100 Must-Have Opera Highlights – Various Artists

1

Carmen: Overture

Various Artists & Georges Bizet

2:22

2

Nabucco: Act III - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves - "Va pensiero"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

5:20

3

La Traviata: Act I - "Libiamo Ne'lieti" (Brindisi)

Roumen Doikov, Giuseppe Verdi & Roumyana Bareva

3:09

4

Gianni Schicchi: Act I - O mio babbino caro

Various Artists & Giacomo Puccini

1:52

5

Rigoletto: Act III - Duca's Aria - "La donna e mobile"

Denes Gulyas & Giuseppe Verdi

2:15

6

Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Chorus - "Regina coeli"

Bulgarian National Choir & Pietro Mascagni

8:07

7

Wilhelm Tell: Act III - Soldier's Dance

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

5:17

8

The Tales of Hoffmann: Act IV - Barcarole

Elisabeth Werres, Jacques Offenbach & Elisabeth Steiner

3:34

9

The Valkyrie: Act III - Ride of the Valkyries

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

5:22

10

The Merry Widows of Windsor: Act III - Moon Choir

Bulgarian National Choir

3:37

11

Faust: Act II - Méphistophéles Rondo - "Le veau d'or"

Nicolai Ghiaurov & Charles Gounod

2:08

12

Thais: Act II - Méditation

Various Artists & Jules Massenet

5:09

13

Aida: Act II - Triumphal March and Chorus- "Gloria all'Egitto"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

12:53

14

La Bohème: Act II - Musette-Waltz

Various Artists & Giacomo Puccini

6:55

15

The Magic Flute: Act II - Chorus of the Priests - "O Isis und Osiris"

Bulgarian National Choir & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:11

16

Tsar and Carpenter: Act III - Dance of the Clogs

Various Artists

3:40

17

Eugen Onegin: Act I - Girls' Chorus

Sofia National Opera Chorus

3:06

18

Norma: Act I - Norma's Cavatina - "Casta Diva"

Zvetelina Vasileva & Vincenzo Bellini

7:07

19

I Pagliacci: "I zampognari!"

Bulgarian National Choir & Ruggiero Leoncavallo

4:52

20

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture

Bulgarian National Choir & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4:19

21

Xerxes: Act I - Largo - "Ombra mai fu"

Werner Hollweg & George Frederic Handel

4:25

22

Dardanus: Act II - Tambourin

Various Artists & Jean Philippe Rameau

2:31

23

Fidelio, Op.72: Act I - Chorus- "O welche Lust"

Bulgarian National Choir & Ludwig Van Beethoven

3:48

24

Don Giovanni: Act I - Don Giovanni's Aria - "Finch han dal vino"

György Melis & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1:34

25

Orpheus and Euridice: Act II - Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Various Artists & Christoph Willibald Gluck

7:27

26

The Abduction from the Seraglio: Act II - The Janissaries' Chorus

RIAS Chamber Choir & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1:50

27

L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Act II - Gran Scena di Seneca - "Solitudine amata"

Boris Christof & Claudio Monteverdi

14:05

28

Cosi fan tutte: Act I - Terzet Guglielmo - "Una bella serenata"

Christian Bauer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Natale de Carolis

2:40

29

Rinaldo: Act III - Rinaldo's Aria - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Werner Hollweg & George Frederic Handel

3:50

30

Idomeneo, K.366: Act III - Idomeneo Elettra's aria - "D'Oreste, d'Ajace"

Sylvia Sass & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:06

31

Iphigenie in Aulis: Agamemnon's Aria: Act I - "O Diana, Dea spieta"

Boris Christof & Christoph Willibald Gluck

5:38

32

The Barber of Seville: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

7:49

33

Lucia di Lammermoor: Act II - Choir of the Guests - "Per te d'immenso giubilo"

Bulgarian National Choir & Gaetano Donizetti

4:01

34

I Puritani: Act II - Giorgio's Aria - "Cinta di fiori"

Vincenzo Bellini & Bulgarian National Choir

5:23

35

Il Trovatore: Act II - Chorus of the Gypses - "Vedi! Le fosche notturne"

Bulgarian National Opera Chorus & Giuseppe Verdi

3:14

36

Tosca: Act III - Cavaradossi's Aria - "E lucevan le stelle"

Ludovic Spiess & Giacomo Puccini

3:28

37

The Thieving Magpie: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

10:45

38

L'Elisir d'Amore: Act II - Nemorino's Aria - "Una furtiva lagrima"

Denes Gulyas & Gaetano Donizetti

5:01

39

Macbeth: Act I - Chorus of the Witches - "Che faceste?"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

3:35

40

La Forza del Destino: Act IV - Leonora's Aria - "Pace, pace, mio Dio"

Anna Tomowa-Sintow & Giuseppe Verdi

5:46

41

La Scala di Seta: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

6:31

42

I Lombardi: Act II - Chorus - "Gerusalem! ...Gerusalem!"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

5:15

43

Manon Lescaut: Act III - Intermezzo

Various Artists & Giacomo Puccini

5:01

44

Don Pasquale: Act III - Chorus of the Servants - "Che interminabile andirivieni"

Bulgarian National Choir & Gaetano Donizetti

4:03

45

La Wally: Act I - Wally's Aria - "Ebben, ne andro lontana"

Julia Winer-Chenisheva & Alfredo Catalani

3:40

46

Don Carlos: Act III - Chorus Finale - "Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

8:29

47

Tancredi: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

7:51

48

La Cenerentola: Act I - Magnifico's Aria - "Miei rampolli femminini"

Jozsef Gregor & Gioacchino Rossini

5:47

49

Ernani: Act I - Chorus - "Evviva - beviam!"

