Opera , Operettas, Lehár (composer)

Baritenor

Michael Spyres (baritenor), Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Marko Letonja

Presto Recording of the Week, 24th September 2021
BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2021, Recording of the Month
Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
Opera, December 2021, Disc of the Month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Vocal
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Voice & Ensemble

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Operette | Wien - Berlin - Paris

Diana Damrau (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ernst Theis

Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 15th December 2023
International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024

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Wien

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sørensen (soprano) Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Klassik ohne Grenzen

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Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)

Wien - Vinyl Edition

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Wiener Philharmoniker, Ádám Fischer

Presto Recording of the Week, 11th October 2019
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Male Singer of the Year

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José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

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Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus

Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Eberhard Wächter (Franke), Erich Kunz (Frosch) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan

BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Archive Choice

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Destination Paris

Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano, harpsichord), Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Maîtrise de Radio France, Lionel Bringuier

Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Instrumentalist of the Year

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Special offer. Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Elîna Garanča: Habanera

Elîna Garanča (mezzo), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino, Karel Mark Chichon

Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd August 2010
Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice

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You Mean the World to Me

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano) Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jochen Rieder

BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2014

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wachter, Josef Knapp, Nicolai Gedda, Hanny Steffek Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic

Building A Library, October 2021, Recommended Recording

Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg

Daniel Behle (René, Count of Luxemburg), Camilla Nylund (Angèle Didier), Louise Alder (Juliette Vermont), Simon Bode (Armand Brissard), Sebastian Geyer (Prince Basil Basilowitsch), Margit Neubauer (Countess Stasa Kokozow), Ludwig Mittelhammer (Sergej Mentschikoff), Ingyu Hwang (Pawel von Pawlowitsch), Gurgen Baveyan (Pélégrin) Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra & Choir of the Frankfurt Opera, Eun Sun Kim

2 CDs: $26.25

Nostalgia

Daniel Behle (tenor) WDR Runfunkorchester Koln, Helmuth Froschauer

Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017

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Legendary Recordings: A Portrait (Elisabeth Schwarzkopf)

Rachel

Rachel Willis Sorenson (soprano)

Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal & Young Talent

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

2 CDs: $31.25

Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe

Soprano Songs and Arias

Ana María Martínez (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Steven Mercurio

Gramophone Magazine, March 2006, Editor's Choice

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Marlis Petersen (Hanna Glawari), Iurii Samoilov (Danilo), Kateryna Kasper (Valencienne), Martin Mitterrutzner (Camille de Rosillon) Chor der Oper Frankfurt & Frankfurt Opern- und Museumsorchester, Joana Mallwitz

Opera, September 2019

Special offer. Julien Behr: Confidence

Julien Behr (tenor) Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon, Pierre Bleuse

The Times Records of the Year, 2018

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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus

Hilde Güden (Rosalinde), Eberhard Wächter (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Rita Streich (Adele), Gerhard Stolze (Orlofsky), Peter Klein (Blind), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frank), Josef Meinrad (Frosch), Elfriede Ott (Ida) Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Building a Library, September 2022, Also Recommended

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My Heart Alone | Favorite Operetta Arias and Duets

Angelika Kirchschlager & Simon Keenlyside Austrian Tonkünstler Orchestra, Alfred Eschwé

Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice

Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp | Selection from „Sunday Concerts“ with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1968, 1972, 1979, 1980 and 1982

Lucia Popp (soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Werner Schmidt Boelcke, Hans Zanotelli, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg, Lamberto Gardelli

Opera, March 2012, Recording of the Month

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Special offer. Lehár: Giuditta

Lehár: Die lustige Witwe

Siegfried Vogel (bass, soloist), Harald Neukirch (soloist, tenor), Ingeborg Wenglor (soloist, soprano), Martin Ritzmann (soloist, tenor), Jutta Vulpius (soloist, soprano), Eberhard Büchner (soloist, tenor), Wolfgang Hellmich (baritone, soloist), Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Neuhaus

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Ralf Simon (Pierrino), Laura Scherwitzl (Anita), Rupert Bergmann (Manuele Biffi), Christian Eberl (Street singer), Nikolai Schukoff (Octavio), Mauro Peter (Sebastiano), Christiane Libor (Giuditta) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

Very Best of Richard Tauber

Richard Tauber (tenor)

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Nicolai Gedda: The Cosmopolitan Tenor | Great Arias from Opera & Operetta

