12 New Live Opera Broadcasts!

We are pleased to announce the arrival of 12 new titles plus a New Free Download!

Anja Silja: The Early Years

This album is over an hour long and shows off Silja's dazzling versatility with arias ranging from Elektra's monologue to the Der Hölle Rache!  Simply sign up to the right.

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Other Highlights include:

• A rare student recital given by Dame Gwyneth Jones (She was a Mezzo then.)
• Tristan und Isolde with Gladys Kuchta
• Giulietta Simionato's farewell opera performance in La Clemenza di Tito.

Happy Listening!!!

Beethoven: Fidelio Crespin, Prybil, Greindl, Robinson, Sinclair	Mozart: La clemenza di Tito Casellato, Alva, Simionato, Gordoni, Morelli
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (In Italian) Lazzari, Freni, Bruscantini	Strauss: Elektra Nilsson, Rysanek, Resnik, Uhl, Nienstedt
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Grümmer, Martin, Popp, Keleman, Kusche	Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin Rossi-Lemeni, Zeani, Tagliavini
Verdi: Macbeth Tipton, Silja, Engen, Nikolov; von Dohnanyi	Verdi: Nabucco MacNeil, Souliotis, Christoff, de Fabritiis
Wagner: Tannhäuser Thomas, Silja, Lindholm, Prey, Frank,	Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Kuchta, Beirer, Hoffmann, Alexander
Gwyneth Jones Student Recital	Anja Silja The Early Years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 New Live Opera Recordings!

We are pleased to bring you 12 more recordings of rare live opera performances all of which are available on both CD & MP3.

 

La Straniera Souliotis, Luchetti, Savarese, Zilio; de Fabritiis	Lucia di Lammermoor Callas, Di Stefano, Campolonghi; Picco
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Stich-Randall, Gedda, Prietto, Sénéchal; Rosbaud	Madama Butterfly Scotto, Shirley, Mattiello, Casey; Calderon
Elektra Silja, Lindholm, Madeira, Nienstedt; Sebastian	Salome Jones, Hopf, Weikl, Mödl; Reiger
Gerusalemme Gencer, Aragall, Guelfi, Salvoldi; Gavezzeni	Macbeth Taddei, Gencer, Picchi, Mazzoli; Gui
La forza del destino Tebaldi, Di Stefano, Protti, Modesti, Capecchi; Votto	Simon Boccanegra Gobbi, Gencer, Picchi, Mazzoli, Rossi
Rigoletto Pavarotti, Russell, Glossop; von Matacic	Tristan und Isolde Nilsson, Windgassen, Töpper, Hotter; Boulez

 

 

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We are pleased to announce our June New Releases!  We have been working hard for weeks to bring you these 12 new titles and we are sure that you will not be disappointed.

Highlights include:

• The CD release of "Birgit Nilsson: 1949 -1971"  
• Attila with Leyla Gencer and Nicolai Ghiaurov
• Il trovatore with Montserrat Caballé and Richard Tucker

 

Birgit Nilsson: 1949 - 1971.  Excerpts from Aida, Macbeth, Ariadne, Elektra, Tristan, Die Walküre	Moussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Ghiaurov, Fassbaender, Atlantov, Kmentt, Ghazarian, Zednik; Satanowski
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Lorengar, Kmentt, Peters, Berry, Kreppel, Schoeffler; Kertesz	Puccini: La rondine (In German) - Stich-Randall, Wolfram, Georgiou; Sanzogno
Rossini: Otello - Lazzari, Zeani, Bottazzo, Mori, Ventriglia; Franci	Spontini: La Vestale - Janowitz, Py, Baldani, Ferrin; López Cobos
Verdi: Aida (In Italian & Swedish) Nilsson, Höiseth, Ericson, Jupither; Savini	Verdi: Attila - Ghiaurov, Gencer, Luchetti, Mittelmann; Muti
Verdi: Il trovatore - Caballé, Tucker, Mattiucci, Zanasi, Vinco; Schippers	Verdi: Macbeth - Milnes, Ludwig, Cossutta, Ridderbusch; Böhm
Verdi: Macbeth - Paskalis, Barstow, Erwin, Morris; Pritchard	Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini - Olivero, Del Monaco, Malaspina, De Palma; Gavazzeni

 

  

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Leoncavallo: I pagliacci - Del Monaco, Tucci, Protti, D'Orazi	Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Souliotis, Mori, Foresta, Scaglia
Mozart: Così fan tutte - Danco, Simionato, De Luca, Cordis, Morel, Stabile; Böhm	Mozart: Don Giovanni - R. Raimondi, M. Price, Varady, Popp, Dean, Winkler, Moll;
Puccini: La fanciulla del West - Stella, Limarelli, Colzani; De Fabritiis	Puccini: Tosca - Caballé, Di Stefano, Herlea; Ventura
Puccini: Turandot - Nilsson, di Stefano, Carteri, Modesti; Votto	Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia -  De Los Angeles, Alva, Bruscantini, Corena
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In Italian) Bechi, Gencer, Campora, Dominguez, Tajo	Verdi: Aida - Jones, Bumbry, Craig, Shaw, Rouleau; Downes
Verdi: Aida - Santunione, Cossotto, Bergonzi, Mastromei, Vinco; De Fabritiis	Verdi: Ernani - Labò, Roberti, MacNeil, Hines; Previtali
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bailey, Dernesch, Kmentt, Martin, Ridderbusch	Wagner: Die Walküre - Varnay, Zadek, Hurshell, Høiseth, Kenney; Quennet
Weill: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny- Silja, Mödl, Stolze, Hirt, Winkler; Leitner

 

 

 

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Berg: Wozzeck (In Italian) - Gobbi, Danco, Beier, Petri; Böhm	Giuseppe Di Stefano in Memoriam:  Arias from Elisir, La traviata, Ballo, Tosca
Gounod: Faust - Gedda, Freni, Soyer, Krause; Prêtre	Janacek: Jenufa - Brouwenstijn, Delorie, Kachel, Zidek
Puccini: La boheme - Te Kanawa, Domingo, Fernandez, Krause, Soyer; Santi	Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In German) Prey, Bremmert, Wunderlich, Fassbaender, Töpper, Yahia; Keilberth
Verdi: Aida - Stella, Simionato, Di Stefano, Guelfi, Zaccaria; Votto	Verdi: Don Carlo - Domingo, M. Price, Obraztsova, Bruson, Nesterenko, Roni; Abbado
Verdi: Nabucco - Herincx, Tinsley, Grant, Erwin, Balkwill	Wagner: Siegfried - Windgassen, Ward, Nilsson, Stolze, Kraus; Solti

 

 

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