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Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, Giuseppe di Stefano, Galina Vishnevskaya, Mirella Freni, Jessye Norman, Renata Scotto, Magda Olivero, Fritz Wunderlich, and more
The fourth volume in Opera d’Oro’s best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d’Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of the twentieth century in thrilling live performances of legendary arias. Almost eighty minutes of music at an astonishingly low price!
Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli, Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Sherril Milnes, Montserrat Caballé, Giuseppe di Stefano, Galina Vishnevskaya, Mirella Freni, Jessye Norman, Renata Scotto, Magda Olivero, Fritz Wunderlich, and more
The fourth volume in Opera d’Oro’s best-selling super-budget series celebrating the very best tracks from the vast Opera d’Oro catalog! Features the greatest singers of the twentieth century in thrilling live performances of legendary arias. Almost eighty minutes of music at an astonishingly low price!
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Works on This Recording
1.
La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1969
Venue: Live Rome, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Jon Vickers (Tenor),
Oralia Dominguez (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Jean Fournet
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Radio Symphony
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; France
Date of Recording: 1964
Venue: Live Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Length: 5 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: French
3.
Don Carlos: E lui, desso, l'Infante by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Eberhard Wächter (Baritone),
Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Horst Stein
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/25/1970
Venue: Live State Opera House, Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Rusalka, Op. 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:
Teresa Stratas (Soprano)
Conductor:
Bohumil Gregor
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Netherlands Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Bohemia
Date of Recording: 11/04/1976
Venue: Live Scheveningen, Netherlands
Length: 5 Minutes 33 Secs.
Language: Czech
5.
Ernani: Mercè, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cospite by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Italy
Date of Recording: 1969
Venue: Live Teatro Alla Scala, Milan, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Cecilia Fusco (Soprano)
Conductor:
Massimo Pradella
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/19/1963
Venue: Live Milan, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1974
Venue: Live Salzburg, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Macbeth: Pietà, rispetto, amore by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone)
Conductor:
Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1970
Venue: Live State Opera, Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
La donna del lago: Tanti affetti in tal momento by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Piero Bellugi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1819; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/19/1970
Venue: Live RAI Studios, Turin, Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Italian
10.
Fedora: Amor ti vieta by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (Tenor)
Conductor:
Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/14/1961
Venue: Live Naples, Italy
Length: 1 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Italian
11.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Tatiana's letter scene by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Conductor:
Boris Khaikin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
Date of Recording: 1956
Venue: Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: Russian
12.
I puritani: Credeasi, misera by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 1969
Venue: Live Rome, Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
13.
Adriana Lecouvreur: L'anima ho stanca by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Franco Corelli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Mario Rossi
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1959
Venue: Live Teatro San Carlo, Naples, Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
14.
L'Africaine: Adieu, mon doux rivage by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; France
Date of Recording: 1971
Venue: Live Florence, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Renata Scotto (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fernando Previtali
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 08/22/1967
Venue: Live Buenos Aires, Argentina
Length: 6 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Italian
16.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Mein schöner Schatz by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Claire Watson (Soprano),
Brigitte Fassbaender (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 1974
Venue: Live Monaco
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: German
17.
Rizurrezione: Dio pietoso by Franco Alfano
Performer:
Magda Olivero (Soprano)
Conductor:
Elio Boncompagni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902-1903; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/30/1973
Venue: Live Turin, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
18.
Zaide, K 344 (336b): Rase Schicksal, wüte immer by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
Conductor:
Alfons Rischner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Date of Recording: 10/24/1956
Venue: Live Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: German
19.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Helge Brilioth (Tenor),
Catarina Ligendza (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Date of Recording: 1974
Venue: Live Bayreuth, Germany
Length: 6 Minutes 56 Secs.
Language: German
Featured Sound Samples
La Bohème (Puccini): Che gelida manina
Rusalka (Dvorák): Song to the Moon
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