Richard Tauber: Opera Arias at Music Hills.com

Auber: Fra Diavolo: Ewig will ich dir gehoren
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Saviglia: Strahlt auf mich der Blitz des
Flotow: Martha: Ach so fromm
Thomas: Mignon: Leb' woht Mignon
Thomas: Mignon: Wie ihre Unschuld
Verdi: La Traviata: Auf, schlurfet
Cerdi: La Traviata: Entfernt von ihr
verdi: La Forza del destino: In dieser feierlichen Stunde
Verdi: Il Trovatore: Dass nur fur mich
Puccini: La Boheme: Wie eiskalt ist dies Handchen
Puccini: Tosca: Wie sich die Bilder gleichen
Puccini: Tosca: Und es vlitzen die Sterne
Puccini: Madama Butterfly: O wie ich mein Vergehen
Wolf-Ferrari: I Gioielli della Madonna: Madonna unter Tranen
Wagner: Die Walkure: Wintersturme wichen
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Es muss gelingen-Hans Arie
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Nun in Lust und leide
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Was wird der nachste
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Di rigori armato
Kienzl: Der Evangelimann: Selig sind die Verfolgung leiden
Korngold: Die tote Stadt: Gluck das mir verblieb
Korngold: Die tote Stadt: Ich were sie nicht wiedersehen

Music reviews of Richard Tauber: Opera Arias

Music Review: Tauber's latest Naxos CD
Rating: 4 Stars

On the other hand, it's a pity that the second Troubador aria has not also been included, as has been the case in many of the vinyl LP selections previously released of Tauber's recordings. The CD playing time comfortably would have allowed for the inclusion of the suggested item.

Otherwise, this is a most interesting and excellent value-for-money release, for which Naxos is to be well commended; much better value (in terms of playing time and content rarity), in my opinion, than the previous Naxos CD containing some of his non-operatic recordings.

Does anyone have any information, please, as to whether Tauber ever recorded the aria "Oh, Paradise" from Meyerbeer's "The African"? I would be very grateful to have any information on this matter, which has intrigued me ever since I saw the 1948 film, "The Richard Tauber Story", starring Rudolf Schock, who portrayed Tauber singing this aria in the film.

Richard Tauber: Opera Arias