Shirley Verrett

CD1 1 Oh Freedom - Traditional & Traditional Spiritual (3:22) 2 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera: Denn wie man sich bettet - Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht (3:38) 3 Zog nit keynmol az du g

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848) wrote three operas based on the lives of English Queens: Anna Bolena (1830), Maria Stuarda (1834), and Roberto Devereux (1837). None of them stick very close to history; each is treated in such a way as to heig

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

An all-star live production of this most popular of operas, complete with extensive notes, newly-translated libretto, remastered digital sound, and beautiful packaging, all at mid-price! One of the first recordings of Carmen made using the