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Mignon (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra American Promenade Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Studio orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Ambroise Thomas
Conducted by: Yan Pascal Tortelier Pietro Cimini Rosario Bourdon Mario Bernardi Richard Bradshaw Wilhelm Schuchter David Parry Lowell Graham
Raphaelle Paquette, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Francis Lapitino, harp
Tito Schipa, tenor
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Elisabeth Grummer, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Marion Talley, soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Recording date: 15 August 1943


1.   Mignon, Act II: Ah, pource soir…Je suis titania - 00:06:15


Rigoletto (more info)
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


2.   Rigoletto, Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata - 00:04:48


La boheme (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Eugene Goossens Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Gerhard Steeger Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Victor Trucco Izler Solomon Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Umberto Berrettoni Renato Cellini Fritz Zweig Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Charles Rosekrans Antonino Votto Thomas Beecham Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Gerhard Wiesenhutter Eugene Szenkar
Manon Feubel, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Anna-Lisa Bjorling, soprano
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Lisa Otto, soprano
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Tatiana Menotti, mezzo-soprano
Afro Poli, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Aurora Rettore, soprano
Robert Easton, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Fabio Previati, baritone
Carmen Gonzales, soprano
Ivan Urbas, bass
Boaz Senator, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Giacinto Prandelli, tenor
Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Ildebrando Santafe, bass
Patrice Munsel, soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
William Dazeley, baritone
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Dora Labbette,
Stella Andreva,
Robert Alva,
John Reardon, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lucine Amara,
William Nahr,
Thomas Powell,
George del Monte,
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Jiri Sulzenko, bass
Richard Novak, bass
Ladislav Hallon, tenor
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Heddle Nash, tenor
Browning Mummery, tenor
Frederic Collier, bass
Edouard Cotreuil, bass
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Carmen Dragon,
Raffaele Arie, bass
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Manuel Spatafora, baritone
Carlo Badioli, bass
Anna Moffo, soprano
Eraldo Coda, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Jonathon Welch, tenor
Agnieszka Piass, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Marianne Fiset, soprano
Recording date: 12 December 1942


3.   La boheme, Act III: Dunque e proprio finita! - 00:06:17


Un ballo in maschera (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Europa Symphony Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Dimitri Mitropoulos Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Eri Klas Gilles Bellemare Mario Bernardi Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Pier Giorgio Morandi Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Uri Mayer Richard Bradshaw Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Roberta Peters, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Jan Peerce, tenor
Gino Bechi, baritone
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Marian Anderson, contralto
Gaetano Scognamiglio, piano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Elda Ribetti, soprano
Nicola Niccolini, baritone
Alessandro Bonci, tenor
Aurora Rettore, soprano
Giuseppe Menni, bass
Riccardo Stracciari, baritone
Maria Pia Pagliarini, soprano
Frieda Hempel, soprano
Leon Rothier, bass
Andres De Segurola, bass
Maria Duchene, mezzo-soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Silvio Maionica,
Eugenia Ratti,
Enzo Giordano,
Hui He, soprano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Richard Margison, tenor
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Recording date: 30 June and 1-7 July, 1943


4.   Un ballo in maschera, Act III: Saper vorreste di che si veste - 00:02:18


L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) (more info)
Performed by: Virtuosi Brunensis London Philharmonic Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Gioachino Rossini
Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi Brad Cohen Alberto Zedda Constantine Orbelian David Parry
Andreas Post, tenor
Alison McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
Elsa Giannoulidou, mezzo-soprano
Giulio Mastrototaro, bass
Bruno De Simone, bass
Ruth Gonzalez, soprano
Marianna Pizzolato, mezzo-soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Peter Wedd, tenor
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Andrew Shore, bass
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Anne-Marie Gibbons, mezzo-soprano
Ewa Podles, contralto
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Alastair Miles, bass
Barry Banks, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Simon Bailey, bass
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
David Soar, bass
Recording date: 16-22 May 1995


5.   L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! - 00:04:53


Alcina, HWV 34 (more info)
Performed by: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Jeanne Lamon
Marianne Lambert, soprano
Maria Bayo, soprano
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


6.   Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Tornami a vagheggiar - 00:05:11


Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Tolima Conservatory Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Eri Klas Alexander Orlov Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Michael Halasz Vladimir Sirenko Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Michail Angelov Luis Salbide
Andrei Baturkin, baritone
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Randall Jakobsh, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Elena Kruglikova, soprano
Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor
Panteleimon Nortsov, baritone
Maxim Mikhailov, bass
Elizaveta Antonova, alto
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Daniil Shtoda,
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Elena Tsvetkova, mezzo-soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Andrey Dunaev, tenor
Austin Miskell, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 13 June 1932


7.   Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act III: Lyubvi vsye vozrasti pokorni - 00:05:35


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


8.   Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act III: Aria: E Susanna non vien…Dove sono i bei momenti? - 00:07:05


Don Giovanni, K. 527 (more info)
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


9.   Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: Duettino: La ci darem la mano - 00:03:27


Gianni Schicchi (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra Opera North Orchestra Prague Philharmonia Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Arthur Fiedler Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Steven Mercurio Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Antonino Votto Constantine Orbelian David Parry Gareth Hancock
Anna-Lisa Bjorling, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Felipe Bou, bass
Jose Garcia-Quijada, baritone
Galina Gorchakova,
Mary Plazas, soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Colin Lee, tenor
Janez Lotric, tenor
Alberto Rinaldi, baritone
Tatiana Lisnic, soprano
Mabel Perelstein, contralto
Stefano Secco, tenor
Gerardo Lopez Gamez, tenor
Sara Galli, soprano
Celestino Varela, baritone
Carlos Ruiz, bass
Claudia Marchi, mezzo-soprano
Javier Zorilla, baritone
Antonio Torres Merino, bass
Maria Callas, soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Dennis Helmrich, piano
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Elisabeth Schwarkopf, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Marianne Fiset, soprano
Joan Hammond, soprano


10.   Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro - 00:03:22


Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss Manfred Gurlitt
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan A. Albergoni Erich Orthmann Karl Bohm Fritz Reiner Mario Bernardi Andrew Davis Artur Bodanzky Manfred Honeck Erich Kleiber Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Leo Blech Richard Lert
Norman Cordon, bass
Stephanie Marshall, mezzo-soprano
Marianne Lambert, soprano
Doris Doe, mezzo-soprano
Arnold Gabor, baritone
Erich Witte, tenor
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Conchita Supervia, mezzo-soprano
Richard Mayr, bass-baritone
Barbara Kemp, soprano
Ines Maria Ferraris, soprano
Else Ruziczka, soprano
Delia Reinhardt, soprano
Marion Claire, contralto
Hugo von Hofmannsthal,
Ludwig Weber, bass
Lois Hunt, soprano
Erich Majkut, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elisabeth Hongen, contralto
Emanuel List, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Hugh Thompson, baritone
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Peter Klein, tenor
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Peggy Smithers, dancer
Emery Darcy, tenor
Leslie Chabay, soprano
Matthew Vittucci,
Ben Heppner, tenor
Franz Hawlata, bass
Karl Laufkotter, tenor
Dorothee Manski, soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Walter Berry, bass
Maria Reining, soprano
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Judith Hellwig, soprano
Hilde Rossel-Majdan, mezzo-soprano
Harald Proglhof, baritone
August Jaresch, tenor
Franz Bierbach, bass
Berta Seidl, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Regina Klepper, soprano
Pamela Coburn, soprano
Ester Rethy, soprano
Jean Stilwell, mezzo-soprano
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Nicholas Massue, tenor
Martina Borst, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 18 May 1929


11.   Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227, Act III: Marie Theres'! … Hab' mir's gelobt - 00:05:04


La traviata (more info)
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


12.   La traviata, Act II: Imponete … Non amarlo ditegli - 00:05:19

Porgy and Bess (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Decca Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Leo Reisman Orchestra Lehman Engel Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra CBS Studio Orchestra WOR Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Lehman Engel Lawrence Tibbett Nathaniel Shilkret George Gershwin Alexander Vladigerov Alexander Lang Steinert
Conducted by: Clifford Greenwood Robert Russell Bennett Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Alexander Smallens Alfred Wallenstein
Marie-Josee Lord, soprano
John Rosamond Johnson, baritone
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone
Rise Stevens, mezzo-soprano
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anne Brown, soprano
Todd Duncan, tenor
Avon Long, tenor
Edward Matthews, tenor
Helen Dowdy, vocals
Helen Jepson, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lawrence Winters, baritone
Camilla Williams, soprano
Inez Matthews, soprano
Warren Coleman, baritone
June McMechen, soprano
Eddie Matthews, baritone
Wiiliam A. Glover, tenor
Irving Washington, tenor
Harrison Cattenhead, tenor
Sadie McGill, mezzo-soprano
George Fisher, baritone
Hubert Dilworth, baritone
Ray Yeats, tenor
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Ivan Konsoulov, baritone
Nikola Smochevski, baritone
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 14 January 1938


