Sherrill Milnes
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Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta
This opera depicts the triangular relationship between Minnie, the saloon owner and 'mother' to the entire town of gold miners, Jack Rance, the sheriff and Dick Johnson (alias Ramerrez), a bandit... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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Verdi: La Traviata
RecommendedIleana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil)
Bayerischer Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber
Cotrubas makes an ideal heroine in this opera, for her characterization combines strength with vulnerability...Kleiber's direction is controversial, with more than a hint of Toscanini-like rigidity... —
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Building a Library, October 2019, Recommended Recording
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Verdi: Rigoletto
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Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena), Martti Talvela (Sparafucile), Gillian Knight (Giovanna), Clifford Grant (Monterone)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
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Building A Library, June 2026, Top Choice
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Leonora), Placido Domingo (Manrico), Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ferrando), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), Ryland Davies (Ruiz)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
The Leonora of Leontyne Price is the high point of the Mehta recording: her velvety, sensuous articulation of what's certainly an 'immenso, eterno amor' is entirely distinctive and dramatically... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
RecommendedJoan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo)
Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
As Callas's star waned so Joan Sutherland's rose. Her Lucia is different, moving the heart through beauty of tone. Sutherland recorded the role four times - the first two have vocal freshness... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th November 2010
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Presto Favourites
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Puccini: La Bohème
RecommendedMontserrat Caballé (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vincenzo Sardinero (Schaunard), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro), Alan Byers (Parpignol)
John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir &...
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Grammy Awards, 17th Awards (1974), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Puccini: La fanciulla del West
RecommendedCarol Neblett (Minnie), Plácido Domingo (Dick Johnson), Sherrill Milnes (Jack Rance)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Zubin Mehta
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Recording of the Year
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Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48, etc.
Kiri Te Kanawa & Sherrill Milnes
Le Choeur et L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Digitally remastered
Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo), Ryland Davies (Arturo), Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa), Pier Francesco Poli (Normanno)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedErich Leinsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass vocal), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass vocal), John Alldis Choir, Bruce Brewer (tenor), Joyce Mathis (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
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Grammy Awards, 14th Awards (1971), Best Opera Recording
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