Great Opera Recordings

Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin

Maria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile) Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea

Giuseppe di Stefano (Riccardo), Tito Gobbi (Renato), Maria Callas (Amelia), Fedora Barbieri (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Silvio Maionica (Samuele), Nicola Zaccaria (Tom), Ezio Giordano (Silvano) Orhcestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto

Georges Thill, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Feraldy Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris Opera, Elie Cohen

Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina) Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea

Germaine Féraldy, Louis Guénot, Joseph Rogatchewsky, Georges Villier Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, Elie Cohen

Roger Bourdin, Georges Nore, Roger Rico Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Beecham

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Helmut Krebs, Rita Streich, Karl Dönch, Erich Kunz, Rudolf Christ, Erich Majkut, Franz Böheim & Luise Martini Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan

Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones

Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Prima Donna/Ariadne), Rita Streich (Zerbinetta), Irmgard Seefried (The Composer), Rudolf Schock (The Tenor/Bacchus), Alfred Neugebauer (Major Domo), Karl Dönch (The Music Teacher) (An Officer) Gerhard Unger (An Officer), Lisa Otto (Naiad), Grace Hoffman (Dryad), Anny Felbermayer (Echo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Victoria de los Angeles, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Anna Maria Canali, Tito Gobbi, Renato Ercolani & Maria Huder Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Jussi Bjorling (Manrico), Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Nicola Moscona (Ferrando), Margaret Roggero (Ines), Paul Franke (Ruiz), George Cehanovsky (Un vecchio zingaro), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Un messo) RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini

Tito Gobbi, Margaret Mas, Giacinto Prandelli, Miriam Pirazzini, Piero De Palma & Plinio Clabassi Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Vincenzo Bellezza

Victoria de los Angeles, Fedora Barbieri, Mina Doro, Corinna Vozza, Lidia Marimpietri, Santa Chissari & Anna Marcangeli Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

Tito Gobbi (Simon Boccanegra), Giuseppe Campora (Gabriele Adorno), Boris Christoff (Jacopo Fiesco), Victoria de los Angeles (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Walter Monachesi (Paolo), Paolo Dari (Pietro) Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini

Antonietta Stella, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Elvira Galassi, Giuseppe Zampieri, Nicola Zaccaria & William Dickie Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Kirsten Flagstad, soprano / Lauritz Melchior, tenor London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Fritz Reiner

Martha Mödl (Leonore), Wolfgang Windgassen (Florestan), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Otto Edelmann (Pizarro), Sena Jurinac (Marzelline), Rudolf Schock (Jaquino), Alfred Poell (Fernando) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Lauritz Melchior, Heinrich Tessmer, Albert Reiss, Friedrich Schorr, Emil Schipper, Rudolf Bockelmann, Eduard Habich, Nora Gruhn, Maria Olszewska, Florence Easton

Ramon Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, Virginio Assandri, Nan Merriman & Leslie Chabay NBC Symphony Orchestra and Choruses, Arturo Toscanini

Giuseppe di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolano Panerai, Anna Moffo, Nicola Zaccaria & Manuel Spatafora Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto

Ina Souez, Luise Helletsgrüber, Heddle Nash, Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder, John Brownlee, Irene Eisinger Chorus & Orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival, Fritz Busch

Maria Callas (Gilda), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Il Duca), Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto), Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile), Adriana Lazzarini (Maddalena), Plinio Clabassi (Monterone) La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Elisabeth Grümmer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Josef Metternich, Maria von Ilosvay, Else Schürhoff, Anny Felbermayer Loughton High School for Girls Choir, Bancroft’s School Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Gino Bechi, Lina Bruna-Rasa, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Marcucci Milan La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Pietro Mascagni

Maria Callas (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Renato Ercolani (Un messo/Ruiz), Luisa Villa (Ines) Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Oskar Czerwenka, Gerhard Unger, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Grace Hoffman, Nicolai Gedda & Hermann Prey, Erich Witte & Michael Bohnen Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf, Leopold Ludwig

Maria Callas (Nedda), Giuseppe Di Stefano (Canio), Tito Gobbi (Tonio), Rolando Panerai (Silvio), Nicola Monti (Beppe) Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Nicola Zaccaria Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin

Maria Caniglia (Aida), Benianimino Gigli (Radamès), Ebe Stignani (Amneris), Gino Bechi (Amonasro), Italo Tajo (Il Re di Egitto), Tancredi Pasero (Ramfis), Maria Huder (Una Sacerdotessa), Adelio Zagonora (Un Messaggero) Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Lotte Lehmann (Marschallin), Richard Mayr (Baron Ochs), Maria Olszewska (Octavian), Elisabeth Schumann (Sophie), Viktor Madin (Faninal), Hermann Gallos (Valzacchi), Bella Paalen (Annina), Aenne Michalsky (Marianne Leitmetzerin), Karl Ettl (Polizeikommissar) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Heger

Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Fernando Corena, Piero de Palma, Giovanni Inghilleri, Melchiorre Luise, Nell Rankin Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede

Toti Dal Monte, Beniamino Gigli, Vittoria Palombini, Mario Basiola Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Rome, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Giacomo Rimini (Falstaff), Emilio Ghirardini (Ford), Pia Tassinari (Alice Ford), Ines Alfani Tellini (Nannetta), Rita Monticone (Meg Page), Aurora Buades-D'Alessio (Mistress Quickly), Emilio Venturini (Dr. Cajus), Giuseppe Nessi (Bardolfo), Salvatore Baccaloni (Pistola), Roberto d'Alessio (Fenton) La Scala Milan Orchestra & Chorus, Lorenzo Molajoli

Ella Flesch, Marta Fuchs, Hans Hotter, Alfred Jerger, Margarete Klose, Lotte Lehmann, Emanuel List, Lauritz Melchior Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter

Leonard Warren, Jussi Bjorling, Bidu Sayao, Norman Condon, Martha Lipton Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Cesare Sodero

Zinka Milanov, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, Carol Smith The Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini

Ninon Vallin, Georges Thill, André Pernet, Aimée Lecouvreur, Christiane Gaudel Les Choeurs Rauget and Orchestra, Paris, Eugène Bigot

Renata Tebaldi (Mimi), Giacinto Prandelli (Rodolfo), Giovanni Inghilleri (Marcello), Fernando Corena (Schaunard), Raphael Arié (Colline), Melchiorre Luise (Benoit/Alcindoro), Piero de Palma (Parpignol) Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Alberto Erede

Maria Callas (Aida), Richard Tucker (Radamès), Fedora Barbieri (Amneris), Tito Gobbi (Amonasro), Giuseppe Modesti (Ramfis) La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin

Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Figaro), Audrey Mildmay Susanna), Roy Henderson (Count), Aulikki Rautawaara (Countess), Luise Helletsgruber (Cherubino) Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus, Fritz Busch

Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Leonard Warren, Paul Franke, Robert Merrill, George Cehanovsky Columbus Boy Choir, Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini

Lina Pagliughi, Giovanni Malipiero, Giuseppe Manacchini, Luciano Neroni, Muzio Giovagnoli, Maria Vinciguerra, Armondo Giannotti Orchestra and Chorus of the Italian Broadcasting Authority, Ugo Tansini

Leonard Warren, Erna Berger, Jan Peerce, Nan Merriman RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini

Eidé Norena, Charles Hackett, Angelo Bada, Giuseppe de Luca Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Louis Hasselmans

Eleanor Steber (Violetta), Giuseppe di Stefano (Alfredo), Robert Merrill (Giorgio Germont), Thelma Votipka (Flora), Thelma Altman (Annina) New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Antonicelli

Hilde Gueden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell, Martha Lipton & Norman Scott Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky

Maria Callas (Violetta), Ugo Savarese (Giorgio Germont), Ines Marietti (Annina), Ede Marietti Gandolfo (Flora), Francesco Albanese (Alfredo), Mariano Caruso (Gastone), Alberto Albertini (Barone Douphol), Mario Zorgniotti (Dottore Grenvil/Marchese d'Obigny) Turin RAI Orchestra, Gabriele Santini

Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Avon Long, Warren Coleman J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Lehman Engel

Solange Michel, Raoul Jobin, Martha Angelici, Michel Dens Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, André Cluytens

Ema Berger, Gerhard Husch, Tiana Lemnitz, Helge Rosvaenge Favres Solisten Vereinigung, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham

Gino Bechi, Maria Caniglia, Beniamino Gigli, Lilia Grevtzova, Leone Paci, Vittoria Palombini, Italo Tajo Milan La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Oliviero de Fabritiis

Maria Callas (Donna Fiorilla), Nicolai Gedda (Don Narciso), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (Selim), Jolanda Gardino (Zaida), Franco Calabrese (Don Geronio), Mariano Stabile (Il poeta Prosdocimo), Piero De Palma (Albazar) Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Bidu Sayao, Ferrucio Tagliavini & Giuseppe Valdenzo New York Metropolitan Opera Orchetra and Chorus, Giuseppe Antonicelli

Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danieli, Mario Borriello, Renato Ercolani, Luisa Villa, Mario Carlin, Plinio Clabassi, Enrico Campi Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan

Gina Cigna, Francesco Merli & Magda Olivero RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Turin, Franco Ghione

Maria Caniglia, Tancredi Pasero, Carlo Tagliabue RAI Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Turin, Gino Marinuzzi

Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Mario del Monaco (Radamès), Ebe Stignani (Amneris), Aldo Protti (Amonasro), Fernando Corena (Il Re di Egitto), Suzanne Danco (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero) Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede

Gino Bechi (Renato), Maria Caniglia (Amelia), Beniamino Gigli (Riccardo), Elda Ribetti (Oscar), Fedora Barbieri (Ulrica), Tancredi Pasero (Samuele), Nicola Niccolini (Silvano) Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin