Collection: CD Music Classical Opera

One of the 20th century's most legendary and enduring icons, Maria Callas was both a glamorous diva and a global superstar who captivated audiences worldwide with her vivid and passionate performances. This disc features Callas in a glittering selection of opera favourites that showcase her uniqu...

Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.

It is the opera that launched the International Handel Festival in Göttingen in 1920: "Rodelinda" by George Frideric Handel. With it's performance, festival founder Oskar Hagen initiated the Handel renaissance in Gottingen. After the festival had to be cancelled for it's 100th anniversary in 202...

The Swoon series continues with a 2CD deluxe collection celebrating the exquisite beauty of the voice – the first time that a Swoon album has been dedicated to opera. The album presents operatic gems from across four hundred years, bringing together arias both celebrated and little-known – sung b...

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons - Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8 / Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude [Set] - Deutsche Grammophon Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig continue their award-winning Bruckner cycle - this time the Symphonies are coupled with Wagner's Meistersing...

The Dresdner Philharmonie, Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden and conductor Daniel Oren present Verdi's masterpiece La Traviata, together with a stellar cast including René Barbera as Alfredo, Lester Lynch as Germont, and world star soprano Lisette Oropesa as Violetta. Verdi's opera from 1853 ...