The Opera Album: The Greatest Opera Stars On One Double Album For The First Time Ever!
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This is a remarkable collection: Two and a half hours' worth of opera arias, duets, and a couple of choruses, and nary a dud among them.
All the stars are here, from Alagna to Schwarzkopf, with stops at Gheorghiu, Callas, Bjoerling, Dessay, Gedda, Carreras, Popp, Domingo, Norman--and a bunch of others.
And the repertoire is wisely chosen: the gorgeous Flower Duet from Lakme, de los Angeles singing Bizet's Habanera from Carmen, the famous Pearl Fishers duet (Gedda, Blanc), Wally's exit into the snow from La Wally (Callas), the Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Jessye Norman and Ann Murray), "Largo al factotum" with an energetic Thomas Hampson as The Barber of Seville, Domingo in "Celeste Aida," countertenor David Daniels in a Handel aria, the heavenly "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka, sung as in a dream by Lucia Popp, Caballe as Madama Butterfly, and many more--37 tracks in all. Even if you already own some of these, having them all in one place makes for breathless, glorious listening.
Product Description:
The greatest Opera stars on one double album.
Roberto Alagna, Maria Callas Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Placido Domingo!!
Track Listings:
Disc: 1 -
1 Lakme: Act I: Flower Duet: Dome Epais - Natalie Dessay
2 Tosca: Act III: E Lucevan Le Stelle - Placido Domingo
3 La Wally: Act I: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Maria Callas
4 L'amico Fritz: Act II, First Part: Cherry Duet: Suzel, Bon Di - Luciano Pavarotti
5 Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Act IV: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'Amour - Jessye Norman
6 Rusalka: Act I: Song To The Moon - Lucia Popp
7 Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti La Giubba - Jose Carreras
8 Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Ecco! Respiro Appena. Io Son L'umile Ancella - Kiri Te Kanawa
9 La Boheme: Act I: O Soave Fanciulla - Angela Gheorghiu
10 Madama Butterfly: Act I: Un Bel Di Vedremo - Montserrat Caballe
11 Requiem: Ingemisco - Luciano Pavarotti
12 Serse: Act I: Frondi Tenere...Ombra Mai Fu - David Daniels
13 Le Nozze Di Figaro: Act I: Non Piu Andrai - Thomas Allen
14 Les Pecheurs De Perles: Act I: Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Nicolai Gedda
15 Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Angela Gheorghiu
16 Rigoletto, Act III: La Donna E Mobile - Roberto Alagna
17 Il Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus: Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie - Chorus Of La Scala, Milan
18 Di Zauberflote: Act II: Der Holle Rache - Natalie Dessay
19 La Traviata: Act I: Brindisi: Libiamo Ne'Lieti Calici - London Voices
Disc: 2 -
1 Norma: Act I: Casta Diva - Maria Callas
2 Le Nozze Di Figaro: Act III: Canzonetta Sull'aria - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
3 Aida: Act I: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi...Celeste Aida - Placido Domingo
4 Tosca: Act II: Vissi D'Arte - Angela Gheorghiu
5 La Boheme: Act I: Che Gelida Manina - Roberto Alagna
6 La Bohem: Act I: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Mirella Freni
7 Carmen: Act I: Habanera: L'Amour Est Un Oisea Rebelle - Victoria De Los Angeles
8 Nabucco: Act III: Va, Pensiero - Chorus Of La Scala, Milan
9 Le Nozze Di Figaro: Act III: Dove Sono - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
10 Cosi Fan Tutte: Act II: Un Aura Amorosa - Placido Domingo
11 Orphee Et Eurydice: Act III: J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice - Anne Sofie Von Otter
12 Don Giovanni: Act II: Non Mi Dir - John Sutherland
13 La Boheme: Act IV: O Mimi, Tu Piu Non Torni - Robert Merrill
14 Andrea Chenier: Act III: La Mamma Morta - Maria Callas
15 Il Barbiere Di Sivigia: Act I: Largo Al Factotum - Thomas Hampson
16 Porgy And Bess: Act I: Summertime - Kiri Te Kanawa
17 Tannhauser: Act II: Dich, Teure Halle - Jessye Norman
18 Turandot: Act III: Nessun Dorma - Jose Carreras