Paolo Montarsolo
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Antonio Sacchetti, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni, Silvia Bertona, Paolo Caroli, Piero De Palma, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Arturo La Porta
Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Gabriele Santini
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Opera Recording
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
RecommendedHermann Prey (Figaro), Teresa Berganza (Rosina), Luigi Alva (Almaviva), Enzo Dara (Bartolo), Paolo Montarsolo (Basilio), Stefania Malagù (Berta), Renato Cesari (Fiorello), Luigi Roni (Un Ufficiale)
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Abbado's 1971 Barber is undoubtedly my favourite recording of [Barber] - not least for Teresa Berganza's tangy Rosina (spirited but never arch) and Luigi Alva's stylish, nimble Lindoro. Abbado's... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2001, Mid-Price Choice
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Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
RecommendedTeresa Berganza, Fernando Corena, Rolando Panerai, Giuliana Travolaccini, Miti Truccata Pace, Paolo Montarsolo & Luigi Alva
Orchestra a Coro del Maggio & Musicale Fiorentino, Silvio Varviso
This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably humorous self. The recording is typical... — More…
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Building a Library, October 1999, Second Choice
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527
Walter Berry (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Franz Crass (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Paolo Montarsolo (baritone)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Giovanni), Franz Crass (Commendatore), Claire Watson (Donna Anna), Nicolai Gedda (Don Ottavio), Christa Ludwig (Donna Elvira), Walter Berry (Leporello), Mirella Freni (Zerlina) & Paolo Montarsolo (Masetto)
New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer
The cast is strong overall and to match Klemperer’s weighty reading the producers, Peter Andry and Suvi Raj Grubb, picked dark voices for the male roles...[Klemperer] has his own concept, marvellous... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Hermann Prey (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Count), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Maria Ewing (Cherubino), Paolo Montarsolo (Bartolo), Heather Begg (Marcellina), John van Kesteren (Basilio), Willy Caron (Curzio), Hans Krämer (Antonio), Janet Perry (Barbarina)
Wiener...
a visual treat, but having some solos delivered as interior monologues is distracting — More…
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
Teresa Berganza (Cenerentola), Luigi Alva (Ramiro), Renato Capecchi (Dandini), Paolo Montarsolo (Don Magnifico)
London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado
Rossini's Cinderella is a fairy-tale without a fairy, but no less bewitching for that. In fact the replacement of the winged godmother with the philanthropic Alidoro, a close friend and adviser... — More…
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Renata Scotto (Cio Cio San), Carlo Bergonzi (Pinkerton), Anna di Stasio (Suzuki), Rolando Panerai (Sharpless) & Silvana Padoan (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, John Barbirolli
One of the great recordings of Butterfly, this Rome version stars – the only word that will do – Renata Scotto, magnificently supported by John Barbirolli at his most Italianate. — More…
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Gounod: Le Médecin Malgré Lui
Italo Tajo (Géronte), Andrée Aubéry Lucchini (Lucinde), Eric Tappy (Léandre), Scipio Colombo (Sganarelle), Luisella Ciaffi Ricagno (Martine), Paolo Montarsolo (Valère) & Antonio Pietrini (Lucas)
Rome RAI, Nono Sanzogno
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