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The Greatest Opera Show on Earth | 
 enlarge | Creators: Georges Bizet, Alfredo Catalani, Leo Delibes, Gaetano Donizetti, Antonin Dvorak, Umberto Giordano, Charles Gounod, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Alberto Erede, Charles Dutoit, Evelino Pido, Georg Solti, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 31064
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028945811826
EAN: 0028945811826
ASIN: B0000042I1
Release Date: September 16, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Act 1. Prelude | | • | Brindisi: Libiamo, ne' liete calici | | • | Che gelida manina | | • | Flower Duet: Dome epais le jasmin | | • | Amor ti vieta | | • | Habanera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle | | • | Chorus of the Hebrew slaves: Va pensiero | | • | Dove sono | | • | La donna e mobile | | • | Bridal chorus: Treulich gefuehrt ziehet dahin | | • | O mio babbino caro | | • | Largo al factotum | | • | Ebben? ... Ne andro lontana | | • | Humming chorus | | • | Flower song: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee | | • | Barcarollle: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour | | • | E lucevan le stelle | | • | Un bel di | | • | C'est toi ... Au fond du temple saint |
Disc 2
| • | The Ride of the Valkyries | | • | Voi che sapete | | • | Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba | | • | O soave fanciulla | | • | Anvil chorus: Vedi! Le fosche | | • | Donna non vidi mai | | • | La ci darem la mano | | • | Soldiers' chorus | | • | Una furtiva lagrima | | • | Signore, ascolta! | | • | Champagne aria: Finch'han dal vino | | • | Trio: Soave sia il vento | | • | Di quella pira | | • | Vissi d'arte | | • | Toreador song | | • | Love duet: Vogliatemi bene | | • | Intermezzo | | • | O silver moon (Mesicku na nebi hlubokem) | | • | Si. Mi chiamano Mimi | | • | Nessun dorma |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This really is a remarkable collection, and anyone even remotely interested in opera is bound to be vastly entertained by it. Almost everything and everyone is here, albeit in small doses: Tebaldi, Pavarotti (a lot), Bjoerling, Bartoli, Sutherland, Solti, Karajan, Troyanos, Gheorghiu, Nucci; the composers are Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, and all the other usual suspects. There are plenty of fine compilation sets on the market, and this is one of the best. One can only hope that it whets listeners' appetites for whole operas. --Robert Levine
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| Customer Reviews:
Always makes me happy April 7, 2007
Quiddity (Tonawanda, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just bought my second copy of this excellent CD because I literally wore the first one out. No matter how I feel before I play this music, I feel joy whenever I listen to it. Highly recommended to beginners and the more experienced opera listeners as well.
The Opera Collection To Own January 21, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
For novices, and beginners who are having their first sample of the fine art of opera, this collection is a must have. In what are the most beloved and well-known operatic pieces, "celebrity" opera stars Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kenawa, Cecilia Bartoli, Andrea Bocelli, Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavoratti, provide a rich and colorful collection. Among the beautiful soprano arias you will find "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly, "Voi Che Sapete" from Nozze Di Figaro and "Habenera" from Carmen great tenor arias such as the Flower Song from Carmen, Figaro's Aria from Barber of Seville. You will be enchanted with the fine ensembles from La Traviata (the waltz-like Brindisi) the Flower Duet from Lakme,the Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore and the very rarely heard O Silver Moon from Dvorak's Rusalka, sung beautifully by Renee Fleming. This cd is a must have for opera and non-opera fans alike. Five star buy. Highlights include the Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore with its powerful chorus, Va Pensiero from Nabucco with its message of hope and sung beautifully by the John Aldis Choir, and the lovely "Barcarolle" from the Tales of Hoffman. A beautiful tenor aria rarely performed also is "Mattinata" sung gorgeously by Bocelli. A five star buy. Opera has never sounded more attractive than it does in this high-quality cd.
great stuff! April 18, 2001
Melanie Sereny (St. Louis, MO)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
this is a great CD. I got it as a birthday present from someone who knows how much I love opera. Lots of great selections here, sung by great singers. i want to be an opera singer! i lost it in Mexico and now I am buying another one online!
A fantastic collection March 1, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
No question - this is an execellent collection of recordings! Rarely does one see this degree of variety and balance in the selection of composers, operas, conductors, and performers in a 2 CD set. If forced to be overly critical, though, I would make 3 points based on my personal preferences: First, I agree with those who feel Pavarotti is featured too often. Personally, I would rather have more Carreras (he appears only once - Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut). Second, while there are some outstanding duets (like the pavarotti/sutherland brindisi from Traviata) and choruses (e.g., soldier's chorus from faust), there are too few ensembles. The Bella Figlia quartet from Rigoletto or the Mia Madre quintet from Figaro would have been excellent additions. Finally, there just ain't enough Wagner (is there ever?). We get only the bridal chorus from Lohengrin and the Ride of the Valkyries. The Meistersinger prize song or the pilgrim's chorus from Tannhauser would both have helped round out the set.However, to make these additions without adding another CD, some of what's already there would have to go. And what's there now is so glorious, so representative of the great operatic works and (relatively recent) interpretations, I'd hate to see something else get left out.
Love this! October 21, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I enjoy opera and classical music quite a bit, without being a big opera buff. The selections for this CD are great -- some of my all-time favorites, and some pieces from operasI'd never heard before. I've been enjoying this from the moment I got it. This would make a great gift for someonoe like me.
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