Legendary Performances of Domingo [Box Set]

Artist: Plácido Domingo
Total time: 859:54
Label: Allegro Corporation
Availability: Available
Item #: 8017541

List Price: $39.98

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Features Plácido Domingo in six complete operas on 14 CDs, including Verdi's Don Carlo, Aida and Otello, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Bizet's Carmen and Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur.

Domingo is joined by such greats as Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni and others. Conductors and ensembles include the Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan with Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra & Chorus of Covent Garden with Sir Georg Solti and more.

Contains 24-page booklet with a biographical essay on Domingo, rare historic photos, complete cast lists and short synopses of each opera.

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Performances

Don Carlo, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): Verona Arena Choir (Choir, Chorus), Arena di Verona Orchestra (Orchestra), Gianfranco Bertagna (Vocals), Montserrat Caballé (Vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (Vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Giovanni Foiani (Vocals), Eliahu Inbal (Conductor), Gianfranco Manganotti (Vocals), Dimiter Petkov (Vocals), Maria Cristina Pedretti (Vocals), Takao O Kamura (Vocals), Wilma Vernocchi (Vocals)
Recording location: Verona

Manon Lescaut, opera by Puccini, Giacomo

Performer(s): Verona Arena Choir (Choir, Chorus), Arena di Verona Orchestra (Orchestra), Carlo del Bosco (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Franco Federici (Vocals), Giulio Fioravanti (Vocals), Eliahu Inbal (Conductor), Ermanno Lorenzi (Vocals), Alfredo Mariotti (Vocals), Magda Olivero (Vocals), Franco Ricciardi (Vocals), Nello Santi (Conductor), Gianfranco Casarini (Vocals), Rina Pallini (Vocals)
Recording location: Verona

Aida, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): La Scala Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Claudio Abbado (Conductor), Martina Arroyo (Vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (Vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Eliahu Inbal (Conductor), Josella Ligi (Vocals), Piero de Palma (Vocals), Luigi Roni (Vocals)
Recording location: Munich

Carmen, opera by Bizet, Georges

Performer(s): Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra (Orchestra), Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus (Choir, Chorus), Richard Allen (Vocals), Teresa Cahill (Vocals), José van Dam (Vocals), John Dobson (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Francis Egerton (Vocals), Kiri Te Kanawa (Vocals), Anne Pashley (Vocals), Georg Solti (Conductor), Shirley Verrett (Vocals), Thomas Allen (Vocals)
Recording location: London

Adriana Lecouvreur, opera by Cilea, Francesco

Performer(s): French Radio Orchestra (Orchestra), Montserrat Caballé (Vocals), Janet Coster (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Gerard Friedmann (Vocals), Gianfranco Masini (Conductor), Orazio Mori (Vocals), Piero de Palma (Vocals), Attilio d'Orazi (Vocals), Emmy Greger (Vocals), Claudie Saneva (Vocals), Jacques Villisech (Vocals)
Recording location: Paris

Otello, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): La Scala Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Piero Cappuccilli (Vocals), Plácido Domingo (Vocals), Mirella Freni (Vocals), Carlos Kleiber (Conductor), Orazio Mori (Vocals), Giuseppe Morresi (Vocals), Dano Raffanti (Vocals), Luigi Roni (Vocals), Giuliano Ciannella (Vocals), Jone Jori (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan

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