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The 99 Most Essential Opera Classics
album by
Various Artists
released in 2011
1.
Turandot, Act 3: Nessun dorma
Zubin Mehta
,
Luciano Pavarotti
,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
The John Alldis Choir
02:59
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2.
Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint
David Hobson
,
Sinfonia Australis
,
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
,
Thomas Woods
05:50
+
3.
Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Je crois entendre encore (Romance)
David Hobson
,
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Marco Guidarini
03:45
+
4.
Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
London Philharmonic Choir
,
David Parry
,
The London Chorus
04:59
+
5.
Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Lascia ch’io pianga
Yvonne Kenny
,
Paul Dyer
,
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
04:27
+
6.
La Traviata: Prelude to Act I
Heribert Beissel
,
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
03:49
+
7.
La Traviata, Act 1: Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi)
Luciano Pavarotti
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
03:16
+
8.
La Traviata, Act 2: Madamigella Valéry?… Pura siccome un angelo… Dite alla giovine
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Cheryl Barker
,
Peter Coleman-Wright
,
Martin André
17:28
+
9.
La Traviata, Act 3: Parigi, o cara (Final Duet)
Luciano Pavarotti
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
04:06
+
10.
Pagliacci, Act 1: Recitar!… Vesti la giubba
Jussi Björling
,
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
,
Renato Cellini
04:00
+
11.
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Thy Hand, Belinda… When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido’s Lament)
Fiona Campbell
,
Orchestra of the Antipodes
,
Antony Walker
05:03
+
12.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
David Parry
06:24
+
13.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher’s Aria)
Peter Edelmann
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
03:02
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14.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn
Maszella Holzapfel
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
04:41
+
15.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Roberto Saccà
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
04:22
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16.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: O Isis und Osiris
Peter Edelmann
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
02:52
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17.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night’s Aria)
Maszella Holzapfel
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
02:54
+
18.
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Act 2: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena
Susanne Leitz
,
Peter Edelmann
,
Klaus Arp
,
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg
02:39
+
19.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Vladimir Kamirski
02:27
+
20.
Lakmé, Act 1: Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Heather Begg
,
Glenys Fowles
05:21
+
21.
Lakmé, Act 2: Par les dieux inspirée… Où va la jeune Indoue (Bell Song)
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Clifford Grant
,
The Australian Opera
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
04:30
+
22.
Samson and Delilah, op. 47, Act 2: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
,
Lauris Margaret Elms
,
Geoffrey Arnold
05:43
+
23.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
David Parry
06:59
+
24.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Largo al factotum
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Anthony Inglis
,
José Carbó
05:17
+
25.
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Una voce (Rosina’s Cavatina)
Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
,
Djansug Kakhidze
,
Eteri Lamoris
07:23
+
26.
Xerxes, Hwv 40: “Ombra mai fu”: Largo
米良美一
,
日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団
,
現田茂夫
03:04
+
27.
Madama Butterfly, Act 1: Quanto cielo quanto mar!… Ancora un passo or via (Entrance of Butterfly)
Renata Tebaldi
,
Alberto Erede
,
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
03:32
+
28.
Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Un bel dì (One Beautiful Day)
Patrick Summers
,
Cheryl Barker
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
04:33
+
29.
Madame Butterfly, Act 2: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
Herbert von Karajan
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
,
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
03:04
+
30.
Madama Butterfly, Act 3: Tu, tu piccolo iddio (Death of Butterfly)
Renata Tebaldi
,
Alberto Erede
,
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
04:43
+
31.
Rusalka, Act 1: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Vladimir Kamirski
06:28
+
32.
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
David Parry
05:11
+
33.
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act 3: Leb’ wohl (Wotan’s Farewell)
Orchestra Victoria
,
Richard Divall
,
John Wegner
09:09
+
34.
Tristan and Isolde, Act 3: Liebestod
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Werner Andreas Albert
,
Marilyn Richardson
06:30
+
35.
Rigoletto, Act 3: Un dì, se ben rammentomi… Bella figlia dell’ amore (Quartet)
London Symphony Orchestra
,
Luciano Pavarotti
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Sherrill Milnes
,
Huguette Tourangeau
05:38
+
36.
Carmen, Act 1: Entrance and Habanera (L’Amour est un oiseau rebelle)
Hans Swarowsky
,
Nürnberger Symphoniker
,
Rita Noël
04:45
+
37.
Carmen, Act 2: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador’s Song)
Cantillation
,
Sinfonia Australis
,
Jenny Duck-Chong
,
Antony Walker
,
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
,
Sally-Anne Russell
,
Alison Morgan
05:11
+
38.
