The Best Opera Album in the World ...Ever!

by Various Artists
Album · 4,503 Plays · 38 Songs · 4,503 Plays · 2:30:48

℗ 1982 Parlophone Records Limited, a Warner Music Group Company

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La traviata, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 2b, Brindisi, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Alfredo, Violetta, Flora, Marchese, Barone, Dottore, Gastone, Chorus)
Riccardo Muti
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Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: "La ran la le ra ... Largo al factotum della città" (Figaro)
Gianluigi Gelmetti
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La Bohème, 'Bohemian Life': Che gelida manina
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
4
La Bohème, Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi" (Mimì, Rodolfo)
Mirella Freni/Nicolai Gedda/Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Thomas Schippers
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L'amico Fritz, Act II: Suzel, buon di
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti
6
Nabucco, Act 3: "Va pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Bernard Haitink
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Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
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Lakmé, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 2, Duetto, "Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs … Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
Alain Lombard/Mady Mesplé/Danielle Millet/Orchestre Du Théâtre National De I'opéra-Comique
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Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
Victoria de los Angeles/Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma/Gabriele Santini
10
Tosca, Act 1 Scene 3: "Recondita armonia" (Cavaradossi)
Placido Domingo/National Philharmonic Orchestra/Eugene Kohn
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Tosca (1989 Remastered Version): Vissi d'arte
Maria Callas/Georges Prêtre/Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire
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Tosca (Act III): E lucevan le stelle
Placido Domingo/Philharmonia Orchestra/James Levine
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Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1 Scene 3: "Ecco, respiro appena … lo son l’umile ancella" (Adriana)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Myung-Whun Chung
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Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: No. 2, Duo, "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga)
Pierre Dervaux
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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 1: "Non più andrai" (Figaro)
Riccardo Muti
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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2 Scene 3: No. 11, Arietta, "Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor" (Cherubino)
Ann Murray/Wiener Philharmoniker/Riccardo Muti/Patrizia Pace
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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3 Scene 8: No. 19, Recitativo ed Aria, "E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti" (Contessa)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
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Martha: Ach so fromm (M'appari tutt'amor)
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
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Tristan und Isolde, Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isolde)
Herbert Von Karajan
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Aida (1985 Remastered Version): Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida (Act 1)
Placido Domingo/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
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Il trovatore: Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus - Act III)
Bernard Haitink/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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Samson et Dalila (1987 Remastered Version): Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix.
Maria Callas/Orchestre National De La Radiodiffusion Française/Georges Prêtre
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Carmen, Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chorus)
Sir Thomas Beecham
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Carmen (1985 Remastered Version), Act II (Beginning): Couplets: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre"
Maria Callas/Nicolai Gedda/Andréa Guiot/Robert Massard/Nadine Sautereau/Jane Berbié/Jean-Paul Vauquelin/Jacques Pruvost/Mau...
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Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
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Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: No. 13, Barcarolle, "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chorus)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf/Jeannine Collard/André Cluytens/Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire
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Andrea Chenier (1986 Remastered Version): La mamma morta
Maria Callas/Tullio Serafin
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Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio)
Riccardo Muti/José Carreras/Philharmonia Orchestra
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Madama Butterfly Lib. Giacosa and Illica (1995 Remastered Version): Un bel dì vedremo
Rolando Panerai, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Renata Scotto, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Sir John Barbirolli
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1 Scene 6: No. 10, Terzettino, "Soave sia il vento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
Riccardo Muti
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La Rondine (1995 Remastered Version): Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Montserrat Caballé/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
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Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1 Scene 2: No. 2, Lied, "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" (Papageno)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Die Zauberflöte, K.620, Act II: Der Hölle Rache
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Edita Gruberova/Bernard Haitink
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Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)
Stefan Soltesz
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La Wally (1986 Remastered Version): Ebben? ne andrò lontana
Maria Callas, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin
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Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?
Roberto Alagna/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Richard Armstrong
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Turandot (1995 Remastered Version): Signore, ascolta!
Montserrat Caballé/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
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Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!" (Calaf, Chorus)
Alain Lombard

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