Opera's Greatest Heroes

On this CD:

1. Amadis de Gaule, opera, LWV 63 Bois épais
Composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Performed by Enrico Caruso

2. Orfeo ed Euridice, (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 Che farò senza Euridice
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by Tito Schipa

3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Franz Volker

4. Fidelio, opera, Op. 72 Gott, welch Dunkel heir
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Alfred Piccaver

5. Oberon, opera in 3 acts, J306 Seit frühester Jugend
Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
Performed by Helge Rosvaenge

6. Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, opera, WWV 49 Allmäch'ger Vater
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Max Lorenz

7. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 In fernem Land
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Richard Tauber

8. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Dir töne Lob
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Lauritz Melchior

9. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond... Du bist der Lenz... Siegmund heiss'ich
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior

10. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Nur eine Waffe taugt
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Lauritz Melchior

11. Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts Vainement, ma bien aimée
Composed by Edouard Lalo
Performed by Edmond Clement

12. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Vois ma misère
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Enrico Caruso

13. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera O muto asil
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Giovanni Martinelli

14. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts O Paradiso
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Miguel Fleta

15. Roméo et Juliette, opera Salut! Demeure chaste et pure
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Jussi Bjorling

16. La Juive, opera Rachel, quand du Seigneur
Composed by Fromental Halevy
Performed by Enrico Caruso

17. Le Cid, opera O Souverain
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by Enrico Caruso

18. A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin; Zhizn' za tsarya), opera in 4 acts with and epilogue, G. xii Susanin's Air
Composed by Mikhail Glinka
Performed by Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

19. Simon Boccanegra, opera Figlia, a tal nome palpita
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Lawrence Tibbett, Rose Bampton

20. Ernani, opera O sommo Carlo
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Grace Anthony, Giuseppe de Luca, Alfio Tedesco

21. La forza del destino, opera Solenne in quest'ora
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe de Luca

22. Aida, opera Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Enrico Caruso

23. Il Trovatore, opera Ah sì ben mio... Di quella pira
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Jussi Bjorling

24. Otello, opera Niun mi tema
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Giovanni Zenatello

25. Pagliacci, opera Vesti la giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Aureliano Pertile

26. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Cielo e mar
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Beniamino Gigli

27. Andrea Chénier, opera Un dì all'azzurro spazio
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by Mario Del Monaco

28. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera Ch'ella mi creda
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Ferruccio Tagliavini

29. Tosca, opera E lucevan le stele
Composed by Giacomo Puccini

30. Turandot, opera Nessun dorma
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Jussi Bjorling