Carmen, Act 2: La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song)
Plácido Domingo
,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
Sir Georg Solti
04:02
+
39.
Thaïs: Meditation
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
David Parry
,
Pieter Schoeman
05:01
+
40.
Norma, Act 1: Casta diva (Cavatina)
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Clifford Grant
,
The Australian Opera
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
06:17
+
41.
Der Rosenkvalier, op. 59, Act 2: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren
Barbara Bonney
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
,
Christoph Eschenbach
,
Susan Graham
07:25
+
42.
La Bohème, Act 1: Che gelida manina
David Hobson
,
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Marco Guidarini
04:39
+
43.
La Bohème, Act 1: O soave fanciulla
David Hobson
,
Cheryl Barker
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
,
Julian Smith
04:13
+
44.
La Bohème, Act 2: Quando m’en vo’soletta (Musetta’s Waltz)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Shu-Cheen Yu
,
Brett Kelly
02:27
+
45.
La Bohème, Act 4: Sono andati? (Death of Mimì)
David Hobson
,
Cheryl Barker
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
,
Julian Smith
05:57
+
46.
L’Elisir d’amore (The Elixir of Love), Act 2: Una furtiva lagrima
David Hobson
,
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Marco Guidarini
04:15
+
47.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act 3: Morgenlicht leuchtend in rosigem Schein (Walther’s Prize Song)
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
,
James King
,
Dietfried Bernet
04:28
+
48.
Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Siegfried’s Funeral March
Sir Georg Solti
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
07:55
+
49.
Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene
Sir Georg Solti
,
Birgit Nilsson
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
,
Gottlob Frick
20:31
+
50.
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 2: Chi mi frena in tal momento (Sextet)
Joan Sutherland
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Clifford Grant
,
The Australian Opera
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
,
Malcolm Donnelly
,
Richard Greager
,
Sergei Baigildin
,
Patricia Price
04:07
+
51.
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Barcarolle)
Joan Sutherland
,
Marilyn Horne
,
Richard Bonynge
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
03:59
+
52.
La Fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), Act 1: Ah! Mes amis… Pour mon âme
Luciano Pavarotti
,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
,
Eric Garrett
06:59
+
53.
Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture
Heribert Beissel
,
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
04:15
+
54.
Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: Porgi, amor
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Dobbs Franks
,
Rita Hunter
03:34
+
55.
Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: Voi che sapete
Philharmonia Orchestra
,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
,
Sir John Pritchard
02:58
+
56.
Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 3: Sull’aria (Letter Duet)
Herbert von Karajan
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
,
Irmgard Seefried
02:53
+
57.
Le nozze di figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 3: Dove sono i bei momenti
Isobel Buchanan
,
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Richard Bonynge
04:40
+
58.
I Puritani (The Puritans), Act 1: A te, o cara
London Symphony Orchestra
,
Luciano Pavarotti
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Nicolaï Ghiaurov
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
,
Giancarlo Luccardi
05:52
+
59.
Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns’ Chorus)
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
,
Kiri Te Kanawa
,
Julius Rudel
,
Utah Symphony
03:38
+
60.
Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: Soave sia il vento (Trio)
Carlo Rizzi
,
David Brennan
,
Fiona Janes
,
Amanda Thane
,
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
02:46
+
61.
The Italian in Algier, Act 1: Cruda sorte
Hans Swarowsky
,
Nürnberger Symphoniker
,
Rita Noël
05:03
+
62.
The Italian in Algier, Act 2: Pensa alla patria
Hans Swarowsky
,
Nürnberger Symphoniker
,
Rita Noël
06:49
+
63.
Faust, Act 5: Alerte! Alerte!… Anges purs
London Symphony Orchestra
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Ambrosian Singers
,
Nicolaï Ghiaurov
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Franco Corelli
05:26
+
64.
La Wally, Act 1: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Vladimir Kamirski
04:09
+
65.
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: Madamina! Il catalogo è questo (Catalogue Aria)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
,
Ola Rudner
05:59
+
66.
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: Là ci darem la mano
Isobel Buchanan
,
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Richard Bonynge
,
John Pringle
03:15
+
67.
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
,
Ola Rudner
02:33
+
68.
Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Bryn Terfel
,
London Philharmonic Orchestra
,
Sir Georg Solti
,
London Voices
,
Michele Pertusi
,
Mario Luperi
06:17
+
69.
Tannhäuser, Act 3: Beglückt darf nun Dich, o Heimat, ich schauen (Pilgrims’ Chorus)
Sir Georg Solti
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
,
Helga Dernesch
,
Victor Braun
,
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
04:57
+
70.
