Antonio Somma

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Italian playwright and librettist, born 28 August 1809 in Udine, Italy and died 8 August 1864 in Venice, Italy.

ALBUMS

Giuseppe di Stefano, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Francesco Maria Piave, Antonio Somma, Luigi Illica, Giuseppe Giacosa, Salvatore Cammarano, Tito Ricordi, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni, Giovacchino Forzano

Great Opera Tenors

1999, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Disky Classics,

The Maria Callas Collection - E' Strano

2005, CD, Comp, Weton-Wesgram,

APPEARANCES +

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic

The Complete RCA And Columbia Album Collection

2022, 69xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Neo-Classical/Modern/Opera

Verdi*, Roberto Abbado, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma

Un Ballo In Maschera

2022, 3xCD, Dynamic (4)

Ludovic Tézier - Verdi* - Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin

2021, CD, Album, Sony Classical,

Giuseppe Verdi, Jesús López Cobos*, Piotr Beczała*, Krassimira Stoyanova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nadia Krasteva, Chor* Und Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper

Un Ballo In Maschera

2021, 2xCD, Orfeo (2), Radio Österreich 1,

Verdi*, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Herbert von Karajan, Carlo Maria Giulini, Mario Rossi (2), Georg Solti

Les Grands Opéras Vol. 2 : Rigoletto - Il Trovatore - La Traviata - I Vespri Siciliani - Un Ballo In Maschera

2020, 10xCD, Comp, RM, Box, Diapason,

DG 120 - The Anniversary Edition

2018, 121xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A + Box,, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic/Modern/Baroque/Medieval/Choral/Early/Opera/Oratorio/Schlager/Twelve-tone/Radioplay

Siv Wennberg, Nicolai Gedda, Giuseppe Verdi

Un Ballo In Maschera

2017, 2xCD, Album, Sterling (2), Sterling (2), Sterling (2),

Philips Classics - The Stereo Years

2016, 50xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Decca, Philips,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Contemporary/Modern/Opera/Impressionist

Deutsche Grammophon: The Mono Era 1948-1957

2016, 51xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Ltd, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Opera/Music Hall/Operetta/Oratorio

The Originals - Legendary Recordings From The Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue Vol. II

2016, 50xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Deutsche Grammophon,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Contemporary/Opera/Impressionist/Modern/Neo-Classical/Neo-Romantic/Oratorio/Twelve-tone/Organ

The Verdi Album

Tutto Verdi The Complete Operas

2012, Box + 30xDVD-V, NTSC, C Major,

Verdi*, Donizetti*, Mascagni*, Ponchielli*

The Voice Of Elena Souliotis

2012, CD, Comp, RM, SBS, Decca

Tutto Verdi: The Operas, Volume 3 (1855-1893)

2012, Box + 11xDVD-V, NTSC, C Major

Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra*, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Complete RCA Collection

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Opera

Zinka Milanov, Roberta Peters, Marian Anderson, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Verdi*

Un Ballo In Maschera

Giuseppe Verdi : Domingo* · Barstow* · Nucci* · Quivar* · Jo* · Konzertvereinignung Wiener Staatsopernchor* · Wiener Philharmoniker · Herbert Von Karajan

Un Ballo In Maschera

2010, DVD-V, RE, NTSC, Altaya,

Verdi*, Marcelo Álvarez, Violeta Urmana, Marco Vratogna, Elena Zaremba, Jesús López Cobos*, Mario Martone

Un Ballo In Maschera

25 Complete Operas

2009, 52xCD, Mono + Box, Comp, Documents,

Un Ballo In Maschera (Un Bal Masqué) (I)

2007, CD, Album, RE, RM, Deutsche Grammophon,

Giuseppe Verdi, Galliano Masini, Carlo Tagliabue, Cloe Elmo, Adelaide Saraceni, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma*, Gino Marinuzzi

Un Ballo In Maschera

2007, 2xCD, Album, Gala (8)

