--- product_id: 138934261 title: "Anna Moffo - The Complete RCA Recital Albums" brand: "anna moffo" price: "541839₫" currency: VND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/138934261-anna-moffo-the-complete-rca-recital-albums store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Anna Moffo - The Complete RCA Recital Albums **Brand:** anna moffo **Price:** 541839₫ **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Anna Moffo - The Complete RCA Recital Albums by anna moffo - **How much does it cost?** 541839₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/138934261-anna-moffo-the-complete-rca-recital-albums) ## Best For - anna moffo enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted anna moffo brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description One of the brightest stars in the 20th-century operatic firmament, the Pennsylvania-born soprano Anna Moffo (1932–2006) enjoyed a meteoric rise in the 1950s and 1960s that saw her conquer all the major opera houses in Europe and America. After making her Metropolitan Opera début in 1959 as Violetta in La traviata, she went on to appear with the company in 200 performances of 21 roles over a total of 18 seasons, before finally singing her last complete performance – once again as Verdi’s Violetta – and retiring from the stage in 1976. Specially released to mark the 10th anniversary of Anna Moffo’s death (with booklet notes by Jürgen Kesting and full discographical details), Sony Classical’s new limited edition 12-CD original jackets collection finally brings together the 10 recital albums that Moffo recorded for RCA between 1960 and 1974, four of them making their first appearance on CD, newly mastered from the original analogue tapes using 24bit/96kHz technology. Mostly dating from Moffo’s youthful heyday in the early 1960s, these treasurable reissues include new remasterings of such jewels from her discography as her ravishing recording of Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne (coupled with equally sensuous versions of Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas brasileiras No. 5 and Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise) under the direction of the legendary Leopold Stokowski and the fascinating double-album A Portrait of Manon, in which Moffo portrays the Abbé Prévost’s seductively immoral heroine in contrasting scenes from Massenet’s and Puccini’s rival settings of the story. Partnered there by the great Italian operatic tenors Giuseppe Di Stefano and Flaviano Labò, Moffo is also featured in two famous collaborations with the 1960s heart-throb tenor (later turned Las Vegas cabaret star) Sergio Franchi: The Dream Duet, an enticing selection of Broadway and operetta hits by Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg and others; and a starrily cast sequence of “great moments” from Johann Strauss’s flirtatious Viennese comedy Die Fledermaus, sung in a delightfully period English translation. Rounding off the collection are two compilation discs: an original 1973 album of Great Love Duets from Opera, featuring Moffo in tandem with such famous tenors as Richard Tucker, Carlo Bergonzi and Alfredo Kraus, and now newly extended to include five extra tracks by Verdi and Puccini; and a brand-new compilation of arias from Moffo’s various complete RCA opera recordings, showcasing her in some of her most impressive roles: as Eurydice in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, as Serpina in Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, as an almost Callas-like heroine in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, as a notably warm-toned Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto and, of course, as Violetta in La traviata, the signature role with which she had taken her leave of the stage in 1976. Set contents: DISC 1: LSC-2504 The Debut Album - Anna Moffo - Rome Opera House Orchestra - Tullio Serafin DISC 2: LSC-2675 The Dream Duet - Anna Moffo - Sergio Franchi - Henri René (first release on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 3: LSC-2685 A Verdi Collaboration - Anna Moffo - RCA Italiana Orchestra - Franco Ferrara (remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 4-5: LSC-7028-1/2 A Portrait of Manon: Massenet & Puccini - Anna Moffo - Robert Kerns - Flaviano Labò - Manlio Rocchi - Mario Rinaudo - Enzo Titta - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus - René Leibowitz (remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 6: LSC-2728 The Great Moments of “Die Fledermaus” - Anna Moffo & Ensemble - Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Oscar Danon DISC 7: LSC-2794 One Night of Love - Anna Moffo - RCA Victor Orchestra - Skitch Henderson (first release on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 8: LSC-2795 Canteloube / Villa-Lobos / Rachmaninoff - Anna Moffo - American Symphony Orchestra - Leopold Stokowski DISC 9: LSC-3225 Claude Debussy: Songs - Anna Moffo - Jean Casadesus (first release on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes DISC 10: ARL1-0844 Heroines From The