Hänsel und Gretel, Act 2: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Benediction)… Dream Pantomime
Herbert von Karajan
,
Philharmonia Orchestra
,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
,
Elisabeth Grümmer
09:38
+
71.
Beatrice di Tenda, Act 3: Angiol di pace
London Symphony Orchestra
,
Joan Sutherland
,
Marilyn Horne
,
Richard Bonynge
,
Richard Conrad
03:33
+
72.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonico
Heribert Beissel
,
Klassische Philharmonie Bonn
03:21
+
73.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
National Philharmonic Orchestra
,
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
,
London Opera Chorus
,
Júlia Várady
05:25
+
74.
Die tote Stadt, Act 1: Glück das mir verblieb (Marietta’s Song)
Philharmonia Orchestra
,
Walter Süsskind
,
Joan Hammond
04:37
+
75.
L’incoronazione di Poppea, Sv 308, Act 3: Pur ti miro, pur ti godo
Orchestra of the Antipodes
,
Antony Walker
,
Sara Macliver
,
Sally-Anne Russell
04:36
+
76.
Zaide, K. 344, Act 1: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Shu-Cheen Yu
,
Brett Kelly
06:02
+
77.
Aida, Act 2: Gloria all’Egitto… Triumphal March
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
,
Lorin Maazel
09:39
+
78.
Aida, Act 4: O terra, addio
Renata Tebaldi
,
Mario Del Monaco
,
Ebe Stignani
,
Alberto Erede
,
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
04:55
+
79.
Andrea Chénier, Act 3: La Mamma Morta
Renata Tebaldi
,
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
,
Nino Sanzogno
06:37
+
80.
Porgy and Bess, Act 1: Summertime
Leontyne Price
02:55
+
81.
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act 2: Vilja Song
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Vladimir Kamirski
04:58
+
82.
Fidelio, op. 72, Act 1: Mir ist so wunderbar (Quartet)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
,
Sir Georg Solti
,
David Kuebler
,
Hildegard Behrens
,
Hans Sotin
,
Sona Ghazarian
05:15
+
83.
Fidelio, op. 72, Act 1: O welche Lust (Prisoners’ Chorus)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
,
Sir Georg Solti
,
Robert Johnson
,
Philip Kraus
08:25
+
84.
Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Julius Caesar in Egypt), Hwv 17, Act 1: Va tacito e nascosto
Paul Dyer
,
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
,
Graham Pushee
,
Dominic Harvey
06:51
+
85.
Salome: Ah, ich habe Deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan (Final Scene)
Giuseppe Sinopoli
,
Cheryl Studer
,
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
,
Horst Hiestermann
04:41
+
86.
The Trojans, Act 4: Nuit d’ivresse (Love Duet)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
,
Sir Colin Davis
,
Jon Vickers
,
Josephine Veasey
09:07
+
87.
Tosca, Act 1: Recondita armonia
Симфонический оркестр Большого театра
,
Станислав Горковенко
,
ზურაბ ლავრენტის ძე სოტკილავა
02:48
+
88.
Tosca, Act 2: Vissi d’arte
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Dobbs Franks
,
Rita Hunter
03:24
+
89.
Tosca, Act 3: E lucevan le stelle
Lorin Maazel
,
Franco Corelli
,
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
03:16
+
90.
Jocelyn, op. 109. Act 2: Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore (Berceuse)
David Hobson
,
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Marco Guidarini
04:46
+
91.
Otello, Act 4: Piangea cantando nell'erma landa (Willow Song)… Ave Maria
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
,
Joan Carden
,
Eric Clapham
12:20
+
92.
La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny), Act 2: La vergine degli angeli (Hymn)
Robert Shaw Chorale
,
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
,
Renato Cellini
,
Zinka Milanov
03:26
+
93.
Eugene Onegin, op. 24, Act 1: Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde (Letter Aria)
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
,
Vladimir Kamirski
,
Marilyn Richardson
12:57
+
94.
Eugene Onegin, op. 24, Act 2: Kuda, kuda vï udalilis
Sir Georg Solti
,
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
,
Stuart Burrows
06:02
+
95.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction From the Seraglio), K. 384, Act 3: O wie will ich triumphieren (Osmin’s Aria)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
,
Dobbs Franks
,
Conal Coad
04:20
+
96.
Parsifal: Prelude
Sir Georg Solti
,
Wiener Philharmoniker
12:38
+
97.
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Richard Divall
06:06
+
98.
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3: Che farò senza Euridice
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
,
Lauris Margaret Elms
,
Geoffrey Arnold
04:00
+
99.
The Bohemian Girl, Act 2: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
,
Yvonne Kenny
,
Vladimir Kamirski
04:08
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