Bulgarian National Choir & Giuseppe Verdi

3:53

50

Otello: Act IV - Desdemona's Prayer - "Mia madre aveva una povera ancella - Ave Maria"

Anna Tomowa-Sintow & Giuseppe Verdi

13:23

51

L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

9:07

52

Madama Butterfly: Act II - Butterfly's Aria - "Un bel di vedremo"

Anna Tomowa-Sintow & Giacomo Puccini

4:30

53

Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III - Oscar's Song - "Saper vorreste"

Elizabeth Carter & Giuseppe Verdi

2:01

54

La Gioconda: Act I - Dance of the Hours

Various Artists & Amilcare Ponchielli

9:37

55

Suor Angelica: Aria - "Senza mamma"

Ilona Tokody & Giacomo Puccini

4:43

56

Semiramide: Overture

Various Artists & Gioacchino Rossini

13:09

57

Mefistofele: Prologue - Coro - "Salve Regina!"

Sofia National Opera Chorus

6:42

58

The Sicilian Vespers: Overture

Various Artists & Giuseppe Verdi

8:45

59

Turandot: Act III - Calaf's Aria - "Nessun dorma"

Janos Nagy & Giacomo Puccini:

3:07

60

The Bartered Bride: Overture

Various Artists & Friedrich Smetana

6:41

61

The Queen of Spades: Act I - Duet Lisa - Paulina - "The Night Falls Down"

Krasimira Lazarova & Galia Pavlova

3:39

62

Tsar Saltan: Act III - Flight of the Bumblebee

Various Artists & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:37

63

A Life for the Tsar: Act IV - Wanja's Aria

Alexandrina Milcheva & Michail Glinka

5:38

64

Khovanshchina: Act IV - Dance of the Persian Slaves

Various Artists & Modest Mussorgsky

7:06

65

Sadko: Act II - Songs

Sofia National Opera Chorus & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

3:25

66

Boris Godunov: Act II - Boris' Monologue

Modest Mussorgsky

3:23

67

The Snow Maiden: Act II - Dance of the Tumblers

Various Artists & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

3:43

68

Ruslan and Ludmilla: Overture

Various Artists & Michail Glinka

5:42

69

Prince Igor: Act II, No.12 - Polovitsian Dances

Various Artists & Alexander Borodin

11:48

70

Fra Diavolo: Overture

Various Artists & Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

7:45

71

Samson and Dalila: Act II - Dalila's Aria - "Mon coeur s'ouvre"

Alexandrina Milcheva

5:50

72

Les Pecheurs de Perles: Act I - Duet Nadir - Zurga - "Au fond du temple saint"

Georges Bizet

4:58

73

Romeo and Juliet: Sct I - Julia's Aria - "Je veux vivre"

Alexandrina Pendatchanska & Charles Gounod

3:54

74

Le Prophéte: Act IV - Coronation March

Various Artists & Giacomo Meyerbeer

3:54

75

Lakmé: Act II - Aria -"Ou va la jeune Indoue"

Ilona Kertesi

7:19

76

Les Troyens: Act V - Dido's Aria - "Je vais mourir ... Adieu, fière cite"

Klara Takacs & Hector Berlioz

5:56

77

La Dame Blanche: Overture

Various Artists

7:57

78

Werther: Act III - Letter Scene, Charlotte - "Qui m'aurait dit la place"

Alexandrina Milcheva & Jules Massenet

7:53

79

Manon: Manon's Aria, Act II - "Adieu, notre petite table"

Raina Kabaivanska & Jules Massenet

4:08

80

Zampa: Overture

Various Artists

7:56

81

Sapho: Act III - Sapho's Aria - "Où suis je?"

Klara Takacs & Charles Gounod

7:43

82

Hänsel and Gretel: Overture

Various Artists

8:01

83

Der Freischütz: Act II - Huntsmen's Chorus - "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden"

Bulgarian National Choir & Carl Maria Von Weber

2:50

84

Der Wildschütz: Overture

Various Artists

6:40

85

A Night in Granada: Act II - Chorus - "Schon die Abendglocken klangen"

Bulgarian National Choir

3:11

86

The Barber of Bagdad: Overture

Various Artists

8:52

87

Preziosa: Act I - Gypsy Choir - "Im Wald die Sonn erwacht"

Bulgarian National Choir & Carl Maria Von Weber

3:15

88

Martha: Overture

Various Artists

8:34

89

Euryanthe: Act II - Huntsmen's Chorus - "Die Tale dampfen"

Bulgarian National Choir & Carl Maria Von Weber

1:39

90

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

10:57

91

Tannhäuser, WWV.70: Act II - Entrance of the Guests At Wartburg - "Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle"

Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Richard Wagner

6:02

92

Parsifal: Act III - Good Friday Spell

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

11:31

93

Lohengrin: Act III - Bride Chorus

Bulgarian National Choir & Richard Wagner

9:23

94

The Flying Dutchman: Overture

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

9:51

95

The Rhinegold: Finale - Entry of the Gods At Walhall

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

7:37

96

The Valkyrie: Act III - Wotans Farewell and Magic Fire Music

Nicola Ghiuselev & Richard Wagner

16:56

97

Siegfried: Act II - Waldweben

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

8:51

98

Twilight of the Gods: Act III - Siegfried's Death and Funeral March

Various Artists & Richard Wagner

6:55

99

Tristan and Isolde: Act III - Isoldes Liebestod - "Mild und leise"

Sylvia Sass & Richard Wagner

6:05

100

Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

Various Artists

10:25