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Album Summary

Performers

• Virginia Vocals] (Soprano)
• John Oakman (Tenor)
• Eugenia Moldoveanu (Soprano)
• Anne-Marie Owens (Mezzo-soprano)
• Magda Ianculescu (Soprano)
• Nicolae Herlea (Baritone)
• Mary Hart (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Madeline Tsingopoulos (Mezzo Soprano)
• Ludovic Spiess (Tenor)
• Elvira Cirje-Druica (Soprano)
• Steven Page (Bass-Baritone)
• Ion Buzea (Tenor)

Conductors

• Bigg, Julian
• Bobescu, Jean
• Clark, Richard Auldon
• Kunzel, Erich
• Massini, Eglizio
• Palmer, Rudolph
• Petrovici, Constantin
• Popa, Mircea
• Popescu, Paul
• Schippers, Thomas
• Semkov, Jerzy
• Trailescu, Cornel

Ensembles

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• Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra
• Cincinnati Pops Chorus
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
• Romanian Opera Chorus of Bucharest
• Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Satu Mare Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

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Works Details

Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: Overture

• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Ensemble: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1829

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al Factotum

• Performer: Steven Page (Bass-Baritone)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Brindisi

• Performers: Ion Buzea (Tenor); Virginia Vocals] (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jean Bobescu
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au Fond du Temple Saint (Duet)

• Performer: John Oakman (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun Dorma

• Performer: John Oakman (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un Bel Di

• Performer: Eugenia Moldoveanu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Paul Popescu
• Ensemble: Satu Mare Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Grand March

• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Chorus
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Madamina, Il Catalogo e questo

• Performer: Steven Page (Bass-Baritone)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La Donna e Mobile

• Performer: John Oakman (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Saint-Saëns, Camille : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Mon coeur s' ouvre a ta voix

• Performer: Anne-Marie Owens (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859-1877

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Toreador

• Performer: Steven Page (Bass-Baritone)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Seguidilla

• Performer: Anne-Marie Owens (Mezzo-soprano)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1873-1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Prelude to Act 1

• Conductor: Jean Bobescu
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Sempre libera

• Performer: Virginia Vocals] (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jean Bobescu
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Bella Figlia d'Amore (Quartet)

• Performers: Ion Buzea (Tenor); Magda Ianculescu (Soprano); Nicolae Herlea (Baritone)
• Conductor: Jean Bobescu
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Ride of the Valkyries

• Conductor: Jerzy Semkov
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Gypsies' Chorus

• Conductor: Eglizio Massini
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'Arte

• Performer: Virginia Vocals] (Soprano)
• Conductor: Cornel Trailescu
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Handel, George Frideric : Tolomeo, rè d'Egitto, opera, HWV 25 :: Silent Worship

• Performer: Mary Hart (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Clark
• Ensemble: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1728.
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1728

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

• Performer: Madeline Tsingopoulos (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Rudolph Palmer
• Ensemble: Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1711

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che Gelida Manina

• Performer: Ludovic Spiess (Tenor)
• Conductor: Constantin Petrovici
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Si Mi Chiamano Mimi

• Performer: Eugenia Moldoveanu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Constantin Petrovici
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando m'en Vo

• Performer: Elvira Cirje-Druica (Soprano)
• Conductor: Constantin Petrovici
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Orchestra of Bucharest
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Vesti la Giubba

• Performer: John Oakman (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Easter Hymn

• Conductor: Mircea Popa
• Ensemble: Romanian Opera Chorus of Bucharest
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic