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Opera Gold - 100 Great Arias

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Frederica von Stade...

Opera Gold - 100 Great Arias

Opera Gold - 100 Great Arias

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Frederica von Stade...

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Decca, the opera company, presents a premium collection of the 100 most beautiful operatic moments – from arias and choruses, to overtures and marches.

The set comprises of 6 CDs presented in a luxurious box set accompanied by a 24-page booklet with an introductory note and many artist photographs. A dedicated web-page is also available with notes about each of the tracks by George Hall in English, French and German.

With a world-beating roster of opera singers including Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann, Decca Classics has always invested infinite energy and enormous care on its productions, blending the greatest casts with experienced opera orchestras and great conductors. The result of this mix of world-beating artists, unrivalled technical skill and know-how is an opera catalogue of matchless artistry and superb sound.

Artists

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano), Robert Massard (baritone), Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Leo Nucci (baritone), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass-baritone, bass), Ryland Davies (tenor), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano), Renée Fleming (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Victor Braun (baritone), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Mariotti (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), David Syrus (harpsichord), Michele Pertusi (baritone), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), James McCracken (tenor), Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Leontyne Price (soprano), Giuseppe Taddei (baritone), Piero de Palma (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Monica Groop (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Gianni Maffeo (baritone), Hermann Prey (baritone), Peter Knapp (baritone), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Elena Souliotis (soprano), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Felicia Weathers (soprano), Maria Chiara (soprano), Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, Wiener Opernorchester, Wiener Opernchor, National Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Opera Chorus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, English Chamber Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna Cantata Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, L'Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Coro dei Ragazzi del Colosseo, Orchestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Wiener Haydn-Orchester, Orchestra di Roma, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Zubin Mehta, Henry Lewis, Richard Bonynge, Herbert von Karajan, Antonio Pappano, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Tullio Serafin, Giuseppe Patanè, Sir Georg Solti, Jeffrey Tate, Lamberto Gardelli, Riccardo Frizza, Marco Armiliato, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Sir Edward Downes, Sir Alexander Gibson, Lorin Maazel, John Mauceri, Robin Stapleton, Fausto Cleva, Omer Meir Wellber, Bruno Bartoletti, Argeo Quadri, Sir John Pritchard, Franco Capuana, Istvan Kertesz, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Silvio Varviso, Hans Knappertsbusch, Leone Magiera, Alberto Erede, Nello Santi, Riccardo Chailly

  • Release date: 13th May 2016
  • Label: Decca
  • Catalogue number: 4788210
  • Length: 7 hours 14 minutes
  • Genres:

