Wonderful selections sung by the best | The Opera Album | Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, ...

Nice collection of major figures | The Opera Album | Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, ...

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	• The Opera Album Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, ... EMI Classics, 2002 average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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We were looking for a collection to open our enjoyment of opera, we read the reviews and purchased several compendiums and this is the most loved, most played.This one has proved the most listened to. Purchased used from a reseller on this site.Excellent service and quality - a ready made backup with all the notes and artwork

Wonderful selections sung by the best

I am not an expert at opera but have come to appreciate it in recent years. This is a 2-disc album that you fully get your money's worth, as it is filled with some of the very best favorites from the world of opera, performed by the best opera singers of our time. I recently did a cross country trip, and transformed some very boring stretches with a wonderful night at the opera thanks to having enough time to listen to it all the way through! I live less than 2 hours from NYC, so thanks to this album, I have a much better idea of which opera(s) I will now go see at the Met!

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Nice collection of major figures

This is billed as "the greatest opera stars on one double album for the first time ever."

Many major voices of the first part of the past half century are presented on this CD (e.g., Shwartzkopf, Moffo, Freni, de los Angelos, Sutherland, Callas, Gedda, Merrill, Bjoerling, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Domingo, et al.). Also represented are some more contemporary singers, among whom are Kanawa, Gheorgiu, Alagna, Dessay, and so on).

So, a nice album. But we are also reminded of the absence of some major figures on CDs (such as Richard Tucker, who is little represented on CDs). . . . Hopefully, in future years, more of those glorious voices will become accessible on CD.

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Gran recopilatorio

Este recopilatorio ofrece variedad de estilos, versiones siempre de alto nivel y precio medio muy interesante. Muy recomendable para iniciarse en el mundo de la opera de la mano de los mejores artistas de hoy y de ayer, aunque algunos de los grandes cantantes se echan quiza en falta.

Heavenly...

I am not particularly a fan of opera but do realize it's merit. I also appreciate the talent of it's artists. This 2 disc set offers a wide, wisely chosen selection from most of the popular operas, performed by most of the world's greatest singers, present and yesteryear. Yes, you will find legends such as Maria Callas to Pavarotti to the up and coming Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu; sharing space on these discs. Economically, I was able to obtain this set for under ten bucks. My research could not find a more varied set with such a stellar roster at any price. It will impress any novice to seasoned collecter. I wish that EMI annotated the set better, a brief synopsis of each track would have tutorial value. The sound reproduction flows seemlessly from track to track.

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This is a remarkable collection: two and a half hours' worth of opera arias, duets, and a couple of choruses, and nary a dud among them. All the stars are here, from Alagna to Schwarzkopf, with stops at Gheorghiu, Callas, Bjoerling, Dessay, Gedda, Carreras, Popp, Domingo, Norman--and a bunch of others. And the repertoire is wisely chosen: the gorgeous Flower Duet from Lakme, de los Angeles singing Bizet's Habanera from Carmen, the famous Pearl Fishers duet (Gedda, Blanc), Wally's exit into the snow from La Wally (Callas), the Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Jessye Norman and Ann Murray), "Largo al factotum" with an energetic Thomas Hampson as The Barber of Seville, Domingo in "Celeste Aida," countertenor David Daniels in a Handel aria, the heavenly "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka, sung as in a dream by Lucia Popp, Caballe as Madama Butterfly, and many more--37 tracks in all. Even if you already own some of these, having them all in one place makes for breathless, glorious listening. --Robert Levine

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Tracks
Dôme épais (Flower Duet from Lakmé): Nathalie Dessay and Delphine Haidan | E lucevan le stelle (Tosca): Placido Domingo | Ebben? ne andrò lontana (La Wally): Maria Callas | Suzel, bon di (Cherry Duet from L' amico Fritz): Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni | Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann): Ann Murray, Jessye Norman | Song to the Moon (from Rusalka): Lucia Popp | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci): José Carreras | Ecco! respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancell (from Adriana Lecouvreur): Kiri Te Kanawa | O soave fanciulla (from La bohème): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna | Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly): Montserrat Caballe | Ingemisco (from Verdi's Requiem): Luciano Pavarotti | Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fù (from Xerxes): David Daniels | Non più andrai (from Le nozze di Figaro): Thomas Allen | Au fond du temple saint (Temple Duet from Les Pêcheurs de perles): Ernest Blanc, Nicolai Gedda | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi): Angela Gheorghiu | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto): Roberto Alagna | Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala | Der Hölle Rache (from Die Zauberflöte): Natalie Dessay | Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) (from La Traviata): Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna | Casta Diva (from Norma): Maria Callas | Canzonetta sull'aria (from Le nozze di Figaro): Anna Moffo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida (from Aida): Placido Domingo | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca): Angela Gheorghiu | Che gelida manina (from La bohème): Roberto Alagna | Sì, Mi chiamano Mimì (from La bohème): Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera from Carmen): Victoria de los Angeles | Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco): L'Orchestra et Coro del Teatro alla Scala | Dove sono (from Le nozze di Figaro): Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Un aura amorosa (from Così fan tutte): Placido Domingo | J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice): Anne-Sofie von Otter | Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni): oan Sutherland | O Mimì, tu più non torni (from La bohème): Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier): Maria Callas | Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia): Thomas Hampson | Summertime (from Porgy and Bess): Kiri Te Kanawa | Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhäuser): Jessye Norman | Nessun dorma (from Turandot): Rhine Opera Chorus, José Carreras

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