Top Twenty Operatic Scenes and Arias

1. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Largo al factotum
   Composed by Gioachino Rossini
   with Riccardo Stracciari
   Conducted by Lorenzo Molajoli
   
   
2. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts Barcarolle: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour
   Composed by Jacques Offenbach
   with Ninon Vallin, Madeleine Sibille
   Conducted by Godfroy Andolfi
   
   
3. Rigoletto, opera Caro Nome
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   with Lily Pons
   Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
   
   
4. Rigoletto, opera La donna é mobile
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   with Miguel Fleta
   
   
5. Aida, opera Se quel guerrier...Celeste Aida
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra
   with Aureliano Pertile
   Conducted by Carlo Sabajno
   
   
6. Tosca, opera Vissi d'Arte
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Claudia Muzio
   Conducted by Lorenzo Molajoli
   
   
7. La bohème, opera Che gelida manina
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   Conducted by Eugene Goossens
   
   
8. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Un bel di
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   Performed by Berlin State Orchestra
   with Gota Ljungberg
   Conducted by Leo Blech
   
   
9. Turandot, opera Nessun dorma
   Composed by Giacomo Puccini
   with Alessandro Valente
   
   
10. Gianni Schicchi, opera O mio babbino caro
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Halle Orchestra
    with Joan Hammond
    Conducted by Leslie Heward
    
    
11. Tosca, opera E lucevan le stelle
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Alfred Piccaver
    
    
12. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts Ebben?...Ne andro lontana
    Composed by Alfredo Catalani
    with Rosetta Pampanini
    
    
13. Pagliacci, opera Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
    Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo
    with Giovanni Martinelli
    Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
    
    
14. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Toreador's Song: Votre Toast
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    with Lawrence Tibbett
    Conducted by Giulio Setti
    
    
15. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Flower Song: La fleur que tu m'avais
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    
    
16. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts O fond du Temple saint (In Italian)
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    with Giuseppe de Luca
    Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
    
    
17. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Voi che sapete
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Conchita Supervia
    Conducted by Angelo Albergoni
    
    
18. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Finch'han dal vino
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Ezio Pinza
    Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
    
    
19. Martha, opera
    Composed by Friedrich von Flotow
    with Peter Anders
    
    
20. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Prize Song: Morgenlich leuchtend
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
    with Helge Rosvaenge
    Conducted by Franz Schmidt
    
    

Top Twenty Operatic Scenes and Arias,Georges Bizet,Alfredo Catalani,Friedrich von Flotow,Ruggero Leoncavallo,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Jacques Offenbach,Giacomo Puccini,Gioachino Rossini,Giuseppe Verdi,Richard Wagner,Angelo Albergoni,Carlo Sabajno,Franz Schmidt,Giulio Setti,Godfroy Andolfi,Leo Blech,Leslie Heward,Lorenzo Molajoli,Rosario Bourdon,Sir Eugene Goossens,Berliner Staatsopernorchester,Berliner Staatsorchester,Hallé Orchestra,La Scala Theater Orchestra,Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,Alessandro Valente,Alfred Piccaver,Aureliano Pertile,Claudia Muzio,Conchita Supervia,Ezio Pinza,Giovanni Martinelli,Giuseppe de Luca,Gota Ljungberg,Helge Rosvaenge,Joan Hammond,Lawrence Tibbett,Lily Pons,Madeleine Sibille,Miguel Fleta,Ninon Vallin,Peter Anders,Riccardo Stracciari,Rosetta Pampanini,Memoir Classics,Classical,French Romantic Opera,German/Austrian Classical Period Opera

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Average customer rating: The transfers project voices and orchestras boldly.

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Tracks:

1. Largo Al Factotum - Riccardo Stracciari
2. Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour - Ninon Callin And Madeleine Sibelle
3. Caro Nome - Lily Pons
4. La Donna E Mobile - Miguel Fleta
5. Se Quil Guerrier...Celeste Aida - Aureliano Pertile
6. Vissi D' Arte - Claudia Muzio
7. Che Gelida Manina - Benjamino Gigli
8. Un Bel Di - Gota Ljungberg
9. Nessun Dorma - Alessandro Valente
10. O Mio Babbino Caro - Joan Hammond
11. E Lucevan Le Stelle - Alfred Piccaver
12. Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana - Rosetta Pampanini
13. Recitar!...Vesti La Giubba - Giovanni Martinelli
14. Toreador's Song: Votre Toast - Lawrence Tibbet
15. Flower Song: La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee - Enrico Caruso
16. O Fond Du Temple Saint - Beniamino Gigli And Giuseppe De Luca
17. Voi Che Sapete - Conchita Supervia
18. Finch'han Dal Vino - Ezio Pinza
19. Ach So Fromm - Peter Anders
20. Prize Song: Morgenlich Leuchtend - Helge Rosvaenge

Customer Reviews:

The transfers project voices and orchestras boldly........2001-06-27

Nobody would deny that the scenes and arias here are amongst opera's "top twenty". A few might be surprised to find that three of them are not sung in their original language, however, and others might wish that renditions by different artist had been chosen. To sing Butterfly's "Un bel di", surely Göta Ljungberg's 1929 version, sung in German, is an odd choice.

Apart from slight gripes like this, I have nothing but praise for this compilation, which uses recordings made between 1909 and 1941. The earliest is of Caruso singing in remarkably good French the "Carmen" tenor aria. Voices and orchestras are projected boldly in these transfers, as you'll hear if you sample the first couple of tracks.

Collectors of recordings by singers of the past will find items here that have been reissued umpteen times (Tibbett's "Toreador Song", for example), together with several that are rare. Amongst the latter is Alessandro Valente's 1927 "Nessun dorma". This singer, whose career in opera was negligible, may have been the first tenor to record the unauthorised version of the aria with the long held penultimate note - a version that audiences have wanted tenors to sing ever since.

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