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21. Carmen / Act 1: Votre toast je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song) (5:22)
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Norma Burrowes (Irish coloratura soprano)
Placido Domingo (Spanish tenor)
Jane Berbie (French mezzo-soprano)
Pierre Thau (Bass)
Sir Thomas Allen (British baritone singer)
Tatiana Troyanos (American mezzo-soprano)
José van Dam (Belgian bass-baritone)
Ensemble: The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opera-comique / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1873-1874
Period Romantic
Country France
22. Carmen / Act 2: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Flower Song) (3:56)
Common Name La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee Flower Song
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Placido Domingo (Spanish tenor)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opéra-comique / Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1873-1874
Period Romantic
Country France
23. Il trovatore / Act 3, opera: "Di quella pira" l'orrendo foco tutte le fibre m'arse, avvampo! (3:24)
Common Name Il Trovatore
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor Richard Bonynge
Performer Graham Clark (English opera tenor)
Luciano Pavarotti (Italian operatic tenor)
Dame Joan Sutherland (Australian dramatic coloratura soprano)
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1853
Period Romantic
Country Italy
24. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 / Act 1: "Non piu andrai", farfallone amoroso, notte e giorno d'intorno girando (3:37)
Common Name Le Nozze Di Figaro
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Samuel Ramey (American operatic bass)
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Classical Period / Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa
Date Written 1786
Period Classical
Country Austria
Note: Original version, Vienna 1786
25. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 / Act 3: Hai gia vinta la causa! ... Vedro mentr'io sospiro (4:54)
Common Name Hai Gia Vinta La Causa Vedro Mentr'io Sospiro, Le Nozze Di Figaro
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Thomas Allen (English operatic baritone)
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Classical Period / Comic Opera / Opera / Opera Buffa
Date Written 1786
Period Classical
Country Austria
26. I pagliacci, opera / Act 1: Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba (3:24)
Common Name Recitar Vesti La Giubba, I Pagliacci
Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Performer José Cura (operatic tenor)
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam
Genre Opera / Verismo Opera
Date Written 1892
Period Post-Romantic
Country Italy
27. Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg, opera, WWV 96 / Act 3: "Morgenlich leuchtend" im rosigen Schein (Prize Song) (5:25)
Composer Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Karita Mattila (opera soprano)
Rene Pape (German opera bass singer)
José van Dam (The Belgian bass-baritone)
Ben Heppner (Canadian tenor)
Duain Wolfe (chorus director)
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1862-1867
Period Romantic
Country Germany
28. La traviata, opera / Act 2: "Lunge da lei" per me non v'ha diletto ... "De' miei bollenti spiriti" (3:54)
Common Name La Traviata
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor John Pritchard
Performer Carlo Bergonzi (Italian operatic tenor)
Ensemble: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1853
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1853. Composition revised: Italy.
29. La traviata, opera / Act 2: "Di Provenza il mar, il suol" (4:13)
Common Name Di Provenza Il Mar Il Suol, La Traviata
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor John Pritchard
Performer Robert Merrill (American operatic baritone)
Ensemble: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1853
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1853. Composition revised: Italy.
30. Andrea Chenier, opera / Act 4: Come un bel di di maggio (2:54)
Common Name Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio, Andrea Chenier
Composer Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Performer Luciano Pavarotti (Italian operatic tenor)
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1896
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1896. Composition revised: Italy.
31. Tannhauser, opera, WWV 70-Paris version / Act 3: "O du mein holder Abendstern" (3:45)
Common Name O Du Mein Holder Abendstern, Tannhauser
Composer Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
Conductor Sir Georg Solti
Performer Victor Braun (Canadian operatic baritone)
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker)
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1843-1865
Period Romantic
Country Germany
32. Otello, opera / Act 2: Credo in un Dio crudel (6:06)
Common Name Credo In Un Dio Crudel, Otello
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
Performer Aldo Protti (Italian baritone)
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker)
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1887
Period Romantic
Country Italy
33. Otello, opera / Act 4: Niun mi tema s'anco armato mi vede (4:54)
Common Name Otello
Composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
Performer Mario Del Monaco (Italian tenor)
Tom Krause (Finnish operatic baritone)
Nello Romanato (Tenor)
Fernando Corena (Turkish-Swiss bass)
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Wiener Philharmoniker)
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1887
Period Romantic
Country Italy
34. Werther, lyric drama in 4 Acts / Act 3: "Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffle du printemps?" (2:46)
Common Name Werther
Composer Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performer Jose Carreras (Catalan tenor)
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
Genre Opera
Period Post-Romantic
Country France
35. Les Pecheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts / Act 1:No.2 b) Duo: "Au fond du temple saint" (Pearl Fisher's Duet) (6:36)
Common Name Les Pecheurs De Perles
Composer Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Performer Luciano Pavarotti (Italian operatic tenor)
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bulgarian opera Bass singer)
Robin Stapleton (Chorus Master)
Ensemble: The National Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1863
Period Romantic
Country France
36. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts / Act 2: "Cielo e mar!" (5:15)
Common Name Cielo E Mar, La Gioconda
Composer Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
Conductor Daniele Callegari
Performer Rolando Villazón (Mexican tenor)
Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1876
Period Romantic
Country Italy
37. Manon Lescaut / Act 1: "Donna non vidi mai" simile a questa! (2:37)
Common Name Manon Lescaut
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Performer Carlo Bergonzi (Italian operatic tenor)
Ensemble: Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1893
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1893. Composition revised: Italy.
38. Turandot, opera / Act 3: Nessun dorma (3:00)
Common Name Nessun Dorma, Turandot
Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Conductor Zubin Mehta, Russell Burgess
Performer Luciano Pavarotti (Italian operatic tenor)
John Alldis (English chorus-master and conductor)
Ensemble: Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Genre Opera / Romantic Period
Date Written 1926
Period Romantic
Notes Composition written: 1926. Composition revised: Italy.