Shirley Verrett
American operatic mezzo-soprano or soprano sfogato.
Married to Lou Lo Monaco (1963)
Born: May 31, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: November 5, 2010 in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Tosca
Puccini* / Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Cornell MacNeil, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra* and Chorus*, James Conlon
2010
Decca
DVD-V, NTSC
L'Africaine (I)
Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo*, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Díaz*, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena (2), Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large
2005
Digital Classics DVD, Edizioni Del Prado
DVD-V, RE, PAL
L'Africaine (II)
Giacomo Meyerbeer / Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo*, Ruth Ann Swenson, Justino Díaz*, San Francisco Opera Chorus And San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Maurizio Arena (2), Lotfi Mansouri, Brian Large
2005
Digital Classics DVD, Edizioni Del Prado
DVD-V, RE, PAL
Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Leo Nucci, June Anderson, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
2002
Hobby & Work Publishing Music
2xCD
MacBeth
Giuseppe Verdi, Piero Cappuccilli, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Franco Tagliavini, Stefania Malagù, Nicola Martinucci, Carlo Zardo, Alfredo Mariotti, Antonio Zerbini
2002
Opera D'Oro
2xCD, Album, M/Print
Carmen
Georges Bizet – Shirley Verrett • Placido Domingo • José van Dam • Kiri Te Kanawa / Sir Georg Solti*
2002
The Fairy Queen (Abridged) - Dido & Aeneas
Purcell* - Benita Valente, Paul Esswood, Ian Partridge, Shirley Verrett, Raymond Leppard, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
2001
Opera D'Oro
2xCD, Album
Norma
Vincenzo Bellini, Shirley Verrett, Nunzio Todisco, Alexandrina Milchewa*, Clifford Grant, Chorus* And Orchestra Of The San Francisco Opera*
2001
Gala (8)
2xCD, Album
La Favorita
Gaetano Donizetti, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, Pablo Elvira, James Morris*, Brooklyn College Chorus, Orchestra Of The New York City Opera, Eve Queler
2001
Gala (8)
2xCD, Album
Mosè
Rossini*, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Shirley Verrett, Mario Petri, Wolfgang Sawallisch
2001
Opera D'Oro
2xCD, Album, RE
Symphony No. 3 / Symphony No. 1
Mahler* - Shirley Verrett, Boston Symphony*, Leinsdorf*
1999
RCA Red Seal, BMG Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM
Sings Bellini Norma & Verdi Oberto, Il Trovatore, Don Carlo, Aida
Shirley Verrett
1999
Gala (8)
2xCD, Album
L'Africaine
Giacomo Meyerbeer, Placido Domingo, Shirley Verrett
1999
Gala (8)
3xCD
Giacomo Meyerbeer - l'Africaine
Jean Périsson, Evelyn Mandac, Placido Domingo, Shirley Verrett, Norman Mittelmann
1999
Samson Et Dalila
Saint-Saëns*, Shirley Verrett, Richard Cassilly, Robert Massard
1998
Opera D'Oro
2xCD, Album, RE
Carmen (Highlights)
Georges Bizet, Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo*, Kiri Te Kanawa, José van Dam, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden*, Sir Georg Solti*
1997
Gala (8)
CD
Dido & Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell, Shirley Verrett, Raymond Leppard, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI
1995
Arkadia
CD, Album
Samson Et Dalila
Camille Saint-Saëns, Verrett*, Cassilly*, Massard*
1995
Arkadia
2xCD
Il Trovatore
Pavarotti*, Verdi*, Banaudi*, Verrett*, Nucci*, Coro* E Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*, Zubin Mehta
1995
Carmen - Selezione
Bizet* - Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Van Dam*, Thomas Allen, Georg Solti
1994
DeAgostini
CD, Comp, RM
Rigoletto (Highlights)
Verdi* / Pavarotti* • Nucci* • Anderson* • Ghiaurov* • Verrett* / Chailly*, Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
1993
La Damnation de Faust / Les Troyens
Hector Berlioz, Georges Prêtre, Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Gedda, Shirley Verrett, Robert Massard, Roger Soyer, Veriano Luchetti
1992
Arkadia
4xCD, Comp
Carmen
Bizet* / Shirley Verrett, Albert Lance, Robert Massard / Orchestra Sinfonica* E Coro di Roma della RAI, Georges Prêtre
1992
Marshall Cavendish
Cass, Comp, Dol
Stabat Mater / Te Deum
Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Zylis-Gara*, Verrett*, Pavarotti*, Zaccaria*, Carlo Maria Giulini
1991
Arkadia
CD, Comp, RE
Samson Et Dalila
Camille Saint-Saëns, Placido Domingo, Shirley Verret*, Wolfgang Brendel
1991
Samson Et Dalila (Milano 1970)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Shirley Verrett • Richard Cassilly • Robert Massard • Giovanni Foiani / Georges Prêtre
1990
Foyer Live Recording
2xCD, Mono, RE
Mose'
Rossini*, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Shirley Verrett, Ottavio Garaventa, Mario Petri, Giampaolo Corradi, Wolfgang Sawallisch
1990
El Amor Brujo / Nights In The Gardens Of Spain / The Three-Cornered Hat
Manuel De Falla - Shirley Verrett, Philippe Entremont, Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
1990
Rigoletto
Verdi* - Pavarotti* ∙ Nucci* ∙ Anderson* ∙ Verrett* ∙ Ghiaurov* ∙ Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Chailly*
1989
Carmen
Georges Bizet, Shirley Verrett • Albert Lance • Isabel Garcisanz • Robert Massard • Orchestra Sinfonica* E Coro di Roma della Radiotelevisione Italiana* • Georges Prêtre
1989
Classic Aid Gala 1988
Domingo* • Estes* • Hendricks* • Verrett* • Adler* • Galway* • Lloyd Webber* • Tena* • Turban* • Weissenberg*, Orchestre National De France, Lorin Maazel
1988
Maria Stuarda
Gaetano Donizetti - Gencer*, Tagliavini*, Verrett*, Molinari-Pradelli*
1988
Stabat Mater
Gioacchino Rossini, Teresa Zylis-Gara*, Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Zaccaria, Orchestra Sinfonica* E Coro di Roma della RAI, Carlo Maria Giulini
1988
Violin Concerto, Alto Rhapsody - Haydn, Variations
Brahms* - Henryk Szeryng, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Shirley Verrett, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
1988
Macbeth
Verdi* - Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Veriano Luchetti, Antonio Barasorda, Orchestra* E Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
1987
El Amor Brujo; Notti Nei Giardini di Spagna
De Falla*, Verrett*, Stokovski*, Rubinstein*, Ansermet*
1982
Longanesi Periodici
LP, Comp, Gat
Massenet / Chausson
Shirley Verrett, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della Radiotelevisione Italiana*, Gabriele Ferro
1981
Fonit Cetra
LP
Samson et Dalila
Camille Saint-Saëns - Jon Vickers, Shirley Verrett, Chorus* & Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
1981
Requiem
Verdi* - Katia Ricciarelli, Shirley Verrett, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
1980
Luisa Miller (Highlights)
Verdi* / Moffo*, Bergonzi*, Verrett*, MacNeil*, Tozzi*, Flagello* - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra And Chorus*, Fausto Cleva
1980
Grand gala der Oper - Die grossten Stimmen unserer Zeit
Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi, Sherrill Milnes, John Mitchinson, Shirley Verrett
1979
Ullstein Musik
2xLP, Comp
Un Ballo In Maschera
Verdi*, Abbado*, Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli, Elena Obraztsova, Daniela Mazzucato
1978
Legendary Recordings
3xLP, Mono + Box
Alto Rhapsody / Tragic Overture / Haydn Variations
Brahms* - Shirley Verrett, Eugene Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra
1978
Macbeth (Querschnitt · Highlights · Brani Scelti)
Verdi* / Shirley Verrett · Piero Cappuccilli · Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov · Claudio Abbado, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Romano Gandolfi, Claudio Abbado
1978
Macbeth
Verdi* - Shirley Verrett, Piero Cappuccilli, Plácido Domingo*, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Coro* E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Claudio Abbado
1976
Un Ballo In Maschera
Verdi*, Price*, Bergonzi*, Verrett*, Merrill*, Grist*, Flagello*, Leinsdorf* / RCA Italiana Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*
1975
The Siege Of Corinth
Rossini* - Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Justino Diaz, Harry Theyard, London Symphony Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Thomas Schippers
1975
Gran Gala All' Opera
Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi, Sherrill Milnes, Shirley Verrett, Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, Georges Prêtre, Herbert von Karajan
1974
Jugoton
LP, Comp
Vincenzo Bellini's Norma
Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Paul Plishka, James Levine (2)
1974
Anna Bolena
Donizetti* / Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Stuart Burrows, Paul Plishka, London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Chorus* Conducted By Julius Rudel
1974
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi, Placido Domingo, Delia Wallis, Montserrat Caballé, Ryland Davies, Simon Estes, Sherrill Milnes, Shirley Verrett, Ruggero Raimondi, Carlo Maria Giulini
1971
Don Carlos
Giuseppe Verdi - Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Simon Estes, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Shirley Verrett, Ambrosian Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Carlo Maria Giulini
1971
Mahler's Greatest Hits - Adagietto From Symphony No. 5 (Theme From "Death In Venice") And Favorite Movements From Symphonies 1,2,3 And 4
Mahler* - Ormandy* / Philadelphia Orchestra*, Leinsdorf* / Munch* / Boston Symphony*, Reiner* / Chicago Symphony*, Verrett*, Forrester*, Finnila*, Della Casa*
1971
Great Operatic Duets
Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett, New Philharmonia Orchestra / Anton Guadagno
1970
El Amor Brujo
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, Manuel De Falla, Richard Wagner, Shirley Verrett
1970
Gran Gala All' Opera Vol 3.
Sherrill Milnes, Shirley Verrett, Montserat Caballe*, Placido Domingo, Alfredo Kraus, Mirella Freni, Carlo Bergonzi, Leontyne Price, Zubin Mehta, Georges Prêtre, Georg Solti, Herbert Von Karajan
1970
In Opera
Shirley Verrett, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Conducted By Georges Prêtre
1968
RCA Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal
LP
Highlights From Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia
Donizetti*, Montserrat Caballe*, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, Ezio Flagello, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Jonel Perlea
1968
RCA Victor Red Seal
LP, Album
In Opera
Shirley Verrett, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Conducted By Georges Prêtre
1968
Highlights From Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia
Donizetti*, Montserrat Caballe*, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, Ezio Flagello, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Jonel Perlea
1967
RCA Victor Red Seal
LP, Album
Stabat Mater
Gioacchino Rossini, Teresa Zylis-Gara*, Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Zaccaria, Orchestra Sinfonica* E Coro di Roma della RAI, Carlo Maria Giulini
1967
Voce
LP, Mono
Symphony No. 3
Mahler*, Boston Symphony*, Leinsdorf*, Shirley Verrett
1967
Un Ballo In Maschera (Highlights)
Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, Shirley Verrett, Reri Grist, Ezio Flagello, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Giuseppe Verdi
1967
Singin' In The Storm
Shirley Verrett
1966
Lucrezia Borgia
Donizetti*, Montserrat Caballe*, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, Jonel Perlea
1966
Vocal Music Of Vivaldi
Vivaldi*, The Virtuosi Di Roma*, Renato Fasano, Shirley Verrett, The Polyphonic Ensemble Of Rome*, Nino Antonellini
1966
Orfeo Ed Euridice
Gluck*, Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo And Judith Raskin, Virtuosi Di Roma "Collegium Musicum Italicum", Renato Fasano
1966
La Forza Del Destino
Leontyne Price, Verdi*, Richard Tucker (2), Robert Merrill, Shirley Verrett, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra And Chorus*, Thomas Schippers
1965
Shirley Verrett Alla Carnegie Hall
Shirley Verrett
1965
Luisa Miller
Verdi*, Moffo*, Bergonzi*, Verrett*, MacNeil*, Tozzi*, Flagello*, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra And Chorus*, Fausto Cleva
1965
La Forza del Destino (Highlights)
Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker (2), Robert Merrill, Shirley Verrett, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra And Chorus*, Thomas Schippers, Verdi*
1965
Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Shirley Verrett, Falla*
1965
Carnegie Hall Recital - January 30, 1965
Shirley Verrett
1965
La Favorita
Gaetano Donizetti, Shirley Verrett, Alfredo Kraus, Barbara Hendricks, James Morris (5), Pablo Elvira
BJR
3xLP
Don Carlo
Verdi*, Ghiaurov*, Corelli*, Wächter*, Talvela*, Janowitz*, Gruberova*, Franc*, Verrett*, Aichberger*, Blegen*, Stein*, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsopernchor
How Great Thou Art Precious Lord
Shirley Verrett
Symphony No. 3 / Götterdämmerung
Mahler* / Wagner*, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf
2023
Urania Records (4)
2xCD, Comp, RM
Kentucky: Southern Music Issue No 19
Various
2017
Oxford American
CD, Comp
The Complete RCA Album Collection
Georges Prêtre
2017
RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
2xCD, Album, RE, RM + 2xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Al
Voix - Les Grands Récitals
Various
2017
Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal, Eurodisc, Sony Music, Les Diapason D'Or
