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] The world's most celebrated trio, The Three Tenor's first concert in Rome produced the biggest-selling classical album of all time. On July 10, 1998, set against the imposing backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, José Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977) The Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 27/May/2004 ] "Yes, Rigoletto is a singer's opera, but Verdi also poured into it some of his most dramatic as well as melodic music. That said, the vivid colours of the production have come up amazingly well and the sound is clear." (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Berlin Concert - Live From the 'Waldbuhne' Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko. Rolando Villazon / Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin / Marco Armiliato [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 18/Jan/2007 ] "Three charming singing actors giving their audience a real treat, this concert is something to return to" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1986) Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Diaz / Milan La Scala Chorus & Orchestra / Lorin Maazel [ EMI / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Aug/1986 ] "I have no hesitation in making this set my first choice in this ever-potent opera" - Gramophone |
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ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Webber: Requiem Placido Domingo / Sarah Brightman / Winchester Cathedral Choir / Lorin Maazel [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/May/2007 ] Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a Requiem Mass that premiered in New York on 25 February 1985 at St Thomas Church. The Requiem Mass was dedicated to his father, William Lloyd Webber, who had died in 1982. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Verdi Opera Selection: "Shakespeare" Otello / Macbeth / Falstaff Plácido Domingo, Barbara Frittoli, Leo Nucci, Thomas Hampson, Ruggero Raimondi, Manuel Lanza, etc [ Arthaus Opera Editrion / 3 DVD - released 1/Jul/2020 ] Otello - Live from the Teatro alla Scala Milan, 2001 Macbeth - Live from the Opernhaus Zurich, 2001 Falstaff - Live from the Teatro del Maggio Muusicale Fiorentino, 2006 |
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GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (Highlights from the opera recorded in 1976) Tatiana Troyanos, Placido Domingo, Norma Burrowes, Kiri Te Kanawa / London Philharmonic / Georg Solti [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/May/1998 ] "The remastered recordings sounds both brilliant, full-bodied and atmospheric, ... Troyanos's singing is delicately seductive." *** Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: I due Foscari (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli, Anna Pirozzi, Chiara Isotton / Michele Mariotti (cond) [ C-Major Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/Sep/2017 ] "The role, as well as being age-appropriate, seems to sit very well for Domingo's voice…Pirozzi is a terrific Lucrezia. The voice is bright and fearless…Mariotti's conducting - an expertly judged mixture of grandeur and fire - strikes me as no less i |
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THE THREE TENORS
Three (3) Tenors In Concert 1990 [The original recording] Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Dec/1999 ] On the evening of July 7, 1990, an `impossible dream' came true: the three greatest tenors of the day joined forces with an orchestra of 200 musicians against a backdrop of the majestic scenery of ancient Rome. |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 1977) [CDs plus Blu-ray audio / Dolby Atmos] Teresa Berganza, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Ilena Cotrubas / Ambrosian Singers / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Jun/2020 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - Still a benchmark recording of the most famous opera of all, with an idiomatic assumption of the title role by Teresa Berganza and the young Plácido Domingo. |