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

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Thrilling Tenor

Nicola Martinucci, Yordy Ramiro, Kristjan Johannsson, Torsten Kerl (tenor), Bo Skovhus (baritone), Janusz Monarcha, Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Regina Schorg, Renato Girolami, Boaz Daniel (baritone), Ildikó Raimondi, Vincenzo La Scola, Giorgio Lamberti, John Dickie, József Mukk, János Berkes, Jonathan Welch, Marcello Giordani (tenor), Thomas Harper, Stuart Skelton (tenor), Piotr Beczala (tenor), Ramón Vargas (tenor), Vladimir Grishko, Marcus Haddock (tenor), Monika Krause, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, Alexander Rahbari, Mario Malagnini, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Hungarian State Opera, Cappella Istropolitana, Camerata Budapest, Hungarian Operetta Orchestra, Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Genoa Carlo Felice Theatre Orchestra, Ricco Saccani, Michael Halász, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Johannes Wildner, László Kovács, Will Humburg, Steven Mercurio, Jaap van Zweden, Bertrand de Billy, Vladimir Sirenko, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Ali Rahbari, Donato Renzetti

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Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden

Anja Harteros (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) Badische Staatskapelle, Marco Armiliato

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Hymns of Love

Dmytro Popov (tenor), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mikhail Simonyan

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Strauss: Die Fledermaus | Complete Opera plus Gala Scene & Ballet Music

Hilde Gueden (Rosalinde), Waldemar Kmentt (Eisenstein), Giuseppe Zampieri (Alfred), Erika Köth (Adele), Regina Resnik (Orlofsky), Eberhard Wachter (Frank), Walter Berry (Falke), Erich Kunz (Frosch), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Ljuba Welitsch (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Fernando Corena (bass) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

2 CDs: $13.25

Mein Wien | Concert Film & Documentary

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Rachel Willis-Sorensen (soprano), Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Jochen Rieder

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Ursula Farr sings Operatic Arias | Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 16

Ursula Farr (soprano) Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl

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Michael Volle – A Portrait

Michael Volle (baritone) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ralf Weikert

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Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Cheryl Studer (Hanna Glawari), Barbara Bonney (Valencienne), Bryn Terfel (Baron Mirko Zeta), Boje Skovhus (Danilo Danilowitsch), Rainer Trost (Camille de Rosillon), Heinz Zednik (Njegus) The Monteverdi Choir, Vienna Philharmonic, John Eliot Gardiner

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Festival Orchestra Mörbisch & Mörbisch Festival Choir, Rudolf Bibl

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Melchior - American Recordings (1946-1947)

Lauritz Melchior (tenor)

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Operettengala

Fritz Wunderlich, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rudolf Schock, Hermann Prey, Nicolai Gedda, Anneliese Rothenberger

2 CDs: $18.50

Special offer. The Very Best of Lucia Popp

Lucia Popp

Special offer. Lehár - Suites, Dances & Intermezzi

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Erich Kunz, Nicolai Gedda, Emmy Loose Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Ackermann

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Radio-SinfonieorchesterBerlin, Michail Jurowski

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Special offer. Franz Lehár: Schön ist die Welt

Sieglinde Feldhofer; Thomas Blondelle; Gerd Vogel; Katharina Linhard; Jonathan Hartzendorf; Klára Vincze; Joseph Terterian; Johannes Hubmer; Chor des Lehár Festivals Bad Ischl; Franz Lehár-Orchester; Marius Burkert

New. 2026 FMEA: All-State 7/8 MS Band & All-State 9/10 Concert Band

2026 FMEA: All-State 7/8 Middle School Band, Dayna Cole, conductor, 2026 FMEA: All-State 9/10 Concert Band, Bob Ponto

New. Edition Singers of the Past: Anneliese Rothenberger

Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano)

The Lehár Dinasty - Marches

Budapest Symphonic Band, Laszlo Marosi

Icons of German Cinema: Zarah Leander in Stockholm, Vol. 2 (1930-1952)

Zarah Leander (vocals), Sven-Olof Sandberg (vocals), Sickan Carlsson (vocals) Studio orchestra, Studio chorus, Folkteaterns Orchestra, Jules Sylvain, Gustaf Egerstam, Einar Groth, Gosta Alenius, Arne Hulphers

Simándy József: Songs from Operettas | Includes works by Zeller, O Straus, Kálmán, Lehár

Simándy József (tenor) Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus and Orchestra

Inseparable: Works For Soprano & Piano By Gershwin, Piazzoll

Ieva Dudaite, Marija Dudaite, Dudaite Duet

SACD: $20.00

Virtuoso Violin Pieces

Patrice Fontanarosa (violin) Sinfonia of London, Douglas Gamley

Nicolai Gedda & Tatiana Gedda Viennese Delights

Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Tatiana Gedda (soprano) Stockholm Philharmonic Palm Court Orchestra, Lars Almgren