Luciano Pavarotti

The Legend: Pavarotti

2007, 3xCD, Album, Comp, BCI Music

Un Ballo In Maschera (Un Bal Masqué) (II)

2007, CD, Album, RE, RM, Deutsche Grammophon

2005, CD, Comp, Правительство Звука

Luciano Pavarotti

Opera/Canzone Napoletana

Robert Merrill, The New Symphony Orchestra Of London, Edward Downes

Arias From Otello - Un Ballo In Maschera - Il Trovatore - La Forza Del Destino - Pagliacci - Don Carlos - Andrea Chenier

Carlo Bergonzi – Verdi*

Giuseppe Verdi, Lind*, Martinpelto*, St. Hill*, Resmark*, Carolina Sandgren, Chorus And Orchestra Of The Gothenburg Opera House*, -*, Maurizio Barbacini

2003, 2xCD, Album, Dynamic (4)

Janez Lotrič, Ukrainan National Opera Symphony Orchestra*, Johannes Wildner, Kiev Chamber Choir*, Mykola Hobdych*

Tenor Arias (Amore, Sublime Amore)

Opera/Romantic/Modern/Classical

Birgits Mest Önskade

2001, CD, Comp, EMI Classics, EMI Classics,

The Verdi Tenor

The Great Operas

1999, 25xCD, Album, RE + 12xBox + Box, Comp, Thi, Brilliant Classics,

Verdi*, Orchestra* and Chorus Of la Scala, Milan*, Claudio Abbado

Overtures & Choruses

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Deutsche Grammophon,

Verdi* / Maria Callas / Antonino Votto

Un Ballo in Maschera

1997, CD, RM, EMI,

Un Ballo In Maschera

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Discantus (2)

Mattia Battistini

Mattia Battistini, The Complete Recording, volume I: 1902-11

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Romophone

Verdi* - Leech*, Crider*, Chernov*, Zaremba*, Bayo*, Rizzi*

Un Ballo In Maschera

1996, 2xCD, Album, TELDEC

Giuseppe Verdi - Brouwenstijn*, Vickers*, Christoff*, Barbieri*, Gobbi*, C.M. Giulini*

José Carreras, Verdi*, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis

Un Ballo In Maschera

Giuseppe Verdi / Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, Aprile Millo, Florence Quivar, Harolyn Blackwell, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, James Levine

Un Ballo In Maschera

Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

1992, Cassette,

Gala-Abend Großer Stimmen (Berühmte Tenöre Singen Für Sie)

1991, Box Set, 4x Cassette,

Giuseppe Verdi, Carlo Bergonzi, Leyla Gencer, Mario Zanasi, Adriana Lazzarini, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Oliviero De Fabritiis

Un Ballo in Maschera

1990, CD, Opera Viva

Un Ballo In Maschera - 1

Carreras*, Domingo*, Kraus*

Great Spanish Tenors

Verdi* - Carlo Bergonzi, Leonie Rysanek, Robert Merrill, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* And Chorus*, Nello Santi

Un Ballo In Maschera

Giuseppe Verdi, Plácido Domingo*, Josephine Barstow / Leo Nucci, Florence Quivar, Sumi Jo, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Un Ballo In Maschera

Luciano Pavarotti

Tutto Pavarotti

Montserrat Caballé

Veinticinco Aniversario Amigos de la Ópera de Madrid

1988, LP, Columbia

L'Art De Maria Callas

1987, 4xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Sli, EMI, EMI Pathé Marconi,

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Sunday Night Concert At The Met

1987, 2xCD, Comp, The Metropolitan Opera,

Verdi* - Callas*

Verdi* - Callas*

Mario del Monaco

Schöne Stimmen: Mario Del Monaco

1986, 2xLP, Comp, Decca

Luciano Pavarotti

Verdi & Donizetti Arias

Giacomo Aragall

Arien Aus Italienischen Und Französischen Opern

Mattia Battistini

King Of Baritones

1986, 7x Vinyl, Box Set,

Opera/Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Miroslav Frydlewicz

Operní Recitál

1985, LP, Album, Supraphon

Verdi*, Luciano Pavarotti, Margaret Price, Renato Bruson, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

