Classic FM Discovery Guide: Opera

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1The Barber of Seville: Figaro’s Song
bass vocals:
Sesto Bruscantini (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Vittorio Gui (conductor and composer)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini4:50
2Cosi fan tutte: “Soave sia il vento”
bass vocals and tenor vocals:
Jules Bastin (Belgian 20th century operatic bass)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) and Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg
conductor:
Alain Lombard (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Erato Classics snc (not for release label use! for copyrights use only) (in 1978)
recording of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:10
3Der Freischütz: „Wie nahte mir der Schlummer”
choir vocals:
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
soprano vocals:
Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano)
orchestra:
Capella Coloniensis des WDR
conductor:
Bruno Weil (conductor)
recording of:
Der Freischütz: Akt II. Nr. 8. Szene und Arie „Wie nahte mir der Schlummer“ … „Leise, leise …” (Agathe)
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
librettist:
Johann Friedrich Kind (German dramatist)
part of:
Der Freischütz: Akt II
Carl Maria von Weber8:00
4Die Meistersinger: »Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein”
bass vocals:
Bernd Weikl (baritone)
choir vocals:
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper (Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera)
tenor vocals:
Ben Heppner (tenor)
orchestra:
Bayerisches Staatsorchester (orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
recording of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Akt III, Scene V. "Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn!"
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1863 until 1867)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (in 1862)
part of:
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Akt III
Richard Wagner4:50
5Madame Butterfly: “Vogliatemi bene”
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer)
soprano vocals [Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)]:
Miriam Gauci (soprano) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
tenor vocals [F.B. Pinkerton]:
Yordy Ramiro (tenor) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Czecho-Slovak Radio in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino” … “Un pò'di vero c'è” … “Oh quanti occhi fisi” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (Love Duet) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini7:28
6Boris Godunov: Monologue
bass vocals:
Boris Christoff (Bulgarian bass)
choir vocals:
Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
André Cluytens (conductor)
partial recording of:
Борис Годунов (Boris Godunov, 1872 version)
composer and librettist:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (composer)
Modest Mussorgsky6:12
7Orfeo ed Euridice: Aria
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
partial recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 (Italian version)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer) (in 1762)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
premiered at:
Burgtheater in Innere Stadt, Wien, Austria (on 1762-10-05)
part of:
Catalogue thématique des œuvres de Chr. W. v. Gluck (number: Wq. 30)
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:42
8The Coronation of Poppea: “Pur ti miro, pur ti godo”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Arleen Augér (soprano)
orchestra:
City of London Baroque Sinfonia (chamber orchestra)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor)
recording of:
L' Incoronazione di Poppea: Act 3 - Pur ti miro
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
arranger:
Corrado Guarino and Gianluigi Trovesi
part of:
L' Incoronazione di Poppea: Act 3
Claudio Monteverdi5:41
9Eugene Onegin: « Pour moi ce jour est tout mystère »
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие II, картина 2, no. 17. Ария Ленского "Куда, куда, куда вы удалились" (Lensky's Aria "Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis")
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие второе
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:08
10The Marriage of Figaro: “Non so più cosa son faccio”
choir vocals:
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I, Scena V. (no. 6) Aria “Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio” (Cherubino)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:37
11Aida: Gloria all’Egitto & Grand March
orchestra:
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
conductor:
Rico Saccani (conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Gran Finale II “Gloria all’Egitto, ad Iside” (Popolo, Sacerdoti)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto II
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Marcia trionfale (orchestra) (Triumphal march, Triumphmarsch)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Akt II
Giuseppe Verdi4:59
12Otello: Love Duet
choir vocals:
Rome Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Leonie Rysanek (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Jon Vickers (tenor)
orchestra:
Rome Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor)
partial recording of:
Otello
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
premiered at:
[stage performance] (1887-02-05)
is based on:
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice
Giuseppe Verdi10:18

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producer and mastering:Ivor Humphreys
copyrighted (©) by:Classic FM plc (in 2003)