The Opera Album 2011 – Various Artists

1

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Toreador's Song

Barry Wordsworth, Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra & Georges Bizet

3:51

2

Puccini: La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song

Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gianandrea Noseda & Giacomo Puccini

2:38

3

Puccini: Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta & Giacomo Puccini

3:11

4

Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2: Lascia ch'io pianga

Cecilia Bartoli, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

4:49

5

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1: Vesti la giubba

Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano & Ruggero Leoncavallo

3:37

6

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

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri & Alfredo Catalani

3:38

7

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2: Anvil Chorus

Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Giuseppe Verdi

2:45

8

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2: Barcarolle

Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau & Radio Suisse Romande Chorus

4:10

9

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3: La donna e mobile

Carlo Bergonzi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nello Santi & Giuseppe Verdi

2:22

10

Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Habanera

Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

4:16

11

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act II: Humming Chorus

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Giacomo Puccini

3:06

12

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: Ombra mai fu (Largo)

Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington & George Frideric Handel

3:02

13

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1: Pearl Fishers' Duet

Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Robin Stapleton

6:34

14

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: No. 5, Cavatina. Una voce poco fa – Cabaletta. Io sono docile

Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado & Gioachino Rossini

5:33

15

Verdi: La traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi"

Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester

2:56

16

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

Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester, Henry Lewis & Camille Saint-Saëns

6:28

17

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1: Song To The Moon

Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Giuseppe Patanè

6:12

18

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

José Carreras, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

1:58

19

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

Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

4:39

20

Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!

Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra

3:00

21

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act I: Ah, je veux vivre

Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Charles Gounod

3:42

22

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Flower Song

Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Georges Bizet

3:54

23

Puccini: Tosca / Act 2: Vissi d'arte

Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Giacomo Puccini

3:20

24

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

Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giuseppe Patanè & Gioachino Rossini

5:01

25

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

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri & Giacomo Puccini

4:46

26

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act I: Questa o quella

Rolando Villazón, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Daniele Callegari & Giuseppe Verdi

1:51

27

Gounod: Faust / Act 4: Soldiers' Chorus

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge & Charles Gounod

3:15

28

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

Juan Diego Flórez, Riccardo Frizza, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Gaetano Donizetti

4:41

29

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Les triangles des sistres tintaient

Edwige Parat, Claire Delgado-Boge, Magdalena Kožená & Mahler Chamber Orchestra

4:11

30

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1: Birdcatcher's Song

Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:56

31

Puccini: Turandot, Act I: Signore, ascolta!

Montserrat Caballé, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Giacomo Puccini

2:43

32

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Giuseppe Verdi

4:05

33

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: Flower Duet

Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo & Richard Bonynge

6:04

34

Verdi: Aida / Act 1: "Celeste Aida"

Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera & Giuseppe Verdi

3:31

35

Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice (What is Life?)

Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington

3:39

36

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

Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

3:04

37

Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1: Doretta's Dream Song

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Oliviero de Fabritiis & Giacomo Puccini

2:42

38

Offenbach: La belle Hélène / Act 1: Au mont Ida...Le jugement de Paris

Joseph Calleja, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Carlo Rizzi & Jacques Offenbach

3:50

39

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: Queen of the Night's Aria

Patricia Petibon, Concerto Köln, Daniel Harding & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:09

40

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3: Isolde's Liebestod

Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti & Richard Wagner

7:08