The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano)
• Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Thomas Allen (Baritone)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Ernest Blanc (Baritone)
• La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Robert Merrill
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• José Carreras (Tenor)

Conductors

• Abbado, Claudio
• Armstrong, Richard
• Beecham, Thomas, Sir
• Cambreling, Sylvain
• Chung, Myung-Whun
• Dervaux, Pierre
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Gelmetti, Gianluigi
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Kohn, Eugene
• Langrée, Louis
• Levine, James
• Lombard, Alain
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• McGlinn, John
• Muti, Riccardo
• Norrington, Roger
• Pappano, Antonio
• Plasson, Michel
• Schippers, Thomas
• Serafin, Tullio
• Soltesz, Stefan
• Tennstedt, Klaus

Ensemble

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Composers

• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, Jussi Björling, José Carreras , Nicolai Gedda, Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); David Daniels (countertenor); Thomas Allen , Ernest Blanc, Thomas Hampson, Robert Merrill (baritone).

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Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Act I

• Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act III

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Act I

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Act II

• Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Act IV

• Performers: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Act I

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

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: Act I

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1902

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act I

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Act II

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Ingemisco

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
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Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Act I

• Performer: David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Act I

• Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Act I

• Performers: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor); Ernest Blanc (Baritone)
• Conductor: Pierre Dervaux
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

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

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Act III

• Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Act II

• Performer: La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Act II

• Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Louis Langrée
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act I

• Performers: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano); Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Act I

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Act III

• Performers: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Act I

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act II

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act I

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act I

• 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

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Act I

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Act III

• Performer: La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Act III

• Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Act II

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Eugene Kohn
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo ed Euridice :: Act III

• Performer: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Notes: Composition written: Italy.
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Act II

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
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• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act IV

• Performers: Jussi Björling (Tenor); Robert Merrill
• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: Act III

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

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Act I

• Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
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• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
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• Written: 1816

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: John McGlinn
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• Period Time: Modern
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Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Act II

• Performer: Jessye Norman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
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• Written: 1843-1865

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Act III

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Alain Lombard
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
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• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926