Alfredo Kraus
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Christa Ludwig (Dorabella), Giuseppe Taddei (Guglielmo), Alfredo Kraus (Ferrando), Hanny Steffek (Despina), Walter Berry (Don Alfonso)
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Karl Böhm
Ludwig’s in fuller voice (and more alive to Dorabella’s humour and sensuality) here in 1962 than on her earlier recording for Böhm; 'Smanie implacabili' packs a real dramatic mezzo punch (she... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Pavarotti - Domingo - Carreras: The Best of the 3 Tenors
Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras
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Verdi: Falstaff RecommendedGeraint Evans (Sir John Falstaff), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Robert Merrill (Ford), Mirella Freni (Nannetta), Alfredo Kraus (Fenton), Rosalind Elias (Meg Page), John Lanigan (Dr Cajus), Piero de Palma (Bardolfo), Giovanni Foiani (Pistola)
RCA Italiana...
Geraint Evans has deservedly earned great praise for his splendid characterisation and singing of Falstaff ... in all this is a very good-humoured and well-rounded portrait of the part ... this... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia
Montserrat Caballé (Lucrezia Borgia), Shirley Verrett (Maffio Orsini), Ezio Flagello (Don Alfonso), Franco Ricciardi (Jacopo Liveretto), Franco Romano (Don Apostolo Gazella)
RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Jonel Perlea
Caballé's caught at her peak on this 1966 recording alongside Alfredo Kraus's peerless Gennaro in a role which showcases her prodigious agility, creamy tone and superhuman breath-control. — More…
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100 Best Film Classics
Gwynne Howell (bass), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Gerard Causse (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Augustin Dumay (violin), Cécile Ousset (piano), Timothy Beasley-Murray (boy soprano), Nikolaj Bloch (guitar),...
6 CDs
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Verdi: La Traviata
Maria Callas (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Mario Sereni (Germont), Laura Zannini (Flora), Maria Cristina de Castro (Annina), Piero De Palma (Gastone), Alessandro Maddalena (Dottore Grenvil), Álvaro Malta (Barone Douphol), Vito Susca (Marchese d'Obigny)
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional, Franco...
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The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé
Arias and songs by Bellini, Puccini, Montsalvatge, Verdi, et al
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
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Bellini: I Puritani
Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Alfredo Kraus (Arturo), Matteo Manuguerra (Riccardo), Julia Hamari (Enrichetta), Agostino Ferrin (Giorgio), Stefan Elenkov (Gualtiero) & Dennis O'Neill (Bruno)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
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The Gounod Edition
Faust, Romeo & Juliette, Mirelle, Opera arias, Songs, Symphonies and choral works
Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Thomas Allen, Alfredo Kraus, Catherine Malfitano, Nicolai Gedda, Alain Vanzo, Barbara Hendricks, Kurt moll, José van Dam, Felicity Lott, Régine Crespin, Gérard Souzay, Michel Corboz, Michel Plasson, Georges Prêtre, Giuseppe Patanè
I found that when approached in the right, relaxed frame of mind these exquisitely-turned scores still work their magic…We should also warm pretty well to these star-studded performances. The... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Réédition
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100 Best Opera Classics
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Edda Moser (soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Delia Wallis (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano),...
6 CDs
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