Puccini – The Operas

Contents Puccini: Manon Lescaut Richard van Allan (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Vicente Sardinero (baritone), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano), Noel Mangin (bass), Gwynne Howell (bass), Bernard Dickerson (tenor) Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra /Bruno Bartoletti

Puccini: La Bohème Carlo Badioli (bass), Mariella Adani (soprano), Antonio Dellaca (tenor), Coro del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma, Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass), Mario Sereni (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Giuseppe Giuliano (bass), Mario Rinaudo (bass), Vittorio Pandano (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Gianni Lazzari (director), Mario Basiola II, Mario Basiola JR. (baritone) Coro Del Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma, Teatro dell’Opera, Roma /Thomas Schippers

Puccini: Tosca Leonardo Monreale (bass), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Orchestre de la Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire, Giorgio Tadeo (bass), Ugo Trama (bass), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Georges Prtre, Choeurs de l’Opra National de Paris, Maria Callas (soprano), David Sellar Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris /Georges Prêtre

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Sylvia Bertona (soprano),Paolo Caroli (tenor), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Vera Mangrini (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Pirazzini (mezzo-soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Mario Sereni (baritone), Arturo La Porta (baritone), Antonio Sacchetti (bass), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Nina De Courson (soprano) Coro Del Teatro Dell’Opera Di Roma, Teatro dell’Opera, Roma /Gabriele Santini

Puccini: La fanciulla del West Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Leonardo Monreale (bass), João Gibin (tenor), Renato Ercolani (tenor), Gabriella Carturan (soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (bass), Florindo Andreolli (tenor), Antonio Cassinelli (bass), Antonio Costantino (tenor), Andrea Mongelli (bass), Dino Formichini (tenor), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Enzo Sordello (baritone), Dino Mantovani (baritone), Giuseppe Costariol (baritone), Carlo Forti (bass) Teatro alla Scala /Lovro von Matacic

Puccini: La Rondine Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Patrizia Biccirè (soprano), Riccardo Simonetti (baritone), Roberto Alagna (tenor), William Matteuzzi (whistle), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Toby Spence (tenor), Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Busher (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Gareth Roberts (tenor), Alberto Rinaldi (baritone), Enrico Fissore (bass), Inva Mula (soprano) London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra /Antonio Pappano.

Puccini: Morire Roberto Alagna (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano)

Puccini: Le Villi (extracts) Roberto Alagna (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Antonio Pappano

Puccini: Il tabarro Roberto Alagna (tenor), Maria Guleghina (soprano), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Ricardo Cassinelli (tenor), Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Carlo Guelfi (baritone), Enrico Fissore (bass) London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices /Antonio Pappano

Puccini: Suor Angelica Rosalind Waters (soprano), Susan MacKenzie-Park (soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Deborah Miles-Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Bernadette Manca Di Nissa (contralto) London Voices, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra /Antonio Pappano

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi Tito Gobbi (baritone), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Saturno Meletti (bass), Virgilio Stoco (baritone), Paolo Caroli (tenor), Lidia Marimpietri (soprano), Giuliana Raymondi (soprano), Carlo Del Monte (tenor), Anna Maria Canali (contralto), Claudio Cornoldi (boy soprano), Fernando Valentini (baritone), Alfredo Mariotti (bass), Adelio Zagonara (tenor) Teatro dell’Opera, Roma /Gabriele Santini

Puccini: Turandot Piero de Palma (tenor), Renata Scotto (soprano), Jeda Valtriani (soprano), Guido Mazzini (bass), Franco Corelli (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass), Ida Farina (soprano), Giuseppe Morresi (bass) Teatro dell’Opera, Roma, Coro del Teatro dell’Opera, Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

This 17 CD budget box set is one of four special albums being released by EMI Classics on 8 September 2008 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Puccini is one of today’s most popular operatic composers. His works dominate the programmes of the world’s leading opera houses, and his compositions are heard frequently on radio and television, in film soundtracks and in TV commercials. The recordings (all stereo) come from EMI’s unrivalled operatic catalogue and feature some of the greatest stars in the world of opera.