Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
RecommendedMargherita Carosio, Nicola Monti, Tito Gobbi, Melchiorre Luise, Loretta di Lelio
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Symphony Orchestra, Gabriele Santini, Carlo Zampighi, Nino Sanzogno
Gabriele Santini and the forces of the Rome Opera in a genuinely intoxicating recording of Donizetti's bittersweet comedy. Margherita Carosio and Nicola Monti are the youthful Adina and Nemorino.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Building a Library, April 2002, Historic Choice
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Verdi: Rigoletto
RecommendedRobert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile)
Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
[On the original release in 1956] under Perlea, the orchestral playing is firm and dramatic, well balanced with the voice. The music is well paced. Björling’s tone is a constant pleasure. He... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly)
Recommended[Recorded 1962]
Leontyne Price (Cio Cio San), Richard Tucker (Pinkerton), Filippo Maero (Sharpless), Rosalind Elias (Suzuki), Anna Di Stasio (Kate Pinkerton), Piero De Palma (Goro), Robert Kerns (Il principe Yamadori), Virgilio Carbonari (Lo zio Bonzo), Arturo La Porta (Il commissario imperiale), Leo Pudis (Yakusidè),...
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 6th Awards (1963), Best Opera Recording
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Three Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert (1990)
RecommendedJosé Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
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Grammy Awards, 33rd Awards (1990), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Pavarotti - The Greatest Hits
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor, vocals), Vienna Opera Chorus, Mirella Freni (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Stefano "Tellus" Nanni (piano), Kameron Brown (double bass), Michele Centonze (guitar), Fabio Sartoni (drums, drum), Marco Tamburini (trumpet), Piero Odorici (saxophone), Roberto Rossi...
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
RecommendedVictoria de los Angeles, Jussi Björling, Antonio Sacchetti, Miriam Pirazzini, Mario Sereni, Silvia Bertona, Paolo Caroli, Piero De Palma, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Arturo La Porta
Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Gabriele Santini
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Grammy Awards, 4th Awards (1961), Best Opera Recording
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Special offer. Puccini: Manon Lescaut
RecommendedLicia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina)
Rome Opera House...
With Bjoerling as Des Grieux giving one of this very finest performances on disc and with Robert Merrill in glorious voice as Lescaut, the Romanian conductor Jonel Perlea conducts one of the... —
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Verdi: Aida
RecommendedLeontyne Price (Aida), Jon Vickers (Radamès), Rita Gorr (Amneris), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Plinio Clabassi (Il Re di Egitto), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis), Franco Ricciardi (Un Messaggero), Mietta Sighiele (Una Sacerdotessa)
Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sir Georg Solti
Solti motivates his account of Verdi's score with thrilling dynamism, fully displaying the music's grandeur and depth as well as deriving considerable refinement from his Roman forces. His cast... —
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Grammy Awards, 5th Awards (1962), Best Opera Recording
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Jussi Björling in Opera
RecommendedJussi Bjoerling (tenor), Royal Orchestra, Rome Opera Orchestra, Jussi Björling (tenor), RCA Orchestra
Nils Grevillius, Jonel Perlea, Erich Leinsdorf, Renato Cellini
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Grammy Awards, 2nd Awards (1959), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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