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100 Best Opera Classics

Year

2019

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

7h 42m 4s

Performers

Teresa Berganza, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Heather Harper, Judith Blegen, Sir Geraint Evans, John Alldis Choir, Bernard Haitink, Thomas Allen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Gale, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Edda Moser, Sir Roger Norrington, Cornelius Hauptmann, London Classical Players, Karl Böhm, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine, Ruggero Raimondi, London Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Delia Wallis, Shirley Verrett, Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Aldo Ceccato, Beverly Sills, José Cura, Sir John Barbirolli, Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Schippers, Mirella Freni, Bruno Bartoletti, Montserrat Caballé, Kiri Te Kanawa, Myung-Whun Chung, Riccardo Muti, José Carreras, André Cluytens, Boris Christoff, Mady Mesplé, Alain Lombard, Michel Plasson, Alfredo Kraus, Ileana Cotrubas, Georges Prêtre, Nicolai Gedda, José van Dam, Sir Thomas Beecham, Victoria de los Ángeles, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier, Régine Crespin, Jon Vickers, Rita Gorr, Franz Konwitschny, Otto Klemperer, Anja Silja, Rudolf Kempe, Jess Thomas, Siegfried Jerusalem, Éva Marton, Christa Ludwig, Agnès Baltsa, Walter Berry, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Barbara Hendricks, Lamberto Gardelli, Tito Gobbi, Alceo Galliera, Julius Rudel, Angelo Mercuriali, Gabriella Tucci, James McCracken, Lorin Maazel, Justino Díaz, Ghena Dimitrova, Janine Micheau, Luciano Pavarotti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Gabriele Santini, Roger Boutry, Jules Bastin, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Jane Rhodes, Denise Monteil, Ernest Blanc, Monique Linval, Jean-Pierre Marty, Gerard Souzay, Hildegard Behrens, Rafael Kubelík, James Morris, Waltraud Meier, Eberhard Waechter, Graziella Sciutti, Catherine Pierard, Andreas Schmidt, Carol Vaness, Claudio Desderi, Delores Ziegler, Edita Gruberova, Bruno Lazzaretti, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Henry Newman, Richard Van Allan, Roderick Kennedy, Daniella Dessì, Ernesto Gavazzi, Michele Pertusi, Lucio Gallo, Birgit Nilsson, Katia Ricciarelli, Thomas Fulton, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Henri Legay, June Anderson, Sylvain Cambreling, Jessye Norman, Gino Quilico, John Aler, Tatiana Troyanos, Danielle Millet, Gary Lakes, Birgitta Svendén, Emily Magee, Endrik Wottrich, Peter Seiffert, Robert Holl, Peter Haage, Ann Murray

