Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

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Performers

• Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Leslie Fyson (Baritone)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
• Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Bianca Casoni (Mezzo Soprano)
• Simon Estes
• Shirley Verrett
• Jon Vickers (Tenor)
• Peter Glossop (Baritone)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
• Tomaso Spataro (Tenor)
• Nan Merriman (Mezzo Soprano)
• Rolando Panerai (Baritone)
• Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Alfredo Kraus
• Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Soprano)
• Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Renato Ercolani (Vocals)
• Malcolm King (Bass)
• Nicola Zaccaria (Bass)
• Beverly Sills
• Luigi Alva
• Dennis O'Neill
• John Rawnsley (Baritone)
• Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Mignon Dunn (Mezzo Soprano)
• Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Franco Bonisolli (Tenor)
• Horst Nitsche (Tenor)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• José Carreras (Tenor)

Conductors

• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Muti, Riccardo
• Rudel, Julius

Ensemble

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Composer

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights. The 2-CD set feature highlights from 11 Verdi operas.

Pieces from the same opera are grouped together in this set, beginning with the famous drinking song from La traviata: 'Libiamo', followed by other popular favorites from La traviata, Rigoletto and II trovatore. Also included are the swaggering "La donna e mobile' and the powerful Anvil Chorus. The first CD concludes with extracts from two earlier operas: Nabucco, from which comes the poignant Chorus of Hebrew Slaves, and Macbeth, which provides one of Verdi's most impressive soprano scenes in which the scheming Lady Macbeth calls on the powers of evil to assist her in murdering Kin Duncan. The second CD opens with well-know arias and choruses from Verdi's later operas including Un balo in mashera, La forza del destino, Don Carlo and Aida. The collection ends with extracts from Verdi's final two operas both Shakespearian settings: the powerful drama Otello and the sunny comedy Falstaff.

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Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 1. Libiamo ne'lieti calici

• Performers: Alfredo Kraus; Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 1. E strano!... Ah, fors'è lui... Follie! Follie!... Sempre libera

• Performers: Alfredo Kraus; Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 11 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Act 3. Parigi, o cara

• Performers: Alfredo Kraus; Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 1. Gualtier Maldè!... Caro nome

• Performers: Malcolm King (Bass); Beverly Sills; Dennis O'Neill; John Rawnsley (Baritone)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 2. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata

• Performer: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. La donna è mobile

• Performer: Alfredo Kraus
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act 3. Un dì, si ben rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore

• Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Alfredo Kraus; Beverly Sills; Mignon Dunn (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 2. Vedi! le fosche notturne

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 2. Il balen del suo sorriso

• Performer: Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 3. Ah sì, ben mio

• Performer: Franco Bonisolli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 3. Di quella pira

• Performers: Horst Nitsche (Tenor); Franco Bonisolli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 4. D'amor sull'ali rosee

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act 4. Ai nostri monti

• Performers: Franco Bonisolli (Tenor); Elena Obraztsova (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Act 3. Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate

• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 1. Nel dì della vittoria... Vieni! t'affretta!

• Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 5 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 1. Al cader della sera... Or tutti sorgete

• Performers: Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Leslie Fyson (Baritone)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: Act 4. O figli miei!... Ah, la paterna mano

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un Ballo in maschera :: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un Ballo in maschera :: Act 2. Ecco l'orrido campo... Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa

• Performer: Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 9 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Forza del destino :: Act 3. La vita è inferno... O tu che in seno agli angeli

• Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 6 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Forza del destino :: Act 3. Rataplan, rataplan della gloria

• Performer: Bianca Casoni (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Forza del destino :: Act 4. Pace, pace mio Dio!

• Performer: Martina Arroyo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 2. Dio, che nell'alma infondere

• Performers: Simon Estes; Placido Domingo (Tenor); Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 4. Ah! piú non vedrò la Regina!... O don fatale

• Performer: Shirley Verrett
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlo :: Act 4. O Carlo, ascolta... lo morrò, ma lieto in core

• Performer: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 1. Ritorna vincitor!

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act 4. O terra, addio

• Performers: Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 2. Era la notte, Cassio dormia... Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!

• Performers: Jon Vickers (Tenor); Peter Glossop (Baritone)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Act 4. Ave Maria

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: Act 1. L'onore! Ladri!... Io stesso, sì, io, io

• Performer: Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Verdi, Giuseppe : Falstaff :: Act 1. Del tuo barbero diagnostico

• Performers: Tomaso Spataro (Tenor); Nan Merriman (Mezzo Soprano); Rolando Panerai (Baritone); Anna Moffo (Soprano); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Fedora Barbieri (Mezzo Soprano); Renato Ercolani (Vocals); Nicola Zaccaria (Bass); Luigi Alva
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893