50 Greatest Opera Classics
by Various Artists
Album · 13,552 Plays · 50 Songs · 13,552 Plays · 3:20:38
℗ 1987 Decca Music Group Limited
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Bellini: Norma / Act 1: Casta Diva
Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
22
Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint"
Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Stapleton
33
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)
Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
44
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Placido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
55
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Votre toast"
José Van Dam, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
66
Catalani: La Wally / Act 1: "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"
Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Torino, John Mauceri
77
Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"
Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge
88
Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Act 1: Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!
Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
99
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima"
Joseph Calleja, Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Carlo Rizzi
1010
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém"
Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra Dell'accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Patanè
1111
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act III: "Che farò senza Euridice?"
Teresa Berganza, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Alexander Gibson
1212
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 1: "Ah, je veux vivre"
Joan Sutherland, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
1313
Gounod: Faust / Act 4: "Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
1414
Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"
Raymond Leppard, Bernadette Greevy, Academy Of St Martin In The Fields
1515
Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: "Ombra mai fu"
Andreas Scholl, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington
1616
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1: "Vesti la giubba"
José Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos
1717
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Che soave zeffiretto"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
1818
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze"
Cheryl Studer, Academy Of St Martin In The Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1919
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"
Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
2020
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano"
Lucia Popp, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
2121
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1: "Non più andrai"
Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
2222
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Porgi amor
Kiri Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
2323
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1: "Soave sia il vento"
Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
2424
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete
Frederica Von Stade, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
2525
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge
2626
Puccini: La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina
Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
2727
Puccini: La rondine, SC 83 / Act I: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"
Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
2828
Puccini: Tosca / Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle"
Franco Corelli, Orchestra Dell'accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Lorin Maazel
2929
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
3030
Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!
Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
3131
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
3232
Puccini: La bohème, SC 67, Act II: Quando men vo
Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
3333
Puccini: Tosca / Act 1: "Recondita armonia"
Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Orchestra Dell'accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Lorin Maazel
3434
Puccini: La bohème, Act I: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì
Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
3535
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo
Mirella Freni, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan
3636
Puccini: Tosca / Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
3737
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth
Danielle De Niese, The English Concert, Harry Bicket
3838
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: "Largo al factotum"
Leo Nucci, Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè
3939
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: "Una voce poco fa"
Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
4040
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act II: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis
4141
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
4242
Verdi: Aida / Act 1: "Celeste Aida"
Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera
4343
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3: "Di quella pira"
José Carreras, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
4444
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1: "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera"
Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
4545
Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: La donna è mobile
Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
4646
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)
Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
4747
Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1: "Questa o quella"
Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
4848
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Chor Der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso
4949
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3: "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries
Birgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
5050
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)
Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

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