RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Another first-class production of a major opera, with big-name cast & conductor and remastered sonics. Compare to the other (few) Tannhäuser recordings at twice the price and more. This Tannhäuser has been specially selected from the vast O

A fine Rossini opera, once very famous especially for the noble “Prayer of Moses,” but neglected in the 20th century along with the rest of Rossini’s non-comic operas. This 1968 revival in Munich with an international cast of major-name sin

Italian soprano Renata Scotto is perhaps the most acclaimed of all singers in the role of Madame Butterfly which was one of her specialties. She brought to it a perfection of style and youthful voice which have never been surpassed. At the

Opera d’Oro’s Grand Tier series presents the best-selling Opera d’Oro titles with deluxe new packaging at mid-price! This series has been an unqualified success in the budget category. Now, in response to popular demand, the best titles are

Idomeneo, Re di Creta ("Idomeneus, King of Crete"), written when Mozart was 24, was already his seventh opera. Although not nearly so well known today as several later works, it contains some fine music and has one of the richest orchestral

With three of the finest singers of modern times in the three principal roles, in one of the most popular of all operas, this is sure to be one of the best-selling titles in the Opera d'Oro catalog—or any other. No other label has a compara

Among Rossini’s numerous comic operas, La Cenerentola (1817) has long held a place second only to The Barber of Seville. In fact, for many years it was often more popular than The Barber, until its extreme vocal difficulties became too much

The Lady of the Lake, based on the narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, has been one of the most successful of Rossini’s “serious” operas to be revived in recent years. Overflowing with thrilling melodies and exciting ensembles, it gets a st

“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