Operamania (Box Set)

Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Ryland Davies (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1835

Charpentier, Gustave : Louise :: Depuis le jour

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887-1896

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugen Onegin :: Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni

Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1877-1878

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 4 min. sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida

Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Saper vorreste

Performer: Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo ne'lieti calici

Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: John Pritchard
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero

Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1842

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Morgenlich leuchtend

Performer: James King (Voice)
Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862-1867

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Mesícku na nebi hlubokém

Performer: Pilar Lorengar (Soprano)
Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Prélude (to Act III)... Chour nuptial (Bridal Chorus)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 8 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen

Performer: Hermann Prey (Voice)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Porgi amor

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Sogno di Doretta

Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1917

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Squilli, echeggi

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice

Performer: Teresa Berganza (Voice)
Conductor: Alexander Gibson
Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Di Provenza il mar

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla

Performers: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Dove sono

Performer: Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia

Performers: Alfredo Mariotti (Bass); Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Mira, o Norma

Performers: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 7 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Zitti, zitti

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Bella figlia dell'amore

Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Dôme épais le jasmin

Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Deh vieni, non tardar

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: György Fischer
Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non piú andrai

Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Soave sia il vento

Performers: Brigitte Fassbaender (Voice); Tom Krause (Baritone); Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: O Dieu! Que de bijoux!

Performers: Brigitte Fassbaender (Voice); Lucia Popp (Soprano); Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint

Performers: Gino Quilico (Baritone); Gregory Cross (Tenor)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana

Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor: Fausto Cleva
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1892

Puccini, Giacomo : La Fanciulla del West :: Ch'ella mi creda

Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Notes: Composition written: 1910.
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1910

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Don, din, don

Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Sull'aria

Performers: Renata Scotto (Soprano); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Leone Magiera
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Se vuol ballare

Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

Performer: Anita Cerquetti (Soprano)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Prélude to Act 1

Conductor: John Pritchard
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Un dì felice

Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cielo e mar!

Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1876

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Polonaise

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Che interminabile andirivieni!

Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Chanson du Toréador (Toreador Song)

Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: La Chevauchée des Walkyries (Ride of the Valkyries)

Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: O du, mein holder Abendstern

Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: Argeo Quadri
Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano

Performers: Lucia Popp (Soprano); Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Choeur à bouche fermée (Humming Chorus)

Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

Performer: Marilyn Horne (Voice)
Conductor: Henry Lewis
Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859-1877

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: O terra, addio

Performers: Leontyne Price (Soprano); Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: La dolcissima effigie

Performers: Mario Del Monaco (Tenor); Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor: Franco Capuana
Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1902

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Sempre libera

Performers: Pilar Lorengar (Soprano); Giacomo Aragall (Tenor)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle

Performers: Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: M'apparì tutt'amor

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Notes: Composition written: 1847.
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1847

Donizetti, Gaetano : La figlia del reggimento :: La, la, la... Chacun le sait

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1840

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Les voici, les voici!

Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Finch'han dal vino

Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache

Performer: Sumi Jo (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Incantation du feu (Magic Fire Music)

Performer: Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Hab' mir's gelobt

Performers: Régine Crespin (Soprano); Helen Donath (Voice); Yvonne Minton (Voice)
Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1909-1910

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise

Performer: Birgit Nilsson (Voice)
Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

Performer: Teresa Berganza (Voice)
Conductor: Alexander Gibson
Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi le fosche

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Deh! Vieni alla finestra

Performer: Gabriel Bacquier (Baritone)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en vo

Performers: Elizabeth Harwood (Voice); Rolando Panerai (Baritone); Michel Sénéchal (Voice); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus :: Mein Herr Marquis

Performer: Hilde Gueden (Voice)
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1874

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja

Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor: István Kertész
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta diva

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Vesti la giubba

Performer: Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Marche triomphale (Grand March & Ballet)

Conductor: Carlo Franci
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 8 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì

Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O Mimi, tu piú non torni

Performers: Ettore Bastianini (Baritone); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta!

Conductor: Nello Santi
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Alerte! Alerte!... Anges purs

Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Franco Corelli (Tenor); Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Séguidille

Performers: Regina Resnik (Mezzo Soprano); Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Afrikanerin

Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Notes: Composition written: 1864.
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1864

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: Io son l'umile ancella

Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1902

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Contessa perdono...

Performers: Thomas Allen (Baritone); Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Rossini, Gioachino : La Cenerentola :: Non piú mesta

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1817

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

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