Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Spain’s famous opera stars Carreras and Caballé, who are professional colleagues and friends in real life, are an irresistible pairing at the head of a wonderful cast in this La Scala production, recorded live in Milan in 1975. Renato Bruson, considered by many to be the best Italian baritone of recent years, is another major bonus for this set. Includes ...

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Arabella was first heard in 1933. A kind of sequel to Der Rosenkavalier of 1911, it was to take its place as one of Richard Strauss’s more popular operas, thanks to its good-natured story and pleasing, romantic music. Originally conceived as an operetta in the style of Lehár, it blended together features of operetta, opera, and musical theater. This live ...

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) wrote three operas based on the lives of English Queens: Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (1834), and Roberto Devereux (1837). None of them stick very close to history; each is treated in such a way as to heighten, exaggerate, or simply invent scenes and situations that might have taken place during the lives of these three fascinating ...

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

1967 live recording from Italy of this early Bellini opera, starring the immortal Montserrat Caballé in the heyday of her magnificent voice. The baritone and tenor are also major artists of that era.

Wydawca: Allegro Corporation

Oprawa: Plastikowa

“Bruno Prevedi … sings ardently, is stylistically right, has all the notes, and makes a good bandito. Peter Glossop [is] … a superb Carlo, dignified and noble … Boris Christoff is his usual cavernous self as the villainous Silva, and to say he’s imposing is an understatement … And the icing on the cake is Caballé, her voice in absolutely ...