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Fidelio, Op. 72 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Budapest Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Danish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan John Barbirolli Alfons Rischner Gerd Albrecht Michael Halasz Erich Kleiber Eugene Ormandy Tamas Pal Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Georgi Robev Siegfried Kurz
Peter Palinkas, tenor
Jozsef Moldvay, baritone
Gottlob Frick, bass
Alwin Hendricks, tenor
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Rene Maison, tenor
Herbert Janssen, baritone
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Alfred Poell, baritone
Wolfgang Glashof, bass
Gosta Winbergh, tenor
Kurt Moll, bass
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Herwig Pecoraro, tenor
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Martha Modl, soprano
Otto Edelmann, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Gerhard Unger, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Birgit Nilsson, soprano
Kalman Strausz, choirmaster
Ingeborg Wenglor,
Karl Laufkotter, tenor
Julius Huehn, baritone
Marita Farell, soprano
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Franz Bierbach, bass
Hans Braun, baritone
Alan Titus, baritone
Paul Schoffler, baritone
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Hans Gunter Nocker, bass
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: 16-22 February 1994


1.   Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Aria: Gott! Welch ein Dunkel hier! - 00:06:55


Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester Berlin
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Werner Faulhaber, bass
Recording date: 1920


2.   Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV: Ach offnet eure Augen (Sung in German) - 00:04:18


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


3.   Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV: Aria: Deh vieni non tardar (Sung in German) - 00:05:53


Andrea Chenier (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Umberto Giordano
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Marcello Viotti Eri Klas Carlo Sabajno Lorenzo Molajoli Umberto Berrettoni Mario Bernardi Frieder Weissmann Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Tullio Serafin Johannes Wildner Joseph Rescigno Richard Bradshaw Constantine Orbelian Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Luigi Marini, tenor
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Anna Masetti Bassi, mezzo-soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Pierre Lefebvre,
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Gino Bechi, baritone
Giuseppe Nessi, tenor
Leone Paci, baritone
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Ida Conti, mezzo-soprano
Aristide Baracchi, baritone
Natale Villa, bass
Francesco Merli, tenor
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone
Vittoria Palombini, alto
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Aureliano Pertile, tenor
Thomas Harper, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Lila Larinova, soprano
Lilia Grevtzova, soprano
Giacomo Lauri Volpi, tenor
Antonio Cortis, tenor
Cesare Formichi, baritone
Claudia Muzio, soprano
Janez Lotric, tenor
Maria Callas, soprano
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Hans Helm, baritone
Renato Bruson, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Gisella Pasino, mezzo-soprano
Franco Bonisolli, tenor
Maria Gulegina, soprano
Evghenia Dundekova, mezzo-soprano
Glenys Linos, mezzo-soprano
Stefano Miliani Rinaldi, bass
Michele Pertusi, bass-baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Allan Monk, baritone
Recording date: 16 June 1941


4.   Andrea Chenier, Act I: Un di all'azzurro spazio (Sung in German) - 00:04:07


Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra Cologne WDR Radio Orchestra Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester Berlin
Composed by: Otto Nicolai Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Ulf Schirmer Rudolf Kempe Johannes Wildner Helmut Froschauer
Christoph Stephinger, bass
Alfred Sramek, bass
Elfriede Weidlich, soprano
Wolfgang Bankl, bass
Markus Eiche, baritone
Alfred Reiter, bass
Anna Korondi, soprano
Helena Rott,
Franz Hawlata, bass
Ferdinand von Bothmer, tenor
Heinz Zednik, tenor
Michael Dries, baritone
Kurt Bohme, bass
Jorg Durmuller, tenor
Juliane Banse, soprano
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Regina Klepper, soprano
Hermann Godland, vocals
Maximilian Schmitt, bass
Andrea Bonig,
Annette Markert, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 16-22 February 1994


5.   Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Act I: Duet: Nein, das ist wirklich doch zu keck! - 00:08:15
6.   Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Act II: Als Bublein klein - 00:03:43
7.   Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Act II: Wohl denn! Gefasst ist der Entschl - 00:07:00


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


8.   Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I: Cavatina: Largo al factotum della citta (Sung in German) - 00:04:50


Martha (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Parlophon Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Grosses Rundfunk-Orchester Berlin
Composed by: Meredith Willson William Lawrence Friedrich von Flotow Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Richard Bradshaw Felix Gunther Helmut Froschauer
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Helena Rott,
Franz Hawlata, bass
Kurt Bohme, bass
Christine Mann, soprano
Angelika Mettner, alto
Margrit Hungerbuhler-Luther, alto
Wilhelm Kothen, tenor
Kai Freundorfer, bass
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Recording date: February 1934


9.   Martha, Act IV: Duet: Ja, was nun? - 00:05:35


Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620 (more info)
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


