Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances - EMI Class

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their glorious voices and their matchless performances. The arias presented here cover every aprt of operatic spectrum, beginning with two Baroque gems by Handel and Vivaldi sung in fine style by Arleen Auger and Patrizia Ciofi. These are followed by a group in incomparable Mozart singers including two, great starts of an earlier era: Elisabeth Schwarzopf and Joan Sutherland, and one of the today's most versatile singers: Natalie Dessay. But how can one single out any of these greatly talented artists? The list of their anmes is a roll-call of the greatest sopranos of yesterday and today - a glance at the tracklisting will confirm that this is true. But two unique divas have to be mentioned and these are perhaps the most important and influential singer of the 20th century: Maria Callas,, and the greatest diva of our own time: Angela Gheorghiu. The collection contains many o the most popular and best-loved arias of all time and the singer are legendary!

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics presenting the best-loved and most popular works by the great composers, performed by the world's leading artist. The series provides a good introduction to classical music and will appeal to those who are seeking the most familiar classical pieces that have been heard in the popular media such as major films and TV commercials.

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Handel, George Frideric : Alcina :: Ma quando tornerai

Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1735

Vivaldi, Antonio : Bajazet :: Anche il mar par che sommerga

Performer: Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
Conductor: Fabio Biondi
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1735

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Iphigénie en Aulide :: Dieux puissants que j'atteste... Jupiter, lance la foudre!

Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Notes: Composition written: Germany.
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Dove sono

Performer: Margaret Price
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Or sai chi l'onore

Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto

Performer: Graziella Sciutti
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: In quali eccessi, o Numi... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata

Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Non mi dir

Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

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

Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Ach, ich fühl's

Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Zaide :: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben

Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor: Louis Langrée
Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1780

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Abscheulicher!... Komm, Hoffnung

Performer: Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1804-1806

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Dich, teure Halle

Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Einsam in trüben Tagen

Performer: Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen

Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

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

Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Die tote Stadt :: Glück, das mir verblieb

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Notes: Composition written: 1920.
Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1920

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Un bouquet!... O Dieu! que de bijoux!... Ah! je ris

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le Pardon de Ploërmel :: Ombre légère

Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Spargi d'amaro pianto

Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
Conductor: Colin Davis
Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1835

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

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

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

Performers: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

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

Performer: Renata Scotto (Soprano)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

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

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1917

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

Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia

Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
Conductor: Anton Guadagno
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: D'amor sull'ali rosee

Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Pace, pace, mio Dio

Performer: Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O ma chère compagne

Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Karita Mattila
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884
Studio/Live: Live

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

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