1.   Porgy and Bess, Act I: My Man's Gone Now - 00:04:16


Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (more info)
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


2.   Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della citta - 00:04:58


Rigoletto (more info)
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


3.   Rigoletto, Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore - 00:04:40


Manon (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra Victor Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Danish Radio Sinfonietta Quebec Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Gaetano Merola Rainaldo Zamboni Elie Cohen John Barbirolli Pierre Monteux Simon Streatfeild Nils Grevillius Knud Andersson Richard Bradshaw Frank Black Maurice Abravanel Eugune Kohn
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
Layla Claire, soprano
Henri Legay, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Jean Borthayre, bass
Paul Payan, baritone
Tito Schipa, tenor
Sydney Rayner, tenor
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Grace Moore, soprano
Michel Dens, baritone
Germaine Feraldy, soprano
Joseph Rogatchewsky, tenor
Georges Villier, baritone
Louis Guenot, bass-baritone
Andree Vavon, soprano
Jeanne Rambert, vocals
Mme. Ravery, soprano
Andree Bernadet, soprano
Marguerite Julliot, vocals
Marinette Fenoyer, soprano
Emile de Creus, tenor
Jean Vieuille, baritone
Andre Gaudin, baritone
Dino Fedri,
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Rene Herent,
Liliane Berton, soprano
Raymonde Notti,
Marthe Serres,
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Richard Margison, tenor
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
James Schwabacher, tenor
Recording date: 9 February 1904


4.   Manon, Act II: Allons! … il le faut! … Adieu, notre petite table - 00:05:04


Tannhauser (more info)
Performed by: Bratislava Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Manfred Gurlitt Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Bavarian State Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Richard Wagner Manfred Gurlitt
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Eri Klas Frederik IX (King of Denmark) Gaetano Merola Karl Bohm Mario Bernardi Yakov Kreizberg Karl Elmendorff Ed Spanjaard Gerd Albrecht Artur Bodanzky Michael Halasz Georges Sebastian Karl Muck Michael Schonwandt Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Constantine Orbelian Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Hanns-Martin Schneidt Kurt Woss Bernhard Klee
Alexandre Sylvestre, baritone
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Theodor Scheidl, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Maria Muller, soprano
Ruth Jost-Arden, soprano
Sigismund Pilinszky, tenor
Ivar Andresen, bass
Herbert Janssen, baritone
Karita Mattila, soprano
Thomas Allen, baritone
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Brett Polegato, baritone
Gerald Finley, baritone
Susanne Clemens, vocals
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Gabor, vocals
Wolfe, vocals
Marianne Schech, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Leo Slezak, tenor
John Treleaven,
Giovanni Paltrinieri, tenor
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Allan Monk, baritone
Recording date: 9 October 1949


5.   Tannhauser, Act III: O du mein holder Abendstern - 00:05:41


Lakme (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Lamoureux Concert Association Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Leo Delibes
Conducted by: Francois Ruhlmann Rosario Bourdon Albert Wolff Mario Bernardi Georges Sebastian Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Richard Bradshaw Bruno Seidler-Winkler Maurice Frigara David Parry Steven White
Diego Cossu, tenor
John McCormack, tenor
Alison McHardy, mezzo-soprano
Serena Lazzarini, soprano
Thelma Badaro, soprano
Anna Beretta, alto
Miliza Korjus, soprano
Claudine Collart, soprano
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Mado Robin, soprano
Agnes Disney, mezzo-soprano
Simone LeMaitre, mezzo-soprano
Libero de Luca, baritone
Jean Borthayre, bass
Jacques Jansen, baritone
Pierre Germain, tenor
Jane Perriat, soprano
Edmond Chastenet, tenor
Camille Rouqetty, tenor
Leila Ben Sedira, soprano
Miguel Villabella, tenor
Robert Couzinou, baritone
Tito Schipa, tenor
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Bruno Pratico, bass-baritone
Aline Kutan, soprano
Mary Plazas, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Dean Robinson, baritone
Adriana Kohutkova, soprano
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Giuseppe Morino, tenor
Carlos Piantini,
Lily Pons, soprano
Barry Banks, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Monica Benvenuti, soprano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Marcel Wittrisch, tenor
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Carmelo Corrado Caruso, baritone
Tracy Dahl, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
Denisa Slepkovska, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Recording date: 25 November 1925


