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Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need
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StudioRCA
Release DateOctober 14, 1997
UPC Code902668823284
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Tracks

  1. Antony & Cleopatra: 'Give Me My Robe' - Leontyne Price
  2. Fidelio: 'In des Lebens Fruhlingstagen...' - Ben Heppner
  3. Fidelio: Act II Quartet: 'Ach, du bist gerettet...' - Deborah Voigt
  4. Norma: 'Casta Diva' - Rosa Ponselle
  5. Candide: 'Glitter And Be Gay' - Harolyn Blackwell
  6. Candide: 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Jerry Hadley
  7. Carmen: Flower Song - Placido Domingo
  8. Carmen: Habanera - Rise Stevens
  9. Carmen: Toreador Song - Robert Merrill
  10. Les pecheurs de perles: Duet: 'Oui, c'est elle, c'est la deesse...' - Robert Merrill
  11. Mefistofele: 'Ecco il mondo' - Samuel Ramey
  12. La Wally: 'Eben, ne andro lontana' - ONLY OPERA CD YOU'LL EVER NEED
  13. Lakme: Bell Song - Lily Pons
  14. L'Elisir d'Amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' - Tito Schipa
  15. Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento...' - Carlo Bergonzi
  16. Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Spargi d'amaro pianto' - Anna Moffo
  17. Martha: 'M'appari tutto amor' - Jussi Bjoerling
  18. Porgy & Bess: 'Summertime' - Leontyne Price
  19. Porgy & Bess: 'Bess, You Is My Woman' - William Warfield
  20. Andrea Chenier: 'Come un bel di di maggio' - Ben Heppner
  21. Romeo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz; 'Je veux vivre' - Ruth Ann Swenson
  22. Salammbo: Aria - Kiri Te Kanawa
  23. Hansel & Gretel: 'Suuse, liebe Susse - Helen Donath
  24. I Pagliacci: 'Vesti la giubba' - Enrico Caruso
  25. Cavalleria Rusticana: 'Viva il vino' - Jussi Bjoerling
  26. Cherubin: 'Lorsque vous n'aurez rien' - Dawn Upshaw
  27. Manon: 'Ah! Fuyez, douce image' - Richard Crooks
  28. Cosi fan tutte: 'Come scoglio immoto resta' - Leontyne Price
  29. Don Giovanni: 'La ci darem la mano' - Edith Mathis
  30. Don Giovanni: 'Deh! vieni alla finestra' - Ezio Pinza
  31. Don Giovanni: 'Non mi dir' - Carol Vaness
  32. Le nozze di Figaro: 'Non piu andrai...' - Alan Titus
  33. Le nozze di Figaro: 'Porgi, amor' - Carol Vaness
  34. Le nozze di Figaro: 'Deh vieni, non tardar' - Bidu Sayao
  35. Die Zauberflote: 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon' - Fritz Wunderlich
  36. Die Zauberflote: Der Holle Rache - Zdislawa Donat
  37. Die Zauberflote: Papageno - Papageno Duet - Christian Boesch
  38. Boris Godunov: 'I v ljutomgore, nisposlannom Bogom...' - Alexander Kipnis
  39. Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle - Montserrat Caballe
  40. La Gioconda: 'Cielo e mar' - Beniamino Gigli
  41. La Boheme: 'Che gelida manina' - Giuseppe Di Stefano
  42. La Boheme: 'Mi piaccion quelle cose...' - Licia Albanese
  43. La Boheme: 'Fremon gia nell'anima' - Luciano Pavarotti
  44. La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song - Judith Blegen
  45. Gianni Schicchi: 'O mio babbino caro' - Angela Gheorghiu
  46. Madama Butterfly: 'Ah, ti serro palpitante' - Placido Domingo
  47. Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di' - Leontyne Price
  48. Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' - Jussi Bjoerling
  49. La rondine: 'Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Anna Moffo
  50. TOSCA: 'Recondita armonia' - Placido Domingo
  51. TOSCA: 'Vissi d'arte' - Irina Oudalova
  52. TOSCA: 'E avanti a lui...' - Zinka Milanov
  53. TOSCA: 'E lucevan le stelle' - Mario Lanza
  54. Turandot: 'Signore, ascolta' - Renata Tebaldi
  55. Turandot: 'In questa reggia' - Birgit Nilsson
  56. Turandot: 'Nessun dorma' - Jussi Bjoerling
  57. Dido & Aeneas: 'When I Am Laid In Earth' - Leontyne Price
  58. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: 'Largo al factotum' - Robert Merrill
  59. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: 'Una voce poco fa' - Roberta Peters
  60. Samson et Dalila: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre' - Christa Ludwig
  61. The Bartered Bride: 'Wenn ich das einmal erfahre' - Teresa Stratas
  62. Elektra: 'Agamemnon' - Inge Borkh
  63. Der Rosenkavalier: 'Ist ein Traum' - Erna Berger
  64. Salome: 'Nicht in der Welt...' - Inge Borkh
  65. Eugene Onegin: Lenski's Aria - Placido Domingo
  66. Eugene Onegin: Tatiana's Letter Scene - Leontyne Price
  67. Aida: 'Celeste Aida' - Jussi Bjoerling
  68. Aida: 'Ritorna vincitor!' - Leontyne Price
  69. Aida: 'Gloria all'Egitto' - John Alldis Choir
  70. Aida: 'O patria mia' - Leontyne Price
  71. Un Ballo in Maschera: 'O docezze perdute! O memorie...' - Robert Merrill
  72. Don Carlo: 'Dio, che nell'anima infondere' - Placido Domingo
  73. Ernani: 'Emani, involami' - Leontyne Price
  74. La forza del destino: 'Or muoio tranquillo...' - Robert Merrill
  75. La forza del destino: 'Pace, pace mio dio' - Zinka Milanov
  76. Nabucco: 'Va, pensiero' - Oleg Reshetkin
  77. Otello: 'Credo' - Tito Gobbi
  78. Otello: Willow Song - Leonie Rysanek
  79. Otello: 'Niun mi tema' - Jon Vickers
  80. Rigoletto: 'Qesta o quella' - Alfredo Kraus
  81. Rigoletto: 'Caro nome' - Anna Moffo
  82. Rigoletto: 'La donna e mobile' - Jan Peerce
  83. Rigoletto: 'Bella figlia dell'amore' - Alfredo Kraus
  84. La Traviata: Brindisi - Montserrat Caballe
  85. La Traviata: 'Di provenza' - Sherrill Milnes
  86. La Traviata: 'Sempre libera' - Eleanor Steber
  87. La Traviata: 'Addio del passato' - Anna Moffo
  88. Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus - Moscow Classical Chorus & Ensemble
  89. Il Trovatore: 'Di quella pira' - Placido Domingo
  90. Il Trovatore: 'Tacea la notte placido - Leontyne Price
  91. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: 'Morgenlicht leuchtend' - Set Svanholm
  92. Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries - Staatskapelle Dresden
  93. Die Walkure: Wotan's Farewell - Lawrence Tibbett
  94. Siegfried: Song Of The Forest Bird - Norma Sharp
  95. Gotterdammerung: 'Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort' - Kirsten Flagstad
  96. Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
  97. Lohengrin: 'In fernem Land' - Lauritz Melchior
  98. Tannhauser: 'Dich teure Halle' - Waltraud Meler

