Best Opera albums of the 1950s
The best Opera studio albums released in the 1950s: 13 albums listeners most often call this genre
Best Opera albums of the 1950s
The most listened are shown: 12 of 13
Le nozze di FigaroWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Elisabeth Höngen, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Herbert von Karajan
Die ZauberflöteMozart; Dermota, Seefried, Kunz, Lipp, Weber, London, Singverein Der Musikfreunde Wien, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Die ZauberflöteMozart; Gueden, Lipp, Simoneau, Berry, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
RigolettoGiuseppe Verdi; Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Maria Meneghini Callas, Nicola Zaccaria, Adriana Lazzarini, Giuse Gerbino, Plinio Clabassi, William Dickie, Renato Ercolani, Carlo Forti, Elvira Galassi, Tullio Serafin, Norberto Mola, L'Ente Autonomo del Teatro alla Scala
Die WalküreWagner; Furtwängler, Mödl, Suthaus, Rysanek, Frantz, Frick, Klose, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Das RheingoldWagner; Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Gustav Neidlinger, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
La bohèmePuccini; Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Amara, Merrill, Reardon, Tozzi, RCA Victor Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
ManonJules Massenet; Victoria de los Ángeles, Henri Legay, Michel Dens, Chœurs et Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique, Direction : Pierre Monteux
NormaBellini; Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
La GiocondaAmilcare Ponchielli; Maria Callas, Fedora Barbieri, Giulio Neroni, Maria Amadini, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri, Piero Poldi, Armando Benzi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Antonino Votto
Der RosenkavalierRichard Strauss; Herbert von Karajan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich‐Randall, Otto Edelmann, Eberhard Wächter, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus
PagliacciLeoncavallo; Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Monti, Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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