10.   Act I: Arie: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja - 00:02:14
11.   Act I: Arie: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon - 00:03:45
12.   Act II: Arie und Chor: O Isis und Osiris - 00:03:08
13.   Act II: Arie: In diesen heil'gen Hallen - 00:04:23
14.   Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Arie: Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden - 00:04:37
15.   Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Arie: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen wunscht Papageno sich! - 00:03:46
16.   Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena! du bist mir nun ganz ergeben - 00:02:28
17.   Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II: Rezitativ. Andante. Allegro - Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht - 00:02:40

La forza del destino (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Ukrainian National Opera Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Estonian State Symphony Orchestra Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Europa Symphony Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi James Robertson Gino Marinuzzi
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Eri Klas Gaetano Merola Rudolf Kempe Giulio Setti Rosario Bourdon Umberto Berrettoni Renato Cellini Constantine Callinicos Frieder Weissmann Oliver Dohnanyi Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Uri Mayer Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Richard Bradshaw Jonel Perlea Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Joseph Schwarz, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Igor Morozov, baritone
Clive Bayley, bass-baritone
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Jan Peerce, tenor
Frederic Jagel, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Mario Lanza, tenor
Ivar Andresen, bass
Pasquale Amato, baritone
Karita Mattila, soprano
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Carlo Tagliabue, baritone
Benno Ziegler, baritone
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Irra Petina, mezzo-soprano
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Nicola Moscona, bass
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Dusolina Giannini, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Elena Nicolai,
Richard Tucker, tenor
Robert Merrill, baritone
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Janez Lotric, tenor
Dario Caselli, bass
Renato Capecchi,
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Maria Callas, soprano
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, bass
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Hui He, soprano
Gino del Signore, tenor
Giulio Scarinci, tenor
Ottorino Bagalli, tenor
Raymond Keast, baritone
Tancredi Pasero, bass
Ezio Pinza, bass
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Stella Roman, soprano
Louis Quilico, baritone
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Rina Cavallari, soprano
Christel Goltz, soprano
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Dmitry Kuznetsov, baritone
Anthony Michaels-Moore, baritone
Richard Margison, tenor
Stanley McCartney, clarinet


1.   La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace mio Dio! (Sung in German) - 00:04:22


Il trovatore (more info)
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


2.   Il trovatore, Act III: Di quella pira (Sung in German) - 00:02:21


Un ballo in maschera (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Selmar Meyrowitz
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Christel Goltz, soprano
Recording date: 15 June 1931


3.   Un ballo in maschera, Act II: Ich bin dir nah (Sung in German) - 00:08:10


Don Carlos (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Rudolf Kempe Gerhard Wiesenhutter
Ruth Lange,
Christel Goltz, soprano


4.   Don Carlos, Act III: Aria: Verhangnisvoll war das Geschenk (Sung in German) - 00:04:55
5.   Don Carlos, Act IV: Aria: Du, im irdischen Wahn einst befangen (Sung in German) - 00:10:50


Otello (more info)
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


6.   Otello, Act IV: Niun mi tema (Sung in German) - 00:04:47


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


7.   La boheme, Act I: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Sung in German) - 00:04:56
8.   La boheme, Act II: Quando me'n vo' (Sung in German) - 00:02:28


Tosca (more info)
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


9.   Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle (Sung in German) - 00:03:14
10.   Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte (Sung in German) - 00:03:14


Aida (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Rolf Kleinert
Helena Rott,
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Christel Goltz, soprano


11.   Act II: Tanz der Mohrensklaven - 00:01:35
12.   Act II: Komm, lasse Blumen spriessen…o komm, Geliebter - 00:01:58
13.   Act II: Wohl war euch das Los der Waffen feindlich - 00:11:05
14.   Act IV: Es hat der Stein sich uber mir geschlossen - 00:12:05

Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride) (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Civic Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Bedrich Smetana
Conducted by: Rudolf Kempe Selmar Meyrowitz Hans Lenzer
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Elfriede Weidlich, soprano
Werner Liebing, tenor
Werner Faulhaber, bass
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Kurt Bohme, bass
Sebastian Hauser, tenor


1.   Act II: Duet: Komm, mein Sohnchen, auf ein Wort - 00:06:02
2.   Act III: Wie fremd und tot ist alles umher - 00:05:39


