More By Artist: Teatro alla Scala
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CILEA / PURCELL / TCHAIKOVSKY / VERDI / PUCCINI / WAGNER
Anna Netrebko - Amata dalle tenebre Anna Netrebko (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "She's in her element [as Manon Lescaut], as she is with Tchaikovsky's Lisa, where the voice sounds beautiful and the emotional trajectory is wonderfully plotted and detailed." Gramophone |
GASPARE SPONTINI
Spontini: La Vestale (complete opera remastered recorded live 1954) Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Ebe Stignani, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The central character in La Vestale, as in Norma, is a priestess who transgresses her holy vows for love. Spontini's nobly-conceived opera, composed for Paris in the Napoleonic era, brought Callas' first collaboration on a new production with the... |
GOUNOD / VERDI / BIZET / MASCAGNI / OFFENBACH / PUCCINI / etc.
50 Best Choruses Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse / Chorus del Teatro alla Scala, Milano / Ambrosian Opera Chorus / etc. [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] This three-CD set contains a collection of 50 operatic choruses performed by some of the world's leading ensembles. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: La finta giardiniera (complete opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Krešimir Špicer, Julie Martin du Theil, Bernard Richter / Diego Fasolis (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Jul/2021 ] "The whole, remarkably filmed by Daniela Vismara, is to be seen by all those who are reluctant to opera: conversion is guaranteed!" © 2021 Crescendo |
GIUSEPPI VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi - Aida Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Chiara / Teatro Alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / 2 DVD - released 28/Apr/2009 ] This 1985 production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece as marked the Pavarotti's (long-awaited) first Italian performance in the role of Ramades. Staged in the magnificently opulent setting of La Scala, this AIDA gets the lush treatment it deserves.... |
VERDI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / MOZART / GOUNOD / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection The Monteverdi Choir. Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala, Münchener Bach-Chor, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Choir Of Westminster Abbey, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1997 ] 30 of the greatest classical choral works ever written. From Monteverdi to Orff, here are the choral bangers absolutely guaranteed to make your heart sing. |
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 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (complete ballet recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Misty Copeland, Antonino Sutera, Mick Zeni, Marco Agostino / Patrick Fournillier (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2017 ] This classic choreography of Romeo and Juliet by Kenneth MacMillan, set to the immortal notes of Prokofiev, is legendary in La Scala´s repertoire. In this ballet the choreographer MacMillan deals with the matter paying great attention to human... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The Lovers' Garden (complete ballet recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Roberto Bolle, Nicoletta Manni, Marta Romagna, Claudio Coviello / Alexander Titov (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Apr/2018 ] With lightness and irony, this journey into the universe of Mozart tips its hat to the 1700s also with the scenery and costumes, and fills the garden with fun and passionate virtuoso dances, which follow each other dynamically and quickly. |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chénier (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Annalisa Stroppa / Riccardo Chailly [ C Major Blu-ray / DVD - released 16/Apr/2021 ] Riccardo Chailly conducted with vitality and drive' (Financial Times) and in the main roles Yusif Eyvazov 'proved to be technically very skilled' and Anna Netrebko´s 'beautifully timbred and perfectly tuned voice'. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Barber of Seville, The [Il barbiere di Siviglia] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza / Luigi Alva / Hermann Prey / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - PCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround - Colour - 142 Minutes - NTSC In the 1970s, the era from which this production emanates, the director Jean Pierre Ponnelle was reaching the height of his powers. In his... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Requiem (recorded in 2012) BLU-RAY Anja Harteros, Elina Garanca, Jonas Kaufmann, Rene Pape / Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2015 ] "It's a 'through-composed' linked-up performance, paced withy a dramatic curve that makes even the punchiest Italian-led ones..feel like number opera...The non-Italian soloists are in good fearless voice and aurally well integrated into this concept" |
RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete opera with libretto) Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei, Ugo Benelli / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "..long-breathed, expansible tempi and the minimum of exaggeration. Karajan's choice of soloists was clearly aimed to help that...rarely if ever on record has the La Scala Orchestra played with such beautiful feeling for tone-colour." - Penguin Guide |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Opera Choruses Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti, with Mirella Freni & Dolora Zajick [ Warner Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] Where Italian opera is concerned, the centre of the world is in Milan - and the famous La Scala. This is where these recordings of great opera choruses by the doyen of all Italian opera composers were made - under the baton of La Scala's star... |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Eugenia Ratti, Graziella Sciutti, Ebe Stignati, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese / Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1997 ] Note: This is extremely rare. American websites are asking $43US. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1992 with libretto) Tiziana Fabbricini, Paolo Conti, Roberto Alagna / Coro e orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo MutiMuti [ Sony / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "The entire performance wins brownie points with me for being an all-Italian affair. In the theatre,I suspect, I would have been thrilled by Muti's electric, hyper-musical conducting, and by the youthful Roberto Alagna's juicy-toned, ardent Alfredo" |
VERDI
Verdi: Rarities (recorded 1978 & 1980) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Sony Singers / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] Reissue of the classic recordings Pavarotti made of some of the more unusual Verdi repertoire. Includes one of the few recordings of the original 'Aida' Overture - all 11 minutes of it! |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2011 ] The brand new series celebrates EMI - The Home of Opera with Giulini's legendary recording of La Traviata with Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano. Includes complete libretto and synopsis on a bonus CD ROM. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Highlights recorded in 1955) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/1990 ] "Callas's intensity here has powerful support from Giulini, who builds the orchestral crescendos with overwhelming passion." Gramophone |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (Complete Opera recorded in 1953) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano. Victor de Sabata [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - 50 GREATEST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME (No 5) - BBC MUSIC |