Publication Information

Warner Classics

Songs

1 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Voi che sapete" (Cherubino) 00:02:53
2 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Porgi, amor" (Countess) 00:04:15
3 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Deh vieni all finestra" (Don Giovanni) 00:02:03
4 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto" (Zerlina) 00:03:52
5 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin) 00:02:56
6 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "O Isis und Osiris" (Sarastro, Chorus) 00:03:12
7 Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Temerari ... Come Scoglio" (Fiordiligi) 00:05:51
8 Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 2: Aria. "La calunnia è un venticello" (Basilio) 00:04:53
9 Don Carlos, Act 2: "Nei giardin del bello ... Tessete i veli" (Eboli, Tebaldo, Chorus) 00:04:56
10 Bellini: Norma, Act 1: "Casta Diva" (Norma) 00:05:33
11 Aïda, Act 1: "Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida" (Radamès) 00:04:41
12 Verdi: La traviata, Act 3: "Teneste la promessa ... Addio del passato" (Violetta) 00:05:43
13 Verdi: Otello, Act 4: "Niun mi tema" (Otello) 00:05:16
14 Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (Butterfly) 00:04:38
15 Puccini: Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi) 00:02:53
16 La bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi" (Mimì) 00:04:57
17 Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Act 2: "In quelle trine morbide" (Manon) 00:02:22
18 Puccini: Turandot, Act 1: "Signore, ascolta" (Liù) 00:02:37
19 Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act 1: "Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba" (Canio) 00:03:54
20 Fedora, Act 2: "Amor ti vieta di non amar" (Loris) 00:02:06
21 Faust, Act 2: "Le veau d'or est toujours debout" (Méphistophélès, Chorus) 00:02:03
22 Delibes: Lakmé, Act 2: "Où va la jeune hindoue" (Lakmé) 00:06:29
23 Roméo et Juliette, Act 2: "L'amour, l'amour !" - Cavatine. "Ah ! Lève-toi, soleil !" (Roméo) 00:04:19
24 Massenet: Manon, Act 2: "Allons, il le faut ... Adieu, notre petite table" (Manon) 00:03:38
25 Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Toute mon âme est là! ... Pourquoi me réveiller" (Werther) 00:02:36
26 Bizet: La jolie fille de Perth, WD 15, Act 2: "Quand la flamme de l'amour" (Ralph) 00:04:56
27 Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen) 00:04:34
28 Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles, WD 13, Act 1: "A cette voix ... Je crois entendre encore" (Nadir) 00:04:31
29 La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Act 5: "Une puce gentille" (Mephisto) 00:01:24
30 Berlioz: Les Troyens, H 133, Act V: Monologue. "Je vais mourir" - Air. "Adieu, fière cité" (Didon) 00:06:00
31 Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act 2, Scene 3: Air. "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Dalila, Samson) 00:05:17
32 Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act 3: "Wie Todesahnung … O du, mein holder Abendstern" (Wolfram) 00:04:15
33 Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63, Act 2: "Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an?" (Senta) 00:03:09
34 Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3: "In fernem Land" (Lohengrin) 00:05:09
35 Wagner: Siegfried, Act III, Scene 3: "Heil dir, Sonne!" (Brünnhilde, Siegfried) 00:05:15
36 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: "Mild und leise" (Isolde) 00:06:55
37 Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3: "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Orfeo) 00:05:24
38 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" (Papageno) 00:02:35
39 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Finch'han dal vino" (Don Giovanni) 00:01:25
40 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3: "E Susanna non vien! ... Dove sono" (Countess) 00:06:27
41 Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "Abscheulicher!" (Leonore) 00:08:18
42 Guillaume Tell, Act 4: "Ne m'abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance ... Asile héréditaire" (Arnold) 00:06:58
43 Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Largo al factotum" (Figaro) 00:04:41
44 Don Carlos, Act 4: "Ella giammai m'amò" (Philip II) 00:07:32
45 Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Duke) 00:02:15
46 Il trovatore, Act 3: Aria e coro. "Di quella pira" (Manrico, Ruiz, Leonora, Coro) 00:02:02
47 Verdi: Otello, Act 1: "Esultate!" (Otello, Chorus) 00:02:22
48 Verdi: Otello, Act 3: "Dio! mi potevi scagliar" (Otello, Iago) 00:04:39
49 Puccini: Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (Tosca) 00:03:05
50 Puccini: Turandot, Act 2: "In questa reggia" (Turandot) 00:05:57
51 Puccini: Turandot, Act 3: "Tanto amore" (Liù) 00:02:21
52 Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta) 00:02:44
53 Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, Act 3: "Ed anche Beppe amò" (Fritz) 00:03:45
54 Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 4: "Poveri fiori" (Adriana) 00:03:12
55 Andrea Chénier, Act 4: "Come un bel dì di maggio" (Andrea) 00:03:21
56 Faust, Act 3: "Les grands seigneurs … Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle" (Marguerite) 00:05:50
57 Massenet: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, Act 2: "Marie, avec l'enfant Jésus" (Boniface) 00:05:30
58 Gounod: Mireille, Act 4: "Heureux petit berger" (Mireille) 00:02:05
59 Thomas: Mignon, Act 1: "Connais-tu le pays?" (Mignon) 00:05:39
60 Thomas: Mignon, Act 3: "Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur" (Wilhelm) 00:03:31
61 Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre ... Toréador" (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Chorus) 00:04:58
62 Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 1: "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Olympia) 00:05:48
63 La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24, H. 111, Pt. 3: "Maintenant, chantons ... Devant la maison de celui qui t'adore" (Méphistophélès) 00:02:16
64 Charpentier: Louise, Act 3: "Depuis le jour" (Louise) 00:05:34
65 Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227, Act 1: "Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene schlechte Kerl" (Marschallin) 00:05:17
66 Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1: "Einsam in trüben Tagen" (Elsa) 00:06:02
67 Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act 2: "Dich, teure Halle" (Elisabeth) 00:04:44
68 Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act 3: "Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!" (Wotan) 00:15:41
69 Die Walküre, Act 2, Scene 1: "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!" (Brünnhilde, Fricka, Wotan) 00:05:56
70 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 1: "Non più andrai" (Figaro) 00:03:39
71 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano" (Don Giovanni, Zerlina) 00:03:14
72 Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Pa-pa-pa" (Papageno, Papagena) 00:02:21
73 Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) 00:03:01
74 Norma, Act 2: "Mira, o Norma" (Norma, Adalgisa) 00:04:16
75 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Lucia, Normanno, Raimondo, Enrico, Chorus) 00:16:43
76 Don Pasquale, Act 3: "Com' è gentil" (Ernesto) 00:03:50
77 Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "Una voce poco fa" (Rosina) 00:06:20
78 Verdi: La traviata, Act 1: Brindisi. "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Alfredo, Violetta, Flora, d'Orbigny, Douphol, Grenvil, Coro) 00:02:52
79 Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 1: "Gualtier Maldè! ... Caro nome" (Gilda, Marullo, Ceprano, Borsa, Chorus) 00:06:41
80 Aida, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor!" (Aida) 00:06:24
81 Verdi: Otello, Act 4: "Ave Maria" (Desdemona) 00:05:13
82 Puccini: Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Calaf, Chorus) 00:02:55
83 La bohème, Act 1: "Che gelida manina" (Rodolfo) 00:04:29
84 Catalani: La Wally, Act 1: "Ebben? ... Ne andrò lontana" (La Wally) 00:04:25
85 Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, Act 1: "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire" (Chapelou) 00:03:44
86 Auber: La Muette de Portici, Act 2: "Mieux vaut mourir ... Amour sacré de la patrie" (Masaniello, Pietro) 00:05:45
87 Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Act 1: "Ah! Je veux vivre dans le rêve" (Juliette) 00:03:49
88 Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys, Act 3: "Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir ... Vainement, ma bien aimée" (Mylio, Chorus) 00:03:27
89 Massenet: Manon, Act 3: "Suis-je gentille ainsi ?" - "Je marche sur tous les chemins" (Manon) 00:03:03
90 Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) [Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus] 00:04:24
91 Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José) 00:04:26
92 Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles, WD 13, Act 1: "C'est toi! ... Au fond du temple saint" (Zurga, Nadir) 00:07:27
93 Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Werther ! Qui m'aurait dit" - Air des lettres. "Je vous écris de ma petite chambre" (Charlotte) 00:07:28
94 Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika" (Lakmé, Mallika) 00:05:51
95 Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: "Ah! Je suis seule enfin" - "Dis-moi que je suis belle" (Thaïs) 00:06:41
96 Faust, Act 5: "Alerte, alerte! ... Anges purs, anges radieux" (Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Faust) 00:02:30
97 Boris Godunov, Act 4: "Proshcháy, moy syn, umiráyu! "(Boris) 00:06:00
98 Weber: Oberon, J. 306, Act 1: "Schreckensschwur!" (Oberon) 00:02:11
99 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act 3: "Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise ... Selig, wie die Sonne" (Sachs, Eva, Walther, David, Magdalene) 00:05:08
100 Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act 1: "Was am besten er kann ... Nothung! Nothung!" (Siegfried, Mime) 00:05:52

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