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Operetten-Schlager, Vol. 1

Richard Tauber (tenor), Johannes Heesters (baritone), Ester Réthy (soprano), Joseph Schmidt (tenor), Alfons Fügel (tenor), Maria Cebotari (soprano), Maria Reining (soprano), Franz Volker (tenor), Elsa Kochhann (soprano), Waldemar Henke (tenor), Vera Schwarz (soprano), Marcel Wittrisch (tenor)

Kreisleriana | The lesser known works (and transcriptions) of Fritz Kreisler

Tobias Ringborg (violin), Anders Kilström (piano)

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Lars Eric Andersson Brunnskappelmästare

Medevi Brunnsorkester

Lehar: Die lustige Witwe (excerpts) - 'Operetta Highlights'

Claudio Nicolai (baritone), Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Benno Kusche (bass), Dorothea Chryst (soprano), Jerry J. Jennings (tenor), Margit Schramm (soprano), Julius Katona (tenor), Rudolf Schock (tenor), Paul Otto Kuster, Dietrich Lorenz (tenor), Paul-Otto Kuster (tenor), Ellen Malecek-Conradi (soprano), Johanna Behrendt (soprano), Brigitte Bienert (soprano), Adeline Hollenbeck (soprano), Ursula Lüders (soprano), Marianne Schreckenbach (soprano), Berliner Symphoniker, Robert Stolz

Strauss II, J.: Die Fledermaus (Gala Performance)

Giuseppe Zampieri (tenor), Erika Köth (soprano), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Peter Klein (tenor), Walter Berry (bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Hedwig Schubert (soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Fernando Corena (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Felix Lavilla (piano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Giulietta Simionato (mezzo-soprano), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Ljuba Welitsch (soprano), Erich Kunz (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Gala Orchestra, Gala Band, Herbert von Karajan

Franz Lehár: Masterpieces for Orchestra

Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Max Schönherr

Welitsch in Recital | Works include Salome, Don Giovanni, Un ballo in maschera, Tosca, The Queen of Spades, Zigeurnerliebe, Die lustige Witwe, Grafin Dubarry, Der Zarewitsch, Die Fliedermaus, Der Zigeunerbaron and Lieder by Dargomitjsky and Mussorgsky

Ljuba Welitsch

Special offer. Lehár: Der Rastelbinder (The Apprentice Tinker)

Fritz Muliar, Elfie Hobarth, Helga Papouschek, Heinz Zednik, Adolf Dallapozza ORF-Chor, Wiener Mozart Saengerknaben ORF-Symphonieorchester, Hans Graf

Glamourwelt Berlin, Vol. 1: Berliner Operette mit ihrem größten Stimmen (Berlin Operetta From the Weimarer Republik to the Second World War) (1927-1941)

Famous Opera Arias

Jan Sedliský (vocalist), Jiřina Marková (vocalist), Miroslav Kopp (vocalist), Dagmar Peckova (vocalist), Vratislav Kadlec (vocalist), Růžena Svobodová (vocalist), Zdeněk Matouš (vocalist), Dvořák Chamber Orchestra, Miroslav Homolka

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Carl Joken (bass), Emmy Bettendorf (soprano), Fritzi Massary (soprano), Richard Tauber (tenor), Carlotta Vanconti (soprano), Gustaf Grundgens (vocals), Lillie Claus (vocals), Charles Kullman (tenor), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), Karl Schmitt-Walter (baritone), Herbert Ernst Groh (tenor), Melitta Klefer (vocals), Armin Munch (vocals), Friedel Schuster (vocals), Johannes Heesters (baritone), Rosita Serrano (vocals), Marcel Wittrisch (tenor), Hilde Hildebrandt (vocals), Peter Anders (tenor), Erna Berger (soprano), Harald Paulsen (vocals) Studio orchestra, Dobbri Saxophone Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle, members, Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra, Ilja Livschakoff Dance Orchestra, Westens Theatre Orchestra, Berlin, Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra, Odeon Kunstlerorchester, Orchester, Studio conductor, Otto Dobrindt, Hans Schindler, Ernst Hauke, Hans Sommer, Ilja Livschakoff, Eduard Kunneke, Theo Knobel, Walter Hochtritt, Werner Schmidt-Boelcke, Kurt Hohenberger, Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Lothar Bruhne, Johannes Muller

Heart's Delight: The Songs of Richard Tauber

Piotr Beczala (tenor), with Anna Netrebko, with Richard Tauber, with Avi Avital Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with Berlin Comedian Harmonists, Łukasz Borowicz

Heritage of the March, Vol. 8: The Music of Olivadoti and Lehar

United States Navy Band