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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

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Deh! torna mio bene (Air and Variations) Op.164 (Live)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Maria Callas & Orchestra Sinfonica Della RAI, Torino

Listen to Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto

Listen to Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Lucia) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Lucia)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto

Listen to Mefistofele, Act 3: "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" (Margherita) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Mefistofele, Act 3: "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" (Margherita)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto

Listen to I puritani, Act 2: "Qui la voce" - "Vien diletto" (Elvira) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto, see lyrics, music video & more!

I puritani, Act 2: "Qui la voce" - "Vien diletto" (Elvira)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto

Listen to Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina)Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Philharmonia Orchestra & Renata Scotto

Listen to La Serva Padrona Intermezzo 1, Intermezzo 2 (Remastered Version) by Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto, see lyrics, music video & more!

La Serva Padrona Intermezzo 1, Intermezzo 2 (Remastered Version)Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto

Listen to Il Matrimonio Segreto Atto 1 Scena 12-16, Atto 2 Scena 1-14 (Remastered Version) by Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Il Matrimonio Segreto Atto 1 Scena 12-16, Atto 2 Scena 1-14 (Remastered Version)Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto

Listen to Il Matrimonio Segreto Atto 1 Scena 1-11 (Remastered Version) by Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto, see lyrics, music video & more!

Il Matrimonio Segreto Atto 1 Scena 1-11 (Remastered Version)Orchestra Stabile del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Lirica Della Rai Di Milano, Sesto Bruscantini, Ornella Rovero, Alda Noni, Giulietta Simionato, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari & Alfredo Simonetto

More albums from Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Listen to The Rise of the Italian Cello by Chiara Burattini & Umberto Jacopo Laureti

ALBUMThe Rise of the Italian CelloChiara Burattini & Umberto Jacopo Laureti

Listen to Ormandy Conducts Délibes: La Source & Sylvia & Coppélia and Works by Wolf-Ferrari, Ravel and More (2022 Remastered Version) by Eugene Ormandy & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

ALBUMOrmandy Conducts Délibes: La Source & Sylvia & Coppélia and Works by Wolf-Ferrari, Ravel and More (2022 Remastered Version)Eugene Ormandy & Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Quintet, Cello Sonata, Duo by Quartetto Guadagnini, Costantino Catena & Amedeo Chicchese

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Piano Quintet, Cello Sonata, DuoQuartetto Guadagnini, Costantino Catena & Amedeo Chicchese

Listen to Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri by Gijs Leenaars, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

ALBUMVerdi: Quattro Pezzi SacriGijs Leenaars, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi, Overtures & Serenade for strings (2022 Remastered Version) by Heinz Rögner, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Kammerorchester Berlin

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi, Overtures & Serenade for strings (2022 Remastered Version)Heinz Rögner, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Kammerorchester Berlin

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works by Alban Beikircher, Pilsen Philharmonic & Chuhei Iwasaki

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Orchestral WorksAlban Beikircher, Pilsen Philharmonic & Chuhei Iwasaki

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 by Emmanuele Baldini & Luca Delle Donne

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3Emmanuele Baldini & Luca Delle Donne

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: 3 Violin Sonatas by Costantino Catena & Davide Alogna

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: 3 Violin SonatasCostantino Catena & Davide Alogna

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Sussana (Opera Gala – Volume 19) by Maria Chiara, Bernd Weikl & Lamberto Gardelli

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Sussana (Opera Gala – Volume 19)Maria Chiara, Bernd Weikl & Lamberto Gardelli

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Trios by Franco Mezzena, Sergio Patria & Elena Ballario

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Piano TriosFranco Mezzena, Sergio Patria & Elena Ballario

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino, Serenata, Suite Concertino by Massimo Belli & Orchestra da Camera 'Ferrucio Busoni'

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino, Serenata, Suite ConcertinoMassimo Belli & Orchestra da Camera 'Ferrucio Busoni'

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Il Segreto di Susanna - Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major by Judith Howarth, Angel Odena, Oviedo Filarmonia & Friedrich Haider

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Il Segreto di Susanna - Serenade for Strings in E-Flat MajorJudith Howarth, Angel Odena, Oviedo Filarmonia & Friedrich Haider

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Piano Music by Costantino Catena

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Piano MusicCostantino Catena

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: The Two Piano Trios by Trio Arché

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: The Two Piano TriosTrio Arché

Listen to R. Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16 - Wolf-Farrari: Suite veneziano by Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Ariane Matiakh

ALBUMR. Strauss: Aus Italien, Op. 16 - Wolf-Farrari: Suite venezianoRundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Ariane Matiakh

Listen to Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: I Quatro Rusteghi by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre & Vasily Petrenko

ALBUMErmanno Wolf-Ferrari: I Quatro RusteghiRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre & Vasily Petrenko

