The Opera Album

The Opera Album

The Opera Album
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Orchestra: Maria Callas
Orchestra: Placido Domingo
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-08-13
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. D?me ?pais (Flower Duet from Lakm?): Nathalie Dessay and Delphine Haidan
  2. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca): Placido Domingo
  3. Ebben? ne andr? lontana (La Wally): Maria Callas
  4. Suzel, bon di (Cherry Duet from L' amico Fritz): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni
  5. Belle nuit, ? nuit d'amour (Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Ann Murray, Jessye Norman
  6. Song to the Moon (from Rusalka): Lucia Popp
  7. Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci): Jos? Carreras
  8. Ecco! respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancell (from Adriana Lecouvreur): Kiri Te Kanawa
  9. O soave fanciulla (from La boh?me): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
  10. Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly): Montserrat Caballe
  11. Ingemisco (from Verdi's Requiem): Luciano Pavarotti
  12. Frondi tenere...Ombra mai f? (from Xerxes): David Daniels
  13. Non pi? andrai (from Le nozze di Figaro): Thomas Allen
  14. Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet from Les P?cheurs de perles): Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda
  15. O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi): Angela Gheorghiu
  16. La donna ? mobile (from Rigoletto): Roberto Alagna
  17. Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
  18. Der H?lle Rache (from Die Zauberfl?te): Natalie Dessay
  19. Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La Traviata): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna
Music CD 2
  1. Casta Diva (from Norma): Maria Callas
  2. Canzonetta sull'aria (from Le nozze di Figaro): Anna Moffo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  3. Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida (from Aida): Placido Domingo
  4. Vissi d'arte (from Tosca): Angela Gheorghiu
  5. Che gelida manina (from La boh?me): Roberto Alagna
  6. S?, Mi chiamano Mim? (from La boh?me): Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda
  7. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera from Carmen): Victoria de los Angeles
  8. Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala
  9. Dove sono (from Le nozze di Figaro): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  10. Un aura amorosa (from Cos? fan tutte): Placido Domingo
  11. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orph?e et Eurydice): Anne-Sofie von Otter
  12. Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni): oan Sutherland
  13. O Mim?, tu pi? non torni (from La boh?me): Jussi Bj?rling, Robert Merrill
  14. La mamma morta (from Andrea Ch?nier): Maria Callas
  15. Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia): Thomas Hampson
  16. Summertime (from Porgy and Bess): Kiri Te Kanawa
  17. Dich, teure Halle (from Tannh?user): Jessye Norman
  18. Nessun dorma (from Turandot): Rhine Opera Chorus, Jos? Carreras

Music reviews of The Opera Album

Music Review: Heavenly...
Rating: 4 Stars

I am not particularly a fan of opera but do realize it's merit. I also appreciate the talent of it's artists. This 2 disc set offers a wide, wisely chosen selection from most of the popular operas, performed by most of the world's greatest singers, present and yesteryear. Yes, you will find legends such as Maria Callas to Pavarotti to the up and coming Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu; sharing space on these discs. Economically, I was able to obtain this set for under ten bucks. My research could not find a more varied set with such a stellar roster at any price. It will impress any novice to seasoned collecter. I wish that EMI annotated the set better, a brief synopsis of each track would have tutorial value. The sound reproduction flows seemlessly from track to track.

Description of 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

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