Un Ballo In Maschera

1985, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

The Maria Callas Album - An Anthology Of Her Greatest Recordings

The Great Voice Of Carlo Bergonzi

Josef Heriban, Štěpánka Štěpánová

Josef Heriban / Štěpánka Štěpánová

1981, LP, Panton

Giuseppe Verdi // José Carreras + Various

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti Sings Duets

Leontyne Price, Verdi*, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Leontyne Price Sings Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi - Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Renato Bruson, Elena Obraztsova, Edita Gruberova, Ruggero Raimondi, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Romano Gandolfi, Claudio Abbado

Un Ballo In Maschera = Ein Maskenball = Un Bal Masque

Un Ballo In Maschera

Jussi Björling

Arias From Cavalleria Rusticana · La Gioconda · Manon Lescaut · Un Ballo In Maschera · Fedora · La Fanciulla Del West · L'Arlesiana · Requiem · Das Land Des Lächelns

The Metropolitan Opera

Un Ballo In Maschera

1980, 2xLaserdisc, 12", Album, NTSC, Pioneer Artists Laserdisc

The Metropolitan Opera

Un Ballo In Maschera

1980, 2xLaserdisc, 12", Album, NTSC, Pioneer Artists Laserdisc, Pioneer Classics,

Un Ballo In Maschera

Schaut Her, Ich Bin's - Die Schönsten Bariton-Arien

1979, 2xLP, Comp, Club, Eurodisc,

Verdi* – Carlo Bergonzi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nello Santi

Famous Tenor Arias

Mascagni* ; Suliotis*, Del Monaco*, Gobbi*, Orchestra* E Coro Di Roma, Varviso*

Cavalleria Rusticana / Elena Suliotis Sings (Solo Recital)

✻ Verdi Smetana ✻

1978, 7", Supraphon

The Legend: The Unreleased Recordings... Arias From La Sonnambula (1955) Un Ballo In Maschera & Il Trovatore (1964) And Il Corsaro (1969)

1978, 2x Vinyl Wide-Sound,

Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Pilar Lorengar, Hilde Gueden*, Leontyne Price, Cristina Deutekom, Elisabeth Söderström, Felicia Weathers, Marilyn Horne, Teresa Berganza, Regina Resnik, Janet Baker, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Del Monaco*, Giuseppe Di Stefano*, Jussi Bjoerling*, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Sherrill Milnes, Tom Krause, Cesare Siepi, Joseph Rouleau, Otto Edelmann

Grand Opera Festival

Giuseppe Verdi, Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano*, Ettore Bastianini, Giulietta Simionato, Eugenia Ratti, Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro alla Scala*, Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Un Ballo In Maschera

1978, 3x Vinyl,

Jussi Björling

Önskeartisten 2 Jussi Björling - Vol. 1

Caruso 1906-1914 Között Készült Felvételek

1977, LP, Comp, Mono, Hungaroton,

Jussi Björling

A Portrait Of Jussi Bjorling

1977, LP, Comp, Mono, EMI (Australia) Limited

Verdi* / Z. Milanov* / R. Tucker* / J. Metternich* / J. Madeira* / R. Peters* / Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan*, Dimitri Mitropoulos

Un Ballo In Maschera

1976, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

La Divina, The Art Of Maria Callas

1976, 4x Vinyl Electronically Reprocessed, Box Set,

Verdi*, Scottish National Orchestra*, Scottish Opera Chorus, Alexander Gibson

Highlights From The Scottish Opera Production Of Un Ballo In Maschera

Nicolae Herlea, Orchester der Württembergischen Staatsoper , Dirigent: Josef Dünnwald

Berühmte Italienische Opernarien

1975, LP, Album, Saphir, Saphir,

Ein Maskenball (Großer Querschnitt In Italienischer Sprache)

Jussi Björling

Zingt Aria's Van Puccini • Donizetti • Ponchielli • Rossini • Verdi • Bizet • Meyerbeer • Massenet

