The Peoples Guide to Opera 1 [Box set]
On this CD:
1. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Bravo signor padrone! ... Se vuol ballare (Atto 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 E Susanna non vien! ... Dove sono (Atto 3)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
with Sena Jurinac
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Tutto è disposto ... Aprite un po' quegl' occhi (Atto 4)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
4. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera, K. 384 Ach ich liebte (Akt 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Anneliese Rothenberger
Conducted by Josef Krips
5. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera, K. 384 Welche Wonne, welche Lust (Akt 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Ilse Hollweg
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
6. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, opera, K. 384 Vivat, Bacchus! (Akt 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Gottlob Frick, Gerhard Unger
Conducted by Josef Krips
7. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Atto 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Stafford Dean
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
8. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Finch' han dal vino (Atto 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
9. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Dalla sua pace (Atto 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
with Keith Lewis
Conducted by Bernard Haitink
10. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Deh vieni alla finestra (Atto 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
11. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Vedrai, carino (Atto 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
12. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 Donne mie la fate a tanti (Atto 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
13. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 Fra gli amplessi (Atto 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Francisco Araiza, Margaret Marshall
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
14. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 O zittre nicht ... Zum leiben bin ich auserkoren (Akt 1)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Edda Moser
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
15. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Akt 2)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Scottish Chamber Orchestra
with Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen
Conducted by Richard Armstrong
16. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Ecco ridente in cielo (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Luigi Alva
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
17. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Largo al factotum (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Sesto Bruscantini
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
18. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Una voce poco fa (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Anna Moffo
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
19. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera La calunnia e un venticello (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Nicola [singer] Zaccaria
Conducted by Alceo Galliera
20. Tancredi, opera Piu dolce, e placide ... Come dolce all' alma mia (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Lyon Opera Orchestra
with Katia Ricciarelli
Conducted by Gabriele Ferro
21. Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera Divin profeta, dator di bene (Atto 2)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
22. Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera Non temer, d'un basso affetto (Atto 3)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Shirley Verrett
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
23. Le siège de Corinthe (The Siege of Corinth), opera Parmi vederlo (Atto 3)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Beverly Sills
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
24. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Selva opaca, deserta brugheira (Atto 2)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Lyon Opera Orchestra
with Katia Ricciarelli
Conducted by Gabriele Ferro
25. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera Resta immobile (Atto 3)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Tito Gobbi
Conducted by Alberto Erede
26. Semiramide, opera Bel raggio lusinghier (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Munich Radio Orchestra
with Edita Gruberova
Conducted by Gustav Kuhn
27. Norma, opera Sediziose voci ... Casta Diva (Atto 1)
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Munich Radio Orchestra
with Edita Gruberova
Conducted by Kurt Eichhorn
28. La cenerentola (Cinderella), opera Nacqui all'affranno ... Non più mesta (Atto 2)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra
with Maria Callas
Conducted by Nicola Rescigno
29. L'elisir d'amore, opera Prendi, per me sei libero (Atto 2)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
with Rosanna Carteri
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
30. Lucrezia Borgia, opera Tranquillo ei posa ... Com'è bello (Prologo)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Munich Radio Orchestra
with Cheryl Struder
Conducted by Gabriele Ferro
31. I Puritani, opera O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce ... Vien, diletto (Atto 2)
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Mirella Freni
Conducted by Franco Ferraris
32. La Sonnambula, opera Ah! Non credea mirati ... Ah! Non giunge (Atto 2)
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Anna Moffo
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
33. Il Pirata, opera Col sorriso d'innocenza (Atto 2)
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
34. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Il dolce suono ... Ardon gl'incensi (Atto 3)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Anna Moffo
Conducted by Sir Colin Davis
35. La Traviata, opera Un dì, felice, eterea (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills
Conducted by Aldo Ceccato
36. La Traviata, opera Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo core (Atto 2)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Carlo del Monte, Victoria de Los Angeles, Mario Sereni
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
37. Rigoletto, opera Ella mi fu rapita! ... Parmi veder le lagrime (Atto 2)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Alfredo Kraus
Conducted by Julius Rudel
38. Rigoletto, opera Un dì, se ben rammentomi ... Bella figlia dell' amore (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist, Cornell MacNeil, Anna di Stasio
Conducted by Francesco Molinari Pradelli
39. Un ballo in maschera, opera Teco io sto (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Montserrat Caballe, Bernabe Marti
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
40. Un ballo in maschera, opera Alzati! ... Eri tu (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Scottish National Orchestra
with Jan Derksen
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
41. Un ballo in maschera, opera Saper vorreste (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Reri Grist
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
42. La forza del destino, opera La vita è inferno ... Oh, tu che in seno agli Angeli (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Wurttemberg State Opera Orchestra
with Ludovic Spiess
Conducted by Janos Kulka
43. La forza del destino, opera Rataplan (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Bianca Maria Casoni
Conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
44. La forza del destino, opera Pace, pace mio Dio! (Atto 4)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Floriana Cavalli
Conducted by Anatole Fistoulari
45. Don Carlo, opera Dio, che nell' alma infondere (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Vasile Moldoveanu
Conducted by Josef Dunnwald
46. Aida, opera La fatal pietra ... O terra addio (Atto 4)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Maurizio Frusoni, Olga Romanko
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
47. Manon Lescaut, opera Donna non vidi mai (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
with Nicolai Gedda
Conducted by Giuseppe Patane
48. Manon Lescaut, opera In quelle trine morbide (Atto 2)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Ghena Dimitrova
Conducted by Leone Magiera
