Those of you cher public who ordered and enjoyed Decca’s bargain Wagner box may now be interested in a bargain Puccini edition offered by EMI.

The set, Puccini: The Operas, retails for $59.98 (less than four bucks a disc) and includes complete performances of: 

  • Manon Lescaut (Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, New Philharmonia, Bruno Bartoletti)
  • La boheme (Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Rome Opera Orchestra, Thomas Schippers)
  • Tosca (Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Pretre)
  • Madama Butterfly (Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabriele Santini)
  • La fanciulla del West (Birgit Nilsson, Joao Gibin, La Scala Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic)
  • La rondine (Robert Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano)
  • Il tabarro (Neil Shicoff, Maria Guleghina, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano)
  • Suor Angelica (Cristina Gallardo-Domas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano)
  • Gianni Schicchi (Tito Gobbi, Victoria de los Angeles, Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabriele Santini)
  • Turandot (Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Renata Scotto, Rome Opera Orchestra, Francesco Molinari Pradelli)

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