Montserrat Caballé • Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona* / Gianfranco Masini

Montserrat Caballé - Recital

Ursula Farr Sings (Volume Two)

1974, LP, Decca

Callas*, di Stefano*

Szenen Aus Italienischen Opern

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Arias From Aida - Un Ballo In Maschera - I Vespri Siciliani - I Lombardi - Attila - Il Pirata

Elena Souliotis

Arias from Italian Operas

1971, LP, London Records

Un Ballo In Maschera

1971, 4x10", Album, Gat + Box, Fratelli Fabbri Editori

Jussi Bjoerling*

The Art Of Jussi Bjoerling

Verdi* - Renata Tebaldi, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Regina Resnik, Helen Donath, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Bruno Bartoletti

Un Ballo In Maschera

1971, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Un Ballo In Maschera - IV

Placido Domingo

Arias From Italian Opera

Mario del Monaco Sings Verdi*, L'Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Monte Carlo*, Nicola Rescigno

Mario Del Monaco Sings Verdi

L'Art De Maria Callas

1968, 4x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set,

Opera/Romantic/Spoken Word

Elena Suliotis*

Kennismaking Met 'S Werelds Jongste Primadonna

1967, 7", Promo, Decca

Elena Suliotis*

Donizetti/Verdi Recital

Tito Gobbi At La Scala = Tito Gobbi U Scali

Régine Crespin : Verdi* - Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire*, Georges Prêtre

Macbeth ● Un Ballo In Maschera ● Don Carlo ● Aida

Giuseppe Verdi - Hildegard Hillebrecht, Hertha Töpper, Rudolf Schock, Eberhard Wächter, Chor* Und Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin , Leitung Heinrich Hollreiser

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra : Oliviero De Fabritiis

Giuseppe Verdi - Inge Borkh ⋅ Evelyn Lear, Sieglinde Wagner, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jess Thomas, Chor* Und Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Patanè

Ein Maskenball (Deutsch Gesungen)

Anneliese Rothenberger

Verdi* / B. Gigli*, G. Bechi*, M. Caniglia*, F. Barbieri*, E. Ribetti*, N. Niccolini*, T. Pasero*, U. Novelli*, B. Giusti* / Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Serafin*

Un Ballo In Maschera

Grace Bumbry, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, János Kulka*

Grace Bumbry Singt Grosse Arien Der Internationalen Oper

1963, Vinyl 5/63,

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Storia Della Musica Italiana, Volume 1

1962, 10xLP, Album, Comp, Mono, Dlx, Ltd, RCA,

Early/Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Religious

Nabucco / Maškarní Ples

1962, 7", EP, Mono, Supraphon

Nilsson*, Bergonzi*, Macneil*, Simionato*, Stahlman*, Georg Solti Conducting Chorus* & Orchestra Of L'Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*

Un Ballo In Maschera Highlights (A Masked Ball)

Giuseppe Verdi, Antonietta Stella · Adriana Lazzarini · Gianni Poggi · Ettore Bastianini Dirigent: Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Un Ballo In Maschera

Nilsson*, Bergonzi*, Macneil*, Simionato*, Stahlman*, Solti* / Verdi*

Un Ballo In Maschera (Un Baile De Mascaras)

1961, 3xLP + Box, Decca,

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Verdi*

Verdi: Operatic Arias

Nilsson*, Bergonzi*, MacNeil*, Simionato*, Stahlman*, Georg Solti Conducting Chorus* & Orchestra Of L'Accademia Di Santa Cecilia, Rome*

Un Ballo In Maschera = A Masked Ball

1961, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Mascagni* - Tebaldi*, Bjoerling*, Bastianini*

Cavalleria Rusticana

Wagner*, Verdi*, Birgit Nilsson, Leopold Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra