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Talitha Kumi, La passione & 8 Cori by Friedrich Haider, Coro El León de Oro & Oviedo Filarmonia

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Talitha Kumi, La passione & 8 CoriFriedrich Haider, Coro El León de Oro & Oviedo Filarmonia

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna by Kyungho Kim, Susanne Bernhard, Natalia Ushakova, Daniel Čapkovič, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Friedrich Haider

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della MadonnaKyungho Kim, Susanne Bernhard, Natalia Ushakova, Daniel Čapkovič, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Friedrich Haider

Listen to Fashion Sense: Songs in Recital by Kimberly Beasley & Scott Watkins

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Die neugierigen Frauen (Le donne curiose) by Agnete Munk Rasmussen, Jurgen Linn, Kathrin Göring, Peter Schöne, Munich Radio Orchestra & Ulf Schirmer

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Die neugierigen Frauen (Le donne curiose)Agnete Munk Rasmussen, Jurgen Linn, Kathrin Göring, Peter Schöne, Munich Radio Orchestra & Ulf Schirmer

Listen to Great Comedy Overtures by Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Lance Friedel

ALBUMGreat Comedy OverturesRoyal Scottish National Orchestra & Lance Friedel

Listen to Opera! by Sharon Kam, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn & Ruben Gazarian

ALBUMOpera!Sharon Kam, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn & Ruben Gazarian

ALBUMClaudia Muzio Soprano Volume 2 Pathe RecordingsClaudia Muzio

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari, E.: Serenade per archi - Concerto per violino, Op. 26 by Marco Zuccarini

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari, E.: Serenade per archi - Concerto per violino, Op. 26Marco Zuccarini

ALBUMViola da Gamba - Viola d'AmoreArnt Martin, Alfred Lessing & Joachim Erhard

Listen to Wolf Ferrari: Capolavori del '900 per Oboe e Corno inglese by Citta di Adria Philharmonic Orchestra

ALBUMWolf Ferrari: Capolavori del '900 per Oboe e Corno ingleseCitta di Adria Philharmonic Orchestra

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Wind Concertinos by Francesco La Vecchia, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Tenaglia, William Moriconi & Giuseppe Ciabocchi

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Wind ConcertinosFrancesco La Vecchia, Rome Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Tenaglia, William Moriconi & Giuseppe Ciabocchi

Listen to Reveries by Minnesota Orchestra & Eiji Oue

ALBUMReveriesMinnesota Orchestra & Eiji Oue

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Divertimento by Ulf Schirmer

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: DivertimentoUlf Schirmer

Listen to Après un rêve - Lieder by Sarah Maeder & Gérard Wyss

ALBUMAprès un rêve - LiederSarah Maeder & Gérard Wyss

Listen to Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Stirje Grobjani by Simfonicni Orkester RTV Ljubljana

ALBUMErmanno Wolf-Ferrari: Stirje GrobjaniSimfonicni Orkester RTV Ljubljana

Listen to The Italian Intermezzo by Gianandrea Noseda & BBC Philharmonic

ALBUMThe Italian IntermezzoGianandrea Noseda & BBC Philharmonic

Listen to Music for Strings by Southern Cross Philharmonia & Gerald Gentry

ALBUMMusic for StringsSouthern Cross Philharmonia & Gerald Gentry

ALBUMConcert Cameos, Vol. 6Rosario Bourdon & Philharmonia Orchestra

ALBUMItalian Oboe Concertos - Wolf Ferrari - Castelnuovo Tedesco - Pedrollo - BelliniFrank van Koten, Chamber Orchestra The Soloists of Russia & Jeroen Weierink

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna • Serenata – Cinque canti per baritono by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna • Serenata – Cinque canti per baritonoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works by Oviedo Filarmonia & Friedrich Haider

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Orchestral WorksOviedo Filarmonia & Friedrich Haider

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works by Gianandrea Noseda, Karen Geoghegan & BBC Philharmonic

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Listen to Volkslieder (Folk Songs) [Chansons Populaires] by Andrea Stadel & Rita Klose

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: La Vedova Scaltra by Anne-Lise Sollied, Karl Martin & Fenice Theatre Orchestra

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Listen to The Glory of Music in Venice by I Solisti Italiani

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino In a Major - Suite-Concertino In F Major - Concertino In a Flat Major by Zsolt Hamar, Diego Dini-Ciacci, Padova e del Veneto Orchestra & Paolo Carlini

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Listen to Middelschulte: Organ Works, Vol. 2 by Jurgen Sonnentheil

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Trii per violino, violoncello e pianoforte, Op. 5 e Op. 7 by Trio Di Venezia, Giovanni Umberto Battel, Paolo De Rossi & Andrea Amadio

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Listen to Ferruccio Tagliavini - Cetra Recordings 1940-1948 by Ferruccio Tagliavini, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI, Ugo Tansini, Arturo Basile, Mario Rossi & Cesare Gallino

