Opera 2009 / Various - Opera 2009

With 40 tracks, and over 21 hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera, ranging from the newest arrivals on the operatic scene as well as many present day superstars to iconic legends. This is a collection of the best in opera and will have a wide appeal. Present day superstars include Sarah Brightman, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Barbara Hendricks, Teresa Berganza, Lesley Garrett, Dame Felicity Lott, Deborah Voigt, Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna, José Carreras, Ian Bostridge and Bryn Terfel Rising new artists are represented by Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Kate Royal, Elina Garanèa, Vivica Genaux, Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Violetta Urmana, Liping Zhang, David Daniels, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri and Jonathan Lemalu. The programme also contains tracks by some of the world's greatest singers of the past such as Maria Callas, Birgit Nilsson, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli and Hans Hotter. All the most popular operatic composers are represented, from the Baroque masters such as Vivaldi and Handel through Gluck and Mozart to Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini as well as French favourites Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet and Offenbach, and of course Germany's great Richard Wagner. More recent composers include Cilea, Korngold, Stravinsky and Gershwin. EMI. 2009.

1) Un Bel DÃ- Vedremo (Madama Butterfly)
2) Attesa (Cavalleria Rusticana)
3) Bess You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess)
4) Lunge Da Lei... De?Miei Bollenti Spiriti (La Travia
5) Compagne... Come Per Me Sereno (La Sonnambula)
6) Tutto Ho Tentato (L?Amico Fritz)
7) Vanne Sorella Ingrata (Radamisto)
8) Un'aura Amorosa (Cosã- Fan Tutte)
9) O Zittre Nicht (Die Zauberflã¶Te)
10) Io L'ho Perduta... Io la Vidi (Don Carlo)
11) Ah ! Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce Rãªve (Romã©O Et Juliette
12) Der Vogelfã¤Nger Bin Ich Ja (Der Zauberflã¶Te)
13) Dich Teure Halle (Tannhã¤User)
14) Precipitoso Nel Mar Che Freme (Aci Galatea E Poli
15) Amours Divins (la Belle Hã©Lã¨Ne)
16) Se in Ogni Guardo (Orlando Finto Pazzo)
17) Suicidio! (La Gioconda)
18) En Fermant Les Yeux (Manon)
19) Merc㨠Dilette Amiche (I Vespri Siciliani)
20) Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
21) Ah ! Salut à la France (La Fille Du Rã©Giment)
22) Pourquoi Me Rã©Veiller (Werther)
23) Caro Amico Amplesso! (Poro)
24) Vedrommi Intorno L'ombra Dolente (Idomeneo)
25) Il Segreto Per Esser Felici (Lucrezia Borgia)
26) Su Profetessa... Di'tu Se Fedele (Un Ballo in Masc
27) Non So Piã¹ Cosa Son (Le Nozze Di Figaro)
28) Mais Qu'ai-Je Donc ? (Benvenuto Cellini)
29) Qui Ti Sfido O Mostro Infame! (Arianna in Creta)
30) O Terra Addio (Aida)
31) Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta (La Rondine)
32) Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'elisir D'amore)
33) Va Pure Ad Altri (La Finta Giardiniera)
34) Che Farã² Senza Euridice? (Orfeo Ed Euridice)
35) GLüCK Das Mir Verblieb (Die Tote Stadt)
36) Vous a T'on Dit Souvent (La Pã©Richole)
37) Ecco... Io Son L'umile Ancella (Adriana Lecouvreu
38) My Father!... I Go I Go to Him (The Rake's Progr
39) Wohl Kenn' Ich Weibes (Der Fliegende Hollã¤Nder)
40) O Don Fatale (Don Carlo)