classical music: stefano     classical music:     Stefano      The Ultimate Puccini Collection Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ... Decca, 1998 Fantastic! This is one of the first opera CDs I ever got. It's wonderful for just about any body;from the newbies like me or the opera fanatics. I especially like 'In Questa Reggia'. Buy it now!!             Puccini: Tosca (1953) with Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi, cond. by de Sabata Giacomo Puccini, Victor de Sabata, ... EMI Classics, 2003 Opera as Drama NOTE: While all my remarks are valid for this CD incarnation, the remastering is generally regarded as poor. Instead, I strongly recommend the original 1997 Callas Edition of this same recording, still in print and easily available here on Amazon. The Callas Edition ...             Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Antonino Votto, ... Giacomo Puccini EMI Classics, 1997 Callas Mimi a Revelation Although I grew up with many of M.Callas recordings, it wasn't until very recently that I listened in full to her Mimi, a role she never sang onstage, unfortunately, and only learned for this recording. There are many really wonderful recordings and performances of ...             Romanza Andrea Bocelli Philips, 1997 ONLY 5 STARS????? Wish I could have given it 10 stars! If you love Italian opera, don't miss this one. I fell in love with Con Te Partiro the first time I heard it, blasting from a passing convertible in Brooklyn, NY back in 1998. Didn't know the artist at the time, but ran to the ...             Luciano Pavarotti: The Best (Farewell Tour) Eric Garrett, Rolando Panerai, ... Decca, 2005 Pavarotti's Best This is a great one folks. If you are a Pavarotti fan this is a must have. You will get some songs you have not had on other albums.             Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Tito Gobbi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tullio ... Gaetano Donizetti, Tullio Serafin, ... EMI Classics, 2005 Lovely recording I'm a huge bel canto fan and Lucia is one of my top 3 operas. (The others are NORMA and ANNA BOLENA) There is no other Lucia like Callas. Nobody embodies the melancholy, the tragic, fragile beauty and the torment of this doomed heroine more than she. And her coloratura ...             Nessun Dorma ~ 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Bergonzi, Aragall, Björling, Di Stefano, ... Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, ... Decca, 1998 Driving and Singing This is a wonderful CD to sing along with in "rotten" traffic. All of a sudden, it just dosen't matter that much. If it can do this for me, it will help even the most "miserable" (in thought, word and deed), driver. Worth having in the car.             Puccini: Tosca (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Victor de Sabata, Chorus ... Giacomo Puccini, Victor De Sabata, ... EMI Classics, 1997 Opera as Drama Originally posted in my music review blog. Check my profile if you are interested. --- Music critics have long been fond of drolly referring to Tosca as a "shabby little shocker" and then misattributing the comment to George Bernard Shaw. No small wonder, then, ...             Massenet - Thaïs / Fleming, Hampson, Sabbatini, Shkosa, Vidal, Devellereau, Cals, Yves Abel Jules Massenet, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, ... Decca, 2000 A welcome addition to Massenet.... Look, this production may not appeal to everyone, but it's welcome nonetheless. Fleming has a lush voice, which may not be exactly suited to the role (see the DVD, which is only fabulous, but without the stunning vocalizing of Fleming). My take on this is what could it ...             Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera live 1955) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Maria Giulini, ... Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, ... EMI Classics, 1998 Thank heavens for La Scala's opening night recordings. Along with Armeda, Anna Bolena, here is a jewel from the past. Maria is wonderful. The supporting cast was very good for the time, but what a difference today with standards and supportive artists better and better rehearsed.             Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (complete operas) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di ... Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, ... EMI Classics, 2005 OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY! There makes little sense in elaborating on the performances of these two little verismo shockers. These performances have been around for a long time and are justly acclaimed. They have SO much to offer (except for stereophonic sound, which I can easily accept, since ...             Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Devia, La Scola, Bruson, Colombara, Berti, Ranzani, La Scala Opera Renato Bruson, Vincenzo La Scola BBC / Opus Arte, 2004 Outstanding Performance of a divine opera This is an outstanding performance of a divine opera. The coloratur performance of Mariella Devia (Lucia) in the third act (mad scene) is standing out as subleme, at some stage actually echoing the instruments sound. Truely unbelievable. I can point out minor glitches ...             Giuseppe Di Stefano Sings Neapolitan Songs Vincenzo d' Annibale, Eduardo di Capua, ... Testament UK, 1997 Without peer di Stefano is the standard for singing Neapolitan Songs. There is exuberance, warmth, pathos - everything. He puts it all into these gems. I am extremely glad Testament made these discs available. You can't go wrong with these, they are utterly fabulous!!             Puccini: La Rondine Fiorenza Cedolins, Fernando Portari Arthaus Musik, 2008 Beautifully staged La Rondine I saw this production from La Fenice at the Charles Theater in Baltimore. It was not a live broadcast, but part of a series of opera productions from La Scala and this one from La Fenice broadcast to movie theaters in the US. While the setting for the story has been ...             The Art of Singing: Golden Voices of the Century Jussi Björling, Maria Callas Nvc Arts, 2002 Amazing Quality rare footage of Great Singers. Excellent commentary by Thomas Hampson and Jerome Hines. Watching the likes of Wunderlich, Bjorling, Callas, Tebaldi, and more...amazing.          products you might be interested in   search for classical music cavalleria, collection, devellereau, lammermoor, leoncavallo, neapolitan      toavi.com    web we recommend Amazing randomly chosen apparel: Squeem Rubber High Back Waist Cincher Girdle Style 26J