Operatic Recital

Linda Di Chamonix / Maškarní Ples

1957, 7", Mono, Supraphon

Mascagni*, Verdi*, Händel*, Gluck*

Stücke In Italienischer Und Französischer Sprache

Giuseppe Verdi, Garbis Zobian

Maškarní Ples / Otello

Verdi* / Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Fedora Barbieri, Eugenia Ratti, Orchestra* E Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano*, Antonino Votto

Un Ballo In Maschera

Vladimir Ruždjak

Komedianti / Maškarní Ples

Дж. Верди* / Артуро Тосканини*

Бал-маскарад

Verdi* - Anderson*, Milanov*, Peerce*, Peters*, Warren*, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra*, Dimitri Mitropoulos

A Masked Ball (Abridged)

Nicolae Herlea / Magda Janculescu*

Maškarní Ples / Rigoletto

Paolo Silveri And Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden*, Franco Patane

Un Ballo In Maschera (Act 2) / Otello (Act 2)

1947, Shellac, 12", Columbia

Jussi Björling

Questa O Quella / Di' Tu Se Fedele

Maria Caniglia, Orch. Del Teatro Alla Scala*

La Traviata / Un Ballo In Maschera

1941, Shellac, 12", La Voce Del Padrone,

Chor* Und Orchester Der Niederländischen Oper*, Arrigo Guarnieri

Opernchöre Nr. 5

7", EP, Philips,

Die Schönsten Arien Von Giuseppe Verdi

2xLP, Comp + Box, His Master's Voice, EMI,

3xLP + Box, Gli Dei Della Musica,

Cass, Comp, EMI Pathé Marconi

Maškarní Ples = Un Ballo In Maschera

2xCD, Promo, Státní Opera Praha

Verdi* - Soloists of Opéra de Paris*, Paris Philharmonic Chorus*, Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris of the Radiodiffusion Francaise*, Joachim Kerol, Ethel Semser Conductor: René Leibowitz

Un Ballo In Maschera

3xLP, Renaissance (6),

Anneliese Rothenberger

Portrait Einer Sängerin

LP, Comp, Electrola, Impression, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft

Bruno Bartoletti, Chorus* and Orchestra Of The Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia, Rome*, Verdi*

Un Ballo In Mascherra (A Masked Ball)

2xReel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album, London Records

Verdi*, Rudolf Schock, Rut Siewert*, Chor Der Städtischen Oper Berlin, Horst Stein, Großes Opernorchester*, Anton Metternich

Ein Maskenball - O Sag, Wenn Ich Fahr Auf Schäumenden Wogen" & "Glaub, Du Prahler - Nur Scherze Sind's Und Possen"

Gala Festival - Glanzvolle Oper Mit Den Schönsten Stimmen Unserer Zeit

6xLP + Box, Comp, S/Edition, Electrola, Parnass, Parnass, Electrola, Decca, Decca, Decca, Decca, Decca, Eurodisc, Eurodisc, Eurodisc, Melodia-Eurodisc,

Opera/Romantic/Classical

3xCD, Reader's Digest,

Luisa Tetrazzini

The Complete Zonophone (1904) And Victor Recordings (1911-20)

2xCD, Comp, Romophone,

Opera/Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Klankjuwelen Uit De Opera - 's Werelds Meest Geliefde Opera Melodieën

Opera/Romantic/Classical

Die Schönsten Liebesduette (Duetti D' Amore)

Verdi*, Coro* e Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Claudio Abbado

Sylvia Sass, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Ervin Lukács

Great Soprano Arias

Callas* & Di Stefano*

Callas & Di Stefano At La Scala

Ein Gala-Abend In Der Convent Garden Opera

Opera/Classical/Baroque/Romantic

The Art Of Zinka Milanov

Giuseppe Verdi, Antonietta Stella · Adriana Lazzarini · Gianni Poggi · Ettore Bastianini Dirigent: Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Un Ballo In Maschera

Ein Maskenball (Grosser Querschnitt)

Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Louis Quilico, Giuseppe Patané*, The Metropolitan Opera

Um Baile de Máscara (Un Ballo In Maschera)

DVD-V, Unofficial, NTSC, 5.1, Not On Label,