This new Bravissimo series features some of the greatest
live performances, from some of the world s greatest
operas. As always, the Bravissimo Opera Library
brings the finest singers of the 20th century to your
living room in deluxe super-budget box sets!
MARIA STUARDA
Maria Stuarda: Montserrat Caballé
Elisabetta: Shirley Verrett
Roberto, Earl of Leicester: Ottavio Garaventa
Lord Talbot: Raffaele Ariè
Lord Cecil: Giulio Fioravanti
Anna: Nella Verri
Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Carlo Felice Cillario: conductor
Live performance, Milan, 1971
GEMMA DI VERGY
Gemma: Montserrat Caballé
Count di Vergy: Renato Bruson
Tamas: Giorgio Casellato Lamberti
Ida di Greville: Bianca Maria Casoni
Guido: Mario Rinaudo
Rolando: Mario Machì
Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo
Armando Gatto: conductor
Live performance, Naples, December 12, 1975
BELISARIO
Belisario: Giuseppe Taddei
Antonina: Leyla Gencer
Giustiniano: Nicola Zaccaria
Irene: Mirna Pecile
Alamiro/Alessi: Umberto Grilli
Eutropio: Bruno Sebastian
Eudora: Rina Pallini
Eusebio: Giovanni Antonini
Ottario: Augusto Veronese
A Centurion: Alberto Carusi
Teatro La Fenice Orchestra & Chorus
Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductor
Live performance, Venice, May 14, 1969
L ELISIR D AMORE
Nemorino: Carlo Bergonzi
Adina: Renata Scotto
Dulcamara: Carlo Cava
Belcore: Giuseppe Taddei
Giannetta: Renza Jotti
Orchestra & Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Gianandrea Gavazzeni: conductor
Live performance, Florence, Italy, 1967
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Lucia di Lammermoor: Maria Callas
Edgardo di Ravenswood: Giuseppe di Stefano
Lord Enrico Ashton: Rolando Panerai
Raimondo Bidebent: Nicola Zaccaria
Lord Arturo Bucklaw: Giuseppe Zampieri
Normanno: Mario Carlin
Alisa: Luisa Villa
RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin & La Scala Chorus
Herbert von Karajan: conductor
Live performance, Berlin, September 29, 1955
