50 Greatest Opera Classics

Classical Artists1 Jan 2012 • 50 songs

Song List

Bellini: Norma / Act 1 - Casta Diva

Dame Joan SutherlandSamuel RameyChorus of Welsh National OperaOrchestra of the Welsh National Opera

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1 - "Au fond du temple saint"

Luciano PavarottiNicolai GhiaurovNational Philharmonic OrchestraRobin Stapleton

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1 - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)

Tatiana TroyanosJohn Alldis ChoirLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"

Plácido DomingoLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 - "Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Votre toast"

Art van DammeJohn Alldis ChoirLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Catalani: La Wally / Act 1 - "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"

Angela GheorghiuOrchestra del Teatro Regio di TorinoJohn Mauceri

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"

Dame Joan SutherlandJane BerbieOrchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-CarloRichard Bonynge

Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Act 1 - Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!

Luciano PavarottiOrchestra of the Royal Opera HouseCovent GardenRichard Bonynge

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima"

Joseph CallejaAcademy of St. Martin in the FieldsCarlo Rizzi

Dvorák: Rusalka, Op.114, B. 203 / Act 1 - "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém"

Pilar LorengarOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaGiuseppe Patane

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3 - "Che farò senza Euridice?"

Teresa BerganzaOrchestra of the Royal Opera HouseCovent GardenAlexander Gibson

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 1 - "Ah, je veux vivre"

Dame Joan SutherlandOrchestra of the Royal Opera HouseCovent GardenFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli

Gounod: Faust / Act 4 - "Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus)

Ambrosian Opera ChorusLondon Symphony OrchestraRichard Bonynge

Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Bernadette GreevyAcademy of St. Martin in the FieldsRaymond Leppard

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1 - "Ombra mai fu"

Andreas SchollOrchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentRoger Norrington

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1 - "Vesti la giubba"

José CarrerasLondon Symphony OrchestraJesús López-Cobos

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Che soave zeffiretto"

Kiri Te KanawaLucia PoppLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze"

Cheryl StuderAcademy of St. Martin in the FieldsNeville Marriner

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1 - "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

Tom KrauseVienna Haydn OrchestraIstván Kertész

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1 - "Là ci darem la mano"

Lucia PoppTom KrauseVienna Haydn OrchestraIstván Kertész

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1 - "Non più andrai"

Tom KrauseVienna Haydn OrchestraIstván Kertész

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Porgi amor"

Kiri Te KanawaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Soave sia il vento"

Lucia PoppBrigitte FassbaenderTom KrauseVienna Haydn Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - "Voi che sapete"

Frederica von StadeLondon Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"

Dame Joan SutherlandHuguette TourangeauChorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du BrassusRadio Suisse Romande Chorus

Puccini: La bohème / Act 1 - "Che gelida manina"

Luciano PavarottiBerliner PhilharmonikerHerbert von Karajan

Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1 - "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"

Renee FlemingEnglish Chamber OrchestraJeffrey Tate

Puccini: Tosca / Act 3 - "E lucevan le stelle"

Franco CorelliOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaLorin Maazel

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)

Wiener StaatsopernchorVienna Philharmonic OrchestraHerbert von Karajan

Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma!"

Luciano PavarottiJohn Alldis ChoirWandsworth School Boys ChoirLondon Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - "O mio babbino caro"

Renee FlemingLondon Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Mackerras

Puccini: La Bohème / Act 2 - "Quando men vo"

Renee FlemingLondon Philharmonic OrchestraSir Charles Mackerras

Puccini: Tosca / Act 1 - "Recondita armonia"

Franco CorelliAlfredo MariottiOrchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa CeciliaLorin Maazel

Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"

Mirella FreniLuciano PavarottiBerliner PhilharmonikerHerbert von Karajan

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - "Un bel dì vedremo"

Mirella FreniVienna Philharmonic OrchestraHerbert von Karajan

Puccini: Tosca / Act 2 - "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"

Kiri Te KanawaNational Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth

Danielle de NieseEnglish ConcertHarry Bicket

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - "Largo al factotum"

Leo NucciOrchestra del Teatro Comunale di BolognaGiuseppe Patane

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - "Una voce poco fa"

Teresa BerganzaLondon Symphony OrchestraAlexander Gibson

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2 - "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Marilyn HorneWiener OpernorchesterHenry Lewis

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2 - "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)

Chicago Symphony ChorusChicago Symphony OrchestraGeorg Solti

Verdi: Aida / Act 1 - "Celeste Aida"

Luciano PavarottiWiener VolksopernorchesterLeone Magiera

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3 - "Di quella pira"

José CarrerasChorus of the Royal Opera HouseCovent GardenOrchestra of the Royal Opera House

Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera"

Kiri Te KanawaAlfredo KrausOrchestra del Maggio Musicale FiorentinoZubin Metha

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - "La donna è mobile"

Luciano PavarottiLondon Symphony OrchestraRichard Bonynge

Verdi: La Traviata / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)

Luciano PavarottiDame Joan SutherlandThe London Opera ChorusNational Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1 - "Questa o quella"

Luciano PavarottiLondon Symphony OrchestraRichard Bonynge

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3 - "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"

Chor der Staatsoper DresdenStaatskapelle DresdenSilvio Varviso

Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 - "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries

Birgit NilssonBerit LindholmBrigitte FassbaenderClaudia Hellmann

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)

Birgit NilssonVienna Philharmonic OrchestraGeorg Solti

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