Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
We're delighted to offer a more affordable way to begin or continue your opera journey, with up to 40% off selected titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl, DVD and Blu-ray, until 14th August 2024.
Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano)
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Verdi: Aida RecommendedAnja Harteros (Aida), Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris), Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro), Erwin Schrott (Ramfis), Marco Spotti (Il Re d'Egitto), Paolo Fanale (Un Messaggero), Eleonora Buratto (Sacerdotessa), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano
Anja Harteros can boast both the high-octane tone and the necessary level of dramatic expression to make Aida credibly three dimensional…[Ekaterina Semenchuk makes] many subtle observations... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd October 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2015, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Winner (Opera) and Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, October 2015, Record of the Week
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Building a Library, April 2017, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Opera
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2015
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Opéra
2 CDs
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Verdi: Il Trovatore 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,...
among the very finest recorded versions. The transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn bring out the full beauty and character of all four principals very vividly...Bjorling is, as ever, superb in his heroic... — More…
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera RecommendedGiuseppe 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
Gobbi's chocolate-smooth tones almost steal the show, but Callas gives a touching Amelia, and di Stefano is dashing and irresponsible. There is a strong cast and theatrical conducting from... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2013, Recommendation available on single CD
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Verdi: Il Trovatore Giangiacomo Guelfi (Il conte di Luna), Mirella Parutto (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Franco Corelli (Manrico), Giuseppe Modesti (Ferrando), Loretta di Lilio (Ines), Salvatore Catagna (Ruiz), Igino Riccò (Un messo)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro di San Carlo, Gabriele Santini
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Puccini: Suor Angelica Victoria de los Angeles, Fedora Barbieri, Mina Doro, Corinna Vozza, Lidia Marimpietri, Santa Chissari & Anna Marcangeli
Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
With the Spanish soprano as its heroine, Fedora Barbieri's grandly malevolent Princess and fine executants in the smaller roles, Puccini's score is wonderfully presented in this 1957 reissue,... — More…
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Verdi: Don Carlo Five-act version
Jon Vickers (Don Carlo), Gre Brouwenstijn (Elisabetta di Valois), Tito Gobbi (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (La Principessa Eboli), Boris Christoff (Filippo II), Michael Langdon (Il Grande Inquisitore)
The Covent Garden Orchestra and Opera Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
3 CDs
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera 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
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Verdi: Il Trovatore Maria Callas (Leonora), Giuseppe di Stefano (Manrico), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Rolando Panerai (Il Conte di Luna), Nicola Zaccaria (Ferrando), Luisa Villa (Ines), Renato Ercolani (Ruiz), Giulio Mauri (Un vecchio zingaro), Renato Ercolani (Un messo)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan,...
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Verdi: Don Carlo Richard Tucker (Don Carlo), Delia Rigal (Elisabetta), Paolo Silveri (Rodrigo), Fedora Barbieri (Eboli), Jerome Hines (Filippo II), Hans Hotter (Il Grand Inquisitore) & Lucine Amara (voice from above)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Fritz Stiedry
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Verdi: Il Trovatore 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
Despite later uncut performances, Callas, di Stefano and Karajan at his most dramatic, are a thrilling team, with an excellent cast and vivid recording from EMI's LPs rather than master tapes. — More…
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