50 Best Opera

by Various Artists
Album · 1,199 Plays · 50 Songs · 1,199 Plays · 4:00:23

℗ 1993 Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro
Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski
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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Act 1 - Summertime
Shu Cheen Yu, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker
3
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 3 - O, wie will ich triumphieren - Osmin? Was bedeutet der Aufruhr?
Conal Coad, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks
4
Catalani: La Wally / Act 1 - Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana
Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski
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Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 / Act 3 - Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen
Cantillation, Brett Weymark
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Bononcini: Griselda - "Per la gloria d'adorarvi"
David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini
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Puccini: Tosca / Act 3, S.69 - E lucevan le stelle
Rosario La Spina, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Mould
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3 - Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid In Earth
Sally-Anne Russell, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Milton
9
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1 - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Sally-Anne Russell, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Vocal Project, Nicholas Milton
10
Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 / Act 1 - "Va tacito e nascosto"
Graham Pushee, Dominic Harvey, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3, WWV 90 - Liebestod, Mild und leise
Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 / Act 1 - Soave sia il vento
Amanda Thane, Fiona Janes, David Brennan, Opera Australia Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi
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Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham
14
Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - 27. Humming Chorus
Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch
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Godard: Jocelyn / Act 2, Op. 100 - Cachés dans cet asile... Oh, ne t'éveille pas encore
David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini
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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - O soave fanciulla
Antoinette Halloran, Rosario La Spina, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Mould
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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - Che gelida manina
Rosario La Spina, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Mould
18
Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì
Antoinette Halloran, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Mould
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Un bel dì, vedremo
Shu Cheen Yu, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker
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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 - 22. Lascia ch'io pianga
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer, Yvonne Kenny
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - Una furtiva lagrima...Eccola!
David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini
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Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Act 3 - Pur ti miro
Sara Macliver, Sally-Anne Russell, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker
23
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3 - Va', pensiero (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves)
Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch
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Balfe: The Bohemian Girl / Act 2 - I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls
Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski
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Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1 - Au fond du temple saint
David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - Un di, se ben rammentomi...bella figlia dell'amore
The Australian Opera And Ballet Orchestra, Thomas Woods, Natalie Jones, Sally-Anne Russell, Ding Yi, Warwick Fyfe
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3 - Che farò senza Euridice?
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Sally-Anne Russell, Nicholas Milton
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Lehár: The Merry Widow / Act 2 - Vilja-Lied
Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski
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Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet)
Victoria Lambourn, Milica Ilic, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Greene
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - E Susanna non vien! - Dove sono i bei momenti
Emma Matthews, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 2 - Ballo degli spiriti beati
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Divall
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 - Porgi amor
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sara Macliver, Sebastian Lang-Lessing
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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59, TrV 227 / Act 3 - Marie Theres! - Ist ein Traum - Spür nur dich
Yvonne Kenny, Lorina Gore, Kristi Harms, David Hibbard, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 - Overture
Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall
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Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma"
Rosario La Spina, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Mould
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 / Act 2 - Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
Emma Matthews, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja
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Verdi: La traviata / Act 2 - "Madamigella Valery?"
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Martin Andre, Cheryl Barker, Peter Coleman-Wright
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Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 1 - "Ah, je veux vivre"
Victoria Lambourn, Milica Ilic, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Greene
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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op.114, B. 203 / Act 1 - Song To The Moon
Yvonne Kenny, Vladimir Kamirsky, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 / Act 1 - O welche Lust (Prisoners’ Chorus)
Bernard Wheaton, Sam Hartley, Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2 - Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre - Toréador, en garde
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Alison Morgan, Jenny Duck-Chong, Sally-Anne Russell, Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24, TH.5 / Act 1 - Letter Scene. "Puskai pogilabnu ya, no pryezhde"
Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski
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Massenet: Thaïs / Act 2 - Méditation
Barbara Jane Gilby, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - "Largo al factotum"
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Ingliss, José Carbo
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Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40 / Act 1 - 1b. "Ombra mai fu"
David Hobson, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker
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Verdi: Aida / Act 2 - ‘Gloria all’Egitto’ – Triumphal March
Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch
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Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel / Act 2 (Arr. For Piano And Voices) - Evening Prayer
Siobhan Stagg, Kristy Biber, Jonathan Bradley, Michael Leighton Jones, The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne
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Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 - Barcarolle
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Dommett
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act 1 - Madamina, il catalogo è questo
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner
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R. Strauss: Salome, Op.54, TrV 215 / Scene 4 - "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan"
Elizabeth Connell, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Muhai Tang

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