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L'Amfiparnaso, Act II Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra
Composed by: Orazio Vecchi
Conducted by: Sergio Vartolo
Recording date: 25-28 April 1995


1.   Vien'a qua (Cardon, Zanni) - 2:46


L'Orfeo (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra
Composed by: Claudio Monteverdi
Conducted by: Sergio Vartolo
Rosita Frisani, soprano
Alessandro Carmignani, tenor


2.   Toccata - 1:55
3.   Act I: Rosa del ciel (Orfeo) - 3:37
4.   Act II: Ahi caso acerbo (Messaggiera) - 1:37


Calisto, Act III Scene 7 (more info)
Composed by: Francesco Cavalli
Conducted by: Sergio Vartolo
Gloria Banditelli, mezzo-soprano
Gianluca Belfiori Doro, counter-tenor


5.   Dolcissimi baci (Endimione, Diana) - 2:46


Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III Scene 2 (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell
Kym Amps, soprano


6.   Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me (Dido) - 0:58
7.   When I am laid in earth (Dido) - 3:42


Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II Scene 4 (more info)
Performed by: London Baroque
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Charles Medlam
Susanne Ryden, soprano
Recording date: 8-13 July 1996
Produced by: Tarr, Edward H.


8.   Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena) - 3:37


Castor et Pollux, Act II Scene 2 (more info)
Composed by: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Conducted by: Kevin Mallon
Monica Whicher, soprano
Recording date: 9-13 February 2003
Produced by: Silver, Bonnie


9.   Tristes apprets (Telaire) - 5:12


Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III Scene 1 (more info)
Performed by: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra
Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conducted by: Arnold Ostman
Ann-Christine Biel, soprano


10.   Aria, Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo) - 3:26


Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act IV (more info)
Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Judith Halasz, soprano
Recording date: 29 October - 04 November 2002
Produced by: Toth, Ibolya


11.   Recitative and Aria, Giunse al fin il momento... (Susanna) - 4:26


Don Giovanni, K. 527 (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Recording date: 20-30 November 2000


12.   Act I: Aria: Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni) - 1:25
13.   Act II: Canzonetta: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni) - 1:55


Die Zauberflote, K. 620, Act I (more info)
Performed by: Failoni Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Hellen Kwon, soprano


14.   Recitative and Aria, O zitt're nicht... (Queen of the Night) - 4:43


Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I (more info)
Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Edith Lienbacher, soprano


15.   Recitative and Aria, Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin? (Leonore) - 7:25


Tristan und Isolde (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Leif Segerstam
Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano


16.   Prelude - 11:43
17.   Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise wie er lachelt (Isolde), "Liebestod" - 6:38


La cenerentola, Act I Scene 3 (more info)
Performed by: SWR Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Composed by: Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by: Alberto Zedda
Martina Borst, mezzo-soprano
Jose Maria Zapata, tenor
Paolo Bordogna, baritone
Patrizia Cigna, soprano


18.   Duet and Finale: Zitto, zitto, piano, piano (Ramiro, Dandini, Clarinda, Tisbe) - 5:12


Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Will Humburg
Luba Orgonasova, soprano


19.   Ardon gli incensi (Lucia) - 5:22

Rigoletto (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Jitka Saparova, contralto
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Alida Ferrarini, soprano
Recording date: Mar-91


1.   Prelude - 1:57
2.   Act III Scene 3: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto) - 4:12


Falstaff, Act III Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Will Humburg
Alessandro Cosentino, tenor
Franco de Grandis, bass
Domenico Trimarchi, baritone
Julia Faulkner, soprano
Maurizio Comencini, tenor
Roberto Servile, baritone
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Enrico Facini, tenor
Anna Maria di Micco, contralto
Dilber, soprano


3.   Facciamo il parentado - Tutto nel mundo e burla (Ford, Falstaff...) - 3:23


Madama Butterfly, Act I (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Miriam Gauci, soprano


4.   Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly) - 7:27


Les Troyens, Act V Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Colin Davis
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano


5.   Adieu, fiere cite (Didon) - 3:47


Carmen (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano


6.   Prelude - 3:34
7.   Act IV: Viva! (People, Don Jose, Carmen) - 3:29


Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Michael Halasz
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Recording date: 09 - 14 September 2002
Produced by: Niznansky, Emil


8.   Puskaj pogibnu ja (Tatyana), "Letter Scene" - 10:51


Pelleas et Melisande, Act IV Scene 1 (more info)
Performed by: Lille National Orchestra
Composed by: Claude Debussy
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Casadesus
Gerard Theruel, baritone
Mireille Delunsch, soprano


9.   Ou vas-tu? (Pelleas, Melisande) - 2:59


Wozzeck, Act III Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Alban Berg
Conducted by: Leif Segerstam
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Carl Johan Falkman, baritone
Recording date: 12, 15 and 18 February 2000
Produced by: Larsson, Anne Charlotte


10.   Dort links geht's in die Stadt (Marie, Wozzeck) - 5:11


Jenufa, JW I/4, Act III Scene 11 (more info)
Performed by: New York Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Leos Janacek
Conducted by: Eve Queler
Frank Barr, bass
Gabriela Benackova-Cap, soprano
Wieslaw Ochman, tenor
Leonie Rysanek, soprano


11.   Vstaute, pustounko moja! (Jenufa, Kostelnicka, Laca, Mayor) - 4:44


A Kekszakallu herceg vara (Bluebeard's Castle), BB 62 (more info)
Performed by: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Peter Eotvos
Peter Fried, baritone
Cornelia Kallisch, mezzo-soprano


12.   Ah! Lasd ez az... (Door 5) (Judith, Bluebeard) - 6:39


Oedipus Rex (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft
Martyn Hill, tenor
Edward Fox, narrator
Recording date: Jun-01
Produced by: Squires, Gregory K.


13.   Prologue (Opening) - 4:25


4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Myer Fredman


14.   I. Dawn (Peter Grimes, Act II, Interlude) - 3:09


Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 2 (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Colin Davis
Alison Buchanan, soprano
Christopher Gillett, tenor
Jill Grove, alto
Sally Matthews, soprano
Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Glenn Winslade, tenor


15.   Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (P. Grimes, Bob Boles, Cap. Balstrode, Auntie, Nieces) - 3:25


I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, Act II (more info)
Performed by: Holst Sinfonietta
Composed by: John Adams
Conducted by: Klaus Simon
Kimako Xavier Trotman, baritone
Martina Muhlpointner, soprano


16.   One Last look? (Consuelo, Dewain) - 2:21


The Mask of Orpheus, Act III Scene 2 (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Harrison Birtwistle
Conducted by: Andrew Davis Martyn Brabbins
Jean Rigby, contralto
Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano
Jon Garrison, tenor


17.   3rd Song of Magic (a) (Orpheus) - - 0:34
18.   Eurydice Puppet - Eurydice Singer (Euridice the Woman, Euridice the Myth) - 2:31

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