The Opera Series
EMI Classics – The Home of Opera offers mid-price treasures from the world’s greatest opera catalogue. This collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of complete operas produced by EMI Classics and its sister label Virgin Classics over the last 60 years. Many of these recordings are the greatest opera recordings in the classical catalogue. With an unrivalled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years – and an illustrious succession of artists that today includes such names as Angela Gheorghiu, Natalie Dessay, Joyce DiDonato, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano and Alan Curtis.
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Puccini: La Rondine
RecommendedAngela Gheorghiu (Magda/Anna), Roberto Alagna (Ruggero/Roberto), William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Inva Mula (Lisette), Alberto Renaldi (Rambaldo)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
An almost ideal account of Puccini's least-performed mature work, with both Alagna and Gheorghiu at their peak. Valuable extras from Alagna in Le Villi, too. — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Recording of the Year
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Berg: Wozzeck
Bo Skovhus (Wozzeck), Angela Denoke (Marie), Jan Blinkhof (Tambourmajor), Chris Merritt (Hauptmann), Jürgen Sacher (Andres), Renate Spingler (Margret), Frode Olsen (Doktor)
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher
Wozzeck benefits from careful attention to Berg's actual notes - often vaguely delivered in earlier recordings - instigated by Ingo Metzmacher...Bo Skovhus's deadpan soldier disintegrates with... — More…
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