Great French Operas - Anna Moffo - New Philharmonia Orchestra - Peter Maag (first release on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 11: Anna Moffo – Selected Arias from her RCA Opera Recordings (remastered from the original analogue tapes) DISC 12: ARL1-0165 Great Love Duets from Opera (remastered from the original analogue tapes) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B014ELW6JS | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (53) | | Date First Available | September 2, 2015 | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Label | Sony Classical | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Sony Classical | | Number of discs | 12 | | Original Release Date | 2016 | | Product Dimensions | 5.17 x 5.37 x 1.39 inches; 12.8 ounces | | Run time | 10 hours and 33 minutes | ## Images ![Anna Moffo - The Complete RCA Recital Albums - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7157nCYxuQL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Time magazine once described Moffo ' as one of the best lyric-coloratura sopranos in the World'. *by U***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2015* Moffo has a soprano quality which defies categorization. She has been critically assessed as a lyric, a coloratura and also as a lyrical dramatic soprano-which means the pure tonal beauty of the lyric and the sheer power of the dramatic soprano. In Italian opera, this singer is often called a lirico spinto. Spinto means to push, which implies pushing outwards of the boundaries of the lyric soprano style. Her voice is warm and rich with soft pastel colourings and a velvety lower range.She was called "La Bellissima" because of her stunning looks. When Moffo took part in the Philadelphia Orchestra Young Artists Auditions in 1954, the conductor Eugene Ormandy summed up his impressions " It is impossible for anyone that beautiful to sing, so I closed my eyes and she won on merit". I suppose the same could be said of Franco Corelli, who had the looks of a film star. She had the added burden of being called the "New Callas", which was misleading and she attempted to counter it, although she had to fight her husband who thought she should go down that road. She did sing Musetta alongside the Mimi of Maria Callas in EMI's recording of La Boheme. I own it.Moffo (1932-2006) was an American, born of Italian parents in Pennsylvania. She studied singing at the Curtis Institute of music in Philadelphia, with Eufemia Gregory, the sister of soprano Dusolina Giannini who recorded Verdi's Aida in 1928 with the La Scala, Milan orchestra, Conductor Sabajno, with Pertile, Toscanini's favourite tenor. (Available at Amazon). However, she was able to continue her studies because of a Fulbright scholarship, so she was able to study in Italy with Mercedes Llopart, who was coaching Renata Scotto, Fiorenza Cossotto and Alfredo Kraus. Her official debut in opera was in 1955 at Spoleto and the rest is history.BOX SET:This tough cardboard 12 CD box set is the size of a CD sleeve and the lid which covers the box opens to the side. On the back it mentions that Moffo did not have a traditional career and reached a greater audience via film and TV, and that this limited edition is the first ever collection of her complete recital albums for RCA from 1960-1974. The idea of this edition is to mark the 10th anniversary of her death. Five were previously unreleased on CD. The Sleeves are the originals and there are essay's on the back, but the words are hard to read, for they are too small. There are no CD numbers on the sleeves or discs. The CD labels are red.BOOKLET:There is a essay Anna Moffo -The curse of Beauty by Jurgen Kesting, which goes into her background and problems in her career.translated into German and French. A number of coloured and black and white photo's which shows her beauty, but I also see in the photo's a woman with a sense of humour and was a bit of a character. Looks are superficial anyway. CD numbers with a photo of the Sleeves and track numbers, with composer, arias, conductor and singers. Other information about where recorded etc. No translations into English of Arias.SOUND:All STEREO. On the box is a silver label which states, " 5 LP's for the first time on CD, mastered using 24/96kHz technology." Here you may get confused and think only 5 CDs have been remastered, that is not the case as I shall show. The following is from the back of the booklet. Tape transfers CD 1. Mixing and mastering; Mark Donahue. Remastering supervision John Newton. CD 6. Digitally remastered in BMG/RCA studios. New York city. CD 8. Joaquin. J. Lopes. Tape transfers, mixing and mastering CDs 2-5/7/9-12: Andreas K. Meyer Meyer Media LLC using 24 bit/ 96kHz technology. The EPs released by RCA Italiana from 1960-1965 are not part of this edition. The sound is excellent, caused by the remastering.I own the opera recordings: Luisa Miller,Bergonzi, Verrett, MacNeil, Tozzi. RCA Italiana opera orch cond Cleva ,Rigoletto. Merrill, Alfredo Kraus, Elias. RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Cond Solti, La Boheme. Tucker, Merrill, Tozzi. Rome Opera orchestra cond Leinsdorf, La Traviata, with Moffo, Tucker, Merrill Rome opera orchestra. Cond Previtali, so I am aware of how she sings and that she is much beloved by her many fans including me.RECORDINGS:As Amazon has provided a complete list of arias, so I suggest you read it. I shall simply comment where necessary and use J. Steane's views on Moffo from his book, 'The grand tradition. Seventy years of singing on record. 