Gioacchino Rossini - Otello (Lopez-Cobos, Carreras, von Stade, Ramey)

Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Otello - Opera in three acts. (1816)

Libretto by Francesco Berio di Salsa

Otello: José Carreras (tenor) 

Desdemona: Frederica von Stade (soprano) 

Elmiro: Samuel Ramey (bass) 

Rodrigo: Salvatore Fisichella (tenor) 

Jago: Gianfranco Pastine (tenor) 

Emilia: Nucci Condo (mezzo-soprano); 

Lucio: Keith Lewis (tenor)

 

Ambrosian Opera Chorus

John McCarthy

Philharmonia Orchestra

Jesús López-Cobos

Recorded London September 1978

Gioachino Rossini - La Donna del Lago

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

La donna del Lago (1819)

Opera in two Acts to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola

based on The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott 

Elena – Katia Ricciarelli

Malcolm – Lucia Valentini-Terrani

Giacomo (James V of Scotland) disguised as Uberto – Dalmacio González

Rodrigo di Dhu – Dano Raffanti

Douglas D’Angus – Samuel Ramey

Albina – Cecilia Valdenassi

Serano – Oslavio Di Credico

Bertram – Antonio D’Uva

Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Maurizio Pollini

Recorded August & September 1983 at Sala Pedrotti, Conservatory of Pesaro, Italy

Verdi - Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio (1839)

Opera in two acts to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera,

based on an existing libretto by Antonio Piazza.

Oberto: Samuel Ramey

Leonora: Maria Guleghina

Cuniza: Violeta Urmana

Riccardo: Stuart Neill

Imelda: Sara Fulgoni

London Voices

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville Marriner

Rec. St.John's Smith Square, London, London 8/1996

Rossini - Il viaggio a Reims (Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Live Recording)

Giocchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Il viaggio a Reims

Dramma giocoso in un atto

Samuel Ramey, William Matteuzzi, Luciana Serra, Sylvia McNair, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Raul Gimenez, Cheryl Studer, Ruggero Raimondi, Enzo Dara, Lucio Gallo, Barbara Fritoli et al.

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Berliner Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Recording of performances by the Berlin Philharmonisches Orchestra,

 Phiharmonie, Berlin, Germany, 

October 13-19, 1992

Rossini - Il Turco in Italia (Caballé; Ramey; Chailly)

Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Il Turco in Italia

Drama buffo in due atti

Montserrat Caballe; Samuel Ramey; Enzo Dara; Ernesto Palacio; Leo Nucci;

Jane Berbié; Paolo Barbacini

Ambrosian Opera Chorus

National Philharmonic Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly