Album Summary
Performers
Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
Elizabeth Harwood
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Mikael Melbye (Baritone)
Sumi Jo (Soprano)
Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Barbara Hendricks
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Teresa Berganza
Gregory Cross (Tenor)
Gino Quilico (Baritone)
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Jose Cura (Tenor)
Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano)
Marie Collier (Soprano)
Joan Edwards (Alto)
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Julia Malyon (Soprano)
Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
José Carreras (Tenor)
Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Abbado, Claudio
Abel, Yves
Bonynge, Richard
Chailly, Riccardo
Cleva, Fausto
Davis, Colin
de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Downes, Edward
Dutoit, Charles
Erede, Alberto
Fischer, Gyorgy
Giulini, Carlo Maria
Karajan, Herbert von
Leinsdorf, Erich
Maazel, Lorin
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Marriner, Sir Neville
Mehta, Zubin
Molinari-Pradelli, France
Patane, Giuseppe
Pido, Evelino
Previn, Andre
Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Solti, Sir Georg
Varviso, Silvio

Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dresden Staatskapelle
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
John Alldis Choir
London Opera Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Notes & Reviews:
Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is the perfect collection for either the novice beginner or the seasoned collector.
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Works Details
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Votre toast, je peux vous le render [Toreador Song] - Performer: Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] - Performer: Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina - Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla - Performers: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano); José Carreras (Tenor)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en vo' [Musetta's Waltz] - Performer: Elizabeth Harwood
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile - Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
- Conductor: Carlo Giulini
- Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome - Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
- Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Ensemble: London Opera Chorus
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo ne'lieti calici [Brindisi] - Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Sempre libera - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Ah sì ben mio - Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- Ensemble: John Alldis Choir
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima - Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
- Conductor: Evelino Pidò
- Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1832
Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino - Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
- Conductor: Charles Mackerras
- Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1918
Massenet, Jules : Werther :: O Nature, pleine de grace (Alors, c'est bien ici) - Performer: Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Yves Abel
- Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Ensemble: London Opera Chorus
- Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Dôme épais le jasmin [Flower Duet] - Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1883
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja - Performer: Mikael Melbye (Baritone)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle
- Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1791
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem herzen [Queen of t - Performer: Sumi Jo (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1791
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate - Conductor: Sir Solti
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma! - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Deh! vieni alla finestra - Performer: Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Running Time: 1 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Fin ch'han dal vino [Champagne Aria] - Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Che soave zeffiretto [Letter Duet] - Performers: Barbara Hendricks; Lucia Popp (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Marriner
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1786
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Voi che sapete - Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: György Fischer
- Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1786
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa - Performer: Teresa Berganza
- Conductor: Silvio Varviso
- Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum - Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
- Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint - Performers: Gregory Cross (Tenor); Gino Quilico (Baritone)
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1863
Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Fausto Cleva
- Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1892
Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Vesti la giubba - Performer: Jose Cura (Tenor)
- Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
- Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1892
Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta diva - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Ensemble: London Opera Chorus
- Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1831
Giordano, Umberto : Fedora :: Amor ti vieta - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1898.
- Running Time: 2 min. sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1898
Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Celeste - Performer: Jon Vickers (Tenor)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1871.
- Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1871
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie [Anvil Chorus] - Conductor: Sir Solti
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì vedremo - Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
- Conductor: Edward Downes
- Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
- Notes: Composition written: 1904.
- Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1904
Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [Doretta's Dream Song] - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1917
Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Donna non vidi mai - Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
- Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Notes: Composition written: 1893.
- Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1893
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore - Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle - Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus :: Mein herr marquis - Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
- Conductor: Andre Previn
- Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1874
Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Hojotoho! Heiaha! - Performers: Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano); Marie Collier (Soprano); Joan Edwards (Alto); Julia Malyon (Soprano)
- Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
- Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1854-1856

























