100 Best Opera Classics (2004)
performed by
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Alain Vanzo (tenor), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Anita Soldh (soprano), Anja Silja (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
composed by
Adolphe Adam, Alfredo Catalani, Ambroise Thomas, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Edouard Lalo, Francesco Cilèa, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini
100 Best Opera Classics, a six-CD set, includes nearly eight hours of some of the most popular music from opera's golden age, from the late eighteenth century through the early 20th century. The selections are drawn from the archives of EMI, and although these might not necessarily be THE definitive interpretations of these pieces, it can be assumed that most all of the performances here meet a high artistic standard. The sound can vary, because the recording dates range from 1955 to 2003, with the majority from the 1960s, ...
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100 Best Opera Classics, a six-CD set, includes nearly eight hours of some of the most popular music from opera's golden age, from the late eighteenth century through the early 20th century. The selections are drawn from the archives of EMI, and although these might not necessarily be THE definitive interpretations of these pieces, it can be assumed that most all of the performances here meet a high artistic standard. The sound can vary, because the recording dates range from 1955 to 2003, with the majority from the 1960s, but it is often very good, and always at least respectable. The pieces come largely from the standard Italian, German, and French repertoire, with Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Massenet, and Puccini being the best represented composers. The rarities come almost entirely from neglected French repertoire, with selections from obscure operas by Berlioz, Auber, Adam, Bizet, Massenet, and Lalo. While there are some performances by singers of small reputation, the...
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- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Porgi amor
- Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Deh, vieni alla finestra
- Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Batti, batti, o bel Masetto
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Hölle Rache
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: O Isis und Osiris
- Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Temerari...Come scoglio
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: La calunnia è un venticello
- Don Carlo, opera: Nei giardin del bello
- Norma, opera: Casta Diva
- Aida, opera: Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida
- La Traviata, opera: Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato
- Otello, opera: Niun mi tema
- Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel di vedremo
- Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
- La bohème, opera: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
- Manon Lescaut, opera: In quelle trine morbide
- Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta
- Pagliacci, opera: Recitar...Vesti la giubba
- Fedora, opera: Amor ti vieta di non amar
- Faust, opera, CG 4: Le veau d'or est toujours debout
- Lakmé, opera: Où va la jeune hindoue?
- Roméo et Juliette, opera, CG 9: L'amour, l'amour...Ah! Lève-toi, soleil
- Manon, opera in 5 acts: Allons! Il le faut...Adieu notre petite table
- Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Toute mon âme est là...Pourquoi me réveiller
- La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts: Quand la flamme de l'amour
- Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
- Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: À cette voix...Je crois entendre encore
- La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra ("légende dramatique"), H. 111 (Op. 24): Une puce gentille
- Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a: Je vais mourir...Adieu, fière cité
- Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Mon c?ur s'ouvre à ta voix
- Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Wie Todesahnung...O du mein holder Abendstern
- Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an?
- Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: In fernem Land
- Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Heil dir, Sonnet
- Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Mild und leise
- Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice?
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
- Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Finch'han dal vino
- Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono
- Fidelio, opera, Op. 72: Abscheulicher!
- Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Ne m'abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance...Asile héréditaire
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum
- Don Carlo, opera: Ella giammai m'amò
- Rigoletto, opera: La donna è mobile
- Il Trovatore, opera: Di quella pira
- Otello, opera: Esultate!
- Otello, opera: Dio! mi potevi scagliar
- Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
- Turandot, opera: In questa reggia
- Turandot, opera: Tanto amore
- Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
- L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Ed anche Beppe amo
- Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Poveri fiori
- Andrea Chénier, opera: Come un bel di di maggio
- Faust, opera, CG 4: Les grands seigneurs...Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle
- Le jongleur de Notre-Dame, opera in 3 acts: Marie, avec l'enfant Jésus
- Mireille, opera, CG 8: Heureux petit berger
- Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Connais-tu le pays
- Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur
- Carmen, opera: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre...Toréador
- Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Les oiseaux dans la charmille
- La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra ("légende dramatique"), H. 111 (Op. 24): Maintenant, chantons...Devant la maison de celui qui t'adore
- Louise, opera: Depuis le jour
- Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Da geht er hin
- Lohengrin, op
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