Greatest Operas

Greatest Operas

This new Bravissimo series features some of the greatest<br>live performances, from some of the world s greatest<br>operas. As always, the Bravissimo Opera Library<br>brings the finest singers of the 20th century to your<br>living room in deluxe super-budget box sets!</p><br><br></p><br><br>LA CENERENTOLA<br>Angelina (Cenerentola): Teresa Berganza<br>Ramiro: Nicola Monti<br>Dandini: Sesto Bruscantini<br>Don Magnifico: Mario Petri<br>Clorinda: Ornella Rovero<br>Tisbe: Mitì Truccato Pace<br>Alidoro: Leonardo Monreale<br>Chorus of Teatro San Carlo & RAI Symphony Orchestra, Naples<br>Mario Rossi: conductor<br>Live performance, Naples, 1958</p><br><br>LA DONNA DEL LAGO<br>Elena: Montserrat Caballé<br>Giacomo V (Uberto): Franco Bonisolli<br>Malcolm Groeme: Julia Hamari<br>Rodrigo di Dhu: Pietro Bottazzo<br>Douglas d Angus: Paolo Washington<br>Albina: Anna Maria Balboni<br>Serano: Gino Sinimberghi<br>RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Turin<br>Piero Bellugi: conductor<br>Live broadcast, Turin, May 19, 1970</p><br><br>L ITALIANA IN ALGERI<br>Isabella: Marilyn Horne<br>Lindoro: Luigi Alva<br>Mustafà: Paolo Montarsolo<br>Taddeo: Enzo Dara<br>Elvira: Margherita Guglielmi<br>Zulma: Laura Zannini<br>Haly: Alberto Rinaldi<br>La Scala Orchestra & Chorus<br>Claudio Abbado: conductor<br>Live performance, Milan, May 15, 1975</p><br><br>MOSÈ<br>Moses: Nicolai Ghiaurov<br>Sinais: Shirley Verrett<br>Pharaoh: Mario Petri<br>Amenophis: Ottavio Garaventa<br>Anais: Teresa Zylis-Gara<br>Miriam: Gloria Lane<br>Eliserus: Giampaolo Corradi<br>Auphis: Fernando Jacopucci<br>Osiris: Franco Ventriglia<br>A Mysterious Voice: Giovanni Gusmeroli<br>RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome<br>Wolfgang Sawallisch: conductor<br>Live broadcast, Rome, April 11, 1968</p><br><br>IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA<br>Figaro: Sesto Bruscantini<br>Rosina: Fiorenza Cossotto<br>Count Almaviva: Luigi Alva<br>Doctor Bartolo: Carlo Badioli<br>Don Basilio: Nicolai Ghiaurov<br>Berta: Stefania Malagù<br>Fiorello: Virginio Carbonari<br>Ambrogio: Carlo Forti<br>Sergeant: Giuseppe Bertinazzo<br>La Scala Orchestra & Chorus<br>Gabriele Santini: conductor<br>Live performance, Milan, 1964</p>