Best Opera Classics 100

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Roberto Alagna, and many others.

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Voi che sapete

Performer: Teresa Berganza
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Porgi amor

Performer: Heather Harper (Soprano)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Deh, vieni alla finestra

Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

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

Performer: Elisabeth Gale (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

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

Performer: Edda Moser (Soprano)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: O Isis und Osiris

Conductor: Roger Norrington
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

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

Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: La calunnia è un venticello

Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Nei giardin del bello

Performers: Delia Wallis (Mezzo Soprano); Shirley Verrett
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Casta Diva

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1871

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Aldo Ceccato
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Niun mi tema

Performer: Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

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

Performer: Renata Scotto (Soprano)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

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

Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

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

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Bruno Bartoletti
Notes: Composition written: 1893.
Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore, ascolta

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci, opera :: Recitar...Vesti la giubba

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Giordano, Umberto : Fedora :: Amor ti vieta di non amar

Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Mark Elder
Notes: Composition written: 1898.
Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1898

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Le veau d'or est toujours debout

Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Où va la jeune hindoue?

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Alain Lombard
Running Time: 6 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: L'amour, l'amour...Ah! Lève-toi, soleil

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

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

Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Toute mon âme est là...Pourquoi me réveiller

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts :: Quand la flamme de l'amour

Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1866.
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: A cette voix...Je crois entendre encore

Performer: Alain Vanzo (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Performer: Gabriel Bacquier (Baritone)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Berlioz, Hector : Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a :: Je vais mourir...Adieu, Fière cité

Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1858.
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1858

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Samson et Dalila, Op. 47 :: Mon cour s'ouvre à ta voix

Performers: Jon Vickers (Tenor); Rita Gorr (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859-1877

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung...O du mein holder Abendstern

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere

Performer: Anja Silja (Soprano)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Notes: Composition written: 1841.
Running Time: 8 min. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1841

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: In fernem Land

Performer: Jess Thomas (Tenor)
Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Heil dir, Sonne!

Performers: Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor); Eva Marton (Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Mild und leise

Performer: Helga Dernesch (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1857-1859

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice?

Performer: Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja

Performer: Walter Berry (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Finch'han dal vino

Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono

Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
Running Time: 6 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

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

Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Otto Klemperer
Notes: Composition written: 1804-06.
Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1804-1806

Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: Ne m'abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance...Asile héréditaire

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Running Time: 6 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1829

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

Performer: Tito Gobbi (Baritone)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: Ella giammai m'amò!

Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Notes: Composition written: 1884.
Running Time: 7 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1884

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna è mobile

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Julius Rudel
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Di quella pira

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Esultate!

Performer: James McCracken (Tenor)
Conductor: John Barbirolli
Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Verdi, Giuseppe : Otello :: Dio! mi potevi scagliar

Performers: Justino Vocals] (Bass Baritone); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

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

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: In questa reggia

Performer: Ghena Dimitrova (Soprano)
Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Tanto amore

Performer: Janine Micheau (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

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

Performer: Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Ed anche Beppe amo

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur :: Poveri fiori

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1902

Giordano, Umberto : Andrea Chénier :: Come un bel dì di maggio

Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Mark Elder
Notes: Composition written: 1896.
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Les grands seigneurs...Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle

Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Massenet, Jules : Le jongleur de Notre-Dame :: Marie, avec l'enfant Jésus

Conductor: Roger Boutry
Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Gounod, Charles : Mireille :: Heureux petit berger

Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863-1864

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Connais-tu le pays

Performer: Jane Rhodes (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Jean-Claude Hartemann
Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Thomas, Ambroise : Mignon :: Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1866

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre...Toréador

Performers: Denise Monteil (Soprano); Monique Linval (Soprano); Ernest Blanc (Baritone); Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano)
Conductor: Thomas Beecham
Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Les oiseaux dans la charmille

Performer: Mady Mesple (Voice)
Conductor: Jean-Pierre Marty
Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Performer: Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Charpentier, Gustave : Louise :: Depuis le jour

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887-1896

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Da geht er hin

Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1909-1910

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Einsam in trüben Tagen

Performer: Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Dich, teure Halle

Performer: Hildegard Behrens (Soprano)
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1843-1865

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Running Time: 15 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!