15xCD, Album, Comp, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Comp
Viva Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
2017
Radio Classique, Warner Classics, Erato
2xCD, Comp
Kentucky: Southern Music Issue No 19
Various
2017
Oxford American
29xFile, MP3, Comp, 256
Great Moments At Carnegie Hall. Selected Highlights From 125 Years Of Performance History
Various
2016
Sony Classical
2xCD, Comp
Prima Donna Assoluta: Her Ultimate Opera Recordings - Remastered
Leontyne Price
2016
Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal
22xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp
Opéra, Un Récital Idéal
Various
2016
Diapason, Sony Music
2xCD, Comp, RE
Don Carlo
Giuseppe Verdi : Carlo Maria Giulini, Placido Domingo · Montserrat Caballé · Ruggero Raimondi · Ambrosian Opera Chorus* · Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
2016
Warner Classics
3xCD, Album, RE, RM
Ich Mag Keine Oper, Aber Das Gefällt Mir
Various
2014
RCA Red Seal
2xCD, Comp
The Columbia Stereo Recordings
Leopold Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra*, American Symphony Orchestra*, National Philharmonic Orchestra
2012
Sony Classical
10xCD, Comp, RM + Box
1000 Classical Masterpieces
Various
2012
EMI Classics
61xCD, Comp + Box
Die grossen Erfolge
Montserrat Caballé
2012
Sony Classical
CD, Comp
Je N'Aime Pas L'Opéra, Mais Ca J'Aime Bien !
Various
2012
RCA Red Seal
2xCD, Comp
Muziek Die Je Raakt, De 100 Mooiste Klassieke Werken
Various
2012
Sony Music
10xCD, Comp + Box
Музичка Култура 8
Александра Паладин*, Драгана Михајловић-Бокан*
2011
ЛОГОС
3xCD, Comp
Diamond Collection - Viva L'Opera
Various
2010
Sony Classical, Sony Music
4xCD, Comp, Dig
Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
2010
Decca
DVD-V, NTSC
40 (Live Recordings 1963 - 2006)
Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
2009
Helicon Records
12xCD, Comp + Box, Comp
Great Operas From La Scala: Rigoletto - Il Trovatore - La Traviata - Un Ballo In Maschera - Don Carlo - Macbeth - Simon Boccanegra - Aida
Verdi*
2009
Deutsche Grammophon
21xCD, Album + Box, Comp
The Original Jacket Collection
Montserrat Caballé
2008
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, RCA Red Seal
15xCD, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd
Requiem
Various
2008
Deutsche Grammophon, Trouw (2), NRC Handelsblad
10xCD, Comp + Box
The World's Most Romantic Operas
Various
2007
Bravissimo Opera Library
14xCD, Comp
Don Carlo (2000 Digital Remaster): Nei giardin del bello (Eboli/Tebaldo/Dame)
Shirley Verrett
Les troyens: Je vais mourir…adieu fierce cite
Shirley Verrett
You'll Never Walk Alone
Shirley Verrett
O Glory
Shirley Verrett
Carmen: Act I, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Shirley Verrett
Donizetti: Anna Bolena - Tragedia lirica in due atti / Act 2 - Sul suo capo aggravi un Dio (Anna, Giovanna)
Shirley Verrett
Carmen: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle
Shirley Verrett
Scena e Duetto - Finale III: "Ove son io?"
Shirley Verrett
Don Carlo (Act IV): Ah! più non vedrò la Regina!... O don fatale!
Shirley Verrett
Hold On!
Shirley Verrett
Aria: "La luce langue"
Shirley Verrett
Alleluia
Shirley Verrett
Roll Jord'n Roll
Shirley Verrett
Mosè: Act IV, "Prelude" (Orchestra)
Shirley Verrett
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego (Ritual Fire Dance)
Shirley Verrett
I'm A Poor Little Orphan In This World
Shirley Verrett
Don Carlo (2000 - Remaster): Nei giardin del bello (Eboli/Tebaldo/Dame)
Shirley Verrett
Vieni t'affretta...Or tutti sorgete
Shirley Verrett
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": Ode and der Freude (Ode to Joy)
Shirley Verrett
Carmen: Overture
Shirley Verrett