Decca/UMe Marks The Tenth Anniversary Of Larger-Than-Life Opera Legend Luciano Pavarotti's Passing With Massive Limited Edition 101-Disc Box "Luciano Pavarotti: The Complete Opera Recordings"

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Prior to his passing in 2007, the legendary tenor Luciano Pavarotti conquered the mainstream like no opera performer ever had, winning a devoted worldwide audience that embraced his charismatic personality and commanding talent. Pavarotti spent most of his five-and-a-half-decade career recording for the venerable Decca label, building a powerful body of recordings that showcased the singular magnificence of his one-of-a-kind voice. Together they created a legacy of one of the longest exclusive relationships between artist and record label. 

On December 1, in observance of the tenth anniversary of Pavarotti's passing, Decca/UMe will release Luciano Pavarotti: The Complete Opera Recordings, encompassing 95 CDs and 6 Blu-ray Audio discs. The voluminous 101-disc limited edition collection offers an exhaustive survey of Pavarotti's Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and Philips recordings plus two recordings made for EMI/Warner Classics: L'amico Fritz and Don Carlo. Preorder Luciano Pavarotti: The Complete Opera Recordings now: https://lnk.to/CompleteOperas101.

The Complete Opera Recordings spans the entire career of "The People's Tenor," presenting every role he ever performed, beginning with his debut recording of La Bohème in 1961, allowing critics, collectors and fans to fully appreciate Pavarotti's exceptional achievements. In all, it features 34 complete operas plus a number of operas he recorded more than once: Verdi'sUn Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata; Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore; and Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci. Also included are Pavarotti's stellar recordings of Verdi'sRequiem and Rossini's Stabat Mater.

Every opera, each of which is packaged in its original jacket, is presented in the best possible audio quality, with many fully remastered at Abbey Road Studios under the supervision of former Decca engineers. 21 analog recordings are now available as definitive 24-bit 96 KHZ transfers. Six of Pavarotti's most iconic recordings – Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore, Verdi: Rigoletto,  Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Puccini: Turandot, Puccini: La Bohème and Puccini: MadamaButterfly – are presented in true 24-bit, studio quality masters on high fidelity Blu-ray discs.

Luciano Pavarotti: The Complete Opera Recordings' lavish packaging also includes a high-gloss laminated outer box and a 250-page hardback book with a new retrospective by James Jolly (Editor-in-chief, Grammophon), numerous photographs from Pavarotti's career including recording session stills from the Decca archives, full recording information, vintage press clippings and reminiscences from collaborators such as Zubin Mehta and Mirella Freni. Libretti in original language and English translations, as well as synopses in English and German, will be available via pavarotti10.com prior to release.

Presenting Pavarotti's prestigious body of work in an elaborate package worthy of its musical influence and importance, Luciano Pavarotti: The Complete Opera Recordings is the ultimate tribute to the talents of the world's most beloved tenor.

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI – THE COMPLETE OPERA RECORDINGS

REPERTOIRE
CD1-2
Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda
Dame Joan Sutherland; Josephine Veasey; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD3-4
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Dame Joan Sutherland; Monica Sinclair; Jules Bruyere; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Bonynge

CD5
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Dame Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Martti Talvela; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti

CD6-7
Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz
Mirella Freni; Laura Didier; Gambardella; Chorus & Orchetra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Gianandrea Gavazzeni

CD8-10
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Régine Crespin; Yvonne Minton; Manfred Jungwirth; Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti

CD11-12
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Dame Joan Sutherland; Dominic Cossa; Spiro Malas; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD13-14
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Renata Tebaldi; Helen Donath; Regina Resnik; Sherrill Milnes; Orchestra e coro dell' Accademia; di Santa Cecilia, Roma / Bruno Bartoletti

CD15-16
Verdi: Macbeth
Elena Suliotis; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli

CD17
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Pilar Lorengar; Yvonne Minton; Hans Sotin; London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / István Kertész

CD18-19
Verdi: Rigoletto
Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Martti Talvela; Clifford Grant; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD20-21
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ryland Davies; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Bonynge

CD22-23
Puccini: Turandot
Dame Joan Sutherland; Montserrat Caballé; Nicolai Ghiaurov; The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

CD24-25
Puccini: La Bohème
Mirella Freni; Elizabeth Harwood; Rolando Panerai; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD26-28
Bellini: I Puritani
Dame Joan Sutherland; Gian Carlo Luccardi; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Bonynge

CD29-30
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns; Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD31-32
Donizetti: La Favorita
Fiorenza Cossotto; Gabriel Bacquier; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Coro & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Richard Bonynge

CD33-34
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Dame Joan Sutherland; Huguette Tourangeau; Coro & Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Richard Bonynge

CD35-36
Verdi: Luisa Miller
Montserrat Caballé; Anna Reynolds; Sherrill Milnes; Richard van Allan; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Peter Maag