Contents and tracklist

Puccini: Turandot / Act 3
Work length3:01
"Nessun dorma!"
Track length3:01
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1
Work length4:16
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Track length4:16
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 4
Work length5:00
"Miserere d'un'alma"
Track length5:00
Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1
Work length5:17
"Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"
Track length5:17
Giordano, U: Fedora / Act 2
Work length1:48
"Amor ti vieta"
Track length1:48
Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act 4
Work length6:26
"Marthe! - Dieu soit loué! C'est vous!...Déposons nos" (Soldiers' Chorus)
Track length6:26
Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1
Work length6:14
"Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome"
Track length6:14
Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Act 1
Work length8:02
"Vogliatemi bene"
Track length8:02
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2
Work length2:56
"Voi che sapete"
Track length2:56
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1
Work length5:05
"Largo al factotum"
Track length5:05
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3
Work length5:46
"Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"
Track length5:46
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Act 2
Work length3:45
"Chi mi frena in tal momento"
Track length3:45
Charpentier, G: Louise / Act 3
Work length6:06
"Depuis le jour"
Track length6:06
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24, TH.5 / Act 3
Work length5:42
"Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni"
Track length5:42
Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act 5
Work length5:20
"Alerte, alerte!"
Track length5:20
Excerpt,Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Work length2:11
"Oh! mio babbino caro"
Track length2:11
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3
Work length4:47
"Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Track length4:47
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1
Work length6:56
"Dove sei, amato bene?"
Track length6:56
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2
Work length4:44
"Una furtiva lagrima"
Track length4:44
Delibes: Lakmé / Act 2
Work length7:53
"Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell song)
Track length7:53
Puccini: Tosca / Act 3
Work length3:05
"E lucevan le stelle"
Track length3:05
Excerpt,Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Work length5:26
"Regina coeli laetare"
Track length5:26
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act 3
Work length5:15
"Morgenlich leuchtend"
Track length5:15
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Paris version / Act 3
Work length5:02
"Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat" (Pilgrims Chorus)
Track length5:02
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op.114, B. 203 / Act 1
Work length6:02
"O Silver Moon"
Track length6:02
Excerpt,Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Work length3:58
Intermezzo sinfonico
Track length3:58
Donizetti: La Favorita / Act 4
Work length5:30
"Spirto gentil"
Track length5:30
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3
Work length3:52
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Track length3:52
Puccini: Tosca / Act 1
Work length2:49
"Recondita armonia"
Track length2:49
Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 3
Work length5:35
"Bella figlia dell'amore"
Track length5:35
Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1
Work length4:44
"Che gelida manina"
Track length4:44
Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1
Work length6:06
"Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
Track length6:06
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1
Work length3:38
"Non più andrai"
Track length3:38
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1
Work length2:51
"Soave sia il vento"
Track length2:51
Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act 3
Work length5:02
"O Dieu! que de bijoux! Ah! Je ris de me voir"
Track length5:02
Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1
Work length5:24
"Au fond du temple saint"
Track length5:24
Catalani: La Wally / Act 1
Work length4:52
"Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"
Track length4:52
Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2
Work length4:59
"Oh! fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido"
Track length4:59
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1
Work length4:04
"I zampognari!...Don din don"
Track length4:04
Massenet: Werther / Act 3
Work length3:07
"Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?"
Track length3:07
Bellini: I Puritani / Act 1
Work length3:35
"Son vergin vezzosa"
Track length3:35
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Prologue
Work length5:28
"Si può? Signore! Signori!"
Track length5:28
Puccini: Tosca / Act 2
Work length3:29
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
Track length3:29
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1
Work length3:33
"Un dì felice, eterea"
Track length3:33
Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Act 2
Work length4:48
"Cielo e mar!"
Track length4:48
Puccini: Tosca / Act 1
Work length5:03
"Tre sbirri... Una carozza... Presto" - Te Deum
Track length5:03
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B - Concert version / Dritter Aufzug
Work length3:07
The Ride of the Valkyres
Track length3:07
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3
Work length5:39
"Wie Todesahnung...O du, mein holder Abendstern"
Track length5:39
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 2
Work length4:43
"Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
Track length4:43
Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1
Work length2:52
"Là ci darem la mano"
Track length2:52
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3
Work length3:04
"Ah sì ben mio"
Track length3:04
Verdi: Aida / Act 1
Work length6:45
"Ritorna vincitor!"
Track length6:45
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2
Work length3:56
"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"
Track length3:56
Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2
Work length2:59
Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
Track length2:59
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2
Work length6:31
"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
Track length6:31
Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act 4
Work length2:59
"Vous qui faites l'endormie"
Track length2:59
Verdi: Don Carlo / Act 4
Work length5:00
"O don fatale"
Track length5:00
Puccini: Turandot / Act 1
Work length2:44
"Signore, ascolta"
Track length2:44
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 1
Work length2:06
"La dolcissima effigie sorridente"
Track length2:06
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2
Work length4:14
"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
Track length4:14
Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / Act 3
Work length4:46
"Morrò, ma prima in grazia"
Track length4:46
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2
Work length5:19
"Votre toast" (Toreador Song)
Track length5:19
Verdi: Rigoletto: Act 3
Work length2:29
"La donna è mobile"
Track length2:29
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1
Work length6:37
"Una voce poco fa...Io sono docile"
Track length6:37
Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 2
Work length2:16
"Deh! vieni alla finestra"
Track length2:16
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2
Work length2:50
"Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
Track length2:50
Puccini: La Bohème / Act 2
Work length2:48
"Quando m'en vo"
Track length2:48
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3
Work length5:02
"Dove sono i bei momenti"
Track length5:02
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1
Work length2:56
"Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"
Track length2:56
Bellini: Norma (Act 1)
Work length6:32
"Casta Diva"
Track length6:32
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2
Work length5:19
"Stride la vampa!...Mesta è la tua canzon!"
Track length5:19
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1
Work length3:38
"Recitar!...Vesti la giubba"
Track length3:38
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Act 1
Work length1:29
"Fin ch'han dal vino"
Track length1:29
Puccini: Turandot / Act 2
Work length6:39
"In questa reggia"
Track length6:39
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1
Work length4:45
"Près des remparts de Séville...Tais-toi"
Track length4:45
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine / Act 4
Work length3:33
"Mi batte il cor...O Paradiso!"
Track length3:33
Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Act 4
Work length4:21
"Suicidio!"
Track length4:21
Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 3
Work length4:08
"Solenne in quest'ora"
Track length4:08
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3
Work length7:01
"Mild und leise wie er lächelt"
Track length7:01
Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3
Work length4:40
"Loge hör!" (Magic Fire Music)
Track length4:40
Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2
Work length4:37
"Un bel dì vedremo"
Track length4:37
Verdi: Aida / Act 1
Work length4:32
"Se quel guerrier io fossi!...Celeste Aida"
Track length4:32
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1
Work length7:03
Prelude
Track length3:59
"Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)
Track length3:04
Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1
Work length1:49
"Questa o quella"
Track length1:49
Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1
Work length2:45
"Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"
Track length2:45
Donizetti: La Favorita / Act 3
Work length3:51
"O mio Fernando, della terra il trono"
Track length3:51
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Act 3
Work length2:31
"Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano"
Track length2:31
Puccini: Turandot / Act 3
Work length2:55
  • Felicia Weathers (soprano)
  • Wiener Opernorchester
  • Argeo Quadri
  • Recorded: 1966-11-01
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Tu che di gel sei cinta"
Track length2:55
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3
Work length2:56
"Squilli, echeggi la tromba"
Track length2:56
Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Act 1
Work length2:54
"Donna non vidi mai"
Track length2:54
Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 5
Work length3:40
"Mercè, dilette amiche"
Track length3:40
Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act 2
Work length2:09
"Le veau d'or"
Track length2:09
Giordano, U: Andrea Chénier / Act 1
Work length4:50
"Colpito qui m'avete ... Un dì all'azzura spazio"
Track length4:50
Verdi: Otello / Act 1
Work length2:46
"Fuoco di gioia!"
Track length2:46
Cilea: L'arlesiana / Act 2
Work length4:55
"E la solita storia"
Track length4:55
Verdi: Aida / Act 3
Work length6:31
"Qui Radames verrà!...O Patria mia"
Track length6:31
Verdi: La traviata / Act 2
Work length4:41
"Di Provenza il mar, il suol"
Track length4:41
Excerpt,Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Work length3:50
"Voi lo sapete, o mama" (Romanza)
Track length3:50
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3
Work length3:22
"Di quella pira"
Track length3:22
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