O Mio Babbino Caro -Famous Soprano Arias from Italian Operas

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Album Summary

Performers

• Alida Ferrarini (Soprano)
• Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano)
• Monika Krause (Soprano)
• Ewa Podles (Alto)
• Daniela Longhi (Soprano)
• Stefka Evstatieva (Soprano)
• Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)

Conductors

• Humburg, Will
• Morandi, Pier G.
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Wildner, Johannes

Ensembles

• Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
• Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

Composers

• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Notes & Reviews:

This collection brings together some of the best-loved and most popular soprano arias in the Italian opera repertoire. The selection takes in music by all the great masters of opera, including Rossini, Verdi and Puccini. In the space of little over an hour this recording provides a guided journey to a unique collection of the finest operatic moments, from the bel canto purity of Bellini's 'I Puritani' to the lush lyricism of Puccini's 'O mio babbino caro'.

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Works Details

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

• Performer: Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Bellini, Vincenzo : I Puritani, opera :: Qui la voce sua soave

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1835

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

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

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? N'andrò lontana

• Performer: Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì, vedremo

• Performer: Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Caro nome

• Performer: Alida Ferrarini (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: La mamma morta

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
• Notes: Composition written: 1896.
• Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore

• Performer: Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Ah fors è lui

• Performer: Monika Krause (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Sempre libera

• Performer: Monika Krause (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Puccini, Giacomo : La Rondine :: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1917

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

• Performer: Ewa Podles (Alto)
• Conductor: Pier Morandi
• Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

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

• Performer: Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: D'amor sull'ali rosee vanne

• Performer: Daniela Longhi (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Pace, pace

• Performer: Miriam Gauci (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

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

• Performer: Stefka Evstatieva (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic