Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig—this collection from the New York Met Opera’s inaugural season contains the most celebrated singers in some of their most epic productions ever committed to tape. A real window into the history of America’s most famous opera company, these readings are tragic, heroic, and masterful.
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- Antonietta Stella, Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe di Stefano, Ettore Bastianini, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Dimitri Mitropoulos
- Leontyne Price, Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Ettore Bastianini, Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Herbert von Karajan
- Elisabeth Söderström, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Jussi Björling, Thelma Votipka, Robert Merrill, Cesare Siepi, Mildred Miller, Roald Reitan, Jean Morel & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Gre Brouwenstijn, Joseph Rouleau, Jeannette Sinclair, Roger Beardsley, Lord Harewood, Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jon Vickers, Fedora Barbieri, Robert Allman, Boris Christoff, Edgar Evans, Tito Gobbi, Ava June & Michael Langdon
- Sherrill Milnes, Christa Ludwig, Karl Ridderbusch, Carlo Cossutta, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera & Karl Böhm
- Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Robert Merrill, Carlo Felice Cillario, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Montserrat Caballé, Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Cossutta, Giorgio Tozzi & Carlo Felice Cillario