About the conductor Thomas Schippers

Thomas Schippers (1930-1977) was one of the most brilliant American conductors of the 20th Century but died when he was just consolidating his reputation and moving into his potentially most fruitful phase. He shone in the opera house but was also a superb exponent of orchestral repertoire. Schippers studied at the Julliard and then went to Yale to work with Hindemith. His breakthrough came when he conducted Menotti's The Consul in 1950 which ran for eight months on Broadway. He then conducted in 1951 the premiere of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors in the first opera commissioned by TV, a famous live NBC telecast. He made his La Scala Milan debut in 1955 and returned in 1961 to conduct Callas in Cherubini's Medea and then in Falla's Atlantida in 1962. In 1966 he inaugurated the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Centre with the world premiere of Barber's Anthony & Cleopatra. In 1959, He went to Moscow with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic and in 1963 conducted Die Meistersinger in Bayreuth. Schippers was especially known for his musical directorship of the Festival of Two Words created in 1958 and held annually at Spoleto, Italy. In 1970 he became Music Director of the Cincinatti Symphony but in 1977 Schippers succumbed to lung cancer

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Thomas Schippers

CATALOGUE NR: SBT1073
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT

TITLE: Opera Arias
TRACKS: arias by Gluck / Weber / Verdi / Ponchielli / Tchaikovsky / Massenet / Debussy / Menotti. Song Recital.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Eileen Farrell      

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CATALOGUE NR: SBK46336
RECORD LABEL: Sony Essential Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.99 including VAT, or £ 4.25 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1. Piano Concerto No.2.
ORCHESTRA: Philadelphia Orchestra and New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Ormandy and Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Emil Gilels   Andre Watts    

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100586
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 8.99 including VAT, or £ 7.65 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Jan-2002

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Don Pasquale - complete
TRACKS: Bonus Tracks of Lucia di Lammermoor excerpts.
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers and Silvio Varviso
ARTISTS: Roberta Peters   Fernando Corena   Frank Guarrera   Cesare Valletti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1956 and 1966 in New York

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CATALOGUE NR: LS4035133
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2002

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Il Duca D’alba - complete
ORCHESTRA: Trieste Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Louis Quilico   Wladimiro Ganzarolli   Renato Cioni   Ivana Tosini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1959

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CATALOGUE NR: 4438712
RECORD LABEL: Double Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 8.75 including VAT, or £ 7.45 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 18-Jan-1999

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen
ORCHESTRA: Suisse Romande Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Joan Sutherland   Mario del Monaco   Tom Krause  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: comes with a unique listening guide taking the listener on a journey through the opera's plot - Penguin Guide 1 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3920052
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 23.99 including VAT, or £ 20.42 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 10-Sep-2007

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
TITLE: La boheme - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Nicolai Gedda   Mirella Freni   Mario Sereni   Ferruccio Mazzoli

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1963 - Dec-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: VAIDVD4218
RECORD LABEL: VAI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 24.99 including VAT, or £ 21.27 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 26-Jul-2002

COMPOSER: Gian Carlo Menotti
TITLE: The Medium - complete
ORCHESTRA: Symphony Orchestra of Rome Radio Italiana
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Marie Powers   Anna Maria Alberghetti   Beverly Dame   Belva Kibler

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded USA 1950 / Picture Format: PAL NTSC / Region Free Code 0 / Black & White / 80 minutes duration

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CATALOGUE NR: LS1111
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jun-2004

COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini
TITLE: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - complete
ORCHESTRA: La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Hermann Prey   Frederica von Stade   Renzo Casellato   Ruggero Raimondi

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 31-Dec-1976

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CATALOGUE NR: 5695892
RECORD LABEL: EMI Seraphim
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Best Loved Italian Opera Choruses
TRACKS: Vedi le fosche (Anvil Chorus). Squilli echeggi. Noi siamo Zingarelle. Di Madride noi siam matadori. Zitti Zitti. Scorrendo uniti. Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves). Sl santo nome di Dio. La vergine degli angeli. Rataplan. Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal Scene) (Verdi). Son lo! Son lo la vita! (Hymn to the Sun). Ah! Gli aranci. Regina coeli (Easter Hymn) (Mascagni). Humming Chorus. Perche tarda la luna. Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam (Puccini).
ORCHESTRA: Rome Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Tullio Serafin and Thomas Schippers

