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ICAB-5131_great_italian_operas_v2_. 15/08/2014 12:29 Page 1 CHECK CUTTER GUIDE 6CD ICAB 5131 ICAB 6 CD SET CD 6 Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Francesco Carlo Maria Giulini Maria Carlo Ferruccio Tagliavini · Renata Tebaldi Renata · Tagliavini Ferruccio Tito Gobbi · Rolando Panerai Panerai Rolando · Gobbi Tito Teresa Berganza · Fernando Corena Corena Fernando · Berganza Teresa Falstaff Verdi Il barbiere di Siviglia di barbiere Il Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia di barbiere Il Tosca Falstaff Tosca Puccini Verdi Rossini Puccini Great Italian Operas Italian Great Falstaff Verdi ICAB 5131 ICAB 6 CD SET CD 6 Il barbiere di Siviglia di barbiere Il Rossini Tosca Puccini This set features two classic performances from the golden age of the Covent Garden Opera Company and a sparkling Falstaff from the Edinburgh Festival, combining masterworks of Italian opera by Puccini, Verdi and Rossini into one outstanding collection. Carefully remastered and restored, the recordings feature a stellar cast of Italian singers and conductors, including renowned soprano Renata Tebaldi, said by Toscanini to possess ‘the voice of an angel’. PUCCINI TOSCA – 1955 Renata Tebaldi (Floria Tosca) · Ferruccio Tagliavini (Mario Cavaradossi) · Tito Gobbi (Scarpia) · David Tree (Spoletta) · Ronald Lewis (Sciarrone) The Covent Garden Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli ൿ 2011 BBC, under licence to International Classical Artists Ltd · Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide · Ꭿ 2011 International Classical Artists Ltd · ICAC 5022 (2CD) ROSSINI IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA – 1960 Rolando Panerai (Figaro) · Teresa Berganza (Rosina) · Luigi Alva (Il conte d’Almaviva) · Fernando Corena (Bartolo) · Ivo Vinco (Don Basilio) The Covent Garden Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini ൿ 2011 BBC, under licence to International Classical Artists Ltd · Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide · Ꭿ 2011 International Classical Artists Ltd · ICAC 5046 (2CD) VERDI FALSTAFF – 1955 Fernando Corena (Sir John Falstaff) · Anna Maria Rovere (Alice Ford) · Fernanda Cadoni (Meg Page) · Oralia Dominguez (Mistress Quickly) Walter Monachesi (Ford) · Eugenia Ratti (Nannetta) · Glyndebourne Opera Chorus · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini Great Italian Operas Italian Great ൿ 2012 BBC, under licence to International Classical Artists Ltd · Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide · Ꭿ 2012 International Classical Artists Ltd · ICAC 5061 (2CD) Connect with ICA Classics on ICAB 5131 This set ൿ BBC/International Classical Artists Ltd © 2014 International Classical Artists Ltd The BBC word mark and logo Made in the EU · LC 27871 are trade marks of the British Cover design: Jeremy Tilston for WLP Ltd Broadcasting Corporation and are used under licence. www.icaclassics.com BBC logo © BBC 1996.

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