The Sony Opera House
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Berg: Wozzeck
RecommendedWalter Berry (Wozzeck), Isabel Strauss (Marie), Fritz Uhl (Tambourmajor), Carl Doench (Doktor), Albert Weikenmeier (Hauptmann), Richard van Vrooman (Andres), Ingeborg Lasser (Margret), Gérard Dunan (Narr)
Orchestre & Choeur de l'Opéra de Paris, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 10th Awards (1967), Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 10th Awards (1967), Classical Album of the Year
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Shirley Verrett (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), Mario Basiola Jnr (Silvano), Ezio Flagello (Samuele), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Tom)
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
With Leontyne Price's regal Amelia, Carlo Bergonzi's fervent Riccardo, Robert Merrill's imposing Renato, and Reri Grist's button-cute Oscar, Erich Leinsdorf's 1966 Ballo with the RCA Italiana... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Shirley Verrett (Orfeo), Anna Moffo (Euridice), Judith Raskin (Amor)
I Virtuosi di Roma, Renato Fasano
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vincenzo Sardinero (Schaunard), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro), Alan Byers (Parpignol)
John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir &...
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Opera Recording
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Adina), Plácido Domingo (Nemorino), Geraint Evans (Dulcamara), Ingvar Wixell (Belcore), Lillian Watson (Giannetta)
Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royle Opera House‚ Covent Garden, Sir John Pritchard
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
RecommendedDonnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Wilma Shakesnider (Serena), Carol Brice (Maria), Andrew Smith (Crown), Alexander B. Smalls (Jake), Betty Lane (Clara), Larry Marchsall (Sportin' Life)
Houston Grand Opera Orchcestra & Chorus, John Demain
a distinctive and colourful performance of a masterly and moving opera —
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Building a Library, April 2019, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Il Trittico
RecommendedIl tabarro
Ingvar Wixell (Michele), Plácido Domingo (Luigi), Renata Scotto (Giorgetta), Gillian Knight (La Frugola), Michel Sénéchal (Il Tinca), Dennis Wicks (Il Talpa), John Treleaven (Venditore di canzonette), Yvonne Kenny, Peter Jeffes (Due Amanti)
Suor Angelica...
The highlight of this set...is an outstanding Suor Angelica, with Renata Scotto in the title role, supported by Marilyn Horne as her aunt, and Ileana Cotrubas (who also sings Lauretta in Schicchi)... —
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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Korngold: Die Tote Stadt, Op. 12
René Kollo (Paul), Carol Neblett (Marietta), Hermann Prey (Fritz), Benjamin Luxon (Frank), Gabrielle Fuchs (Juliette), Patricia Clark (Lucienne), Anton de Ridder (Gaston/Victorin), Willi Brokmeier (Count Albert), Rose Wagemann (Brigitta)
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundunks Münchner Rundfunkorchester,...
Die tote Stadt may not be a great opera, but in a performance like this, superbly recorded, it is one to revel in on CD. Rene Kollo is powerful if occasionally coarse of tone, Carol Neblett... —
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Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier
Plácido Domingo (Andrea Chénier), Renata Scotto (Madeleine di Coigny), Sherrill Milnes (Carlo Gérard), Maria Ewing (Bersi), Jean Kraft (La Contessa di Coigny), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Madelon), Allan Monk (Roucher)
John Alldis Choir & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine
The reigning triumvirate of the whole [Sony Opera House] series, the Scotto-Domingo-Milnes axis under Levine, is represented here by one of their greatest achievements...The final scene in which... —
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