Leonora, the passionate young girl choosing seclusion and life as a hermit to avoid the revenge of her brother and punish herself for her forbidden love with Alvaro and the death of her father, is one of the most tragic roles of the Verdian repertoire. It was also the first roles Maria Callas took up in her career.

Actually, she had ended her career in 1941 after her marriage, but in 1951, at the express request of Francesco Cilea, she took on the title role in his opera Adriana Lecouvreur.

This first-ever, specially remastered collection compiles highlights chosen by Renée of her 'most magical experiences', captured live on stage in this pinnacle of opera houses. Produced by GRAMMY-winning David Frost, the collection features duets with Cecilia Bartoli, Susan Graham, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel and more.

Mariano Eusebio González García, a.k.a Luis Mariano, was a famous tenor of Spanish-Basque origin who is remembered, especially in France, as "the king of the operetta."

December 2nd is the birthday of Maria Callas, meaning that we are now exactly one year before her centenary.

Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore is a melodrama giocoso in two acts and has remained one of the world’s most popular and often performed operas.

Star tenor Javier Camarena makes his Pentatone debut with Signor Gaetano, together with Gli Originali under the baton of Italian opera specialist Riccardo Frizza, presenting a carefully-curated exploration of Donizetti's greatest tenor arias. Besides famous excerpts from L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale and Roberto Devereux, this project focuses on hidden gems from rarely-recorded works such as Betly, Maria de Rudenz and Il giovedì grasso. Camarena and Frizza's exceptional sense of style is enhanced by the period instrument playing of Gli Originali. The recording took place at the Teatro Donizetti in the composer's hometown Bergamo, as part of the yearly Donizetti Festival, of which Frizza is the musical director. Javier Camarena is one of the most in-demand tenors of his generation, and one of the world's leading bel canto specialists. Riccardo Frizza frequents major opera houses, was awarded the Best Conductor prize at the International Opera XXI Awards, and returns to Pentatone after having featured on The Three Queens (Donizetti) with Sondra Radvanovsky and Lyric Opera Chicago (2022). Gli Originali was founded within the context of the Bergamo Donizetti Festival, and aims to revive the sound world of early nineteenth-century opera with period instruments and a historically-informed approach.

Maria Callas Commendatore OMRI (December 2, 1923, New York – September 16, 1977, Paris) was a leading 20th-century Greek mastiff. Her vocal art and special acting skills have been praised by a host of critics.

Maria Callas (eigentlich Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulou, griechisch Μαρία Άννα Σοφία Καικιλία Καλογεροπούλου; 2. Dezember 1923 in New York City; † 16.September 1977 in Paris) war eine griechische Sängerin. Sie besaß auch die italienische Staatsbürgerschaft.

The Glossa label presents a new recording of the baroque zarzuela Donde hay violencia, no hay culpa, by José de Nebra, commanded by the countertenor and director Alberto Miguélez Rouco, at the head of his historicist group Los elementos.

Johann Simon Mayr was among the most successful composers prior to Rossini, and while he was long remembered as Donizetti’s teacher his excellent music is now gaining the recognition it deserves

On stage they’re usually rivals, but in real life Jonas Kaufmann and Ludovic Tézier share a close friendship. After many live performances together these two extraordinary artists have recorded their first duet album: “Insieme”, meaning “together” in Italian, to be released on Sony Classical.

In October, we announced As Told By: History, Race, and Justice on the Opera Stage, the most extensive and ambitious presentation of opera by Black composers to ever take place in the US. S

Deadly ménage-à-trois: new setting of Leoncavallo's rarely performed opera Zingari "A better rendition of Leoncavallo's fiery, sensual opera about a love triangle is hard to imagine," The Guardian wrote of Carlo Rizzi's rehearsal of the opera Zingari.

“Muti’s forces provided all the passion imaginable, yet never descended into sensation or vulgarity. One basked in the idiomatic italianata of it all. This was the most beautiful orchestral performance in memory of Mascagni’s seminal score.”