CD37
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Julia Varady; Ida Bormida; Piero Cappuccilli; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Gavazzeni

CD38
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Mirella Freni; Ingvar Wixell; Vincenzo Bello; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Giuseppe Patanè

CD39-40
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Dame Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Ingvar Wixell; Nicolai Ghiaurov; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD41-42
Puccini: Tosca
Mirella Freni; Sherrill Milnes; Michel Sénéchal; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno

CD43
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Mirella Freni; Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Ruggero Raimondi; Leone Magiera; Vittoria Rosetta; Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala / Romano Gandolfi

CD44
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Mirella Freni; Lucia Valentini-Terrani; Ruggero Raimondi; Leone Magiera; Vittoria Rosetta; Coro Polifonico de Teatro alla Scala / Romano Gandolfi
Donizetti: Requiem
Renato Bruson; Viorica Cortez; Paolo Washington; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra & Chorus / Gerhard Fackler

CD45-48
Rossini: Gugilelmo Tell
Mirella Freni; Sherill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Riccardo Chailly

CD49-50
Verdi: La Traviata
Dame Joan Sutherland; Matteo Manuguerra; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD51-52
Bellini: La Sonnambula
Dame Joan Sutherland; Della Jones; Nicolai Ghiaurov; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD53-55
Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Montserrat Caballé; Agnes Baltsa; Nicolai Ghiaurov; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Bruno Bartoletti

CD56-57
Boito: Mefistofele
Nicolai Ghiaurov; Mirella Freni; Montserrat Caballé; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Oliviero de Fabritiis

CD58-59
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Margaret Price; Kathleen Battle; Renato Bruson; Christa Ludwig; The London Opera Chorus; The National Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti

CD60-61
Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Montserrat Caballé; Leo Nucci; Astrid Varnay; Chorus of the Welsh National Opera; National Philharmonic Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly

CD62-64
Mozart: Idomeneo
Frederica von Stade; Ileana Cotrubas; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / James Levine

CD65-67
Bellini: Norma
Dame Joan Sutherland; Samuel Ramey; Kim Begley; Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera / Richard Bonynge

CD68-70
Verdi: Aida
Maria Chiara; Ghena Dimitrova; Leo Nucci; Paata Burchuladze; Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano; Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Lorin Maazel

CD71-72
Verdi: Ernani
Dame Joan Sutherland; Leo Nucci; Paata Burchuladze; Chorus of the Welsh National Opera; Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera / Richard Bonynge

CD73
Berlioz: Requiem
Ernst Senff Chor / Ernst Senff; Berliner Philharmoniker / James Levine

CD74-75
Verdi: Rigoletto
June Anderson; Leo Nucci; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Shirley Verrett; Orchestra & Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Riccardo Chailly

CD76-77
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore
Kathleen Battle; Leo Nucci; Dawn Upshaw; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / James Levine

CD78-79
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Barbara Frittoli; Antonella Banaudi; Leo Nucci; Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Zubin Mehta

CD80-81
Verdi: Otello
Kiri Te Kanawa; Leo Nucci; Anthony Rolfe Johnson; Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Georg Solti

CD82-83
Verdi: La Traviata
Cheryl Studer; Juan Pons; Wendy White; Anthony Laciura; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Levine

CD84
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Daniela Dessi; Juan Pons; Paolo Coni; Ernesto Gavazzi; Westminster Symphonic Choir; Philadelphia Boys Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti

CD85-86
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Mirella Freni; Dwayne Croft; Cecilia Bartoli; Giuseppe Taddei; Ramón Vargas; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Levine

CD87-89
Verdi: Don Carlo
Daniela Dessì; Luciana d'Intino; Samuel Ramey; Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Riccardo Muti

CD90-91
Verdi: Rigoletto
Vladimir Chernov; Cheryl Studer; Roberto Scandiuzzi; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Levine

CD92-93
Verdi: I Lombardi
June Anderson; Richard Leech; Samuel Ramey; Patricia Racette; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus / James Levine

Blu-ray Audio discs:
CD94
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore
Dame Joan Sutherland; Dominic Cossa; Spiro Malas; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD95
Verdi: Rigoletto
Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Martti Talvela; Clifford Grant; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge

CD96
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Dame Joan Sutherland; Sherrill Milnes; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Ryland Davies; Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Richard Bonynge

CD97
Puccini: Turandot
Dame Joan Sutherland; Montserrat Caballé; Nicolai Ghiaurov; The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta

CD98
Puccini: La Bohème
Mirella Freni; Elizabeth Harwood; Rolando Panerai; Nicolai Ghiaurov; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

CD99
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Mirella Freni; Christa Ludwig; Robert Kerns; Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Bonus recording – Pavarotti's debut recording:
CD100-101
Puccini: La Bohème [Modena, 1961]
Vito Mattioli; Alberta Pellegrini; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Municipale di Reggio Emilia / Stelio Maroli

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