100 Best Soprano Arias

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Performers

• Lillian Watson (Soprano)
• Hanny Steffek (Voice)
• Helen Donath
• Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
• Régine Crespin (Soprano)
• Eva Marton (Soprano)
• Mady Mesple (Voice)
• Nancy Argenta (Soprano)
• June Anderson (Soprano)
• Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Denise Monteil (Soprano)
• Barbara Hendricks
• Marcelle Croisier (Spoken Vocals)
• Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
• Fiamma D'Amico (Voice)
• Elizabeth Harwood
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Leslie Pearson (Organ)
• Beverly Sills
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Ruth Swenson (Soprano)
• Jane Gilchrist (Mezzo Soprano)
• Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
• Astrid Varnay (Soprano)
• Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Samuel Ramey
• Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Benito Bella (Voice)
• Edda Moser (Soprano)
• Franco Ricciardi (Tenor)
• Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass)
• Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Graziella Sciutti
• José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Karita Mattila
• Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
• Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Margaret Price

Conductors

• Barbirolli, John
• Beecham, Thomas, Sir
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Bohm, Karl
• Boskovsky, Willi
• Chung, Myung-Whun
• Cluytens, Andre
• Davis, Colin
• Eichhorn, Kurt
• Fischer, Georg
• Galliera, Alceo
• Gardelli, Lamberto
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Guadagno, Anton
• Haim, Emmanuelle
• Haitink, Bernard
• Hickox, Richard
• Huggett, Monica
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Klemperer, Otto
• Krips, Josef
• Langree, Louis
• Levine, James
• Maazel, Lorin
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Marty, Jean-Pierre
• Molinari-Pradelli, France
• Muti, Riccardo
• Paavo, Jarvi
• Pappano, Antonio
• Parrott, Andrew
• Plasson, Michel
• Pretre, Georges
• Rescigno, Nicola
• Rousset, Christophe
• Rudel, Julius
• Sawallisch, Wolfgang
• Schippers, Thomas
• Schneider, Peter
• Schreier, Peter
• Serafin, Tullio
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Soltesz, Stefan
• Tate, Jeffrey
• Trevor, Kirk
• Votto, Antonino
• Zedda, Alberto

Ensembles

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• Europa Galante
• Les Talens Lyriques
• Sonnerie
• Taverner Players
• Le Concert d'Astree

Composers

• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata BWV 51 :: Jauchzet Gott in allen landen

• Performers: Nancy Argenta (Soprano); Crispian Steele-Perkins (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Monica Huggett
• Ensemble: Sonnerie
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 09/17/1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208 :: Schafe können sicher weiden

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Peter Schreier
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion

• Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
• Conductor: Andrew Parrott
• Ensemble: Taverner Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: I know that my Redeemer liveth

• Performer: Elizabeth Harwood
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Handel, George Frideric : Joshua :: O had I Jubal's lyre

• Performers: Leslie Pearson (Organ); Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georg Fischer
• Notes: Composition written: 1747.
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1747

Handel, George Frideric : Rinaldo :: Lascia ch'io pianga

• Performer: Jane Gilchrist (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Kirk Trevor
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1711

Handel, George Frideric : Alcina :: Tornami a vagheggiar

• Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Handel, George Frideric : Alcina :: Ombre pallide

• Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 6 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Handel, George Frideric : Alcina :: Ma quando tornerai

• Performer: Arleen Augér (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Handel, George Frideric : Serse :: Un cenno leggiadretto

• Performers: Leslie Pearson (Organ); Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georg Fischer
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738

Handel, George Frideric : Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno :: Un pensiero nemico di pace

• Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
• Notes: Composition written: 1707.
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1707

Vivaldi, Antonio : Bajazet :: Nasce rosa lusinghiera

• Performer: Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Ensemble: Europa Galante
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Vivaldi, Antonio : Bajazet :: Anche il mar par che sommerga

• Performer: Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Ensemble: Europa Galante
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1735

Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas :: When I am laid in earth

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1689

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Castor et Pollux :: Tristes apprets

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Christophe Rousset
• Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1737

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Iphigénie en Tauride :: Non, cet affreux devoir... Je t'implore

• Performer: Edda Moser (Soprano)
• Conductor: Peter Schneider
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1774

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Iphigénie en Aulide :: Dieux puissants que j'atteste... Jupiter, lance la foudre!

