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It was in the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries that the baritone voice came into its own in the opera house. While leading r�les in baroque...

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It was in the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries that the baritone voice came into its own in the opera house. While leading r�les in baroque opera had been entrusted to voices of higher register, castrati in particular, to be replaced by the tenor, the baritone, at either end of its possible register, tended to sing paternal or priestly r�les.

The present gallery of baritone arias opens with one of the most famous baritone r�les of all, as Figaro, the barber of Seville and intriguer extraordinary, introduces himself in Rossini's 1816 opera Il barbiere di Siviglia as a man of the most varied abilities with his Largo al factotum [1], soon to be put to the test, as he plots to help Count Almaviva win the hand of the young heiress Rosina, from her avaricious guardian, Dr Bartolo.

Rossini's opera is based on the first of a trilogy by the French playwright Beaumarchais. Thirty years before, Mozart had collaborated with the writer Lorenzo Da Ponte in an opera based on the second play in the trilogy, which became Le nozze di Figaro ('The Marriage of Figaro'). Here Figaro, in the service of Count Almaviva and about to marry the Countess's maid Susanna, sets out to foil his master's designs on the latter's virtue. In Se vuol ballare, signor contino [3] he expresses his resolve; if the Count wants to dance, Figaro knows well how to play the tune. In Non pi� andrai [6] he makes fun of the young page Cherubino, a would-be lover of the Countess and any other young woman available, now despatched by the Count to the army, where there will be an end to his philandering. With Hai gi� vinta la causa [8] the Count, another baritone in an opera where the only tenors have minor comic r�les, in spite of frustrations, sees a chance of having his way with Susanna, expressing his feelings to himself in a moving and revealing aria.

Mozart's last opera to be staged was the German Die Zauberflote, which was running in a suburban Vienna theatre at the time of the composer's death in 1791. Here the hero is a princely tenor, but the author of the libretto and leader of the company, Emanuel Schikaneder, himself took the part of the comic bird-catcher Papageno, who accompanies the prince Tamino in his quest for an enlightenment of which he himself is not fully capable. Papageno introduces himself in Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja [2].

In 1787 Mozart had written, with Da Ponte, an Italian opera for Prague, Don Giovanni, based on the legendary lover of Spanish drama. In Deh! vieni alla finestra [4] Don Giovanni serenades the maid of his own abandoned mistress Donna Elvira, who has been lured away by Don Giovanni's servant Leporello, disguised as his master. The serenade, accompanied by the mandolin, is unsuccessful, as the proceedings are interrupted by the young peasant Masetto, whose bride Don Giovanni has attempted to seduce. In the previous act Masetto and his Zerlina have been entertained with their friends by Don Giovanni. With Finch'han dal vino [5] he orders wine and dancing, in pursuance of his amorous designs.

Performances of Mozart and Da Ponte's Cos� fan tutte were curtailed by the death of the Emperor in 1790.

The plot involves the testing of the faith of two girls, whose lovers leave for the war, only to return in disguise and do their best to tempt their mistresses, all at the prompting of the cynical Don Alfonso, who has proposed the test for a wager. Guglielmo, in his Albanian guise, woos Fiordiligi, who has already expressed her intention of remaining rock-firm in her allegiance to her lover. The girls leave the room before Guglielmo can finish his aria Non siate ritrosi [7], making the men burst out laughing, wrongly thinking that they have won their bet and proved the girls' fidelity. With Donne miei la fate, a tanti a tanti [9] Guglielmo deals with the misgivings of Ferrando, whose Dorabella has been the first to succumb to Guglielmo's blandishments; this, after all, is the way women are, as the title of the opera itself suggests.

