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Essential Opera

Various Artists
1991
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
Overture (Prelude)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
2:16
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca, S. 69, SC 69
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Georg Solti
3:19
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
"Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2:45
Giacomo Puccini
La Bohème, SC 67
"Che gelida manina"
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti
4:37
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV 492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
"Voi che sapete"
Georg Solti, Frederica von Stade, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2:52
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
"Bella figlia dell'amore"
London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Huguette Tourangeau, Joan Sutherland, Sherrill Milnes, Richard Bonynge
3:58
Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlos, “Don Carlo”
Chorus: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti
4:33
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Plácido Domingo, Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra
3:57
Alfredo Catalani
La Wally
La Wally, Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Fausto Cleva, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Renata Tebaldi
4:51
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
No. 2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum"
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Leo Nucci, Giuseppe Patanè
5:01
G. Verdi: Aida
"Gloria all'Egitto"
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Lorin Maazel, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
12:00
Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi, SC 88
"Oh! mio babbino caro"
Renata Tebaldi, Lamberto Gardelli, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
2:09
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Nessun Dorma!
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Zubin Mehta, Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
2:57
Jacques Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann, Op. 67 · “The Tales of Hoffmann”
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Joan Sutherland, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Huguette Tourangeau, Richard Bonynge, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus
4:11
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 · “Madame Butterfly”
Un bel dì vedremo
Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Mirella Freni
4:33
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, K. 527, KV 527
"Fin ch'han dal vino"
Georg Solti, Bernd Weikl, London Philharmonic Orchestra
1:22
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, SC 64
Donna non vidi mai
Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, José Carreras
2:10
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
3:14
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Non piangere Liù
Pier Francesco Poli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Montserrat Caballé, Zubin Mehta, Tom Krause, Oliviero de Fabritiis
5:05

January 1, 1991 19 tracks, 1 hour 15 minutes ℗ This Compilation 1991 Decca Music Group Limited

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  • Georg Solti

    Conductor

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  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

    Soprano

  • Chicago Symphony Chorus

    Chorus, Choir

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