Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever!

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Title Tracks for Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever!

• 1. La Traviata: Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici (Brindisi) (Atto I) - Alfredo Kraus
• 2. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo Al Factotum (Atto I) - Thomas Hampton
• 3. La Boheme: Che Gelida Manina (Atto I) - Roberto Alagna
• 4. La Boheme: Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi (Atto I) - Mirella Freni
• 5. L'amico Fritz: Suzel, Bon Di (Cherry Duet) (First Part) (Atto II) - Bernard Haitink
• 6. Nabucco: Va, Pensiero (Chorus Of Hebrew Slaves) (Atto III) - Bernard Haitink
• 7. Rigoletto: La Donna E Mobile (Atto III) - Roberto Alagna
• 8. Lakme: Viens, Mallika (Flower Duet) (Acte I) - Mady Mesple
• 9. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro - Victoria De Los Angeles
• 10. Tosca: Recondita Armonia (Atto I) - Placido Domingo
• 11. Tosca: Vissi D'arte (Atto II) - Maria Callas
• 12. Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle (Atto III) - Placido Domingo
• 13. Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco: Respiro Appena ... Lo Son L'umile Ancella (Atto I) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
• 14. Les Pecheurs De Perles: Au Fond Du Temple Saint (Acte I) - Nicolai Gedda
• 15. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Non Piu Andrai (Atto I) - Thomas Allen
• 16. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete (Atto II) - Ann Murray
• 17. Le Nozze Di Figaro: E Susanna Non Vien!...Dove Sono (Atto III) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
• 18. Martha: M'appari (Ach So Fromm) (Akt III) - Roberto Alagna
• 19. Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) (Akt III) - Helga Dernesch
• 20. Aida: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!...Celeste Aida (Atto I) - Placido Domingo
• 21. Il Trovatore: Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Atto II) - Bernard Haitink
• 22. Samson Et Dalila: Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Acte II) - Maria Callas
• 23. Carmen: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Habanera) - Victoria De Los Angeles
• 24. Carmen: Votre Toast (Toreador's Song) (Acte II) - Maria Callas
• 25. Carmen: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Acte III) - Roberto Alagna
• 26. Les Contes D'Hoffman: Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour (Barcarolle) (Acte II) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
• 27. Andrea Chenier: La Mamma Morta (Atto III) - Maria Callas
• 28. Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba (Atto I) - Jose Carreras
• 29. Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Di Vedremo (Atto II) - Renata Scotto
• 30. Cosi Fan Tutte: Soave Sia Il Vento (Atto I) - Margaret Marshall
• 31. La Rondine: Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta (Atto I) - Montserrat Caballe
• 32. Die Zauberflote: Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich Ja (Akt I) - Walter Berry
• 33. Die Zauberflote: Der Holle Rache (Akt II) - Edita Gruberova
• 34. Rusalka: Song To The Moon (Act I) - Lucia Popp
• 35. La Wally: Ebben? Ne Andro Iontana (Atto I) - Maria Callas
• 36. Werther: Toute Mon Ame Est La!...Pourquoi Me Reveiller? (Acte III) - Roberto Alagna
• 37. Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! (Atto I) - Montserrat Caballe
• 38. Turandot: Nessun Dorma (Atto III) - Jose Carreras

Customer Reviews

 (18 customer reviews)

122 of 123 people found the following review helpful

Buy it, it lives up to its title!, December 2, 1999

Thomas Sheerin "tomsheerin" (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews
  

This review is from: Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever! (Audio CD)

In addition to the great male tenors, Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles, Renata Scotto, Helga Dernesch, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Mirella Freni, Madi Mespli, and others sing the great arias. This double CD will make you cry, it is so beautiful, and this from someone who never paid much attention to opera. I listen to it only about once a week, so I won't get tired of it, and after several months it still grabs my by the throat and makes tears run down my face. In 40 years of listening to rock and pop, I have never experienced this before. Buy it!

61 of 61 people found the following review helpful

Yes, this is a great opera album, but it could be better!, July 17, 2001

Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
           

This review is from: Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever! (Audio CD)

This may well indeed be "The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!" I certainly have yet to find one that is better, but I do want to point out that there is room for improvement. This double-CD set offers up 38 tracks and yet nothing by Donzetti or Bellini. How you can leave out the Sextet from "Lucia di Lammamoor" is beyond me. There are ten tracks by Puccini along with six by Moazart five by Verdi, but only one by Wagner. This makes sense when you are covering the works of Rossini, Offenbach and Leoncavallo, for whom "Largo al factotum," the "Barcarolle" and "Vesti la guibba" are far and away their best known pieces, but where is "The Ride of the Valkyrie"? Okay, enough of the albums shortcomings. Let us now talk about why the album total is not exactly hyperbole.Most of the arias included here are instantly recognizable, such as "La donne e mobile" "The Anvil Chorus" and "Der Holle...Read more

76 of 78 people found the following review helpful

It lives up to its title!, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever! (Audio CD)

In describing this album, which is a compilation of nearly every famous aria you've ever heard, I could easily run out of superlatives. This album runs the gamut from Bizet's "Au fond du temple saint" (Nicolai Gedda and Ernest Blanc) to a chillingly beautiful rendition of "Nessun dorma" (Jose' Carreras). Also included on this 2-disc album are such standards as "The Flower Duet" from Lakme and "Brindisi" from La Traviata.Opera fans who lack either the space or the funds to collect all of the works represented here should seriously consider this album.