The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics

01	Turandot, Act 3: Nessun Dorma	Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir And Zubin Mehta	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:58
02	Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint	David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sinfonia Australis And Thomas Woods	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:49
03	Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va', pensiero, sull'ali dorate)	London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, The London Chorus And David Parry	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:59
04	La traviata: Prelude to Act I	Bonn Classical Philharmonic And Heribert Beissel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:49
05	La traviata, Act 1: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)	Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:15
06	Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido's lament)	Fiona Campbell, Orchestra Of The Antipodes And Anthony Walker	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:03
07	Lakmé, Act 1: Sous le dome épais (Flower duet)	Glenys Fowles, Heather Begg, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:21
08	Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro	Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Vladimir Kamirski	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:26
09	Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture	London Philharmonic Orchestra and David Parry	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:24
10	Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 1: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's Aria)	Peter Edelmann, SWR Symphony Orchestra And Klaus Arp	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:02
11	Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act 2: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night's Aria)	Maszella Holzapfel, SWR Symphony Orchestra And Klaus Arp	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:54
12	Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Act 2: Pa-pa-pa-papagena	Susanne Leitz, Peter Edelmann, SWR Symphony Orchestra And Klaus Arp	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:39
13	Samson and Delilah, Op. 47, Act 2: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix	Lauris Elms, West Australian Symphony Orchestra And Geoffrey Arnold	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:43
14	Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture	London Philharmonic Orchestra and David Parry	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:58
15	Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Largo al factotum	José Carbó, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Anthony Inglis	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:16
16	Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act 1: Una voce (Rosina's Cavatina)	Eteri Lamoris, Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra And Jansug Kakhidze	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	07:23
17	Rinaldo, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga	Yvonne Kenny, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra And Paul Dyer	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:26
18	Madama Butterfly, Act 2: Un bel dì (One beautiful day)	Cheryl Barker, Australian Opera And Ballet Orchestra And Patrick Summers	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:32
19	Madame Butterfly, Act 2: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)	Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Chorus And Herbert Von Karajan	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:04
20	Rusalka, Act 1: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon)	Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Vladimir Kamirski	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:28
21	Die Walkürie (The Valkyrie), Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries	London Philharmonic Orchestra and David Parry	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:11
22	Tristan and Isolde, Act 3: Liebestod	Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra And Werner Andreas Albert	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:29
23	Rigoletto, Act 3: Un dì, si ben rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet)	Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, London Symphony Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:38
24	Carmen, Act 1: Entrance and Habanera (L'amour est un oiseau rebelle)	Rita Noel, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra And Hans Swarowsky	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:44
25	Carmen, Act 2: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song)	Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Alison Morgan, Jenny Duck-Chong, Sally-Anne Russell, Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis And Antony Walker	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:10
26	Thaïs: Meditation	Pieter Schoeman, London Philharmonic Orchestra And David Parry	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:01
27	Norma, Act 1: Casta diva (Cavatina)	Joan Sutherland, Clifford Grant, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:17
28	La bohème, Act 1: Che gelida manina	David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra And Marco Guidarini	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:39
29	Xerxes, HWV 40: "Ombra mai fu": Largo	Yoshikazu Mela, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra And Shigeo Genda	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:04
30	L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), Act 2: Una furtiva lagrima	David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra And Marco Guidarini	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:15
31	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act 3: Morgenlicht leuchtend in rosigem Schein (Walther's Prize S	James King, Vienna Opera Orchestra And Dietfried Bernet	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:28
32	Götterdämmerung, Act 3: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene	Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Wiener Philharmoniker And Sir Georg Solti	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	20:30
33	Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act 2: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)	Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:58
34	La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment), Act 1: Ah! Mes amis... Pour mon âme	Luciano Pavarotti, Eric Garrett, Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:59
35	Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture	Bonn Classical Philharmonic And Heribert Beissel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:15
36	Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act 2: Porgi, amor	Rita Hunter, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra And Dobbs Franks	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:33
37	Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns' Chorus)	Kiri Te Kanawa, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra And Julius Rudel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:38
38	I puritani (The Puritans), Act 1: A te, o cara	Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Giancarlo Luccardi, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra And Richard Bonynge	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	05:52
39	Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade)	Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra And Ola Rudner	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:33
40	Hänsel und Gretel, Act 2: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Benediction)... Dream Pantomime	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Grümmer, Philharmonia Orchestra And Herbert Von Karajan	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	09:38
41	Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico	Bonn Classical Philharmonic And Heribert Beissel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:21
42	Tannhäuser, Act 3: Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen (Pilgrims' Chorus)	Helga Dernesch, Victor Braun, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker And Sir Georg Solti	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:56
43	Aida, Act 2: Gloria all'Egitto... Triumphal March	La Scala Opera Orchestra And Lorin Maazel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	09:39
44	Porgy and Bess:, Act 1: Summertime	Leontyne Price	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:55
45	Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), Act 2: Vilja Song	Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Vladimir Kamirski	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	04:57
46	Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus)	Robert Johnson, Philip Kraus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chorus And Sir Georg Solti	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	08:25
47	Tosca, Act 1: Recondita armonia	Zurab Sotkilava, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra And Stanislav Gorkovenko	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	02:47
48	Tosca, Act 2: Vissi d'arte	Rita Hunter, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra And Dobbs Franks	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:23
49	Tosca, Act 3: E lucevan le stelle	Franco Corelli, National Academy Of St Cecilia Orchestra And Lorin Maazel	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	03:15
50	Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits	Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Richard Divall	The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics	06:06

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Turandot, Act 3: Nessun Dorma

Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir And Zubin Mehta

02:58

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Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Act 1: Au fond du temple saint

David Hobson, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sinfonia Australis And Thomas Woods

The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics

05:49

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Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va', pensiero, sull'ali dorate)