Essential Opera

Product Review

Title Tracks for Essential Opera

• 1. Carmen, opera: Prelude to Act 1
• 2. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte
• 3. Il Trovatore, opera: Vedi! le fosche
• 4. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina
• 5. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
• 6. Rigoletto, opera: Bella figlia dell'amore
• 7. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
• 8. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
• 9. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? ne andrò lontana
• 10. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Largo al factotum
• 11. Aida, opera: Gloria all'Egitto (Grand March and Ballet)
• 12. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
• 13. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma
• 14. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)
• 15. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel dì vedremo
• 16. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Finch'han dal vino (Champagne Aria)
• 17. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidì mai
• 18. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo
• 19. Turandot, opera: Non piangere Liù...Ah! per l'ultima volta
• 20. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: The Ride of the Valkyries
• 21. Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
• 22. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non più andrai
• 23. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Humming chorus
• 24. La Traviata, opera: Un dì felice
• 25. Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta!
• 26. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento
• 27. Pagliacci, opera: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
• 28. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Io sono docile
• 29. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: C'est toi...Au font du temple saint
• 30. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Là ci darem la mano
• 31. L'Arlesiana, opera: Lamento di Federico
• 32. Lakmé, opera: Dôme épais le jasmin
• 33. Rigoletto, opera: La donna è mobile
• 34. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Dove sono
• 35. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
• 36. La bohème, opera: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
• 37. La bohème, opera: O soave fanciulla
• 38. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
• 39. Faust, opera: Soldier's chorus

Customer Reviews

 (2 customer reviews)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

Great collection but the title's a misnomer, July 16, 2006

ronaldbrian (Quezon City, Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)

The producers of Essential Opera 1 and 2 finally decided to give us a wonderful gift and combined the two for the price of one. The effect is an exciting collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike. Thank you, producers.

However, I can't agree that the collection lives up to its name. How can it be essential when where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism. To paraphrase Franco Zeffirelli, Callas showed us the maximum of what opera is. Callas IS essential opera.

This misnomer is made the more stark and jarring when one sees that a contemporaneous rival, Renata Tebaldi, is given two tracks to sing and Callas, none. Tebaldi was Callas' rival like Clementi was Mozart's--whoever remembers the rivals now? History has judged well who the masters are. So I listen to arias in this CD, arias that Callas have incomparably...Read more

Cool CD, June 18, 2008

Sam Wells - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)

This is a very enjoyable CD with music you already know.
Can't wait to get the other ones!