Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

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Album Summary

Performers

• Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Camilla Tilling (Soprano)
• Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
• Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Paul Agnew
• Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
• Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Rolando Villaz?n
• Geraldine McGreevy (Soprano)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Gregory Kunde (Tenor)
• Stephanie Blythe (Mezzo Soprano)
• Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
• Sandrine Piau (Soprano)
• Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Rockwell Blake (Tenor)
• Antonio Pappano (Piano)
• Barbara Hendricks
• Yann Beuron (Tenor)
• Felicity Lott
• Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
• Francois Roux (Soprano)
• Gino Quilico (Baritone)
• John Aler (Tenor)
• Angelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Peter Mattei (Bass-Baritone)
• Lisa Larsson (Soprano)
• Andreas Schmidt
• Dawn Upshaw
• Catherine Pierard (Soprano)
• Laurent Naouri (Baritone)
• Annick Massis (Soprano)
• Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor)
• Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)

Conductors

• Curtis, Alan
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Haim, Emmanuelle
• Harding, Daniel
• Hickox, Richard
• Minkowski, Marc
• Nelson, John
• Norrington, Roger
• Pappano, Antonio
• Pido, Evelino
• Plasson, Michel
• Rizzi, Carlo

Ensembles

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• Ensemble Artaserse
• Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Il Complesso Barocco
• Il Seminario Musicale

Composers

• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834)
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626 - 1690)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (Composer) (1690 - 1749)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Giovanni Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)

Notes & Reviews:

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning 400 years of sacred and operatic music, from Purcell to Richard Strauss, via Handel, Mozart, Verdi, and Donizetti.

Amongst many treasures, the program offers a previously unpublished recording of Hande's "De torrente", duet from Dixit Dominus, by Véronique Gens and Natalie Dessay, and 3 duets from La Traviata, sung by the famous operatic tandem Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón.

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Libiamo ne' lieti calici

• Performers: Anna Netrebko (Soprano); Rolando Villaz?n
• Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Un di felice

• Performers: Anna Netrebko (Soprano); Rolando Villaz?n
• Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La Traviata :: Parigi, o cara noi lasceremo

• Performers: Anna Netrebko (Soprano); Rolando Villaz?n
• Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucie de Lammermoor :: C'est moi Lucie, j'ai voulu...

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucie de Lammermoor :: Sur la tombe de mon père

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucie de Lammermoor :: Qu'une lettre em ma misère

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Berlioz, Hector : Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23 :: Ah! Le ciel, cher époux

• Performers: Gregory Kunde (Tenor); Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Notes: Composition written: 05/1834-09/1838.
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 05/1834-09/1838

Berlioz, Hector : Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23 :: Quand des sommets

• Performers: Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano); Gregory Kunde (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Notes: Composition written: 05/1834-09/1838.
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 05/1834-09/1838

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orphee et Euredice :: Viens, suis un époux qui t'adore

• Performers: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano); Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Notes: Composition written: Italy.
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : La Belle Hélène :: C'est le ciel qui m'envoie

• Performers: Yann Beuron (Tenor); Felicity Lott
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Notes: Composition written: 1864.
• Running Time: 8 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1864

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Duo des fleurs

• Performers: Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Offenbach, Jacques : La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein :: O grandes leçons du passe

• Performers: Francois Roux (Soprano); Felicity Lott
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint

• Performers: Gino Quilico (Baritone); John Aler (Tenor)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Mir ist de Ehre widerfahren

• Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Angelika Kirchschlager (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1909-1910

Handel, George Frideric : Dixit Dominus :: De Torrente

• Performers: Natalie Dessay (Soprano); Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1707.
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1707

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (Composer) (1690 - 1749) : Bist du bei mir

• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Vocal
• Written: by 1720

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don giovanni :: La ci darem la mano

• Performers: Peter Mattei (Bass-Baritone); Lisa Larsson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Daniel Harding
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen

• Performers: Andreas Schmidt; Dawn Upshaw
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

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

• Performers: Catherine Pierard (Soprano); Andreas Schmidt
• Conductor: Roger Norrington
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775 - 1834) : La Dame blanche :: Eh! Mais quel est ce bruit

• Performers: Laurent Naouri (Baritone); Annick Massis (Soprano)
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Monteverdi, Claudio : Madrigals, Book 1

• Performers: Topi Lehtipuu (Tenor); Rolando Villaz?n
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1619

Monteverdi, Claudio : L'incoronazione di Poppea :: Pur ti miro

• Performers: Arleen Augér (Soprano); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1642

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas :: Your counsel all is urged in vain

• Performers: Camilla Tilling (Soprano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Legrenzi, Giovanni : Ave Regina coelorum

• Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1660

Pergolesi, Giovanni : Stabat Mater

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Ensemble: Il Seminario Musicale
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736-1736

Handel, George Frideric : Caro autor di mia doglia, HWV 182a :: Dagli amori flagellata

• Performers: Paul Agnew; Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Scherzano sul tuo volto

• Performers: Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano); Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Alan Curtis
• Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1711

Handel, George Frideric : Arminio :: Ritorna nel core vezzosa, brillante

• Performers: Geraldine McGreevy (Soprano); Vivica Genaux (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Alan Curtis
• Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1736

Handel, George Frideric : Giulio Cesare :: Madre... Son nata e lagrimar

• Performers: David Daniels (Countertenor); Stephanie Blythe (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: John Nelson
• Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
• Running Time: 7 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1724

Handel, George Frideric : Aci, Galatea e polifemo :: Sorge il di

• Performer: Sandrine Piau (Soprano)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1708

Rossini, Gioachino : Duetto buffo di due gatti

• Performers: Rockwell Blake (Tenor); Antonio Pappano (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1816