• Performer: Véronique Gens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Christophe Rousset
• Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques
• Notes: Composition written: Germany.
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 :: Ach, ich liebte

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alceo Galliera
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 :: Martern aller Arten

• Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Josef Krips
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 7 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

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

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Josef Krips
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Or sai chi l'onore

• Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto

• Performer: Graziella Sciutti
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: In quali eccessi, o Numi... Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata

• Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Vedrai, carino

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Otto Klemperer
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Non mi dir

• Performer: Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Otto Klemperer
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache

• Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

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

• Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Zaide :: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben

• Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Louis Langrée
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1780

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Deh vieni non tardar

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Porgi amor

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Dove sono

• Performer: Margaret Price
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: In uomini, in soldati

• Performer: Lillian Watson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Come scoglio

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Una donna a quindici anni

• Performer: Hanny Steffek (Voice)
• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1790

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: O wär ich schon

• Performer: Helen Donath
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Fidelio, Op. 72 :: Abscheulicher!... Komm, Hoffnung

• Performer: Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
• Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1804-1806

Weber, Carl Maria von : Der Freischütz :: Wie nahte mir... Leise, leise

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817-1821

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Dich, teure Halle

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Einsam in trüben Tagen

• Performer: Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Peter Schneider
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen

• Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

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

• Performer: Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
• Conductor: Peter Schneider
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857-1859

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Die Fledermaus :: Klänge der Heimat

• Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Eugene Onegin :: Tatiana's Letter Scene (conclusion)

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1877-1878

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

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Smetana, Bedrich : The Bartered Bride :: Should I ever learn

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863-1870

Smetana, Bedrich : Dalibor :: How confused I feel

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1867-1870

Strauss, Richard : Ariadne auf Naxos :: Es gibt ein Reich

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Notes: Composition written: 1916.
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1916

Strauss, Richard : Elektra :: Ich kann nicht sitzen

• Performers: Eva Marton (Soprano); Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
• Notes: Composition written: 1906-08.
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1906-1908

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Die tote Stadt :: Glück, das mir verblieb

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1920

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve

• Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
• Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
• Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865-1871

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Un bouquet!...O Dieu! que de bijoux!... Ah! je ris (Jewel Song)

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: André Cluytens
• Running Time: 5 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1856-1859

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Les Huguenots :: Nobles seigneurs, salut!

• Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Kurt Eichhorn
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1836

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le pardon de Ploërmel :: Ombre légère

• Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Quand je vous aimerai?... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Les tringles des sistres tintaient

• Performers: Denise Monteil (Soprano); Marcelle Croisier (Spoken Vocals); Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: C'est des contrebandiers... Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonino Votto
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Allons! Il le faut... Adieu, notre petite table

• Performer: Fiamma D'Amico (Voice)
• Conductor: Alberto Zedda
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Suis-je gentille ainsi... Je marche sur tous les chemins

• Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Manon :: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle

• Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: ! !... Ces lettres

• Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 6 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Massenet, Jules : Le Cid :: De cet affreux combat... Pleurez! pleurez, mes yeux

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Notes: Composition written: Spain.
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : Les Contes d'Hoffmann :: Les oiseaux dans la charmille

• Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
• Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Ah, pour ce soir... Je suis Titania (Polonaise)

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1866

Charpentier, Gustave : Louise :: Depuis le jour

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887-1896

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1831

Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Come per me sereno

• Performer: Edita Gruberova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Kurt Eichhorn
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1831

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Spargi d'amaro pianto

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

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

• Performer: Beverly Sills
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

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

• Performer: Ruth Swenson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Manon Lescaut :: Sola, perduta, abbandonata

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

• Performers: Mirella Freni (Soprano); Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando men vo

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Donde lieta uscì

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Georges Prêtre
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dìvedremo

• Performer: Renata Scotto (Soprano)
• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Puccini, Giacomo : La rondine :: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1917

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta!

• Performer: Ruth Swenson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Anton Guadagno
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Tu che di gel sei cinta

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks
• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: La mamma morta

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Voi lo sapete, o mamma

• Performers: Astrid Varnay (Soprano); Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Ernani :: Surta è la notte... ! , involami

• Performer: Fiamma D'Amico (Voice)
• Conductor: Alberto Zedda
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1844

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Allor che i forti corrono

• Performers: Samuel Ramey; Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : Attila :: Da te questo or m'è concesso

• Performers: Samuel Ramey; Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1846

Verdi, Giuseppe : I lombardi :: Salve Maria

• Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Gualtier Maldé... Caro nome

• Performers: Benito Bella (Voice); Franco Ricciardi (Tenor); Alfredo Giacomotti (Bass); Reri Grist (Soprano)
• Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: D'amor sull'ali rosee

• Performer: Leontyne Price (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

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

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Follie! Follie!... Sempre libera

• Performer: Anna Moffo (Soprano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

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

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : I vespri siciliani :: Mercé, dilette amiche

• Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1855

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Pace, pace mio Dio!

• Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Verdi, Giuseppe : Macbeth :: La luce langue

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1847.
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1847

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: O ma chère compagne

• Performers: José Van Dam (Bass Baritone); Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Karita Mattila
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884
• Studio/Live: Live

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

• Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Qui Radamès verrà... O patria mia

• Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
• Conductor: Riccardo Muti
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Ave Maria

• Performer: Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1887