What opera have you been listening to, lately?

**Florestan** · October 7th, 2018, 09:34 PM

Wow, both excellent recordings. Can't choose between.

**Florestan** · October 8th, 2018, 01:41 PM

**halochef** · October 8th, 2018, 10:17 PM

this Magic Flute is set 100~ years future. and very strange. the final acts---not the norm

**Florestan** · October 9th, 2018, 01:48 AM

**Ann Lander (sospiro)** · October 9th, 2018, 05:21 PM

To commemorate Verdi's birthday, 10 October 1813 and the death of Caballé.

**Florestan** · October 10th, 2018, 02:25 AM

I knew I had a Lucrezia Borgia but was surprised to see it is with Caballe.

**MAuer** · October 11th, 2018, 11:31 AM

Conductor/orchestra: Erich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra
Cast: Montserrat Caballé (Salome), Sherrill Milnes (Jochanaan), Regina Resnik (Herodias), Richard Lewis (Herod), James King (Narraboth), Júlia Hamari (Page), et. al.

This is probably my favorite Caballé recording. She is totally credible as a willful teenage Princess, and she has fabulous colleagues -- especially Milnes as the Baptist.

**Clayton** · October 11th, 2018, 02:33 PM

Occasionally forgetting how much I like Verdi, especially some of the Gardelli recordings. Here are four fabulous voices too.

Name: I Masnadieri - Gardelli 1974, Raimondi, Bergonzi, Cappuccilli, Caballé.jpg
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Verdi: I Masnadieri
Ruggero Raimondi (Massimiliano), Carlo Bergonzi (Carlo), Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco), Montserrat Caballé (Amalia), William Elvin (Rolla), John Sandor (Armino), Maurizio Mazzieri (Moser)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli

**Florestan** · October 11th, 2018, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Clayton

Occasionally forgetting how much I like Verdi, especially some of the Gardelli recordings. Here are four fabulous voices too.

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Verdi: I Masnadieri
Ruggero Raimondi (Massimiliano), Carlo Bergonzi (Carlo), Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco), Montserrat Caballé (Amalia), William Elvin (Rolla), John Sandor (Armino), Maurizio Mazzieri (Moser)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli

Ah yes, more Caballe! But the ending of this opera does not sit well with me.

**Florestan** · October 12th, 2018, 02:33 AM

**Florestan** · October 12th, 2018, 05:14 AM

**MAuer** · October 12th, 2018, 11:47 AM

Conductor/orchestra: Zubin Mehta, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus
Cast: Fritz Wunderlich (Belmonte), Anneliese Rothenberger (Konstanze), Gerhard Unger (Pedrillo), Reri Grist (Blondchen), Fernando Corena (Osmin), Michael Heltau (Pasha Selim)

So glad I bought this. Absolutely first rate!

**Sonata** · October 12th, 2018, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by Florestan

Ah yes, more Caballe! But the ending of this opera does not sit well with me.

On this we are agreed.

**MAuer** · October 13th, 2018, 12:30 PM

Clayton's mention of the Gardelli early Verdi series had me reaching for this:

Conductor/orchestra: Lamberto Gardelli, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting) Orchestra and Chorus
Cast: Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco Foscari), José Carreras (Jacopo Foscari), Katia Ricciarelli (Lucrezia Contarini), Samuel Ramey (Jacopo Loredano), Vincenzo Bello (Barbarigo), Elizabeth Connell (Pisana)

Terrific music plus a compelling plot -- it's easy to understand why this opera now seems to be gaining a toehold in the mainstream repertoire.

**Florestan** · October 13th, 2018, 03:07 PM

Listening to this one the third time in a row. Musically and vocally this is an excellent production.
And it apparently is one of the few recordings of this opera in French.