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CATALOGUE NR: GL326
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.45 including VAT, or £ 4.64 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TRACKS: Giovanna D'Arco - Qual v'ha speme? … Sotto una quercia parvemi. I Due Foscari - Prelude Notte! Perpetua notte. La Forza Del Destino - St Petersburg original version 1862 - Qual sangue sparsi orrore! Attila - Qual notte!… Ella in poter del barbaro! Luisa Miller - Oh! Fede negar potessi…Quando le sere al placido. Encore: Lara o l'avello apprestami. Bonus tracks: Aida - Se quel guerrier io fossi .. Celeste Aida Pur ti riveggo.
ORCHESTRA: Groot Omroeporkest and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
CONDUCTOR: Michelangelo Veltri and Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Carlo Bergonzi   Leontyne Price   Robert Merrill  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1973

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CATALOGUE NR: GD86503
RECORD LABEL: RCA
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Ernani - complete
ORCHESTRA: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Carlo Bergonzi   Leontyne Price   Mario Sereni   Julia Hamari

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: LS4035138
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Luisa Miller - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Montserrat Caballe   Richard Tucker   Sherill Milnes   Giorgio Tozzi

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 17-Feb-1968

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CATALOGUE NR: 7636402
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.59 including VAT, or £ 12.42 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Il Trovatore - complete
ORCHESTRA: Rome Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Robert Merrill   Giulietta Simionato   Ferruccio Mazzoli

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CATALOGUE NR: GL309
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.45 including VAT, or £ 4.64 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Franco Corelli sings Giuseppe Verdi
TRACKS: I Lombardi - La mia letizia infondere. Ernani - Merce diletti amici… Dell' esilio mel dolore. Macbeth - Ah la paterna mano. La Battaglia Di Legnano - A magnanima e prima / E ver? Sei d'altri. Rigoletto - La donna e mobile. Il Trovatore - Deserto sulla terra / Soli or siamo… Condotta ell'era in ceppi… Mal reggendo / Quale d'armi fragor… Ai mostri monti. La Forza del Destino - O tu che in seno agli angeli. Aida - Celeste Aida. Otello - Esultate.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers and Gianandrea Gavazzeni
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Historical recordings 1954 - 1965

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CATALOGUE NR: LS1112
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Sep-2004

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: La Traviata - complete
ORCHESTRA: Florence Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Alfredo Kraus      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Florence 18-Jan-1976

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CATALOGUE NR: LS1130
RECORD LABEL: Living Stage
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 25-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Aida - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Leontyne Price   Carlo Bergonzi   Grace Bumbry   Robert Merrill

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 25-Feb-1967

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CATALOGUE NR: MDCD0001
RECORD LABEL: Myto Devotion
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 15.99 including VAT, or £ 13.61 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jun-2007

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Ernani - complete
TRACKS: bonus tracks : Corelli sings Ernani.
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Leontyne Price   Franco Corelli   Mario Sereni   Cesare Siepi

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live New York MET 10-Apr-1965 / bonus recorded New York MET 15-Mar-1965

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CATALOGUE NR: 3933752
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classics for Pleasure
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.45 including VAT, or £ 4.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Nov-2007

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
TITLE: Il Trovatore - highlights
ORCHESTRA: Rome Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Franco Corelli   Gabriella Tucci   Giulietta Simionato   Robert Merrill

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CATALOGUE NR: 82876787472
RECORD LABEL: Sony Great Performances
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Modest Mussorgsky
TRACKS: Scenes from Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky arranged & orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov). Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky orch. Ravel).
ORCHESTRA: Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Philadelphia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Schippers and Eugene Ormandy

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CATALOGUE NR: 82876787602
RECORD LABEL: Sony Great Performances
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.35 (Tchaikovsky). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn).
ORCHESTRA: New York Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: George Szell and Thomas Schippers
ARTISTS: Zino Francescatti   Members of the Cleveland Philharmonic    

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