Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos - Opera D'Oro - ODO 8013 - 723724568129

Assemble three dozen operatic sopranos on one album and MAMA MIA! You have a combination that practically screams 'bada bing'! These are the original, one-and-only, greatest sopranos of the Golden Age of Recording. Note: there is definitely no 'code of silence' here!

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Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Dov'é l'Indiana bruna (Bell Song)

Performer: Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Attendo, attendo...Addio del passato

Performer: Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Presso il bastion di Siviglia (Séguidille)

Performer: Conchita Supervia (Mezzo Soprano)
Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

Performer: Magda Olivero (Soprano)
Conductor: Ugo Tansini
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: La Vergine degli angeli

Performer: Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

Performer: Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che puro ciel

Conductor: Fritz Stiedry
Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Deh! vieni, non tardar

Performer: Toti Monte (Voice)
Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Charpentier, Gustave : Louise :: Depuis le jour

Performer: Nellie Melba (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887-1896

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Ah! je ris (Jewel Song)

Performers: Adelina Patti (Soprano); Landon Ronald (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Hahn, Reynaldo : Mélodies (20), Volume 1

Performers: Marcella Sembrich (Soprano); Frank La Forge (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1888

Schubert, Franz : Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118

Performers: Emma Eames (Soprano); Henri Gilles (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 10/19/1814

Glinka, Mikhail : Ruslan and Ludmilla :: O my Ratmir!

Performer: Marianne Cherkasskaya
Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1837-1842

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Morrò, ma prima in grazia

Performer: Zinka Milanov (Soprano)
Conductor: Héctor Panizza
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Adam, Adolphe : Variazioni di bravura (on "Ah! Vous dirai-je Maman"), for soprano, flute & piano

Performer: Ada Sari (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Schubert, Franz : Schwanengesang, D 957

Performers: George Reeves (Piano); Maria Olszewska (Alto)
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1828

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Dich teure Halle

Performer: Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

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

Performer: Ljuba Welitsch (Soprano)
Conductor: Richard Kraus
Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: E strano!...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera

Performers: Maria Caniglia (Soprano); Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor!

Performer: Dusolina Giannini (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Mi chiamano Mimì

Performer: Licia Albanese (Soprano)
Conductor: Umberto Berrettoni
Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Quel guardo il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtù magica

Performer: Adelaide Saraceni (Soprano)
Conductor: Carlo Sabajno
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Suicidio

Performer: Celestina Boninsegna (Soprano)
Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1876

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Spargi d'amato pianto (Mad Scene)

Performer: Lily Pons (Soprano)
Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1835

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Alceste :: Divinités du Styx

Performer: Helen Traubel (Soprano)
Notes: Composition written: Germany.
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Bolero

Performer: Rosa Raisa (Soprano)
Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1855

Schumann, Robert : Dichterliebe, Op. 48 :: Ich grolle nicht, song

Performers: Arthur Nikisch (Piano); Elena Gerhardt
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1840

Hahn, Reynaldo : Les feuilles blessés, song cycle for voice & piano :: Belle lune d'argent, song

Performers: Maggie Teyte (Piano); Elena Gerhardt
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1901-1906

Dell'Acqua, Eva : Chanson provencale

Performer: Mado Robin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Briez
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral

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

Performer: Dorothy Maynor (Soprano)
Conductor: Sergey Koussevitzky
Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Hahn, Reynaldo : Le rossignol des lilas

Performers: Andre Collard (Piano); Geori Boue (Voice)
Running Time: 1 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral

Anonymous, Italian : Amor Amaro, for voice & vielle

Performers: Suzanne Danco (Soprano); E. Bellinzona (Vielle)
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance
Written: 14th Century

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Eva (Das Fabriksmädel), operetta in 3 acts :: Im heimlichen Dämmer

Performer: Maria Reining (Soprano)
Conductor: Franz Lehár
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Pfitzner, Hans : Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau?, for voice & piano, Op. 2/2

Performers: Friedel Beckmann (Alto); Bruno Seidler-Winkler (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Rossini, Gioachino : Semiramide :: Bel raggio lusinghier

Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini (Soprano)
Conductor: Percy Pitt
Notes: Composition written: 1823.
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1823

Respighi, Ottorino : Nebbie

Performers: Alba Anzellotti (Soprano); Giorgio Favaretto (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: circa 1906

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise (Liebestod)

Performer: Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor: Issay Dobroven
Running Time: 7 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Great Voices of the Past - The Sopranos

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