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Listen to Romantic Intermezzi & Serenades by Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim & Vladislav Czarnecki

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Listen to Herva Nelli & Mario Del Monaco - "Gli Ospiti Radiofonici" by San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola, Herva Nelli & Mario del Monaco

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Listen to Rota - Donatoni: Bassoon Concertos by Christopher Millard, Mario Bernardi & CBC Vancouver Orchestra

ALBUMRota - Donatoni: Bassoon ConcertosChristopher Millard, Mario Bernardi & CBC Vancouver Orchestra

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Italian Song Book - Rispetti -Impromptus by Yvi Janicke

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3 by Cristiano Rossi & Marco Vincenzi

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3Cristiano Rossi & Marco Vincenzi

Listen to Plácido Domingo at the MET by Plácido Domingo

ALBUMPlácido Domingo at the METPlácido Domingo

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Trios & Duos for Strings by Deutsches Streichtrio, Reiner Ginzel & Hans Kalafusz

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Listen to Renata Scotto: Italian Opera Arias by Renata Scotto, Lorin Maazel, Opera Orchestra of New York & Philharmonia Orchestra

ALBUMRenata Scotto: Italian Opera AriasRenata Scotto, Lorin Maazel, Opera Orchestra of New York & Philharmonia Orchestra

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: The Garment of Heaven by Angelina Ruzzafante, Sibrand Basa, Reinhard Leisenheimer, Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra & Gerhard Markson

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Listen to The Greatest Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2 by Simon Dent, Wojciech Rajski & Polnische Kammerphilharmonie

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Cello Concerto, Op. 31 - Sinfonia Brevis, Op. 28 by Alun Francis & Frankfurt Radio Symphony

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Listen to Italienische Impressionen by Ensemble Fraal

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Listen to Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Ferrari : Morceaux de Bravoure by I Virtuosi Italiani

ALBUMDonizetti, Puccini, Rossini, Ferrari : Morceaux de BravoureI Virtuosi Italiani

Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: The Two Piano Trios by The Raphael Trio

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: La vita nuova, Op.9 by Celina Lindsley, George Fortune, St. Hedwig's Cathedral Choir, Berlin, Knabenchor der St. Hedwig-Kathedrale, Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Roland Bader

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: I Quatro Rusteghi by Daniele Callegari, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Alessandra Palomba, Antonio Abete, Antonio Lemmo, Davide Baronchelli, Donatella Lombardi, Gianluca Sorrentino, Graziella Merrino, Lucia Belluso, Marina Fratarcangeli, Matteo Peirone & Mattia Nicolini

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino Op. 15; Concerto Op. 34 by Omar Zoboli, Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen & Robert Maxym

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Sinfonia Da Camera in B-Flat Major & Piano Quintet in D-Flat Major by Ex Novo Ensemble di Venezia

ALBUMWolf-Ferrari: Sinfonia Da Camera in B-Flat Major & Piano Quintet in D-Flat MajorEx Novo Ensemble di Venezia

Listen to Rheinberger: Sextett, Op. 191b - Wolf-Ferrari: Kammersymphonie, Op. 8 by Orchester-Akademie des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters & Horst Gobel

ALBUMRheinberger: Sextett, Op. 191b - Wolf-Ferrari: Kammersymphonie, Op. 8Orchester-Akademie des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters & Horst Gobel

Listen to Mozart, Wolf-Ferrari, Hummel, Bassoon Concertos by Kim Walker, London Mozart Players & Jane Glover

ALBUMMozart, Wolf-Ferrari, Hummel, Bassoon ConcertosKim Walker, London Mozart Players & Jane Glover

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzi, Overtures & Serenade for String Orchestra in E-Flat Major by Heinz Rögner, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Berlin Chamber Orchestra

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Listen to Wolf-Ferrari: Il Segreto Di Susanna by Angelo Questa, Giuseppe Valdengo & Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI

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Listen to Mitropoulos Conducts Puccini, Mascagni, Wolf-Ferrari and Menotti (2022 Remastered Version) by Dimitri Mitropoulos & The Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia

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Listen to La Scala Orchestra Acoustic Recordings by Arturo Toscanini & l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano

ALBUMLa Scala Orchestra Acoustic RecordingsArturo Toscanini & l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano

About Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Hometown

Venice, Italy

Born

1876

Genre

Classical

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) was a popular Venetian composer of comic operas, though his works are only occasionally revived today. Half-Bavarian and half-Italian, Wolf-Ferrari first sought a career as an artist, but he took up musical studies with Rheinberger in Munich, and by the mid-1890s was writing his early operas. His successes with I quattro rusteghi, Il segreto di Susanna, and later operas set him on a sound financial footing, though World War I interrupted his string of hits. The last three decades of his life saw a decline in his operatic efforts, though he composed a violin concerto and other concert pieces.