The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Ruth Lange,


3.   The Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Lied der Pauline (Sung in German) - 00:03:48


Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Pasdeloup Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Clemens Krauss Fritz Reiner Piero Coppola Zdenek Kosler Michael Schonwandt Joseph Keilberth Leo Blech Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Inger Karen, alto
Anders Jakobsson, bass
Robert Hale,
Gota Ljungberg, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Anton Dermota, tenor
Marjorie Lawrence, soprano
Ludwig Weber, bass
Mogens Gert Hansen, tenor
Deon van der Walt, tenor
Per Hoyer, baritone
Emmy Destinn, soprano
Morten Frank Larsen, baritone
Bent Norup, bass
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Michael Kristensen, tenor
Stephen Milling, bass
Marianne Rorholm, mezzo-soprano
Peter Gronlund, tenor
Bernd Aldenhoff, tenor
Else Schurhoff, soprano
Murray Dickie, tenor
Walter Berry, bass
Harald Proglhof, baritone
Franz Bierbach, bass
Christel Goltz, soprano
Margareta Kenney, mezzo-soprano
Hans Braun, baritone
Rudolf Christ, tenor
Hugo Meyer-Welfung, tenor
Kurt Preger, tenor
Herbert Alsen, bass
Ljubomir Pantscheff, bass
Hermann Gallos, tenor
Ljuba Welitsch, soprano
Anja Silja, soprano
Henriette Bonde-Hansen, soprano
Gert Henning-Jensen, tenor
Sten Byriel, baritone
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: 11 - 12 April and 12 June 1934


4.   Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Scene 4: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund kussen lassen, Jochanaan! (Ah! Thou wouldst not suffer me to kiss thy mouth, Jokanaan) - 00:17:23


Madama Butterfly (more info)
Performed by: Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Prague Philharmonia Rome Opera Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Stuttgart State Orchestra Russian Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Josef A. Pasternack Oliviero De Fabritiis Felix Prohaska Alberto Erede Steven Mercurio Dino Olivieri Frieder Weissmann Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Gianandrea Gavazzeni Richard Bradshaw Lothar Zagrosek Heribert Beissel Leo Blech Constantine Orbelian Yves Abel Ivan Anguelov Hans Lowlein Charles Rosenkrans
Antonio Scotti, baritone
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Lucia Danieli, mezzo-soprano
Mario Borriello, baritone
Renato Ercolani, tenor
Luisa Villa, mezzo-soprano
Mario Carlin, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Enrico Campi, bass
Norberto Mola, choirmaster
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Erna Berger, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Mario Basiola, baritone
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Ernesto Dominici, bass-baritone
Toti Dal Monte, soprano
Vittoria Palombini, alto
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Alzbeta Michalkova, contralto
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Cheryl Barker, soprano
Galina Gorchakova,
Vladimir Kubovcik, bass
Guiseppe Campora, tenor
Nell Rankin, mezzo-soprano
Ana Maria Martinez, soprano
Jozef Spacek, baritone
Nelly Boschkowa, mezzo-soprano
Robert Szucs, tenor
Jozef Abel, tenor
Ana Tomkovicova, mezzo-soprano
Maria Stahelova, soprano
Helena Hanzelova, soprano
Helena Rott,
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Maria Huder,
Adelio Zagonara, tenor
Gino Conti, bass
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Maria Spacagna,
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Arturo la Porta, bass-baritone
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Hui He, soprano
Yordy Ramiro, tenor
Bruno Sbalchiero, bass
Diana Soviero, soprano
Meta Seinemeyer, soprano
Helen Jung, mezzo-soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Anna Maria Canali, mezzo-soprano
Heinz Sauerbaum, tenor
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Georg Tichy, baritone
Agnieszka Piass, soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Joan Hammond, soprano
Recording date: July 1939


5.   Madama Butterfly, Act III: Addio, fiorito assil (Sung in German) - 00:11:26
6.   Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel di, vedremo (Sung in German) - 00:04:15
7.   Madama Butterfly, Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Sung in German) - 00:06:09


Pagliacci (more info)
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


8.   Act I: Io netto il somarello - 00:02:53
9.   Act I: Io la sorveglio. Ora facciam la recita - 00:03:51


Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Joseph Keilberth Gerhard Wiesenhutter
Gottlob Frick, bass
Lisa Otto, soprano
Erich Zimmermann, tenor
Kate Hofgen,
Helena Rott,
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Helmut Schindler,
Ruth Lange,
Kurt Preuss,
Eva Fleischhauer,
Edith Hellriegel,


10.   Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I: Du lieber Mond, so silberzart, 'Song to the Moon' (Sung in German) - 00:06:05


I vespri siciliani (Sung in German) (more info)
Performed by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Mario Rossi Rolf Kleinert
Gottlob Frick, bass
Heinz Borst, tenor
Hans Hopf, tenor
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Hilde Zadek, soprano
Martin Vantin, tenor
Gisela Litz, alto
Peter Witsch, tenor
Heiner Horn, bass
Hermann Firchow, bass
Eugene Tobin, tenor


11.   I vespri siciliani, Act II: Aria: O Heimat, teure Heimat (Sung in German) - 00:08:29

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