1900 -1970'. Hopefully this will give you an idea what Moffo sounds like in these 12 CDs.The first LP ANNA MOFFO recorded in 1960 with Moffo was with Tullio Serafin and the Rome Opera House Orchestra. Serafin first came to the Met in 1924, Rosa Ponselle was already there but the conductor moulded her into the great artist she became. He also had a large influence upon Maria Callas as well. Appearently she had no greater friend then Serafin who was willing to go over every measure of the arias before the recording.About her recording 'a Verdi Collaboration' (1963) conducted by Franco Ferrara with the RCA Italiana symphony Steane writes " Anna Moffo is one of those rare singers whose facility in the highest soprano register emerges naturally, but in a way surprisingly, out of a voice that one would otherwise place (on its recordings, that is) as lyric, even sometimes lyric-dramatic. She sings Aidas 'O patria mia' and 'Morro, ma prima in grazia' from Un ballo in Maschera with apparently ample resources: not so much a matter of volume as of timbre, and effective largely because she is skilful in the graduation of sound. Many louder voices give less effect of power. Hearing the Ballo aria on its own, one would not predict that this same Verdi recital would contain a performance of 'Ernani, involami' in which the already extensive range is increased to include a high E flat in the cadenza. Nor would one readily think at first that here was a Lucia, a Rosina and Anina, the usual parts for a 'Coloratura' specialist.On the CD Great Love duets from Opera and the other CD, Selected arias from Moffo's RCA opera recordings, Steane writes that some of her best recordings are lyric roles such as Butterfly and Mimi. She sings feelingly, never leaving the impression of a light weight performance. Though her Butterfly is a young girl, not a prima donna, the love duets Bimba, Bimba, non Piangere. Ah! dolce notte, quante stelle with Cesare Valletti-tenor brings this view to us, and through the opera she rises to full tragic status with mature dignity. He adds this is a performance of a sensitive devoted artist. The Penguin Classical guide says about Moffo in this role "she proves delightful, fresh and young sounding." The Met Guide to recorded opera, states about La Boheme, 'O soave fanciulla' with Richard Tucker, that he is in prime voice and Moffo is a dark voiced but a delicate Mimi of finish. Conducted by Leinsdorf. La Traviata conducted by Molinari- Pradelli. The Met recorded guide feels that Moffo has a rather dark but healthy sound and considerable dexterity, She sings the role with delicacy and neatness.' E' Strano' is comfortably thoughtful and 'Sempre libera' charming. Violetta was considered Moffo's signature role. Teneste La promessa where she reads germonts letter with such intensity, shows that she was a film actress as well. Lucia Di Lammermoor. Moffo and Bergonzi. RCA italiana opera Orchestra cond Pretre. The warmth of Moffo's voice makes her a pleasure to listen to. She sings with feeling and has an understanding of the text. Steane adds, when she sails up so easily above the stave, in the mad scene, it is with no sense of a soubrette's facile lightness, because when singing in the middle register, her voice has had body, and even something of a mezzo quality about it. Bergonzi portrays an ardent hero. The booklet adds that her remarkable agility would undoubtedly have found more admirers if Joan Sutherland has not raised the bar to such impossible heights.Both Moffo and Sutherland had pushy husbands, Moffo's wanted her to sing like Callas, Bonynge wanted Sutherland to be a Coloratura Soprano in the Galli-Curci mould. Sutherland's mother had studied with a Marchesi pupil and had a superb Mezzo voice. so instead of becoming a professional singer, she became a Wife and Mother. In Sydney, Australia, Joan grew into a Mezzo. After winning two years of free lessons, she decided to become a Wagnerian Soprano, as she had a bright, steely edge to her voice. She met Bonynge who was interested in ornamentation. In London Bonynge endlessly put her through scales, runs, and trills, and by cheating her into starting her exercises at a higher pitch then she believed she was singing at, she developed her higher notes. When she first joined the Covent Garden resident company in 1952, everyone except Bonynge thought of her as a Spinto soprano-Aida or a Tosca. If you hear Sutherland's recording of Turandot, the spinto metal in her voice comes to the fore again. She was loud like Eva Turner was, especially in Turandot. Although Sutherland lasted for 30 years, one wonders what she would