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 Opera - Greatest Hits
Release Date: 02/08/2005 
Label:  Universal   Catalog #: 000395502   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Giuseppe VerdiGiacomo PucciniWolfgang Amadeus MozartGaetano DonizettiGeorges Bizet
Léo DelibesFriedrich von FlotowRuggero LeoncavalloRichard Wagner
Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Placido DomingoPiero CappuccilliNicolai GhiaurovMirella FreniCarlo Bergonzi
Dame Joan SutherlandBarbara HendricksLucia PoppSumi Jo
Roberto AlagnaTeresa BerganzaJane BerbiéRolando Panerai
Michel SénéchalGianni MaffeoLuciano PavarottiElizabeth Harwood
Régine CrespinIleana CotrubasJon VickersMontserrat Caballé
Mario Del MonacoCvetka AhlinCarlotta OrdassyBarbro Ericson
Ingrid StegerLilo BrockhausDanica MastilovicLiselotte Rebmann
Helga JenckelSherrill Milnes
Conductor:  Carlo Maria GiuliniRoberto AbbadoJohn PritchardSir Neville MarrinerSir Georg Solti
Evelino PidòClaudio AbbadoRichard BonyngeHerbert von Karajan
Edward DownesCarlos KleiberSir Colin DavisFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli
Silvio Varviso
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraVenice Teatro la Fenice OrchestraFlorence Maggio Musicale OrchestraFlorence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Academy of St. Martin in the FieldsLyon Opera OrchestraLondon Symphony Orchestra
Ambrosian SingersMonte Carlo Opera OrchestraBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Opera House Covent Garden OrchestraBavarian State OrchestraRome Opera House Orchestra
New Philharmonia OrchestraSanta Cecilia Academy Rome OrchestraVienna State Opera Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 9 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording  
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1.  Rigoletto: La donna è mobile by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass)
Conductor:  Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
2.  Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Roberto Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
3.  La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:  John Pritchard
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
4.  Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Sull' aria...Che soave zeffiretto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Barbara Hendricks (Soprano), Lucia Popp (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
5.  Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Hölle Rache by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Sumi Jo (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. 
Language: German 
6.  L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:  Evelino Pidò
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
7.  Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Teresa Berganza (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Ambrosian Singers
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: French 
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874). 
8.  Lakmé: Viens, Mallikà...Sous le dôme épais "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes
Performer:  Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Language: French 
9.  La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Rolando Panerai (Baritone), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass), Michel Sénéchal (Tenor),
Gianni Maffeo (Baritone), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
10.  Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Régine Crespin (Soprano)
Conductor:  Edward Downes
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
11.  La traviata: Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Ileana Cotrubas (Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian State Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
12.  Aida: Celeste Aida by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Jon Vickers (Tenor)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
13.  Martha: Ach, so fromm by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
14.  Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
15.  I Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Mario Del Monaco (Tenor)
Conductor:  Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
16.  Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
17.  Die Walküre: Ho-jo-to-ho! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Cvetka Ahlin (Mezzo Soprano), Carlotta Ordassy (Mezzo Soprano), Barbro Ericson (Mezzo Soprano),
Ingrid Steger (Soprano), Lilo Brockhaus (Soprano), Danica Mastilovic (Soprano),
Liselotte Rebmann (Soprano), Helga Jenckel (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
Length: 6 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: German 
18.  Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Conductor:  Silvio Varviso
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1816; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
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