Works on This Recording
1.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
2.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
3.
Il pirata: Col sorriso d'innocenza by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
4.
I puritani: Son vergin vezzosa "Polacca" by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Julia Hamari (Alto),
Alfredo Kraus (Tenor),
Agostino Ferrin (Bass),
Stefan Elenkov (Bass)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 1979
5.
Giovanna d'Arco: Qui! Qui! Dove più...O fatidica foresta by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Italy
Date of Recording: 1972
6.
Macbeth: Una macchia è qui tuttora "Sleepwalking Scene" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Elisabeth Bainbridge (Mezzo Soprano),
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Conductor:
Anton Guadagno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847/1865; Italy
Date of Recording: 1971
7.
Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
Date of Recording: 1973
8.
Don Carlos: Non pianger, mia compagna by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Sherrill Milnes (Baritone),
Ruggero Raimondi (Bass)
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
9.
Aida: O patria mia by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 1974
Notes: This selection begins with "Qui Radamès verrà..."
10.
Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Bruno Bartoletti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 1971
11.
La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
12.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o Mamma by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano),
Astrid Varnay (Alto)
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Date of Recording: 1979
13.
Turandot: Signore, ascolta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
14.
Turandot: In questa reggia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
José Carreras (Tenor),
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Alain Lombard
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra,
Rhine Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 1977
15.
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1917; Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
16.
Guillaume Tell: Sombre forêt by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano)
Conductor:
Lamberto Gardelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 1972
Sound Samples
Madama Butterfly (1970 Digital Remaster): Un bel dì vedremo
Tosca (1970 Digital Remaster): Vissi d'arte
Guillaume Tell (1988 Digital Remaster): Sombre fôret ... (Act 2)
Il Pirata (1992 Digital Remaster): Col sorriso d'innocenza
I Puritani (1988 Digital Remaster), Atto Primo, Scena terza: Son vergin vezzosa (Elvira/Enrichetta/Arturo/Giorgio/Coro)
Giovanna d'Arco (1989 Digital Remaster), Act 1: O faticida foresta (Giovanna)
Macbeth (1988 Digital Remaster): Una macchia è qui tuttora! (Atto IV)
Mefistofele (1987 Digital Remaster): L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Act 3)
Don Carlo (1986 Digital Remaster), ATTO SECONDA/ACT TWO/ZWEITER AKT/DEUXIME ACTE, Seconda Scena/Scene Two/Zweite Szene/Deuxime Scne: Non pianger, mia compagna (Elisabetta/Rodrigo/Coro/Filippo)
Aida (1986 Digital Remaster), Act 3: Romanza
Manon Lescaut (1993 Digital Remaster), ATTO SECONDO/ACT 2/ZWEITER AKT/DEUXIEME ACTE: In quelle trine morbide (Manon)
La Bohème (1987 Digital Remaster): Donde lieta uscì (Mimì's Farewell)
Cavalleria Rusticana (1987 Digital Remaster): Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza/Mamma Lucia)
Turandot (1987 Digital Remaster): Signore, ascolta!
Turandot (1994 Digital Remaster), Act 2, Scene 2: In questa reggia (Turandot, Corwd, Calaf)
La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Act I)
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