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Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett (May 31, 1931 – November 5, 2010) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a Soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s; she was particularly known for performing works by Giuseppe Verdi
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Semiramide: Act I: Serbami ognor; Alle più calde immagini
Semiramide: Act I: Serbami ognor; Alle più calde immagini
Gioachino Rossini, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Anton Guadagno
07:59
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Pietà ti prenta - "Aida"
Pietà ti prenta - "Aida"
Giuseppe Verdi, Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Anton Guadagno
04:27
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Rigoletto / Act 3: Bella figlia dell'amore
Rigoletto / Act 3: Bella figlia dell'amore
Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, June Anderson, Shirley Verrett, Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
04:08
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Rigoletto / Act 3: Ah, più non ragiono!...
Rigoletto / Act 3: Ah, più non ragiono!...
Giuseppe Verdi, June Anderson, Shirley Verrett, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
05:39
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Rigoletto / Act 3: Venti scudi hai tu detto
Rigoletto / Act 3: Venti scudi hai tu detto
Giuseppe Verdi, Leo Nucci, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
04:20

Albums

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Les plus grands airs d'opéra
Jakub Józef Orliński, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Anton Guadagno, Régine Crespin, Sascha Goetzel, Various Artists, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Le Concert d'Astrée, Shirley Verrett, Stanford Robinson, Bernadette Antoine
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Abbado A-Z: Verdi
Anthony Mee, Alfredo Giacomotti, Daniil Shtoda, Elena Obraztsova, Stella Doufexis, Giovanni Foiani, Adrianne Pieczonka, Giuseppe Verdi, Terry Edwards, Shirley Verrett, Claudio Abbado
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Classical
Pieter Schoeman, Zdenek Dejmek, Christian Ehwald, BBC Symphony Chorus, Shirley Verrett
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Classical Orchestra
Shirley Verrett
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50 Best Opera Classics
Shirley Verrett, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, The Orchestra National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Elizabeth Gale, Orchestre National Radiodiffusion Française, Denise Monteil
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100 Best Opera Classics
June Anderson, Gino Quilico, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Elizabeth Gale, Michele Pertusi, Jon Vickers, Graziella Sciutti, Orchestre National Radiodiffusion Française, Bruno Lazzaretti, Bruno Bartoletti, Shirley Verrett, Ruggero Raimondi, Robert Lloyd, Régine Crespin, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Claudio Desderi, The Orchestra National De La Radiodiffusion Francaise, Tatiana Troyanos, Denise Monteil
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100 Best Verdi
Medici String Quartet, Keith Erwen, Simon Estes, Maria Borgato, Giuliano Bernardi, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Alfredo Giacomotti, Florindo Andreolli, Shirley Verrett, Reri Grist, Jonathan Lemalu
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Romantic Era Classics
Jerome Rose, Christian Ehwald, Charles K.L. Davis, Latvian Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Oskamp, Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra, Shirley Verrett, Jadwiga Kotnowska, BBC Symphony Chorus, Jorg Metzger, John Lubbock
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Verdi: Essentials
Shirley Verrett, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Walter Gullino, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München
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Epic Classical Music
Shirley Verrett, Raymond Paige, Kurt Wöss, Ferdinand Grossmann, Martin Neary
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Shirley Verrett at Carnegie Hall, New York City, January 30, 1965
Charles Wadsworth, Shirley Verrett
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Wiener Staatsoper Live)
Eberhard Wächter, Horst Stein, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Giuseppe Verdi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Franco Corelli, Shirley Verrett
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Erotic Classical
Shirley Verrett, Leopold Stokowsky
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Absolute Masterworks - Opera
Tatiana Troyanos, Andrea Rost, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Bruce Ford, Enzo Dara, Barry McDaniel, Ruth Ann Swenson, Paul Charles Clarke, Peter Hall, Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Shirley Verrett, Paolo Barbacini, Emil Tchakarov
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Montserrat Caballé Sings Verdi
Montserrat Caballé, Shirley Verrett, Anton Guadagno
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Montserrat Caballé - The Diva
Shirley Verrett, Ruggero Raimondi, Eve Queler, Anton Guadagno, Montserrat Caballé, Amadeo Vives, Richard Heuberger
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Romantic Caballé
Shirley Verrett, Ruggero Raimondi, Anton Guadagno, Sherrill Milnes, Montserrat Caballé
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Lovely Classique Musique Sacrée
Hans Peter Blochwitz, David Munrow, Olaf Bär, Lisa Otto, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Charles Brett, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Shirley Verrett, Julian Podger, Pérotin, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Charles Pott
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Je n'aime Pas l'opéra mais ça j'aime bien
James Lockhart, Shirley Verrett
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Riccardo Chailly, June Anderson, Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Natale de Carolis, Roberto Scaltriti
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111 Classical Masterpieces
Shirley Verrett, Eileen Flissler, Charles K.L. Davis, Wilfred Pelletier
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London Symphony Orchestra plays Classical Favourites
Shirley Verrett
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Bellini: Norma
James Levine, John Alldis Choir, Shirley Verrett
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Carmen
Anne Pashley, Shirley Verrett, John Dobson, Francis Egerton
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Maria Stuarda
Shirley Verrett, Giulio Fioravanti