Performers: Ruth Falcon (Soprano); Ursula Kunz (Mezzo Soprano); Anita Soldh (Soprano); Ute Walther (Mezzo Soprano); Margaretha Hintermeier (Alto); Margarita Lilowa (Mezzo Soprano); Carolyn Watkinson (Alto)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non più andrai

Performer: Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano

Performers: Graziella Sciutti; Eberhard Wächter (Baritone)
Conductor: Carlo Giulini
Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Duo

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Soave sia il vento

Performers: Carol Vaness (Soprano); Delores Ziegler (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1790

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Mira, o Norma

Performers: Maria Callas (Soprano); Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Il dolce suono

Performers: Edita Gruberova (Soprano); Renato Bruson (Baritone); Bruno Lazzaretti (Tenor)
Conductor: Nicola Rescigno
Running Time: 16 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1835

Donizetti, Gaetano : Don Pasquale :: Com'è gentil

Performer: Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Sarah Caldwell
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843

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

Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
Conductor: Alceo Galliera
Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1816

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

Performers: Renata Scotto (Soprano); Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Notes: Composition written: 1853.
Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1853

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Gualtier Maldè!...Caro nome

Performers: Ernesto Gavazzi (Tenor); Daniela Dessi; Lucio Gallo (Baritone)
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1851

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Ritorna vincitor

Performer: Birgit Nilsson
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Notes: Composition written: 1871.
Running Time: 6 min. 25 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. 13 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1887

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma

Performer: Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor: France Molinari-Pradelli
Notes: Composition written: 1926.
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1926

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Thomas Schippers
Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

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

Performer: Barbara Hendricks
Conductor: Järvi Paavo
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1892

Adam, Adolphe : Le postillon de Lonjumeau :: Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire

Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1836

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871) : La muette de Portici :: Mieux vaut mourir...Amour sacré de la patrie

Performers: Jean-Philippe LaFont (Baritone); Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Thomas Fulton
Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1828

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. 51 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Lalo, Edouard : Le Roi d'Ys :: Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir...Vainement, ma bien-aimée

Performer: Henri Legay (Tenor)
Conductor: André Cluytens
Notes: Composition written: 1875-88.
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1875-1888

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

Performer: June Anderson (Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1882-1883

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour

Performers: Ann Murray (Mezzo Soprano); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor: Sylvain Cambreling
Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor: Jacques Delacôte
Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: C'est toi!...Au fond du temple saint

Performers: Gino Quilico (Baritone); John Aler (Tenor)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Massenet, Jules : Werther :: Werther, Werther, qui m'aurait dit...Ces lettres!

Performer: Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Viens, Mallika

Performers: Mady Mesple (Voice); Danielle Millet (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alain Lombard
Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1883

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Ah! Je suis seule enfin...Dis-moi que je suis belle

Performer: Beverly Sills
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Alerte, alert!...Anges purs, anges radieux

Performers: Placido Domingo (Tenor); Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor: Georges Prêtre
Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1859

Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Boris's Farewell

Conductor: André Cluytens
Notes: Composition written: 1868-74.
Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868-1874

Weber, Carl Maria von : Oberon :: Schreckinsschwur!

Performer: Gary Lakes (Tenor)
Conductor: James Conlon
Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1825-1826

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Die "selige Morgentraum-Deutweise"...Selig, wie die S

Performers: Ruth Hesse (Mezzo Soprano); René Kollo; Theo Adam (Bass Baritone); Helen Donath; Peter Schreier (Tenor)
Conductor: Herbert Karajan
Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1862-1867

Wagner, Richard : Siegfried :: Was am besten er kann...Nothung! Nothung!

Performers: Peter Haage (Tenor); Siegfried Jerusalem (Tenor)
Conductor: Bernard Haitink
Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1856-1871

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