Verdi created some superb dramatic baritone r�les and never more so than in his 1851 opera Rigoletto, based on a play by Victor Hugo. The hunchback court jester of the title abets the amoral Duke in his acts of seduction, but, losing his own daughter to his master, resolves on revenge that ends only with the death of his daughter Gilda, who has deliberately protected the Duke from the assassin that Rigoletto has hired. Before his own tragedy, Rigoletto has been approached by the assassin Sparafucile, who offers his services, if they should ever be required. Rigoletto, in Pari siamo [11], sees himself as the counterpart of the hired murderer, but killing and destroying with this words, forced by his deformity into the bitter r�le of jester. In Cortigiani, vil razza dannata [13] he curses the vile race of courtiers, who have abducted Gilda and handed her to the Duke.

Verdi's Il trovatore, first staged in Rome in 1853, is a tragedy of love and jealousy in which the troubadour of the title, Manrico, lover of Leonora, stolen by gypsies as a baby, is captured and put to death by his rival in love, eventually revealed as his own brother, the Count di Luna. Leonora plans to enter a convent, while the Count intends to abduct her, singing, in Il balen del suo sorriso [12], of her charms that he proposes to enjoy.

La traviata, staged in Venice in the same year and based on the work of Alexandre Dumas, is a very different work, dealing with the love of the young Alfredo for the courtesan Violetta, their separation and her final death of consumption. Alfredo's father, Germont, has persuaded Violetta to break with his son, who is ignorant of the reason for her action. In Di Provenza il mar [15] Germont reminds Alfredo of his home, now that Violetta is gone, but the young man impetuously rushes away to find and reproach her for her behaviour.

Of Verdi's two Shakespeare operas Otello, first given in Milan in 1887, casts the villainous Iago as a baritone. In his dream aria, Era la notte [16], he excites Otello's jealousy of his lieutenant Cassio, by telling of how he had heard Cassio calling on Desdemona in his sleep and regretting her marriage to the Moor.

Verdi's last opera, Falstaff, is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. Sitting in The Garter Inn, Sir John has written two love letters, one to Mistress Ford, the other to Mistress Page, and would have his followers Bardolph and Pistol deliver them. These two refuse the task as dishonourable, and Falstaff, in Ehi paggio! ...L'onore! Ladri! [20] sends his messages with his page, while abusing verbally and physically, his two henchmen.

The French composer Bizet achieved his greatest success in the theatre with his last opera, Carmen, dying as it was first staged, in 1875. The Spanish gypsy of the title lures the young soldier Don Jose into her own criminal activities, only to desert him for the toreador Escamillo, introduced in all his vainglory in Votre toast

[10].

The short operas Pagliacci

and Cavalleria rusticana, the work of Leoncavallo and Mascagni respectively, are often part of a double bill in the theatre. The first, staged in Milan in 1892, is a story of love and jealousy, in which Canio, the leader of a troupe of itinerant actors, murders his wife on the stage. Si pu�?...Si pu� [14] starts the Prologue, given by the clown Tonio, who assures the audience of the truth of what they are to see, based on an actual occurrence, showing that actors too have their own feelings. The second work again deals with love and jealousy. In a Sicilian village Santuzza, deserted by her former lover Turiddu, seeks revenge by telling the village carter Alfio of the attentions Turiddu has been paying to the latter's young wife, Lola. The revelation leads to a fight between the men and Turiddu's death. Unaware of Lola's behaviour in his absence, Alfio blithely sings in Il cavallo scalpita [17] of the joys of his work, as he drives his cart merrily along.

In many ways the heir to Verdi in Italian opera, Puccini had his first great success in 1893 with Manon Lescaut.

Tosca, first given in Rome in 1900, centres on the singer of the title, her lover, the painter Cavaradossi, and the villainous intervention of the wicked chief of police Baron Scarpia.

Cavaradossi, at work on a painting in a church, helps a political fugitive, Angelotti, to escape, arousing the jealousy of Tosca, who imagines her lover involved with Angelotti's sister. Scarpia, in pursuit of Angelotti and with designs on Tosca, provokes her jealousy and in Tre sbirri, una carrozza [18] orders her followed. Cavaradossi is taken prisoner by Scarpia and tortured, leading Tosca, who is forced to hear what is happening, to reveal the whereabouts of Angelotti, which she has learnt. For her lover's release she agrees to accede to Scarpia's demands on her, and in Quanto?...quanto?...Gi� mi dicon venal [19] he proposes his bargain, which neither he nor she will keep.

