Album Summary
Performers
Libero Luca (Voice)
Regina Resnik (Mezzo Soprano)
Jean Borthayre (Baritone)
Elena Suliotis (Soprano)
Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
Ettore Bastianini (Baritone)
James McCracken (Tenor)
Birgit Nilsson (Voice)
Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
Felicia Weathers (Soprano)
Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone)
Anita Cerquetti (Soprano)
Piero de Palma (Tenor)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Vera Little (Alto)
Athos Cesarini (Tenor)
Vera Schlosser (Soprano)
Marilyn Tyler (Soprano)
Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
Helen Watts (Voice)
Marilyn Horne (Voice)
Berit Lindholm (Soprano)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Claudia Hellmann (Mezzo Soprano)
Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
James King (Voice)
Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
Maria Chiara (Soprano)
Victor Braun (Baritone)
Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
Pilar Lorengar (Soprano)
Pierre Thau (Bass)
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Teresa Berganza (Voice)
Norma Burrowes (Soprano)
Alfredo Mariotti (Bass)
Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Martti Talvela (Bass)
Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano)
Gabriel Bacquier (Baritone)
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Elizabeth Harwood (Voice)
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Tom Krause (Baritone)
Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Rolando Panerai (Baritone)
Brigitte Fassbaender (Voice)
Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano)
Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano)
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Michel Sénéchal (Voice)
José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Julia Varády (Voice)
Bernet, Dietfried
Bonynge, Richard
Capuana, Franco
Cleva, Fausto
de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Downes, Edward
Erede, Alberto
Franci, Carlo
Gardelli, Lamberto
Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Karajan, Herbert von
Kertesz, Istvan
Knappertsbusch, Hans
Lewis, Henry
Maazel, Lorin
Magiera, Leone
Mehta, Zubin
Molinari-Pradelli, France
Patane, Franco
Patane, Giuseppe
Pritchard, John
Quadri, Argeo
Santi, Nello
Schippers, Thomas
Serafin, Tullio
Solti, Sir Georg
Varviso, Silvio
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Notes & Reviews:
"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn Horne, Jussi Bjorling, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, and Nicolai Ghiaurov. The performances are clearly labeled, identifying the singers, the conductor, and orchestra, making it easy for anyone wanting to seek out the complete recording from which an excerpt was taken to do so. Decca's sound during its golden age was state of the art, so the quality is good. This collection offers just what it claims to, and makes a generous introduction to the highlights of the standard repertoire." -All Music
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Works Details
Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1918
Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1842
Handel, George Frideric : Rodelinda :: Dove sei (Art thou troubled) - Performer: Marilyn Horne (Voice)
- Conductor: Henry Lewis
- Notes: Composition written: 1725.
- Running Time: 6 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1725
Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima - Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1832
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Bell Song - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 7 min. 52 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1883
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle - Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Easter Hymn - Performer: Julia Varády (Voice)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Prize Song - Performer: James King (Voice)
- Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
- Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1862-1867
Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Pilgrim's Chorus - Performers: Helga Dernesch (Soprano); Victor Braun (Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1843-1865
Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: O silver moon (Mesícku na nebi hlubokém) - Performer: Pilar Lorengar (Soprano)
- Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
- Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo - Conductor: Tullio Serafin
- Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: Spirito gentil - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Edward Downes
- Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1840
Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice - Performer: Teresa Berganza (Voice)
- Conductor: Alexander Gibson
- Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia - Performers: Franco Corelli (Tenor); Alfredo Mariotti (Bass)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Quartet - Performers: Martti Talvela (Bass); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano); Sherrill Milnes (Baritone); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Flower Duet - Performers: Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1883
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non piú andrai - Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1786
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Trio - Performers: Tom Krause (Baritone); Lucia Popp (Soprano); Brigitte Fassbaender (Voice)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1790
Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Jewel Song - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1856-1859
Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Pearlfishers' Duet - Performers: Libero Luca (Voice); Jean Borthayre (Baritone)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Running Time: 8 min. 52 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: 4 min. 53 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1892
Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Oh! Fede negar potessi... Quando le sere al placido - Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1849
Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Bell Chorus - Performer: James McCracken (Tenor)
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1892
Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Pourquoi me réveiller - Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
- Conductor: Franco Patanè
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Polonaise - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1835
Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Prologue - Performer: Ingvar Wixell (Baritone)
- Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
- Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1892
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte - Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Un dì felice - Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Cielo e mar! - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1876
Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Te Deum - Performers: Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone); Piero de Palma (Tenor)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1900
Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: The Ride of the Valkyries - Performers: Vera Little (Alto); Vera Schlosser (Soprano); Marilyn Tyler (Soprano); Helga Dernesch (Soprano); Brigitte Fassbaender (Voice); Helen Watts (Voice); Berit Lindholm (Soprano); Claudia Hellmann (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1854-1856
Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung... O du, mein holder Abendstern (O Star of Eve) - Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: Argeo Quadri
- Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1843-1865
Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che puro ciel! - Performer: Teresa Berganza (Voice)
- Conductor: Alexander Gibson
- Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano - Performers: Lucia Popp (Soprano); Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Ah sì, ben mio - Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor! - Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Notes: Composition written: 1871.
- Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1871
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Flower Song - Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming Chorus - Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Notes: Composition written: 1904.
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1904
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Mon cour s'ouvre à ta voix - Performer: Marilyn Horne (Voice)
- Conductor: Henry Lewis
- Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1859-1877
Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Serenade - Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
- Conductor: Edward Downes
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1856-1859
Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O don fatale - Performer: Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Notes: Composition written: 1884.
- Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1884
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta! - Performer: Maria Chiara (Soprano)
- Conductor: Nello Santi
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926
Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: La dolcissima effigie - Performers: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano); Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
- Conductor: Franco Capuana
- Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1902
Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle - Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Huguette Tourangeau (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Morrò, ma prima in grazia - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1859
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Toreador Song - Performers: Pierre Thau (Bass); Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Thomas Allen (Baritone); Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 6 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa - Performer: Teresa Berganza (Voice)
- Conductor: Alexander Gibson
- Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1816
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Serenade - Performer: Gabriel Bacquier (Baritone)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Anvil Chorus - Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Musetta's Waltz Song - Performers: Elizabeth Harwood (Voice); Mirella Freni (Soprano); Michel Sénéchal (Voice); Rolando Panerai (Baritone)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Dove sono - Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Written: 1786
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja - Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1791
Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta diva - Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1831
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Stride la vampa - Performer: Giulietta Simionato (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar!... Vesti la giubba - Performer: Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Written: 1892
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Finch'han dal vino - Performer: Tom Krause (Baritone)
- Conductor: István Kertész
- Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Classical
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1787
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia - Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor); Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
- Conductor: Zubin Mehta
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926
Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Seguidilla - Performers: Regina Resnik (Mezzo Soprano); Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
- Conductor: Thomas Schippers
- Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1873-1874
Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Afrikanerin - Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Notes: Composition written: 1864.
- Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 1864
Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Suicido! - Performer: Elena Suliotis (Soprano)
- Conductor: Silvio Varviso
- Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1876
Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Solenne in quest'ora - Performers: Ettore Bastianini (Baritone); Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
- Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
- Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1862
Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise (Liebestod) - Performer: Birgit Nilsson (Voice)
- Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
- Running Time: 7 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1857-1859
Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Magic Fire Music - Performer: Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
- Conductor: Sir Solti
- Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1854-1856
Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel di (One fine day) - Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
- Conductor: Herbert Karajan
- Notes: Composition written: 1904.
- Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1904
Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Leone Magiera
- Notes: Composition written: 1871.
- Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1871
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 1. Prelude - Conductor: John Pritchard
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Brindisi - Performers: Joan Sutherland (Soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: John Pritchard
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella - Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1851
Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Sogno di Doretta - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1917
Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: O mio Fernando - Performer: Fiorenza Cossotto (Mezzo Soprano)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1840
Puccini, Giacomo : La Fanciulla del West :: Ch'ella mi creda - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Notes: Composition written: 1910.
- Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1910
Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Tu che di gel sei cinta - Performer: Felicia Weathers (Soprano)
- Conductor: Argeo Quadri
- Notes: Composition written: 1926.
- Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1926
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Soldiers' Chorus - Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Donna non vidi mai - Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Notes: Composition written: 1893.
- Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1893
Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Bolero - Performer: Maria Chiara (Soprano)
- Conductor: Nello Santi
- Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1855
Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Le Veau d'or (Song of the Golden Calf) - Performer: Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
- Conductor: Edward Downes
- Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1856-1859
Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: Colpito qui m'avete... Un di all'azzurro spazio - Performer: Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Notes: Composition written: 1896.
- Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1896
Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Fire Chorus - Conductor: Carlo Franci
- Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1887
Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : L'Arlesiana :: Lamento di Federico - Performer: Jussi Björling (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1897
Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: O patria mia - Performer: Anita Cerquetti (Soprano)
- Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
- Notes: Composition written: 1871.
- Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1871
Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Di Provenza il mar - Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Notes: Composition written: 1853.
- Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853
Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Voi lo sapete - Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
- Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
- Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
- Period Time: Post Romantic
Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira - Performers: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano); Mario Del Monaco (Tenor); Athos Cesarini (Tenor)
- Conductor: Alberto Erede
- Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Opera/Operetta
- Written: 1853

























