50 Greatest Opera Classics

50 Greatest Opera Classics

50 Greatest Opera Classics

1 Casta Diva [Norma / Act 1]
05:57 Dame Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge
Soprano: Dame Joan Sutherland - Bass (Vocal): Samuel Ramey - Chorus: Chorus of the Welsh National Opera - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Recording Producer: Andrew Cornall - Assistant Producer: Peter Wadland - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Recording Engineer: Stanley Goodall - Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
2 "Au fond du temple saint"
06:38 Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Robin Stapleton
Recording Producer: James Mallinson - Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Bass (Vocal): Nicolai Ghiaurov - Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Robin Stapleton - Composer: Georges Bizet
3 "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) [Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1]
04:15 Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Mezzo-Soprano: Tatiana Troyanos - Choir: John Alldis Choir - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Assistant Producer: Richard Beswick - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Asst. Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Asst. Recording Engineer: Malcolm Hogg - Composer: Georges Bizet
4 "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" [Carmen / Act 2]
03:51 Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Tenor: Plácido Domingo - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Assistant Producer: Richard Beswick - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Asst. Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Asst. Recording Engineer: Malcolm Hogg - Composer: Georges Bizet
5 Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Toreador Song: Votre toast
06:58 José van Dam, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Baritone: José van Dam - Producer: Richard Beswick - Choir: John Alldis Choir - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Composer: Georges Bizet
6 Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
03:41 Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri
Soprano: Angela Gheorghiu - Producer: Michael Haas - Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino - Conductor: John Mauceri - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Composer: Alfredo Catalani
7 "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais" (Flower Duet)
06:03 Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge
Soprano: Dame Joan Sutherland - Mezzo-Soprano: Jane Berbié - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Engineer: Michael Mailes - Orchestra: Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Producer: John Mordler - Composer: Léo Delibes
8 "Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!" [La fille du régiment / Act 1]
01:44 Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge
Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
9 "Una furtiva lagrima" [L'elisir d'amore / Act 2]
04:12 Joseph Calleja, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Carlo Rizzi
Producer: Andrew Cornall - Tenor: Joseph Calleja - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Balance Engineer: Philip Siney - Conductor: Carlo Rizzi - Editor: Ian Watson - Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
10 Mesicku na nebi hlubokém
06:10 Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Patanè
Soprano: Pilar Lorengar - Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè - Composer: Antonín Dvorák - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Producer: John Mordler
11 "Che farò senza Euridice?"
03:49 Teresa Berganza, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Alexander Gibson
Mezzo-Soprano: Teresa Berganza - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson - Recording Producer: Michael Bremner - Recording Engineer: Alan Abel - Recording Engineer: Cyril Windebank - Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck
12 "Ah, je veux vivre"
03:29 Dame Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Soprano: Dame Joan Sutherland - Producer: James Walker - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - Composer: Charles Gounod - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Producer: Michael Bremner - Recording Producer: Ray Minshull - Recording Engineer: Peter Attwood
13 "Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus) [Faust / Act 4]
03:14 Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Composer: Charles Gounod - Producer: Ray Minshull - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Balance Engineer: Gordon Parry - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
14 "Lascia ch'io pianga"
04:48 Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Raymond Leppard
Contralto: Bernadette Greevy - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Director: Raymond Leppard - Composer: George Frideric Handel - Producer: Michael Bremner - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Engineer: Stanley Goodall
15 "Ombra mai fù" [Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1]
02:59 Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington
Counter-Tenor: Andreas Scholl - Producer: Chris Sayers - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington - Composer: George Frideric Handel - Balance Engineer: Jonathan Stokes
16 "Vesti la giubba" [Pagliacci / Act 1]
03:49 José Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos
Tenor: José Carreras - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Jesús López Cobos - Composer/Author: Ruggiero Leoncavallo
17 "Che soave zeffiretto" [Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3]
02:41 Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa - Soprano: Lucia Popp - Additional Producer: Michael Haas - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18 "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze" [Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2]
03:01 Cheryl Studer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Soprano: Cheryl Studer - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
19 "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" [Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1]
02:37 Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
Baritone: Tom Krause - Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Orchestra - Conductor: István Kertész - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry
20 "Là ci darem la mano"
03:23 Lucia Popp, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
Soprano: Lucia Popp - Baritone: Tom Krause - Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Orchestra - Conductor: István Kertész - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry
21 "Non più andrai" [Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1]
03:51 Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
Baritone: Tom Krause - Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Orchestra - Conductor: István Kertész - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry
22 "Porgi amor"
04:30 Kiri Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
23 "Soave sia il vento"
02:41 Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra, István Kertész
Soprano: Lucia Popp - Contralto: Brigitte Fassbaender - Baritone: Tom Krause - Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Orchestra - Conductor: István Kertész - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry
24 "Voi che sapete" [Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2]
02:53 Frederica von Stade, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Mezzo-Soprano: Frederica von Stade - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
25 Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
04:08 Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge
Soprano: Dame Joan Sutherland - Producer: John Mordler - Producer: Michael Woolcock - Mezzo-Soprano: Huguette Tourangeau - Chorus: Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus - Chorus: Radio Suisse Romande Chorus - Orchestra: L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Composer: Jacques Offenbach
26 "Che gelida manina"
04:38 Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Producer: Ray Minshull - Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker - Producer: James Mallinson - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
