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Karaoke Opera 2 - Divas

14 Favorite Arias For Soprano & Mezzo Soprano
Release Date: 04/11/2006 
Label:  Musical Concepts   Catalog #: 112  
Composer:  Georges Bizet,  Giacomo Puccini,  Camille Saint-Saëns,  Charles Gounod,   ... 

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This interactive program provides viewers with the opportunity to sing along to some of the most beautiful, emotional, and stirring vocal compositions of all time. Alone or in front of an appreciative audience, opera lovers of all skill levels can provide their own vocals to fourteen classic arias for soprano and mezzo soprano voices, including selections from CARMEN, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, TOSCA, FAUST, and LA BOHEME, as well as a selection of Neapolitan folk songs. Also included here are optional English translations of the lyrics, along with illuminating descriptions of the songs and their meaning. This interactive program provides viewers with the opportunity to sing along to some of the most beautiful, emotional, and stirring vocal compositions of all time. Alone or in front of an appreciative audience, opera lovers of all skill levels can provide their own vocals to fourteen classic arias for soprano and mezzo soprano voices, including selections from CARMEN, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, TOSCA, FAUST, and LA BOHEME, as well as a selection of Neapolitan folk songs. Also included here are optional English translations of the lyrics, along with illuminating descriptions of the songs and their meaning. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Written: 1873-1874 
2.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
3.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
4.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
5.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877; France 
6.
Faust: Ah! je ris de me voir si belle "Jewel Song" by Charles Gounod
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
7.
La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana by Alfredo Catalani
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
8.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
9.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
10.
La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
11.
La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
12.
'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Italy 
13.
Mattinata by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
14.
Funiculì funiculà by Luigi Denza
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Naples, Italy 

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