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