49. Manon Lescaut, opera Sola, perduta abbandonata (Atto 4)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Antonietta Stella
Conducted by Alberto Erede
50. La bohème, opera Che gelida manina (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by South German Radio Orchestra
with Vasile Moldoveanu
Conducted by Harry Pleva
51. La bohème, opera Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Teresa Stratas
Conducted by Janos Kulka
52. La bohème, opera Quando me'n vo' (Atto 2)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Ghena Dimitrova
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
53. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Ancora un passo or via (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Joan Hammond
Conducted by Walter Susskind
54. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Un bel dì vedremo (Atto 2)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Mirella Freni
Conducted by Leone Magiera
55. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Humming Chorus (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
Conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
56. Tosca, opera Vissi d'arte (Atto 2)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Ghena Dimitrova
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
57. Tosca, opera E lucevan le stelle (Atto 3)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Franco Corelli
Conducted by Franco Ferraris
58. Gianni Schicchi, opera O mio babbino caro
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Renata Scotto
Conducted by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
59. Turandot, opera Signore, ascolta (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
60. Turandot, opera Non piangere, Liù (Atto 1)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Wolfgang Schmidt
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
61. Turandot, opera In questa reggia (Atto 2)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Wolfgang Schmidt
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
62. Turandot, opera Nessun dorma (Atto 3)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Wolfgang Schmidt
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
63. Turandot, opera Tu che di gel sei cinta (Atto 3)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Wolfgang Schmidt, Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
64. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera Ch'ella mi creda (Atto 3)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Giuseppe Campora
Conducted by Gabriele Santini
65. La Traviata, opera Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Carlo del Monte, Victoria de Los Angeles
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
66. La bohème, opera O Mimì tu più non torni (Atto 4)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra
with Alfredo Kraus, Sherrill Milnes, Renata Scotto
Conducted by James Levine
67. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Dunque io son (Atto 1)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Sherrill Milnes, Beverly Sills
Conducted by James Levine
68. Rigoletto, opera E il sol del anima (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist
Conducted by Francesco Molinari Pradelli
69. Manon Lescaut, opera O dolci mani (Atto 3)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Halle Orchestra
with Leonora Lafayette, Richard Lewis
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli
70. Don Pasquale, opera Cheti, cheti (Atto 3)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Donald Gramm, Alan Titus
Conducted by Sarah Caldwell
71. La battaglia di Legnano, opera Parigi, o cara (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Nicolai Gedda, Beverly Sills
Conducted by Aldo Ceccato
72. Il Trovatore, opera Miserere (Atto 4)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera Theater Orchestra
with Franco Corelli, Gabriella Tucci
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
73. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1 act Tu qui, Santuzza ... No, no Turiddu
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Gisella Pasino, Ellen Bollongino
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
74. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Parle-moi de ma mère! (Act 1)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
Conducted by Roberto Paternostro
75. Andrea Chénier, opera Vicino a te (Atto 4)
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Montserrat Caballe, Bernabe Marti
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
76. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Dich, teure Halle (Elisabeths begrußen, Akt 2)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Birgit Nilsson
Conducted by Leopold Ludwig
77. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Freudig begrußen wir die edle Halle ... (Einzung der Gäste, Akt 2)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
78. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Gar viel und schön ward hier in dieser Halle (Akt 2)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Grummer
Conducted by Franz Konwitschny
79. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Allmacht'ge Jungfrau hör mein Flehen (Elisabeths Gebet, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Aase Nordmo-Loevberg
Conducted by Walter Susskind
80. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat (Pilgerchor, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
81. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Johohoe! (Ballade der Senta, Akt 2)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Birgit Nilsson
Conducted by Leopold Ludwig
82. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Steuermann, laß die Wacht (Matrosenchor, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
83. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Treulich geführt ziehet dahin (Brautchor, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
84. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Mein liebe Schwan! (Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
with Nicolai Gedda
Conducted by Heinrich Bender
85. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Mild und leise (Isoldes Liebestod, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Birgit Nilsson
Conducted by Leopold Ludwig
86. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Am stillen Herd (Akt 1)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by James King
Conducted by Kurt Eichhorn
87. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Wach' auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
88. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Ehrt eure Deutschen Meister (Schlußchor, Akt 3)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Munich Bavarian State Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger
89. La forza del destino, opera Overture
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
90. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) Overture
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
91. Aida, opera Preludio
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
92. I Vespri siciliani, opera (Les vêpres siciliennes) Overture
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
93. La Traviata, opera Preludio (Atto 1)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
94. La Traviata, opera Preludio (Atto 3)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
95. Linda di Chamounix, opera Overture
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
96. Don Pasquale, opera Overture
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
97. La cenerentola (Cinderella), overture
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
98. Overture to La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Alceo Galliera
99. Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Malcolm Sargent
The Peoples Guide to Opera 1, Music, Alan Titus, Cornell MacNeil, Jan Derksen, Mario Sereni, Sesto Bruscantini, Sherrill Milnes, Sir Thomas Allen [baritone], Tito Gobbi, Donald Gramm, Gottlob Frick, Nicola Zaccaria [singer], Stafford Dean, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, Umberto Giordano, Pietro Mascagni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Alberto Erede, Alceo Galliera, Aldo Ceccato, Alexander Gibson, Anatole Fistoulari, Anton Guadagno, Bernard Haitink, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Francesco Molinari Pradelli, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Franco Ferraris, Franz Konwitschny, Gabriele Ferro, Gabriele Santini, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe Patane, Gustav Kuhn, Harry Pleva, Heinrich Bender, James Levine, Janos Kulka, Josef Dunnwald, Josef Krips, Julius Rudel, Kurt Eichhorn
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