Keith Anderson

Disc 1

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

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Performed by: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Milan Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Cimara Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret Pietro Mascagni Gioachino Rossini Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Josef A. Pasternack Will Humburg Bruno Campanella Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Gabriele Bellini Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Percy Pitt Richard Bradshaw Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis
Bruno Pola, baritone
Paolo Montarsolo, bass
Alberto Carusi, baritone
John McCormack, tenor
Nicoletta Curiel,
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Elina Garanca, soprano
Friedemann Rohlig, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Luciana Serra,
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Richard Tauber, tenor
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Nazzareno de Angelis, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Maria Bayo, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Benno Ziegler, baritone
Sonia Ganassi, mezzo-soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Alan Opie, baritone
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Risto Lauriala, piano
Kazmer Sarkany, baritone
Laszlo Orban, baritone
Ferenc Korpas, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ewa Podles, contralto
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Angelo Romero, bass
Michael Schade, tenor
Roberto Servile, baritone
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Enzo Dara, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Ramon Vargas, tenor
Marion Talley, soprano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Allan Monk, baritone
Aurelio Faedda, bass
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 1911

Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville - 4:35

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620

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Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Berlin Symphony Orchestra Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra St. Petersburg Musical Theare Chamber Orchestra, Zazerkalye Bratislava Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart William Lawrence Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Marcus Creed Johannes Muller Rudolf Kempe Gottfried von der Goltz Selmar Meyrowitz Oliver Dohnanyi Peter Guth Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Alexander Rahbari Johannes Wildner Carl Schuricht Joseph Keilberth Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Thomas Beecham Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry Arthur Gruber Ivan Anguelov Gerhard Pfluger Frederic Chaslin Gerhard Wiesenhutter Pavel Bubelnikov
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Gottlob Frick, bass
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Werner Liebing, tenor
Lisa Otto, soprano
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Koth, soprano
Tiana Lemnitz, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
John Dickie, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Hellen Kwon, soprano
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Kurt Rydl, bass
Wilfried Gahmlich, tenor
Hans Hotter, bass-baritone
Erich Kunz, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Kurt Marschner,
Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, soprano
Annelies Kupper, soprano
Hanna Ludwig,
Elisabeth Lindermeier,
Lotte Leitner, soprano
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Wilma Lipp,
Andrea Martin, baritone
Teresa Stich-Randall,
Josef Greindl, bass
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Gerhard Husch, baritone
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Karl Paul, bass
Donna Robin, soprano
Helge Rosvaenge, tenor
Michael Schade, tenor
Georg Tichy, baritone
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Peter Esser, tenor
Horst Otto Rainer, tenor
Kurt Lieck, narrator
Kathe Moller-Siepermann, soprano
Hilla Oppel, soprano
Gisela Litz, alto
Kristina Sert, soprano
Wilhelm Luckert, tenor
Walter Kreppel, bass
Hermann Thimig, narrator
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Elisabeth Norberg Schultz, mezzo-soprano
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Elena Morozava, soprano
Katarina Kmetova, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 8 March 1938

Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflote - 2:52

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492

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Performed by: Porto National Orchestra Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Munich Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Vienna Mozart Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Arts Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La Linz Bruckner Orchestra Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart James Robertson
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Marc Tardue Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Marcus Creed Klaus-Peter Hahn Walter B. Rogers Fritz Busch Mario Bernardi Josef Krips John Pritchard Jacques Lacombe Jean-Claude Malgoire Peter Guth Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Pier Giorgio Morandi Joseph Rescigno Richard Bradshaw Barry Wordsworth George W. Byng David Parry Alexandrs Vilumanis Hans Lowlein Frederic Chaslin
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Annie Burgaux, soprano
Jose Canales, vocals
Stephanie Leclercq, vocals
Rigoberto Marin-Polop, baritone
Gaynor Morgan, soprano
Rebecca Ockenden, soprano
Isabelle Senges, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Marc Thoron, vocals
Manon Feubel, soprano
Claudine Le Coz, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Patterson, tenor
Valerie Lecoq, soprano
Galina Musurova, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Elina Garanca, soprano
Gabriele Sima, contralto
Stephen Alltop, piano
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Audrey Mildmay, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Martial Defontaine,
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Renato Girolami, bass
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Janusz Monarcha, bass
Peter Schreier, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Natale de Carolis, baritone
Roberto Frontali, baritone
Aulikki Rautavaara, mezzo-soprano
Constance Willis, alto
Conchita Supervia, mezzo-soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Landon Ronald, piano
Peter Koves, bass
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Maria Pia Ionata, soprano
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jonathan Veira, bass-baritone
Judith Howarth, soprano
John Graham Hall, tenor
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Hubert Claessens, bass
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Frances McCafferty, mezzo-soprano
Yvette Bonner, soprano
Victoria Joyce, soprano
William Dazeley, baritone
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Graeme Danby, bass
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Laura Polverelli, mezzo-soprano
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Stuart Kale, tenor
Donato di Stefano, bass
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Andrea Martin, baritone
Evgueniy Alexiev, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Philippe Cantor, baritone
Christopher Purves, baritone
Judith Halasz, soprano
Michelle Breedt, soprano
Michael Roider, tenor
Alexander Klinger, tenor
Orsolya Safar, soprano
Patrizia Pace, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano
Donna Robin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Juliane Banse, soprano
Christoph Poppen, violin
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Danielle Borst, soprano
Evelyne Brun,
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 26 October - 04 November 2002

Se vuol ballare, signor contino from Le nozze di Figaro - 2:32
Non piu andrai from Le nozze di Figaro - 3:48
Hai gia vinta la causa from Le nozze di Figaro - 1:46

Don Giovanni, K. 527

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Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra CBC Montreal Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia RTBF Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Mozart Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La Galicia Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Lodovico Zocche Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gaetano Merola Jean-Marie Beaudet Gilles Bellemare Victor Pablo Perez Marcus Creed Fritz Reiner John Barbirolli Walter B. Rogers Fritz Busch Umberto Berrettoni Eduardo Pedrazzoli Mario Bernardi John Pritchard Jean-Claude Malgoire Michael Halasz Konrad Leitner Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Ronald Zollman Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw George W. Byng David Parry Gareth Hancock Frederic Chaslin John Landor
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Liesel Fedkenheuer, mezzo-soprano
Krisztina Szabo, mezzo-soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, baritone
Ina Souez, soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Audrey Mildmay, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Frida Leider, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
John Dickie, tenor
Koloman von Pataky, tenor
David Franklin, bass
Roy Henderson, baritone
Renato Girolami, bass
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Regina Schorg, soprano
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Ildiko Raimondi, soprano
Janusz Monarcha, bass
Thomas Allen, baritone
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Maria Bayo, soprano
Charles Kullman, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Boaz Daniel, bass
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Rose Bampton, soprano
Hubert Claessens, bass
Dino Fedri,
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Michael Colvin, tenor
Andrea Martin, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Veronique Gens, soprano
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Simon Edwards, tenor
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Ezio Pinza, bass
Gerald Finley, baritone
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Donna Robin, soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Alain Coulombe, bass
Danielle Borst, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Edward Pleasant, baritone
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Lois Marshall, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 12 May 1939

Deh! vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni - 1:54
Finch' han dal vino from Don Giovanni - 1:25

Cosi fan tutte, K. 588

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Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Capella Istropolitana West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Eri Klas Gunter Wand Gilles Bellemare Marcus Creed Fritz Busch Mario Bernardi Jean-Claude Malgoire Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw
Sophie Fournier, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Donnelly, baritone
Annie Burgaux, soprano
Jose Canales, vocals
Stephanie Leclercq, vocals
Rigoberto Marin-Polop, baritone
Gaynor Morgan, soprano
Rebecca Ockenden, soprano
Isabelle Senges, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Marc Thoron, vocals
Lisa Otto, soprano
Priti Coles, soprano
Sesto Bruscantini, baritone
Ina Souez, soprano
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Martial Defontaine,
John Dickie, tenor
Irene Eisinger, vocals
Peter Schreier, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Rohangiz Yachmi, mezzo-soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Nicolas Rivenq, baritone
Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano
Laura Polverelli, mezzo-soprano
Andrea Martin, baritone
Evgueniy Alexiev, baritone
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Heddle Nash, tenor
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, baritone
Peter Mikulas, bass
Simon Edwards, tenor
Donna Robin, soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
John Brownlee, baritone
Joanna Borowska, soprano
Evelyne Brun,
James Schwabacher, tenor
Allan Monk, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: March 1990

Non siate ritrosi from Cosi fan tutte - 1:42
Donne mie la fate, a tanti a tanti from Cosi fan tutte - 3:27

Carmen

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Clemens Schmalstich Steven Mercurio Walter B. Rogers Umberto Berrettoni Simon Streatfeild Franco Ghione Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Ivan Marinov Alain Lombard Gilbert Patenaude Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Richard Bradshaw Andre Cluytens Jean Morel Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Oivin Fjeldstad Oyvind Berg
Thierry Tregan, tenor
Manon Feubel, soprano
Franck Leguerinel, baritone
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano
Nora Sourouzian, mezzo-soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Maryse Castets, soprano
Christian Papis, narrator
Vincent Le Texier, baritone
Frances Alda, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Charles Kullman, tenor
Doina Palade, soprano
Solange Michel, contralto
Michel Dens, baritone
Martha Angelici, mezzo-soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Martine Olmeda, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Danilo Rigosa, bass
Ann Liebeck, soprano
Dalia Schaechter, soprano
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Viktoria Smirnova, soprano
Gladys Swarthout, contralto
Alan Titus, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Milen Paounov, tenor
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Marnie Breckenridge, soprano
Anastasia Chikaeva, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Liliana Vassileva, soprano
Stefka Popangelova, vocals
Tsvetanka Arshinkova, vocals
Pavel Gerdjikov, bass
Georgi Genov, baritone
Eva Gustavson, contralto
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano

Votre toast, Toreador's Song - 4:56

Rigoletto

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Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RTBF Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Europa Symphony Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra Vitaphone Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Will Humburg Mark Elder Giulio Setti Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Selmar Meyrowitz Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Ettore Panizza Gennaro Papi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Ronald Zollman Uri Mayer Charles Rosekrans Jonel Perlea Heribert Beissel Leo Blech Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Frederic Chaslin Herman Heller
Norman Cordon, bass
John McCormack, tenor
Alida Ferrarini, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Nellie Melba, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Raphaelle Paquette, soprano
Gregory Dahl, baritone
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Alexandre Sylvestre, baritone
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Claire Dux, soprano
John Rawnsley, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Anna Maria Rota, mezzo-soprano
Roberta Peters, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Josephine Jacoby, mezzo-soprano
Helen Field, soprano
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Reinald Werrenrath, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Carlo Forti, bass
Thomas Harper, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Arthur Davies, tenor
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Adriana Lazzarini, contralto
Giuse Gerbino, mezzo-soprano
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Flora Perini, mezzo-soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Abel, tenor
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Subert, tenor
Jitka Saparova, contralto
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Thelma Altman, mezzo-soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Arturo la Porta, bass-baritone
Tommaso Frascati,
Leonardo Monreale,
Lidia Grandi,
Silvana Celli,
Santa Chissari,
Andrea Mineo,
Lily Pons, soprano
John Engelman, percussion
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Indra Thomas, soprano
Kristine Jepson, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Jean Rigby, contralto
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jose Van Dam, baritone
Dinah Bryant, soprano
Jerome Pruett, tenor
Jeanne Gordon, contralto
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Leo Slezak, tenor
Cornelia Ptassek, soprano
Edna Thornton, contralto
Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 28 December 1935