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User Reviews

Average user review: 1.5 (24 reviews)

rating: 1 QuoteShort ClipsQuote
I am new to Opera and trying to find what I enjoy. I was hoping this CD would lead the way. The clips were too short for me to really get a feel for any song. I would much rather have had fewer tracks and a great selection of songs. May 12, 2008

rating: 1 QuoteNot worth buying!Quote
I found this recording basically worthless. It contains only very short excerpts of the song. Not enough to get into and enjoy! May 29, 2007

rating: 1 QuoteDon't waste your moneyQuote
This is the worst purchase I have ever made. It is a truly dreadful piece of work.I was so disgusted with it that I threw it into the trash can. January 18, 2007

rating: 5 QuotePerfect for "drop the needle" style testsQuote
If you want to hear full recordings of arias, then this disc is not for you. It plays only tidbits of 99 arias. Contrary to the title, this is definitely not the only opera disc you'll ever need. You shouldn't take it seriously. This disc has next to no value for an opera neophyte. But for opera fanatics, there has never been a better test of your knowledge of operatic repertoire and singers. It's a great challenge for opera buffs. Sit down with your opera loving friends for an hour, play this disc, and try to be the first to identify the singer, composer, opera, and piece. If you're a music professor, this disc would make for an awesome pop quiz. Find out how well your students really know their opera repertoire. November 18, 2006

rating: 1 QuoteA CD with Attention Deficit DisorderQuote
I don't know anyone who would enjoy this CD. It will drive opera fans nuts with a hundred exerpts that run about 30 seconds each, then fade out without the singers even finishing a single verse. It's more like an index of arias, or a volume of teasers that hucksters might use to sell opera CDs.

I never realized how much Bernstein's "Glitter and be gay" sounded like Delibes' "Bell Song" until I heard 35 seconds of one, followed 23 seconds of the other.

Maybe the TV show 'Jeopardy' could use this CD. 'What is "Hush little baby don't you..."??'

What a waste of beautiful voices and great music. 38 seconds of Enrico Caruso, followed by 31 seconds of Jussi Bjoerling, followed by 38 seconds of Dawn Upshaw.

My copy is going to go sailing into the wastebasket as soon as I finish this review. October 1, 2006

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