Various Artists – The Only Opera Album You’ll Ever Need (2 CD Set)

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Tracklist:

Disc One
1. Brindisi (from La Traviata) – Lesley Garrett
2. Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo – Angela Gheorghiu
3. Serse, HWV 40, Act 1 / No. 2 Arioso: “Ombra mal fu” – The Hanover Band / Nicholas McGegan
4. Carmen / Act II / Votre toast – Robert Merrill / Herbert von Karajan
5. La Wally / Act I: Ebben?… Ne andrò lontana – Eva Marton / Pinchas Steinberg
6. Porgy and Bess / Summertime – Leontyne Price / Skitch Henderson
7. La bohème / Act I / O soave fanciulla – Luciano Pavarotti
8. Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Mesicku na nebi hlubokém (“Song of the Moon”) – Leontyne Price / Nello Santi
9. L’elisir d’amore / Act II / Una furtiva lagrima – Plácido Domingo / Nello Santi
10. Carmen / Act I / L’amour est un oiseau rebelle – Leontyne Price / Herbert von Karajan
11. Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Act I / Largo al factotum – Robert Merrill / Erich Leinsdorf
12. Lakmé: ‘Flower Duet’ – Carl Davis / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Janice Watson
13. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act III / When I am Laid in Earth – Leontyne Price
14. Aïda / Act II / Grand March – Carl Davis / Janice Watson / Ruby Philogene
15. Cosi Fan Tutte, K. 588: Soave Sia Il Vento – The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Nicholas McGegan / Lynne Dawson
16. Turandot: Nessun dorma – Johan Botha / The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Edward Downes

Disc Two
1. William Tell – Sinfonia Varsovia / Yehudi Menuhin
2. Séguedille (from Carmen) – Lesley Garrett
3. Tosca: E lucevan le stelle – Johan Botha
4. The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle – Carl Davis / Janice Watson / Ruby Philogene
5. Nabucco / Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) – Renato Cellini
6. Voi che sapete – Nicholas McGegan
7. I Pagliacci / Act I / Recitar! Mentre preso; Vesti la giubba – Plácido Domingo
8. Norma / Casta diva – Carlo Felice Cillario
9. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 / Act II / Der Hölle Rache – Otmar Suitner / Sylvia Geszty
10. Rigoletto / Act IV / La donna è mobile – Plácido Domingo
11. Orfeo ed Euridice / Che farò senza Euridice? – Vesselina Kasarova
12. Les pêcheurs des perles / Act I / Au fond du temple saint – Renato Cellini
13. Der Ring / From “Die Walküre” / Die Walküren – Edo de Waart
14. Non piu andrai – Nicholas McGegan
15. Aida / Act I / Scene 1 / Romanza – Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida – Erich Leinsdorf
16. Eugene Onegin: Entr’acte and Waltz (Act II) – The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden