Legendary Performances of Pavarotti [Box Set] at MusicalHeritage.com

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Features Luciano Pavarotti in seven complete operas on 14 CDs, including Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi and I puritani, Verdi's Rigoletto and Luisa Miller, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Massenet's Manon and Puccini's La bohème.

Pavarotti is joined by such greats as Montserrat Caballé, Mirella Freni and others. Conductors and ensembles include the Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna with Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra & Chorus of Rome Opera with Carlo Maria Giulini and more.

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

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Performances

I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera by Bellini, Vincenzo

Performer(s): Bologna Community Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), Resident Orchestra of the Hague (Orchestra), Claudio Abbado (Conductor), Giacomo Aragall (Vocals), Walter Monachesi (Vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Margherita Rinaldi (Vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (Vocals)
Recording location: Amsterdam

Rigoletto, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): Rome Opera Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), Orchestra of Rome (Orchestra), Carlo Maria Giulini (Conductor), Plinio Clabassi (Vocals), Enzo Guagni (Vocals), Arturo la Porta (Vocals), Kostas Paskalis (Vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Renata Scotto (Vocals), Paolo Washington (Vocals), Rita Bezzi Breda (Vocals), Rosa Laghezza (Vocals)
Recording location: Rome

Lucia di Lammermoor, opera by Donizetti, Gaetano

Performer(s): RAI Symphony Ochestra, Turin (Orchestra), RAI Symphony Chorus, Turin (Choir, Chorus), Piero Cappuccilli (Vocals), Agostino Ferrin (Vocals), Gianfranco Manganotti (Vocals), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Conductor), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Franco Ricciardi (Vocals), Renata Scotto (Vocals), Anna di Stasio (Vocals)
Recording location: Turin

Manon, opera in 5 acts by Massenet, Jules

Performer(s): La Scala Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Ida Farina (Vocals), Mirella Freni (Vocals), Peter Maag (Conductor), Giuseppe Morresi (Vocals), Rolando Panerai (Vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Franco Ricciardi (Vocals), Antonio Zerbini (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan

I Puritani, opera by Bellini, Vincenzo

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Rome (Choir, Chorus), RAI Orchestra, Rome (Orchestra), Sesto Bruscantini (Vocals), Giampaolo Corradi (Vocals), Mirella Fiorentini (Vocals), Mirella Freni (Vocals), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Vocals), Riccardo Muti (Conductor), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Mino Venturini (Vocals)
Recording location: Rome

La bohème, opera by Puccini, Giacomo

Performer(s): RAI Chorus, Rome (Choir, Chorus), RAI Orchestra, Rome (Orchestra), Sesto Bruscantini (Vocals), Franco Calabrese (Vocals), Mirella Freni (Vocals), Mario Frosini (Vocals), Nicola Ghiuselev (Vocals), Alessandro Maddalena (Vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Thomas Schippers (Conductor), Rita Talarico (Vocals), Gianni Maffeo (Vocals), Elio Prisco (Vocals), Mario di Filici (Vocals)
Recording location: Rome

Luisa Miller, opera by Verdi, Giuseppe

Performer(s): La Scala Theater Chorus (Choir, Chorus), La Scala Theater Orchestra (Orchestra), Carlo del Bosco (Vocals), Montserrat Caballé (Vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (Vocals), Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Conductor), Luciano Pavarotti (Vocals), Saverio Porzano (Vocals), Carlo Zardo (Vocals), Bruna Baglioni (Vocals), Milena Pauli (Vocals)
Recording location: Milan