ID: BRV9915 CDs: 15 Type: CD |
Subcollection: Legendary Voices A 15-CD collection that will have great appeal for the collector; live recordings and performances of 7 complete operas with Joan Sutherland. The accompanying booklet contains a biographical essay on Sutherland, rare historic photos, complete cast lists and a short synopsis of each opera.
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Bellini:
Beatrice di Tenda
recorded live in Milan on 10th May,1961
Joan Sutherland (Beatrice di Tenda), Raina Kabaivanska (Agnese), Dino Dondi (Filippo Maria Visconti), Giuseppe Campora (Orombello), Piero De Palma (Anichino), Walter Gullino (Rizzardo)
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Antonino Votto
Norma
recorded live in Buenos Aires in 1969
Joan Sutherland (Norma), Fiorenza Cossotto (Adalgisa), Charles Craig (Pollione), Ivo Vinco (Oroveso), Tatiana Zlatar (Clotilde), Orazio Mastrango (Flavio)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Colón, Richard Bonynge
Handel:
Rodelinda
recorded live on 24th June, 1959; sung in English
Joan Sutherland (Rodelinda), Janet Baker (Eduige), Margreta Elkins (Bertarido), Patricia Kern (Unulfo), Alfred Hallet (Grimoaldo), Raimund Herincx (Garibaldo)
Philomusica of London, Chandos Choir, Charles Farncombe
Haydn:
L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice
recorded live in Edinburgh in 1967
Joan Sutherland (Euridice), Nicolai Gedda (Orfeo), Spiro Malas (Creon)
Scottish National Orchestra & Opera Chorus, Richard Bonynge
Meyerbeer:
Les Huguenots
recorded live in Milan on 7th June,1962
Joan Sutherland (Marguerite de Valois), Giulietta Simionato (Valentine de Saint-Bris), Fiorenza Cossotto (Urbain), Franco Corelli (Raoul de Nangis), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Compte de Nevers), Giorgio Tozzi (Compte de Saint-Bris), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Marcel), Walter Gullino (Bois-Rosé), Piero De Palma (De Tavannes), Giuseppe Bertinazzo (De Cossé), Manuel Spatafora (De Thoré), Antonio Cassinelli (De Retz), Alfredo Giacomotti (De Meru), Silvio Maionica (Maurevert)
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Rossini:
Semiramide
recorded live in Rome in 1968
Joan Sutherland (Semiramide), Monica Sinclair (Arsace), Mario Petri (Assur), Ottavio Garaventa (Idreno), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Oroe), Giovanni Gusmeroli (L'Ombra di Nino), Gino Sinimberghi (Mitrane), Angela Rocco (Azeme)
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI, Richard Bonynge
Tippett:
The Midsummer Marriage
recorded live in London on 27th January,1955
Richard Lewis (Mark), Joan Sutherland (Jenifer), Otakar Kraus (King Fisher), Adele Leigh (Bella), John Lanigan (Jack), Edith Coates (The She-Ancient), Michael Langdon (The He-Ancient), Oralia Dominguez (Sosostris), Monica Sinclair (A Voice)
Orchestra & Chorus of Covent Garden, John Pritchard |