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Album Summary

Performers

• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Joszef Mukle (Voice)
• Alberto Cupido (Tenor)
• Graciela Alperyn (Mezzo Soprano)
• Alan Titus (Baritone)
• Kym Amps (Soprano)
• Thomas Harper (Tenor)
• Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• John Dickie (Voice)
• Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
• Janna Barowska (Voice)
• Jonathan Welch (Tenor)
• Roberto Servile (Baritone)
• Hermann Prey (Voice)
• Janos Selmeczi (Violin)
• Ute Walther (Mezzo Soprano)
• Ana Jeric (Soprano)
• Kristjan Johannson (Voice)
• Mariusz Kwiecien (Baritone)
• Matthew Polenzani (Tenor)
• Hellen Kwon (Soprano)

Conductors

• Bolton, Ivor
• Camerata Budapest
• Dohnanyi, Oliver von
• Elmquist, Martin
• Greenwood, Andrew
• Halasz, Michael
• Holmes, James
• Humburg, Will
• Kovacs, Laszlo
• Krivine, Emmanuel
• Kuchar, Theodore
• Lenard, Ondrej
• Matacic, Lovro von
• Mund, Uwe
• Prey, Hermann
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Rosekrans, Charles
• Saccani, Rico
• Selmeczi, Gyorgy
• Tumagian, Eduard
• Vonk, Hans
• Wildner, Johannes
• Zedda, Alberto

Ensembles

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• Camerata Budapest
• I Solisti Italiani
• Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Composers

• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

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Works Details

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Handel, George Frideric : Xerxes (Serse) :: Act 1. Ombra ma fui (Largo)

• Performer: Joszef Mukle (Voice)
• Conductor: Camerata Budapest
• Ensemble: Camerata Budapest
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' Elisir d'Amore :: Una furtiva lagrima

• Performer: Alberto Cupido (Tenor)
• Conductor: Martin Elmquist
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Votre toast, je peux vous le pendre (Toreador song)

• Performers: Graciela Alperyn (Mezzo Soprano); Alan Titus (Baritone)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Purcell, Henry : Dido & Aeneas :: When I am laid in earth

• Performer: Kym Amps (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves

• Conductor: Oliver Dohnányi
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun Dorma

• Performer: Thomas Harper (Tenor)
• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 3. Prelude

• Ensemble: I Solisti Italiani
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en vo (Musetta's waltz song)

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Rossini, Gioachino : La Cenerentola :: Naqui all'affano, al pianto

• Performer: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Alberto Zedda
• Running Time: 7 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Anvil chorus

• Conductor: Oliver Dohnányi
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Ah! Je ris de me voir (Jewel song)

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian dances

• Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
• Running Time: 10 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Un'aura amorosa

• Performer: John Dickie (Voice)
• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Rossini, Gioachino : The Thieving Magpie :: Overture

• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Running Time: 10 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Sous le dôme epais (The flower duet)

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E Lucevan le stelle

• Performer: Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Madame Butterfly :: Un bel di vedremo

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Prisoners' chorus

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Rossini, Gioachino : Italiana in Algeri :: Sinfonia

• Ensemble: I Solisti Italiani
• Notes: Composition written: 1813.
• Running Time: 7 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1813

Offenbach, Jacques : The Tales of Hoffman :: Barcarolle

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Come scoglia

• Performer: Janna Barowska (Voice)
• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

• Performer: Jonathan Welch (Tenor)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Ride of the Valkyries

• Conductor: Uwe Mund
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Rossini, Gioachino : The Barber of Seville :: Largo al factotum

• Performer: Roberto Servile (Baritone)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chenier :: La Mamma Morta

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

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

• Conductor: Eduard Tumagian
• Running Time: 7 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontano

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Grand march

• Conductor: Rico Saccani
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 12 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Marriage of Figaro :: Overture

• Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Merry Widow :: Vilja

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: James Holmes
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1905

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Visi d'Arte

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna e mobile

• Conductor: Eduard Tumagian
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

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

• Conductor: Eduard Tumagian
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Magic Flute :: Der vogelhandler bin ich, ya

• Performer: Hermann Prey (Voice)
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Puccini, Giacomo : Madame Butterfly :: Humming chorus

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Song to the moon

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Pres de ramparts de Seville

• Performers: Graciela Alperyn (Mezzo Soprano); Giorgio Lamberti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: Une vergine, un angel del Dio

• Performer: Alberto Cupido (Tenor)
• Conductor: Martin Elmquist
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Janos Selmeczi (Violin)
• Conductor: György Selmeczi
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Strauss, Richard : Rosenkavalier :: Act 1. Duet

• Performers: Ute Walther (Mezzo Soprano); Ana Jeric (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hans Vonk
• Running Time: 8 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1909-1910

Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Ivor Bolton
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1917

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Celeste

• Performer: Kristjan Johannson (Voice)
• Conductor: Rico Saccani
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Marriage of Figaro :: Voi che sapete

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Wagner, Richard : Tannhauser :: Overture

• Conductor: Lovro Matacic
• Running Time: 13 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un Ballo in maschera :: Non sai tu che se l'anima mia

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Sebastiano :: Deserto in terra

• Performer: Alberto Cupido (Tenor)
• Conductor: Martin Elmquist
• Notes: Composition written: 1843.
• Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Weber, Carl Maria von : Der Freischutz :: Huntsmen's chorus

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817-1821

Puccini, Giacomo : Suor Angelica :: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1918

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

• Performers: Mariusz Kwiecien (Baritone); Matthew Polenzani (Tenor)
• Conductor: Charles Rosekrans
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Rossini, Gioachino : The Barber of Seville :: Overture

• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Running Time: 6 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Marriage of Figaro :: Non piu Andrai

• Conductor: Hermann Prey
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa Reggia

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

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

• Performer: Lesley Garrett (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrew Greenwood
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Verdi, Giuseppe : The Force of Destiny :: Overture

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Si, mi chiamano Mimi

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Donizetti, Gaetano : Il Duca d'Alba :: Inosservato, penetreva

• Performer: Alberto Cupido (Tenor)
• Conductor: Martin Elmquist
• Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1839

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Magic Flute :: Queen of the night

• Performer: Hellen Kwon (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Wagner, Richard : Die Meisersinger :: Overture

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Running Time: 9 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862-1867