achieved as a Spinto. Sutherland like Moffo was an all rounder. Sutherland was a natural spinto soprano, with the ability possibly to sing Wagnerian roles, but forced to become a Coloratura. Moffo was a natural lyrical soprano who could sing Coloratura, and even spinto works, but her husband tried to get her to sing even heavier roles. In having different voices we should not compare both as some critics do. Also Moffo's first Lucia at the Met was the first that Sutherland did not sing, and was a month after her, but Moffo scored a triumph.A portrait of Manon. CD 1 Massenet. CD 2. Puccini. Manon Lescaut. What one notices most repeatedly and gratefully is the skill with which she handles a naturally beautiful instrument. Yet it has character and strength. What Moffo sounds like in these two CD's is sparkling and eminently desirable; she also has the right manner. Di Stefano has a native ardour in the two parts. Rene Leibowitz's conducting is wonderfully vivid. Heroines from great French operas. Donizetti. La Fille du Regiment. Chacun le sait, Chacun le dit. Massenet herodiade Celui dont la parole... Thomas A vos jeux, mes amis (mad scene). Charpentier. Louise. Depius le jour. These pieces brings out the Coloratura and lyric voice at Moffo's command. Anna Moffo/ Leopold Stokowski. American symphony Orchestra. Canteloube- songs of the Auvergne. Villa- Lobos. Bachianas brasileras No 5. Rachmaninoff. Vocalise op 34 No 14. A jewel of Moffo's discography. Songs of Debussy. Poems of Baudelaire. Fetes galantes (set 1) Chansons de Bilitis. Piano Jean Casadesus. Sums up Debussy's music and Moffo's voice suits these songs.The great moments from Die Fledermaus (In English).(Excerpts) Rosalinde -Moffo. Alfred -Sergio Franchi. Orlofsky. Rise Stevens. Eisenstein -Richard Lewis. Vienna State Opera Orchestra Cond Oscar Danon. The overture fizz's. Moffo is excellent as Rosalinde and this production has a strong cast. The dream Duet with Franchi. He was a South Afrcan Tenor. Moffo liked to sing popular and jazz tunes of the time. Romberg. Lover, Come back to me from New Moon. Kern. You are love from Showboat. Herbert. Ah! Sweet Mystery of life. Lehar. Yours is my heart alone. From the land of smiles. Coward I' ll see you again. Together they are like a hand in a glove. Moffo and Franchi are suited and they bring alive these old favourites. Orchestra arranged and conducted by Henri Rene. One night of love Rodgers. Lover. Rodgers if I loved you from Carousel. Lehar. Vilja song from the Merry widow. Rodgers. Falling in love with love. Coward. I'll see you again. from Bittersweet. Skitch Henderson conducting the RCA Victor orchestra.. Moffo liked to sing popular music of that period and felt at home in it.I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.VOTES: 12 out of 13. US and Brit amazon have not places my votes online after the changes and Brit amazon refuses to do so. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Most of the best of Moffo *by A***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2016* At last Anna Moffo's complete RCA recital recordings though it does omit the ones she made for Readers Digest,then a division of RCA. Personally I'm most glad to have her 2 lighter repertoire albums made with Skitch Henderson that catch her in best voice and which I expressed a hope might be reissued when I reviewed the single disc Verdi arias. By the time of the Debussy recording her voice was showing signs of wear which was followed by the well known vocal breakdown that pretty much finished her world class career. The French Heroines album is post vocal collapse and has the curious hole in the middle of the voice where she has to try to focus the voice to achieve any line and projection, a trait particularly in evidence on the notorious complete Thais recording. But thankfully much of this album is Moffo in youthful best voice and for that very many thanks. A couple of short arias from Le portrait de Manon are given their first outing on cd. The last 2 discs serve a purpose for anyone who doesn't own the complete recordings they are excerpted from but seem a bit redundant. It is good value and makes a fitting tribute to a talented singer to whom time hasn't always been kind. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection but where is the Thais? *by J***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2015* I have lived with these recordings since i was a kid. Unlike my parets who loved Tebaldi et al, Moffo was one of my singers and I remember as a teenager getting her Thais second hand and that poster having pride of place on my bedroom wall. So this recital box set is very, very welcome as a reminder of a very under-rated singer. But, I think RCA could have gone one better with the complete Moffo recordings included the much missed Thais. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/138934261-anna-moffo-the-complete-rca-recital-albums](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/138934261-anna-moffo-the-complete-rca-recital-albums) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*