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The World's Greatest Opera Album

The World's Greatest Opera Album

Various Artists
1997
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
Overture (Prelude)
Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2:16
Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
"Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti
2:51
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC 67
"Che gelida manina"
Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
4:40
Léo Delibes
Lakmé
Viens, Mallika, .Dôme épais (Flower Duet)
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Jane Berbié, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge
5:06
Umberto Giordano
Fedora
"Amor ti vieta"
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede, Jussi Björling
1:59
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
Georg Solti, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos
4:23
Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, “Don Carlo”
Chorus: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
4:37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV 492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
"Dove sono i bei momenti"
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
4:58
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
"La donna è mobile"
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Luciano Pavarotti
2:22
Richard Wagner
Lohengrin, WWV 75
"Treulich geführt ziehet dahin"
Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic
5:19
Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi, SC 88
"Oh! mio babbino caro"
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Renata Tebaldi, Lamberto Gardelli
2:09
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
"Largo al factotum"
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè, Leo Nucci
5:02
Alfredo Catalani
La Wally
Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri, Angela Gheorghiu
3:41
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan
3:01
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Plácido Domingo
3:53
Jacques Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Op. 67 · “The Tales of Hoffmann”
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge
4:15
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, S. 69, SC 69
"E lucevan le stelle"
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, Plácido Domingo
2:29
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Un bel dì vedremo
Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Mirella Freni
4:35
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
"C'est toi"."Au fond du temple saint"
Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Gregory Cross, Gino Quilico
7:32
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre, WWV 86B · “The Valkyrie”
The Ride of the Valkyres
Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic
3:04
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV 492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
"Voi che sapete"
Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer, Wiener Kammerorchester
2:51
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci
"Recitar!" - "Vesti la giubba"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Patanè
4:06
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC 67
"O soave fanciulla"
Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin Philharmonic, Mirella Freni
4:13
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
"Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2:49
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, SC 64
Donna non vidi mai
José Carreras, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
2:11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, K. 527, KV 527
"Là ci darem la mano"
István Kertész, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, Lucia Popp
3:20
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Mattinata, “Morning”
Mattinata
Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leone Magiera
2:18
Charles Gounod
Faust, CG 4
"Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus)
London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Richard Bonynge
3:14
Gaetano Donizetti
L'elisir d'amore, “The Elixir of Love”
"Una furtiva lagrima"
Orchestre National de Lyon, Roberto Alagna, Evelino Pidò
3:43
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Signore, ascolta
Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé
2:44
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, K. 527, KV 527
"Fin ch'han dal vino"
Bryn Terfel, Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
1:18
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Così fan tutte, K. 588, KV 588
"Soave sia il vento"
Renée Fleming, Georg Solti, David Syrus, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michele Pertusi
2:48
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
"Di quella pira"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge
3:20
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, S. 69, SC 69
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti
3:19
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
"Votre toast" (Toreador Song)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, José Van Dam, Georg Solti, Tatiana Troyanos, Norma Burrowes, Sir Thomas Allen, John Alldis Choir, Pierre Thau, Jane Berbié
5:22
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Vogliatemi bene
Mirella Freni, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti
7:53
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
3:15
Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka, B 203, Op. 114
O Silver Moon
London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti, Renée Fleming
6:44
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC 67
"Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri, Angela Gheorghiu
4:48
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Nessun dorma!
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
3:00

1 January 1997 40 Tracks, 2 Hours 31 minutes ℗ This Compilation 1997 Decca Music Group Limited

RECORD LABEL

Decca

  • Georg Solti

    Conductor

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra

  • Chorus of the Royal Opera House

    Chorus, Choir

  • Joan Sutherland

    Soprano

  • Richard Bonynge

    Conductor

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