Works on This Recording
1.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: Italian
3.
Madama Butterfly: Viene la sera...Bimba dagli occhi pieni by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor),
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene...O quanti occhi fisi by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor),
Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano),
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 51 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio [Death of Butterfly] by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano),
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Con onor muore..."
7.
Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: Italian
10.
La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Roberto Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
11.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Roberto Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: Italian
12.
I Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Patané
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Italy
Length: 5 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: Italian
13.
Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: Italian
15.
Don Carlos: Tu, che la vanitá conoscesti del mondo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867/1884; Italy
Length: 12 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
16.
Otello: Piangea cantando "Willow Song" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Length: 12 Minutes 54 Secs.
Language: Italian
17.
Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 0 Secs.
Language: Italian
18.
Simon Boccanegra: Come in quest' ora bruna by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
19.
Falstaff: Sul fil d'un soffio etesio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs.
Language: Italian
20.
Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
Length: 6 Minutes 56 Secs.
Language: Italian
21.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Tatiana's letter scene by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
Length: 14 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Russian
22.
Tosca: Quagl' occhio al mondo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Length: 13 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with "Mario! Mario! Mario! Son qui..."
23.
Guillaume Tell: Sombre forêt by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Italian
Sound Samples
La Bohème / Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"
Tosca / Act 1: "Mario! Mario! Mario!" "Son qui!" - "Mia gelosa!"
Tosca / Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
Madama Butterfly / Act 1: Viene la sera
Madama Butterfly / Act 1: Vogliatemi bene
Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Un bel dì vedremo
Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Con amor muore chi non può serbar vita con onore
Manon Lescaut / Act 2: In quelle trine morbide (Manon)
Manon Lescaut / Act 4: "Sola perduta, abbandonata"
Turandot / Act 3: Tu che di gel sei imponenti
La Wally / Act 1: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 4: Poveri fiori, gemme de'prati
William Tell - Italian version / Act 2: S'allontanano alfin!....Selva opaca
Pagliacci / Act 1: "Qual fiamma aveva nel guardo!"
Aida / Act 1: Ritorna vincitor!
Un ballo in maschera / Act 2: "Ecco l'orrido campo"
Don Carlo / Act 5: "Tu che le vanità"
Otello / Act 4: Mi parea...Mia madre
Otello / Act 4: Ave Maria, piena di grazia
Simon Boccanegra / Act 1: Come in quest'ora bruna (Amelia)
Falstaff / Act 3: "Sul fil d'un soffio etesio"
Mefistofele / Act 3: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
Eugene Onegin, Op.24 / Act 1: Letter scene. "Puskai pogilabnu ya, no pryezhde"
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