The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Maria Chiara (Soprano)
• William Matteuzzi (Tenor)
• Anita Cerquetti (Soprano)
• Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
• Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Birgit Nilsson
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Jon Vickers (Tenor)
• Elizabeth Harwood
• Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Barbara Hendricks
• Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Eva Lind (Soprano)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Teresa Berganza
• Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Olaf Bär (Baritone)
• Jussi Björling (Tenor)
• Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• José Carreras (Tenor)
• Renée Fleming (Soprano)

Conductors

• Benini, Maurizio
• Bohm, Karl
• Bonynge, Richard
• Chailly, Riccardo
• de Fabritiis, Oliviero
• Downes, Edward
• Erede, Alberto
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Hogwood, Christopher
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Leinsdorf, Erich
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Mehta, Zubin
• Molinari-Pradelli, France
• Ostman, Arnold
• Patane, Franco
• Previn, Andre
• Santi, Nello
• Sinopoli, Giuseppe
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Tate, Jeffrey
• Varviso, Silvio

Ensemble

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Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)

Notes & Reviews:

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks from Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Bryn Terfel, Ceclia Bartoli and more! The works of all the great opera composers are here -Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Wagner and more!

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questo o quella

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome che il mio cor

• Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Celeste Aida

• Performer: Jon Vickers (Tenor)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en vo' soletta [Musetta's Waltz]

• Performer: Elizabeth Harwood
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 :: Welche wonne, welche

• Performer: Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Mi tradì, quell' alma ingrate

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Giunse alfim il momento... Deh vieni, no

• Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
• Conductor: Arnold Östman
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Sull'aria... Che soave zeffiretto (The L

• Performers: Lucia Popp (Soprano); Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen (The Queen

• Performer: Sumi Jo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Dies bildnis is bezaubernd schön

• Performer: Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!

• Performers: Eva Lind (Soprano); Olaf Bär (Baritone)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Brindisi

• Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Handel, George Frideric : Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 :: Let the Bright Seraphim

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1741.
• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: M'appari

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Una voce poco fa

• Performer: Teresa Berganza
• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia

• Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
• Conductor: Franco Patanè
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta diva

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Pourquoi me réveiller?

• Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
• Conductor: Franco Patanè
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus :: Mein Herr Marquis (The Laughing Song)

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1874

Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Song)

• Performer: Renata Tebaldi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Oliviero de Fabritiis
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1917

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

Flotow, Friedrich von : Martha :: Letzte Rose (The Last Rose of Summer)

• Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: La mamma morta

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte

• Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1711

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Land of Smiles :: Dein

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Die Afrikanerin

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Notes: Composition written: 1864.
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1864

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: O Dieu! de quelle ivresse

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Addio, fiorito asil

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Maurizio Benini
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: In quelle trine morbide

• Performer: Maria Chiara (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nello Santi
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde

• Performers: José Carreras (Tenor); William Matteuzzi (Tenor)
• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Donizetti, Gaetano : La Favorita :: Spirito gentil

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Edward Downes
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1840

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Mercè, dilette amiche (Bolero)

• Performer: Anita Cerquetti (Soprano)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: As si, ben mio

• Performer: Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
• Conductor: Alberto Erede
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

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

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Luisa Miller :: Quando le sere al placido

• Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Isoldes Liebestod)

• Performer: Birgit Nilsson
• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857-1859