Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera from the catalogs of both Virgin Classics and EMI Classics. This is a can't-miss collection of the best in opera that will have a wide appeal. This set features present day superstars like Natalie Dessay and Angela Gheorghiu as well as rising new artists such as Joyce DiDonato and Vittorio Grigolo. The set also contains tracks by some of the world's greatest conductors such as Antonio Pappano and Sir Roger Norrington.

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Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell :: Overture

Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1829

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

Performer: Diana Damrau (Soprano)
Conductor: Dan Ettinger
Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Rossini, Gioachino : La Cenerentola :: Nacqui all'affanno

Performer: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1817

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera :: Ascolta!

Performer: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1830

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

Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcello Viotti
Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1832

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: E strano! E strano!

Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Follie! Follie!...Sempre libera

Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Evelino Pidò
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Ma dove or travesi...Possente amor

Performer: Vittorio Grigolo (Tenor)
Conductor: Pier Morandi
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

Performers: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano); Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Anton Coppola
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla

Performers: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano); Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Richard Armstrong
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì vedremo

Performer: Liping Zhang (Soprano)
Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Handel, George Frideric : Ariodante :: Overture

Conductor: Alan Curtis
Notes: Composition written: 1734.
Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1734

Handel, George Frideric : Ariodante :: Scherza infida

Performer: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alan Curtis
Notes: Composition written: 1734.
Running Time: 9 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1734

Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Venti, turbini

Performer: David Daniels (Countertenor)
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1711

Vivaldi, Antonio : Farnace :: Ricordati che sei

Performer: Max Cencic (Countertenor)
Conductor: Diego Fasolis
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 02/10/1727

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

Performer: Peter Mattei (Bass-Baritone)
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Mi tradì, quell'alma ingrata

Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

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

Performers: Hillevi Martinpelto (Soprano); Alison Hagley (Voice); Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : La clemenza di Tito :: Parto, parto

Performer: Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alexander Vilumanis
Notes: Composition written: 1791.
Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Suis-je gentille ainsi?

Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Il était un roi de Thulé...O Dieu! que de bijoux! (Jewel Song)

Performer: Inva Mula-Tchako (Soprano)
Conductor: Ivo Lipanoviç
Running Time: 11 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Offenbach, Jacques : Les Contes d'Hoffmann :: Les oiseaux dans la charmille

Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Fille du Régiment :: C'en est donc fait...Salut à la France

Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1840

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich

Performers: Deborah Voigt (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

Britten, Benjamin : Billy Budd :: Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray

Performer: Nathan Gunn (Baritone)
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1951

Thomas Adès (Conductor/Composer) (1971 - ) : The Tempest :: Hell is empty

Performer: Thomas Adès (Voice)
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon, Damrau, Alagna, Dessay, Grigolo, DiDonato, Daniels

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