27 Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Dream Song)
03:41 Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Producer: Michael Haas - Soprano: Renée Fleming - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Jeffrey Tate - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
28 "E lucevan le stelle"
03:08 Franco Corelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Lorin Maazel
Tenor: Franco Corelli - Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Conductor: Lorin Maazel - Composer: Giacomo Puccini - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
29 Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
03:04 Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Chorus: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Producer: Michael Woolcock - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Recording Engineer: Jack Law - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
30 Nessun dorma!
02:57 Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Chorus: John Alldis Choir - Choir: Wandsworth School Boys Choir - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Zubin Mehta - Producer: Ray Minshull - Assistant Producer: Michael Woolcock - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Producer: Ray Minshull - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
31 "O mio babbino caro"
02:50 Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Producer: Michael Haas - Soprano: Renée Fleming - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras - Balance Engineer: Jonathan Stokes - Balance Engineer: Philip Siney - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
32 "Quando men vo" [La Bohème / Act 2]
02:47 Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Producer: Michael Haas - Soprano: Renée Fleming - Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras - Balance Engineer: Jonathan Stokes - Balance Engineer: Philip Siney - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
33 "Recondita armonia"
02:47 Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Lorin Maazel
Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Tenor: Franco Corelli - Baritone: Alfredo Mariotti - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Conductor: Lorin Maazel - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
34 "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" [La Bohème / Act 1]
05:15 Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Soprano: Mirella Freni - Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan - Producer: Ray Minshull - Producer: James Mallinson - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Recording Engineer: Colin Moorfoot - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
35 Un bel dì vedremo
04:33 Mirella Freni, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Mirella Freni - Producer: Michael Woolcock - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Conductor: Herbert von Karajan - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Recording Engineer: Jack Law - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
36 "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
03:20 Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa - Assistant Producer: Andrew Cornall - Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Recording Engineer: James Lock - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley - Recording Engineer: John Pellowe - Composer: Giacomo Puccini
37 Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]
05:11 Danielle de Niese, The English Concert, Harry Bicket
Recording Producer: Arend Prohmann - Soprano: Danielle de Niese - Recording Engineer: Philip Siney - Orchestra: The English Concert - Conductor: Harry Bicket - Composer: Henry Purcell
38 "Largo al factotum" [Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1]
05:00 Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè
Baritone: Leo Nucci - Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè - Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Assistant Producer: Michael Haas - Recording Engineer: John Pellowe - Recording Engineer: Simon Eadon - Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
39 Una voce poco fa
06:01 Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Mezzo-Soprano: Teresa Berganza - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson - Recording Producer: Ray Minshull - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
40 "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
06:25 Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis
Mezzo-Soprano: Marilyn Horne - Orchestra: Wiener Opernorchester - Conductor: Henry Lewis - Recording Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
41 "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
02:44 Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Chorus: Chicago Symphony Chorus - Producer: Michael Haas - Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi - Balance Engineer: James Lock
42 "Celeste Aida" [Aida / Act 1] (Shortened Version)
03:37 Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera
Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Orchestra: Wiener Volksopernorchester - Conductor: Leone Magiera - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
43 "Di quella pira" [Il Trovatore / Act 3]
01:57 José Carreras, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Tenor: José Carreras - Chorus: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Sir Colin Davis - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
44 "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera"
04:38 Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta
Producer: Anna Barry - Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa - Tenor: Alfredo Kraus - Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Conductor: Zubin Mehta - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
45 "La donna è mobile"
02:26 Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Recording Producer: David Harvey - Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Assistant Producer: Michael Woolcock - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Recording Engineer: Stan Goodall - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
46 "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi) [La traviata / Act 1]
02:57 Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Producer: James Mallinson - Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Soprano: Dame Joan Sutherland - Chorus: The London Opera Chorus - Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson
47 "Questa o quella"
01:47 Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Recording Producer: David Harvey - Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Assistant Producer: Michael Woolcock - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Conductor: Richard Bonynge - Recording Engineer: Stanley Goodall - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
48 "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" [Nabucco / Act 3]
04:05 Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso
Chorus: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden - Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden - Conductor: Silvio Varviso - Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
49 Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Ride Of The Valkyries)
06:20 Birgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Soprano: Birgit Nilsson - Soprano: Berit Lindholm - Contralto: Brigitte Fassbaender - Mezzo-Soprano: Claudia Hellmann - Contralto: Helen Watts - Soprano: Helga Dernesch - Soprano: Marilyn Tyler - Soprano: Vera Schlosser - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Composer/Author: Richard Wagner - Balance Engineer: James Lock - Balance Engineer: Gordon Parry
50 "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod) [Tristan und Isolde / Act 3]
07:08 Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
Soprano: Birgit Nilsson - Producer: John Culshaw - Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker - Conductor: Sir Georg Solti - Recording Producer: Erik Smith - Recording Engineer: Gordon Parry - Recording Engineer: James Brown - Composer: Richard Wagner
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