Pari siamo! from Rigoletto - 3:24
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata from Rigoletto - 4:16

Il trovatore

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Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Herbert von Karajan Eri Klas Will Humburg Clemens Schmalstich Giulio Setti Steven Mercurio Lorenzo Molajoli Walter Goehr Umberto Berrettoni Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Jacques Lacombe Oliver Dohnanyi Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Alexander Rahbari Johannes Wildner Uri Mayer Karl Alwin Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Vincenzo Bellezza Constantine Orbelian David Parry Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Manon Feubel, soprano
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Luisa Villa, mezzo-soprano
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Frida Leider, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Nathaniel Sprinzena, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Sharon Sweet, soprano
Bianca Scacciati, soprano
Enrico Molinari, tenor
Giuseppina Zinetti, soprano
Francesco Merli, tenor
Frances Alda, soprano
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Riccardo Stracciari, baritone
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Maurizio Frusoni, tenor
Zsuzsa Csonka, soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Nicola Moscona, bass
Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano
Paul Franke, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Yaroslava Poberezhna, soprano
Ruslan Tansky, tenor
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Mark Le Brocq, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Sandor Pasztor, bass
Janos Tandari, tenor
Daniela Longhi, soprano
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Franco Calabrese, bass
Max Saal,
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Giulio Mauri,
Alexander Vinogradov, bass
Hui He, soprano
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Indra Thomas, soprano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Roberto Servile, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Cloe Elmo, mezzo-soprano
Austin Miskell, tenor
Elsa Gutierrez, contralto
Arnaldo Garcia, piano

Il balen del suo sorriso from Il trovatore - 3:24

Pagliacci

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Prussian State Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava John Barbirolli Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Ruggero Leoncavallo
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Gaetano Merola Otto Dobrindt John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Franco Ghione Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Nicola Monti, tenor
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Iva Pacetti, soprano
Mario Basiola, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Boje Skovhus, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Richard Wright, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Paul Franke, tenor
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
William Dazeley, baritone
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Nicola Martinucci, tenor
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone

Si puo?...Si puo? from Pagliacci - 4:19

La traviata

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Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Czech Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gabriele Santini Eri Klas Lawrance Collingwood Gilles Bellemare Gerhard Steeger Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Uri Mayer Richard Bradshaw Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Wilhelm Schuchter Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Michail Angelov Julian Bigg
Measha Bruggergosman, soprano
Frances Ginzer, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Caroline Bleau, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Mercedes Capsir, soprano
Lionello Cecil, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Jan Peerce, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Robert Pomakov, bass
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Gino Quilico, baritone
Claire Rutter, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Carlo Forti, bass
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Antonietta Stella,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Luisa Mandelli,
Ladislav Neshyba, bass
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Alma Gluck, soprano
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Vittorio Tatozzi,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
William Dickie,
Franco Ricciardi,
Robert Merrill, baritone
Monika Krause, soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Rannveig Braga, mezzo-soprano
Ivica Neshybova, soprano
Peter Oswald, tenor
Pavol Maurery, baritone
Peter Subert, tenor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Ben Heppner, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Silvio Maionica,
Giuseppe Zampieri,
Susan McCulloch,
Renato Bruson, baritone
Knut Skram, bass-baritone
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Carmen Dragon,
Ede Gandolfo Marietti, mezzo-soprano
Ines Marietti, soprano
Francesco Albanese, tenor
Ugo Savarese, baritone
Mariano Caruso, tenor
Mario Zorgniotti, tenor
Alberto Albertini, baritone
Gino Bianchi, bass
Franco Rossi, bass
Giulio Mogliotti, choirmaster
Georg Tichy, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Fumiko Mochiki, soprano
Yasuo Yanagisawa, bass
Hiroyuko Okayama, bass
Hirochi Mochiki, tenor
Akihito Shikano, bass
Shigeru Sawa, mezzo-soprano
Kazuhiko Ichikawa, tenor
Toshiro Ishii, vocals
Katruaki Fukui, vocals
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Lucia Aliberti, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
James Westman, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
John Oakman, tenor
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone

Di Provenza il mar from La traviata - 3:59

Otello

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Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden Victor Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra English National Opera Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini Arrigo Boito James Robertson Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Jacek Kaspszyk Argeo Quadri Mark Elder Alberto Erede Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Oliver Dohnanyi Ettore Panizza Alexander Rahbari Johannes Wildner Uri Mayer Vincenzo Bellezza Constantine Orbelian Ivan Anguelov Mikko Franck
Rina Gigli, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Tino Pattiera, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Elisabeth Rethberg, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano
Nathaniel Sprinzena, tenor
Thomas Motto, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Nicola Moscona, bass
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Charles Craig, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Leslie Chabay, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Ramon Vinay,
Herva Nelli,
Virginio Assandri,
Arthur Newman,
Ben Grauer,
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Antonio Tonini,
Louis Quilico, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Rosanna Carteri, soprano
Leo Slezak, tenor
Nicholas Massue, tenor
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Recording date: 23 January 1924

Era la notte (Iago's Dream) from Otello - 4:32

Cavalleria rusticana

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Pierre Rameau Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Romanian Opera Orchestra, Bucgarest
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Enrico Caruso Pietro Mascagni
Conducted by: Gaetano Merola Enrico Sivieri Victor Trucco Giulio Setti Carlo Sabajno Steven Mercurio Klaus-Peter Hahn Lorenzo Molajoli Pierre Rameau Renato Cellini Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Antonio de Almeida Constantine Orbelian Ivan Anguelov Mircea Popa
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Ebe Ticozzi, mezzo-soprano
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Kitty Wilson, harp
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Gino Bechi, baritone
Maria Marcucci, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Stefka Evstatieva, soprano
Francis Lapitino, harp
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Claramae Turner, contralto
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Maria Arghiracopulos, mezzo-soprano
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Anna di Mauro, mezzo-soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Carol Brice, contralto
Diana Soviero, soprano
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Cornel Stavru, baritone
Recording date: Week ending 5 December 1919

Il cavallo scalpita from Cavalleria rusticana - 3:45

Tosca

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Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra MGM Studio Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Rome Teatro Reale Opera Orchestra Josef Pasternack Orchestra Nils Grevillius Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Victor De Sabata Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Gerhard Lenssen Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Gaetano Merola Markus Lehtinen Gerhard Steeger Alberto Erede Lorenzo Molajoli Walter B. Rogers Franco Ghione Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Charles Gerhardt Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Giacomo Spadoni David Parry Andrew Litton Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Max Rudolf
Ian Caddy, baritone
Nellie Melba, soprano
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
David Sellers, boy soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Dora Zschille, soprano
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Miroslav Dvorsky, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Armando Borgioli, baritone
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Silvano Carroli, baritone
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Studio pianist, piano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Jan Durco, baritone
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Dino Fedri,
Andrew Shore, bass
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Andrea Piccinni, bass
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Angelo Mercuriali, tenor
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Franco Calabrese, bass
Alvaro Cordova, tenor
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nelly Miricioiu, soprano
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Hui He, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Alessandra Marc, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Raimo Sirkia, tenor
Recording date: 31 January 1921

Tre sbirri, una carrozza from Tosca - 4:34
Quanto?... quanto?... Gia, mi dicon venal from Tosca - 4:36

Falstaff

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Performed by: Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra English National Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi Arrigo Boito
Conducted by: Eri Klas Will Humburg Gilles Bellemare Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Paul Daniel Uri Mayer David Parry
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Giacomo Rimini, tenor
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Lina Pagliughi, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Julia Faulkner, soprano
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Dilber, soprano
Maurizio Comencini, tenor
Enrico Facini, tenor
Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Alessandro Cosentino, tenor
Anna Maria di Micco, contralto
Louis Quilico, baritone
Roberto Servile, baritone
Domenico Trimarchi, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone

Ehi paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! - 4:15

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