The Very Best of Opera

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Tracklist

CD 1: The Men
CD 2: The Women
CD 3: The Instrumentals
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1March of the Priests (from Die Zauberflote)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:36
2Overture (from La Nozze di Figaro)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:00
3Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (german lyrics)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:40
4Meditation (from Thais)
recording of:
Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation” (original; for solo violin and orchestra)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer) (in 1894)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte II
Jules Massenet4:40
5Prelude to Act 1 (from La Traviata)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. Preludio
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La traviata (german lyrics)
part of:
La traviata: Act III (english version)
part of:
La traviata: Atto III
recording of:
La traviata: Preludio
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata (english lyrics)
part of:
La traviata
part of:
La traviata (german lyrics)
part of:
La traviata (french lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi3:53
6Overture (from La Forza del Destino)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Sinfonia
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La forza del destino
Giuseppe Verdi7:44
7Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann)Jacques Offenbach3:20
8Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto III. Cà d'Oro
Amilcare Ponchielli7:49
9Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini2:46
10Intermezzo (from Manon Lescaut)
recording of:
Manon Lescaut: Atto III. Intermezzo (Intermezzo between Acts II and III)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga and Giulio Ricordi
part of:
Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini5:16
11Act 3: Entr'acte (from Carmen)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte III. Entr’acte (intermission between Acts III & IV)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte III
part of:
Carmen: Act III (english lyrics)
part of:
Carmen: Akt 3 (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen: Atto III (italian lyrics)
Georges Bizet3:11
12Overture (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Der Barbier von Sevilla (german lyrics)
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
part of:
Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics)
part of:
The Barber of Seville (english lyrics)
Gioachino Rossini6:39
13Intermezzo (from I Pagliacci)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. Intermezzo
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:51
14Overture (from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)Richard Wagner9:44