Works on This Recording
1.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
José Cura (Tenor)
Conductor:
Placido Domingo
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
3.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Messieurs, silence! by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor),
Catherine Dubosc (Soprano),
Sumi Jo (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra,
Lyon Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: French
4.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:
Marcello Viotti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Length: 5 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: French
6.
Les pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Thomas Hampson (Baritone),
Jerry Hadley (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Length: 7 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: French
7.
Così fan tutte, K 588: Soave sia il vento by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Jules Bastin (Bass),
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano),
Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Alain Lombard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Solisti Veneti
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
Rake's Progress: Quietly, night by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:
Robert Lloyd (Bass),
Dawn Upshaw (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1948-1951; USA
Length: 6 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Russian
10.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Les oiseaux dans la charmille by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra,
Lyon Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Length: 5 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: French
11.
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano),
Jerry Hadley (Tenor)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; France
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: French
12.
Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Eva Urbanová (Soprano)
Conductor:
Ondrej Lenárd
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Bohemia
Length: 6 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: Czech
13.
La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Barbara Hendricks (Soprano),
José Carreras (Tenor)
Conductor:
James Conlon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: Italian
14.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Voi che sapete che cosa è amor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
Billy Budd, Op. 50: And farewell, to ye, old Rights o' Man! by Benjamin Britten
Performer:
Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1951/1960; England
Length: 5 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: This selection begins with "Look! through the port..."
16.
Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie "Serenade" by Charles Gounod
Performer:
José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: French
17.
L'Incoronazione di Poppea: Disprezzata Regina by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:
Frederica Von Stade (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1642; Venice, Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Italian
18.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sumi Jo (Soprano)
Conductor:
Paolo Olmi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins "Gualtier Maldè..."
19.
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
José Cura (Tenor)
Conductor:
Placido Domingo
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
20.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
21.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: D'amour, l'ardente flamme by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Susan Graham (Soprano)
Conductor:
Kent Nagano
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
Length: 8 Minutes 8 Secs.
Language: French
22.
Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; England
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: English
23.
Iolanta, Op. 69: Ibn Hakia's Scene and Monologue by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Tom Krause (Baritone)
Conductor:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestre de Paris
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891; Russia
Length: 2 Minutes 3 Secs.
Language: Russian
24.
Carmen: Votre toast je peu vous le rendre "Toreador Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Ruggero Raimondi (Bass),
Susan Daniel (Mezzo Soprano),
Julia Migenes (Soprano),
John-Paul Bogart (Bass),
Lillian Watson (Soprano),
François Le Roux (Baritone)
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
ORTF National Orchestra,
ORTF Chorus,
Maîtrise de Radio France
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
25.
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
26.
Tannhäuser: O, du mein holder Abendstern by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Håkan Hagegård (Baritone)
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Singers,
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection begins "Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande..."
27.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Marilyn Horne (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Lawrence Foster
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Length: 6 Minutes 53 Secs.
Language: French
28.
L'inganno felice: Al più dolce e caro oggetto by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Annick Massis (Soprano)
Conductor:
Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Le Concert des Tuileries
Period: Romantic
Written: 1811-1812; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: Italian
29.
L'italiana in Algeri: Già d'insolito ardore by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Samuel Ramey (Bass)
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
I Solisti Veneti
Period: Romantic
Written: 1813; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
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Night at the Opera April 22, 2012
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