Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Mirella Freni, Guiseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Georges Bizet, Riccardo Muti, Tullio Serafin, Michel Plasson, Georges Pretre, Philharmonic Orchesta, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala Milan, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra - The Opera Album
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| Artist(s) | Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Mirella Freni, Guiseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Georges Bizet, Riccardo Muti, Tullio Serafin, Michel Plasson, Georges Pretre, Philharmonic Orchesta, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala Milan, London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra |
| Studio | EMI Classics |
| Release Date | August 13, 2002 |
| UPC Code | 724356783027 |
| Buy this item | $15.97 at Amazon.com As of Dec 1 17:26 EST (details) 2 Audio CD, Usually ships in 24 hours, |
About Luciano Pavarotti, Angela Gheorghiu, Mirella Freni, Guiseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Georges Bizet, Riccardo Muti, Tullio Serafin, Michel Plasson, Georges Pretre, Philharmonic Orchesta, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala Milan, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra - The Opera Album
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. --Robert Levine Amazon.com
Tracks
Disc 1- Dôme épais (Flower Duet from Lakmé): Nathalie Dessay and Delphine Haidan
- E lucevan le stelle (Tosca): Placido Domingo
- Ebben? ne andrò lontana (La Wally): Maria Callas
- Suzel, bon di (Cherry Duet from L' amico Fritz): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni
- Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Ann Murray, Jessye Norman
- Song to the Moon (from Rusalka): Lucia Popp
- Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci): José Carreras
- Ecco! respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancell (from Adriana Lecouvreur): Kiri Te Kanawa
- O soave fanciulla (from La bohème): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
- Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly): Montserrat Caballe
- Ingemisco (from Verdi's Requiem): Luciano Pavarotti
- Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fù (from Xerxes): David Daniels
- Non più andrai (from Le nozze di Figaro): Thomas Allen
- Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet from Les Pêcheurs de perles): Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda
- O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi): Angela Gheorghiu
- La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto): Roberto Alagna
- Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
- Der Hölle Rache (from Die Zauberflöte): Natalie Dessay
- Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La Traviata): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
- Casta Diva (from Norma): Maria Callas
- Canzonetta sull'aria (from Le nozze di Figaro): Anna Moffo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida (from Aida): Placido Domingo
- Vissi d'arte (from Tosca): Angela Gheorghiu
- Che gelida manina (from La bohème): Roberto Alagna
- Sì, Mi chiamano Mimì (from La bohème): Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda
- L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera from Carmen): Victoria de los Angeles
- Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
- Dove sono (from Le nozze di Figaro): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Un aura amorosa (from Così fan tutte): Placido Domingo
- J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice): Anne-Sofie von Otter
- Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni): oan Sutherland
- O Mimì, tu più non torni (from La bohème): Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill
- La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier): Maria Callas
- Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia): Thomas Hampson
- Summertime (from Porgy and Bess): Kiri Te Kanawa
- Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhäuser): Jessye Norman
- Nessun dorma (from Turandot): Rhine Opera Chorus, José Carreras
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User Reviews
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(6 reviews)| |  | Heavenly... |  |
 | | Nice collection of major figures | |
Many major voices of the first part of the past half century are presented on this CD (e.g., Shwartzkopf, Moffo, Freni, de los Angelos, Sutherland, Callas, Gedda, Merrill, Bjoerling, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Domingo, et al.). Also represented are some more contemporary singers, among whom are Kanawa, Gheorgiu, Alagna, Dessay, and so on).
So, a nice album. But we are also reminded of the absence of some major figures on CDs (such as Richard Tucker, who is little represented on CDs). . . . Hopefully, in future years, more of those glorious voices will become accessible on CD. January 4, 2007
| | | Gran recopilatorio | |
| | | blend of great opera for novice or opera buff! | |
 | | Nessun dorma! | |
Also, hearing some pieces that sounded familiar have gotten me interested in operas I haven't heard or seen before, such as the Flower Duet from Lakme. I've heard that before--but where? Probably in some car commercial...
This music will haunt you, and is wonderful for listening to while driving or just sitting. Try it with headphones on so the rest of the world goes away. December 1, 2002
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