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Norma (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by: Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Vittorio Gui Michael Halasz Tullio Serafin Heribert Beissel David Parry Andrew Litton
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Francesco Merli, tenor
Gina Cigna, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Tancredi Pasero, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Mario Filippeschi, tenor
Paolo Caroli, tenor
Rina Cavallari, soprano
Irene Minghini-Cattaneo, mezzo-soprano
Marion Telva, contralto
Giovanni Breviario, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Hyun-Ju Park, soprano
Ji-Young Michel, mezzo-soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Recording date: 25 August - 7 September 1937


1.   Norma, Act I: Casta Diva - 7:27


I puritani (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Vincenzo Bellini
Conducted by: Richard Bonynge Will Humburg Tullio Serafin Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Alfredo Simonetto
Franco Federici, bass
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Mariella Devia, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Aurora Cattelani, soprano
Christopher Robertson,
William Matteuzzi, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Louis Quilico, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Carlos Alvarez, baritone
Eleonora Jankovic, mezzo-soprano
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Paolo Washington, bass
Russell Braun, baritone


2.   I Puritani, Act II: O rendetemi la speme - 1:47
3.   I Puritani, Act II: Qui la voce sua soave - 8:41
4.   I Puritani, Act I: Son vergin vezzosa - 3:46


Lucia di Lammermoor (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Fiorentino Maggio Musicale Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Antonino Fogliani Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Ugo Tansini Bruce Pullan Gustav Kuhn Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry Herman Heller
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Matteo Barca, tenor
Tiziana Falco, soprano
Peter Rose, bass
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Enrico Giuseppe Iori,
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Robert Pomakov, bass
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Giovanni Malipiero, tenor
Giuseppe Manacchini, baritone
Luciano Neroni, bass
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Angelo Bada, tenor
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Gino Quilico, baritone
Riccardo Stracciari, baritone
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Charles Hackett, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Hye Hun Chung Bennett, harp
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Stephen Chaundy, tenor
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Minnie Egener, mezzo-soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Desiree Rancatore, soprano
Luca Grassi, baritone
Roberto de Biasio, tenor
Ezio Pinza, bass
Maria Elena Barrientos, piano
Michael Schade, tenor
Charles K. North, flute
Raffaele Arie, bass
Valiano Natali, tenor
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Gino Sarri, tenor
Andrea Morosini, choirmaster
Luigi Vellucci, tenor
Jose Mardones, bass
George Meader, tenor
Emma Noe, soprano
Vincenzo Maria Sarinelli, tenor
Marco Jentzsch, tenor
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
John Lemmone, flute
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 10 April 1925


5.   Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Il dolce suono - 3:01
6.   Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Ohime! Sorge il tremendo - 3:20
7.   Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Ardon gli incensi; splendon le sacre faci - 5:26
8.   Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III: Spargi d'amaro pianto - 3:46


La Gioconda (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin London Philharmonic Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Amilcare Ponchielli
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Pietro Cimini Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov
John McCormack, tenor
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Camilla Rota, mezzo-soprano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Thomas Harper, tenor
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Elvira Casazza, mezzo-soprano
Dario Zani, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Maria Amandini, contralto
Gianni Poggi, tenor
Paolo Silveri, baritone
Giulio Neri, bass
Armando Benzi, tenor
Piero Poldi, bass
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Recording date: September 1931


9.   La Gioconda, Act II: O madre mia - 2:00
10.   La Gioconda, Act III: Suicidio! - 4:45


La traviata (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Czech Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gabriele Santini Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Gerhard Steeger Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Uri Mayer Richard Bradshaw Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Wilhelm Schuchter Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Michail Angelov Julian Bigg
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Frances Ginzer, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Caroline Bleau, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Lionello Cecil, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Robert Pomakov, bass
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Gino Quilico, baritone
Claire Rutter, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Carlo Forti, bass
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Antonietta Stella,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Alma Gluck, soprano
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Franco Ricciardi,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Monika Krause, soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Rannveig Braga, mezzo-soprano
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Oswald, tenor
Pavol Maurery, baritone
Peter Subert, tenor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Ben Heppner, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Silvio Maionica,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Susan McCulloch,
Renato Bruson, baritone
Knut Skram, bass-baritone
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Carmen Dragon,
Ede Gandolfo Marietti, mezzo-soprano
Ines Marietti, soprano
Francesco Albanese, tenor
Ugo Savarese, baritone
Mariano Caruso, tenor
Mario Zorgniotti, tenor
Alberto Albertini, baritone
Gino Bianchi, bass
Franco Rossi, bass
Giulio Mogliotti, choirmaster
Georg Tichy, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Fumiko Mochiki, soprano
Yasuo Yanagisawa, bass
Hiroyuko Okayama, bass
Hirochi Mochiki, tenor
Akihito Shikano, bass
Shigeru Sawa, mezzo-soprano
Kazuhiko Ichikawa, tenor
Toshiro Ishii, vocals
Katruaki Fukui, vocals
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Lucia Aliberti, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
James Westman, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone


11.   La Traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici - 3:16
12.   La Traviata, Act I: E' strano! E' strano! - 1:27
13.   La Traviata, Act I: Ah, fors'e lui - 3:01


Tosca (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Teatro Reale Opera Orchestra Josef Pasternack Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Victor De Sabata Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Gerhard Lenssen Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Gaetano Merola Markus Lehtinen Gerhard Steeger Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Walter B. Rogers Franco Ghione Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Charles Gerhardt Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Andrew Litton Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Max Rudolf
Ian Caddy, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
David Sellers, boy soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Dora Zschille, soprano
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Armando Borgioli, baritone
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Silvano Carroli, baritone
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Studio pianist, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Jan Durco, baritone
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Dino Fedri,
Andrew Shore, bass
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Andrea Piccinni, bass
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Franco Calabrese, bass
Alvaro Cordova, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Hui He, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Raimo Sirkia, tenor
Recording date: 31 January 1921


14.   Tosca, Act I: Mario! Mario! Mario!... Son qui! - 2:07
15.   Tosca, Act I: Ora stammi a sentir - 3:13
16.   Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte - 3:22


Tristan und Isolde (more info)
Performed by: WDR Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin London Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola John McGlinn Fritz Reiner John Barbirolli Arturo Basile Karl Elmendorff Ed Spanjaard Bertrand de Billy Georges Sebastian Erich Leinsdorf Karl Muck Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Albert Coates Roberto Paternostro Ivan Anguelov
Set Svanholm, tenor
Johan Botha, tenor
Martin Bruns, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Anny Helm, soprano
Helen Traubel, soprano
Ivar Andresen, bass
Ulrik Qvale, tenor
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Gunnar Lundberg, baritone
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, soprano
Nanny Larsen-Todsen, soprano
Gunnar Graarud, tenor
Rudolf Bockelmann, bass-baritone
Joachim Sattler, tenor
Gustav Rodin, tenor
Hans Beer, tenor
John Horton Murray, tenor
Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
Edwin McArthur,
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Magnus Kyhle, tenor
John Erik Eleby, bass
Martina Dike, mezzo-soprano
Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Robert Dean Smith, tenor
Josef Greindl, bass
Ludwig Suthaus, tenor
Blanche Thebom, mezzo-soprano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Edgar Evans, tenor
Rhoderick Davies, baritone
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Heidi Brunner, soprano
Lennart Forsen, bass
Wolfgang Millgramm, tenor
Linda Watson, soprano
Deborah Polaski, soprano
Recording date: February 6, 1943


17.   Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod - 7:44

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