Various Artists - 50 Greatest Opera Classics [iTunes Plus AAC M4A]

Various Artists - 50 Greatest Opera Classics Track List:

01. Norma, Act 1: Casta diva - By Vincenzo Bellini Dame Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera & Richard Bonynge

02. Les pêcheurs des perles, Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" - By Georges Bizet Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Robin Stapleton

03. Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) - By Georges Bizet Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

04. Carmen, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - By Georges Bizet Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

05. Carmen, Act 2: Vivat! Vivat le torero!.Toreador Song: Votre toast - By Georges Bizet José Van Dam, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

06. La Wally, Act 1: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana - By Alfredo Catalani Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino & John Mauceri

07. Lakmé, Act 1: Viens, Mallika, . Dôme épais (Flower Duet) - By Léo Delibes Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo & Richard Bonynge

08. La fille du régiment, Act 1: "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!" - By Gaetano Donizetti Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Richard Bonynge

09. L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" - By Gaetano Donizetti Joseph Calleja, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Carlo Rizzi

10. Rusalka, Act 1: Mesicku na nebi hlubokém - By Antonín Dvořák Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Giuseppe Patanè

11. Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3: "Che farò senza Euridice?" - By Christoph Willibald Gluck Teresa Berganza, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Alexander Gibson

12. Roméo et Juliette, Act 1: "Ah, je veux vivre" - By Charles Gounod Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

13. Faust, Act 4: "Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus) - By Charles Gounod Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

14. Rinaldo, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" - By George Frideric Handel Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Raymond Leppard

15. Serse, Act 1: "Ombra mai fù" - By George Frideric Handel Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington

16. Pagliacci, Act 1: "Vesti la giubba" - By Ruggero Leoncavallo José Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra & Jesús López-Cobos

17. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3: "Che soave zeffiretto" (Original Version, Vienna 1786) - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

18. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cheryl Studer, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

19. Die Zauberflöte, Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

20. Don Giovanni, Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucia Popp, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

21. Le nozze di Figaro, Act 1: "Non più andrai" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

22. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Porgi amor" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

23. Così fan tutte, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

24. Le nozze di Figaro, Act 2: "Voi che sapete" - By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frederica von Stade, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

25. Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour - By Jacques Offenbach Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Richard Bonynge

26. La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" - By Giacomo Puccini Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan

27. La Rondine, Act 1: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Dream Song) - By Giacomo Puccini Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate

28. Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" - By Giacomo Puccini Franco Corelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Lorin Maazel

29. Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) - By Giacomo Puccini Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan

30. Turandot, Act 3: Nessun dorma! - By Giacomo Puccini Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta

31. Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" - By Giacomo Puccini Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

32. La bohème, Act 2: "Quando men vo" - By Giacomo Puccini Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

33. Tosca, Act 1: "Recondita armonia" - By Giacomo Puccini Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Lorin Maazel

34. La bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" - By Giacomo Puccini Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan

35. Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Un bel dì vedremo - By Giacomo Puccini Mirella Freni, Vienna Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan

36. Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" - By Giacomo Puccini Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

37. Dido and Aeneas, Act 3: Thy Hand, Belinda.When I Am Laid in Earth - By Henry Purcell Danielle de Niese, The English Concert & Harry Bicket

38. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: No. 2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum" - By Gioacchino Rossini Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Giuseppe Patanè

39. Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: Una voce poco fa - By Gioacchino Rossini Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Alexander Gibson

40. Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" - By Camille Saint-Saëns Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester & Henry Lewis

41. Il trovatore, Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus) - By Giuseppe Verdi Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

42. Aida, Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (Shortened Version) - By Giuseppe Verdi Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester & Leone Magiera

43. Il trovatore, Act 3: "Di quella pira" - By Giuseppe Verdi José Carreras, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

44. La traviata, Act 1: "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera" - By Giuseppe Verdi Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

45. Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" - By Giuseppe Verdi Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

46. La traviata, Act 1: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi) - By Giuseppe Verdi Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

47. Rigoletto, Act 1: "Questa o quella" (Ballata) - By Giuseppe Verdi Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

48. Nabucco, Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" - By Giuseppe Verdi Dresden State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden & Silvio Varviso

49. Die Walküre, Act 3: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Ride of the Valkyries) - By Richard Wagner Birgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Vienna Philharmonic & Sir Georg Solti

50. Tristan und Isolde, Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) - By Richard Wagner Birgit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic & Sir Georg Solti

This Compilation ℗ 2012 Decca, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released: January 1, 2012
Genre: Classical
Quality: iTunes Plus AAC .m4a Apple Music Rip 256 Kbps