6.   Lakme, Act I: Viens, Mallika … Sous le dome epais - 00:06:19
7.   Lakme, Act II: Ou va la jeune indoue, 'Bell Song' - 00:08:10


Faust (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Georg Szell Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Danish Radio Sinfonietta Quebec Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Emil Tabakov Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Alfred Newman Charles-Francois Gounod Henri Busser
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Julius Rudel Eri Klas Gilles Bellemare Felix Prohaska Walter B. Rogers Simon Streatfeild Selmar Meyrowitz Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Thomas Beecham Helmut Froschauer Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Eugune Kohn Michail Angelov
Manon Feubel, soprano
Andreas Post, tenor
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Dorothy Kirsten, soprano
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Georges Nore, tenor
Roger Rico, baritone
Roger Bourdin, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Marcel Journet, bass
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Thomas Allen, baritone
Samuel Ramey, bass
Landon Ronald, piano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Michael Cozette, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Helen Jepson, soprano
George Szell,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Thelma Votipka, mezzo-soprano
Franz Hawlata, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Indra Thomas, soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Earl Covert, vocals
Zaruhi Elmassion, vocals
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano
Anne Bollinger, soprano
Cesare Siepi, bass
Frank Guarrera, baritone
Lawrence Davidson, baritone
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Garden Farara, soprano
Gabrielle Gilibert, mezzo-soprano
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Recording date: November 1947 - June 1948


8.   Faust, Act I: O sainte medaille … Avant de quitter ces lieux - 00:04:30


Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra Tolima Conservatory Orchestra
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Eri Klas Alexander Orlov Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Michael Halasz Vladimir Sirenko Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Michail Angelov Luis Salbide
Andrei Baturkin, baritone
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Randall Jakobsh, bass
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Elena Kruglikova, soprano
Ivan Kozlovsky, tenor
Panteleimon Nortsov, baritone
Maxim Mikhailov, bass
Elizaveta Antonova, alto
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Daniil Shtoda,
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Elena Tsvetkova, mezzo-soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Andrey Dunaev, tenor
Austin Miskell, tenor
Joanne Kolomyjec, soprano
Annamaria Popescu, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 13 June 1932


9.   Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I: Jan ye sposobna k grusti tomnoy - 00:04:04


Carmen (more info)
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


10.   Carmen, Act I: Seguidilla: 'Pres des reparts de Seville' - 00:02:24


Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Eugene Goossens Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Argeo Quadri Gilles Bellemare Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Johannes Wildner Charles Rosekrans Richard Bradshaw Leo Blech Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Rina Gigli, soprano
Phillip Addis, baritone
Igor Morozov, baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Robert Merrill, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Bruno Lazzaretti,
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Gretan Laperriere, baritone
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: 4 July 1931


11.   Les pecheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act III: L'orage s'est calme, deja les vents se taisent! - 00:06:50


La rondine (more info)
Performed by: Laval Symphony Orchestra Prague Philharmonia London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra Puccini Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Steven Mercurio Jacques Lacombe Michael Halasz David Parry Alberto Veronesi
Manon Feubel, soprano
Andrea Patucelli, bass-baritone
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Susan Patterson, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Fernando Luis Ciuffo, bass
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Emanuele Giannino, tenor
Fabio Sartori, tenor
Marzio Giossi, baritone
Svetla Vassileva, soprano
Maya Dashuk, soprano
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Giorgio Berrugi, tenor
Polina Volfson, soprano
Alessandra Meozzi, soprano
Annunziata Vestri, mezzo-soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano


12.   La rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - 00:03:28


Herodiade (more info)
Performed by: Victor Symphony Orchestra Trois-Rivieres Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Jules Massenet
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Gilles Bellemare Heribert Beissel Constantine Orbelian Michail Angelov
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
Alexandrina Pendatchanska, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Grace Moore, soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Teruhiko Komori, baritone
Gretan Laperriere, baritone


13.   Herodiade, Act II: Ce breuvage pourrait…Vision fugitive - 00:04:06


Nelligan (more info)
Performed by: Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Andre Gagnon
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Alain Trudel, sackbut


14.   Nelligan, Act II: Le vaisseau d'or - 00:04:21

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