Audio Samples
O mio babbino caro
La donna è mobile
Bell nuit, ô nuit d'amour - Barcarolle
Vedi! la fosche notturne spoglie - "Anvil" Chorus
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Largo al factotum
Casta Diva
Là ci darem la mano
Un bel dì vedremo
Votre toast - Toreador Song
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Havanaise
Va, pensiero - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
E lucevan le stelle
Vissi d'arte
Viens, Mallika...Dôme épais - "Flower" Duet
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
Libiamo ne'lieti calici - Brindisi
Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Nessun dorma!Album Summary
Performers
Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano)
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Richard Cross (Bass Baritone)
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Tom Krause (Baritone)
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Marilyn Horne
Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano)
José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Bonynge, Richard
Cleva, Fausto
Gardelli, Lamberto
Karajan, Herbert von
Kertesz, Istvan
Lewis, Henry
Maazel, Lorin
Mehta, Zubin
Pritchard, John
Solti, Sir Georg
Varviso, Silvio
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Notes & Reviews:
Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this rich world, sung by some of the greatest ever singers, and includes Pavarotti's legendary recording of Puccini's Nessun dormal.
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Works Details
Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1918
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Offenbach, Jacques : Les Contes d'Hoffmann :: Bell nuit, ô nuit d'amour - Barcarolle - Performers: Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi! la fosche notturne spoglie - "Anvil" Chorus - Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Fausto Cleva
- Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1892
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum - Performer: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
- Conductor: Silvio Varviso
- Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva - Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Richard Cross (Bass Baritone)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1831
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano - Performers: Lucia Popp (Soprano); Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì vedremo - Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Notes: Composition written: 1904.
- Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1904
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Votre toast - Toreador Song - Performer: José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Havanaise - Performer: Marilyn Horne
- Conductor: Henry Lewis
- Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle - Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Viens, Mallika...Dôme épais - "Flower" Duet - Performers: Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1883
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte - Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
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. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1791
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo ne'lieti calici - Brindisi - Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: John Pritchard
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila :: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix - Performer: Marilyn Horne
- Conductor: Henry Lewis
- Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1859-1877
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma! - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926

























