Giuseppe Verdi - The Great Operas (25xCD, Album, RE + 12xBox, Dua + Box, Comp, Car)

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Comments:
Cover has light storage wear

General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
Big cardboard box holding twelve fat dual CD boxes; the first eleven contains two and the last one contains three discs. On the inside of the front cover of each box is a 2 pages "Story Of The Opera" (uncredited in English). At each disc and backside box: All tracks licensed from BMG The Netherlands. On backside cardboard box (beyond the barcode): Licensed from BMG, Benelux (= [l536222, which is its legal successor) CD 1/2 - La Traviata - Opera in three acts. Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave, after Alexander Dumas fils' "La Dame aux Camélias". - Recording equal to releases collected in [m278168 - Recording: 1967 - ADD - CD 1 total time 71'38 - CD 2 total time 53'12 - cat. 99656 - track 2.16 states title and time of track 2.17, therefore title and time of track 2.16 are missing in the info *) CD 3/4 - Il Trovatore - Opera in four parts. Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano. - Recording equal to releases collected in [m386635 - Recording: 1970 - ADD - CD 3 total time 70'47 - CD 4 total time 64'57 - cat. 99657 CD 5/6 - Rigoletto - Opera in three acts. Libretto after Victor Hugo by Francesco Maria Piava. - Recording equal to releases collected in [m1247093 - Recording: 1984 - DDD - CD 5 total time 51'59 - CD 6 total time 61'00 - cat. 99658 CD 7/8 - Aida - Opera in four acts. Libretto: Giuseppe Antonio Ghislanzoni - Recording equal to releases collected in [m852162 - Recording: 1970 - ADD - CD 7 total time 78'14 - CD 8 total time 64'03 - cat. 99659 - at the top of tracklist CD 8 there is ACT II, this must be ACT III *) CD 9/10 - Simon Boccanegra - Opera in 3 acts & prologue. The action takes place in and around Genoa in the latter half of the 14th century. There are 25 years between the Prologue and the Play - Recording equal to releases collected in [m551208 - Recording: 1986 - DDD - CD 9 total time 55'07 - CD 10 total time 69'53 - cat. 99660 CD 11/12 - Un Ballo in Maschera - Opera in 3 Acts. Libretto by Antonio Somma, after Scribe's text for Auber's "Gustave III, ou le Bal Masqué". - Recording equal to releases collected in [m445188 - Recording: 1967 - DDD - CD 11 Total time 68'43 - CD 12 Total time 59'41 - cat. 99661 CD 13/14 - Otello - Lyric Drama in 4 Acts. Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's tragedy. - Recording equal to releases collected in [m680968 - Recording: 1960 - ADD - CD 13 Total time 71'20 - CD 14 Total time 73'52 - cat. 99662 CD 15/16 - Macbeth - Opera in 4 Acts, after Shakespeare, with verses by Francesco Maria Piave in collaboration with Andrea Maffei. - Recording equal to releases collected in [m836390 - Recording: 1960 - ADD - CD 15 Total time 65'38 - CD 16 Total time 64'42 - cat. 99663 - track 15-10 states duration 5'4, it appears it's missing a 4 at the end *) CD 17/18 - Ernani - Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on Victor Hugo's Hernani. - Recording equal to releases collected in [m901508 - Recording: 1968 - ADD - CD 17 Total time 67'47 - CD 18 Total time 62'27 - cat. 99664 CD 19/20 - Luisa Miller - Opera in 3 Acts. Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano Based on Schiller's play "Kabale und Liebe". - Recording equal to releases collected in [m974010 - Recording: 1965 - ADD - CD 19 Total time 69'51 - CD 20 Total time 61'43 - cat. 99665 CD 21/22 - Falstaff - Commedia lirica in tre atti. Libretto: Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "Henry IV". - Recording equal to release [r13938503 - Recording: 1991 - DDD - CD 21 total time 53'53 - CD 22 total time 63'43 - cat. 99666 - in the tracklist, right next to Act II, "Scene 1" has been forgotten *) CD 23/25 - La Forza del Destino - recording equal to releases collected in [m1166426 - Opera in 4 Acts. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Based on the play "Don Alvaro, o la Fuerza del Sino" by the Duke of Rivas. - Recording: 1965 - ADD - CD 23 Total time 66'54 - CD 24 Total time 72'45 - CD 25 Total time 36'06 - cat. 99667 - uncredited as explicit bass or tenor - Soldiers: Romano Truffelli, Camillo Sforza, Vito Jannizzotto, Claudio Piccini, Franco Ruta *) = Marked with *) correct information taken from other releases = Where an "... Orchestra & Chorus" is stated those are separately credited

. La Traviata
. Il Trovatore
. Rigoletto
. Aida
. Simon Boccanegra, Prologue
. Simon Boccanegra, The Play
. Un Ballo In Maschera
. Otello
. Macbeth
. Ernani
. Luisa Miller
. Falstaff
. La Forza Del Destino

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 5 028421 996554
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Barcode 5 028421 996660
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Barcode 5 028421 996677
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Rights Society STEMRA
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