A To Z Of Opera - CD

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Claudio Monteverdi

L'Orfeo (1607)

 

1. L'Orfeo: Sinfonia - Ecco pur ch'a voi

00:01:41

Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (1689)

 

2. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I am laid in earth

00:03:52

George Frideric Handel

Rinaldo, HWV 7b (1711)

 

3. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II Scene 4: Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me Lament)

00:03:47

Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 (1738)

 

4. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu, "Largo"

00:02:48

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Orphee et Euridice (Paris version) (1774)

 

5. Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

00:06:06

Alceste (1767)

 

6. Alceste, Act I: Ombre larve

00:03:48

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Don Giovanni, K. 527 (1787)

 

7. Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Madamina!, il catalogo e questo, "Catalogue Aria"

00:05:42

Così fan tutte, K. 588 (1790)

 

8. Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act I: Soave sia il vento

00:03:12

Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (1786)

 

9. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: Non piu andrai

00:03:50

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (1791)

 

10. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Der Holle Rache … (Queen of the Night)

00:02:54

Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio, Op. 72 (1814)

 

11. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Abscheulicher!

00:07:27

Carl Maria von Weber

Der Freischutz, J. 277 (1821)

 

12. Der Freischutz, Act III: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden, "Huntsmen's Chorus"

00:02:39

Gioacchino Rossini

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (1816)

 

13. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Largo al factotum

00:04:36

Gaetano Donizetti

L'elisir d'amore (1832)

 

14. L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima

00:05:11

Vincenzo Bellini

I puritani (1835)

 

15. I puritani (The Puritans), Act II: Qui la voce sua soave

00:05:26

Giuseppe Verdi

La traviata (1853)

 

16. La traviata, Act I: Un di felice eterea, "Love Duet"

00:03:06

Nabucco (1842)

 

17. Nabucco, Act III: Va pensiero, "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves"

00:04:41

Aida: Prelude (1871)

 

18. Aida, Act II: Grand March

00:01:43

Falstaff (1893)

 

19. Falstaff, Act II: E sogno? o realita?

00:06:09

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Giuseppe Verdi

Rigoletto (1851)

 

1. Rigoletto, Act III: La donna e mobile

00:02:15

Richard Wagner

Die Walkure (1856)

 

2. Die Walkure, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

00:05:25

Tannhauser (1845)

 

3. Tannhauser, Act III: Begluckt darf nun dich, "Pilgrims' Chorus"

00:03:46

Alfredo Catalani

La Wally, 1. Akt: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Diva) (1892)

 

4. La Wally, Act I: Ebben? Ne andro lontana

00:03:30

Antonin Dvořák

Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, 1. Akt: Lied an den Mond (Miss Daisy und ihr Chauffeur) (1901)

 

5. Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: O Silver Moon, "Song to the Moon"

00:05:54

Giacomo Puccini

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Zimmer mit Aussicht)

 

6. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

00:02:21

La boheme (1896)

 

7. La boheme, Act I: Che gelida manina

00:04:26

Madama Butterfly, Act II (1904)

 

8. Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel di, vedremo

00:04:37

Tosca (1895)

 

9. Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

00:03:01

Turandot (1926)

 

10. Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma

00:03:02

Léo Delibes

Lakmé: Blumenduett (Lara Croft Tomb Raider) (1883)

 

11. Lakme, Act I: Dome epais, "Flower Duet"

00:05:26

Jules Massenet

Thaïs (1894)

 

12. Thais, Act II: Meditation

00:04:41

Georges Bizet

Carmen (1874)

 

13. Carmen, Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, "Habanera"

00:04:52

Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) (1863)

 

14. Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act I: Au fond du temple saint

00:05:52

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Pagliacci (1892)

 

15. Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar!… Vesti la giubba

00:03:14

Pietro Mascagni

Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

 

16. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

00:03:42

Umberto Giordano

Andrea Chénier (1896)

 

17. Andrea Chenier, Act IV: Come un bel di di maggio

00:02:55

Karol Szymanowski

Krol Roger (King Roger), Op. 46 (1924)

 

18. King Roger, Act II: Roxana's aria

00:04:24

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (1920)

 

19. Die tote Stadt, Act I: Gluck, das mir verblieb, "Mariettas Lied"

00:05:36