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Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need

Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need

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Creators: Alan Titus, Christian Boesch, Lawrence Tibbett, Mario Sereni, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, William Warfield, Alexander Kipnis, Ezio Flagello, Ezio Pinza, Matthias Holle, Paul Plishka, Samuel Ramey, Samuel Barber, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Leonard Bernstein, Georges Bizet, Arrigo Boito, Alfredo Catalani
Label: RCA
Category: Music

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars 24 reviews
Sales Rank: 38326

Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 68823
UPC: 902668823284
EAN: 0090266882328
ASIN: B000003GA0

Release Date: October 14, 1997
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Tracks:

  • Antony & Cleopatra: 'Give Me My Robe' - Leontyne Price
  • Fidelio: 'In des Lebens Fruhlingstagen...' - Ben Heppner
  • Fidelio: Act II Quartet: 'Ach, du bist gerettet...' - Deborah Voigt
  • Norma: 'Casta Diva' - Rosa Ponselle
  • Candide: 'Glitter And Be Gay' - Harolyn Blackwell
  • Candide: 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Jerry Hadley
  • Carmen: Flower Song - Placido Domingo
  • Carmen: Habanera - Rise Stevens
  • Carmen: Toreador Song - Robert Merrill
  • Les pecheurs de perles: Duet: 'Oui, c'est elle, c'est la deesse...' - Robert Merrill
  • Mefistofele: 'Ecco il mondo' - Samuel Ramey
  • La Wally: 'Eben, ne andro lontana' - ONLY OPERA CD YOU'LL EVER NEED
  • Lakme: Bell Song - Lily Pons
  • L'Elisir d'Amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' - Tito Schipa
  • Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento...' - Carlo Bergonzi
  • Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Spargi d'amaro pianto' - Anna Moffo
  • Martha: 'M'appari tutto amor' - Jussi Bjoerling
  • Porgy & Bess: 'Summertime' - Leontyne Price
  • Porgy & Bess: 'Bess, You Is My Woman' - William Warfield
  • Andrea Chenier: 'Come un bel di di maggio' - Ben Heppner
  • Romeo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz; 'Je veux vivre' - Ruth Ann Swenson
  • Salammbo: Aria - Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Hansel & Gretel: 'Suuse, liebe Susse - Helen Donath
  • I Pagliacci: 'Vesti la giubba' - Enrico Caruso
  • Cavalleria Rusticana: 'Viva il vino' - Jussi Bjoerling
  • Cherubin: 'Lorsque vous n'aurez rien' - Dawn Upshaw
  • Manon: 'Ah! Fuyez, douce image' - Richard Crooks
  • Cosi fan tutte: 'Come scoglio immoto resta' - Leontyne Price
  • Don Giovanni: 'La ci darem la mano' - Edith Mathis
  • Don Giovanni: 'Deh! vieni alla finestra' - Ezio Pinza
  • Don Giovanni: 'Non mi dir' - Carol Vaness
  • Le nozze di Figaro: 'Non piu andrai...' - Alan Titus
  • Le nozze di Figaro: 'Porgi, amor' - Carol Vaness
  • Le nozze di Figaro: 'Deh vieni, non tardar' - Bidu Sayao
  • Die Zauberflote: 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon' - Fritz Wunderlich
  • Die Zauberflote: Der Holle Rache - Zdislawa Donat
  • Die Zauberflote: Papageno - Papageno Duet - Christian Boesch
  • Boris Godunov: 'I v ljutomgore, nisposlannom Bogom...' - Alexander Kipnis
  • Tales Of Hoffmann: Barcarolle - Montserrat Caballe
  • La Gioconda: 'Cielo e mar' - Beniamino Gigli
  • La Boheme: 'Che gelida manina' - Giuseppe Di Stefano
  • La Boheme: 'Mi piaccion quelle cose...' - Licia Albanese
  • La Boheme: 'Fremon gia nell'anima' - Luciano Pavarotti
  • La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song - Judith Blegen
  • Gianni Schicchi: 'O mio babbino caro' - Angela Gheorghiu
  • Madama Butterfly: 'Ah, ti serro palpitante' - Placido Domingo
  • Madama Butterfly: 'Un bel di' - Leontyne Price
  • Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' - Jussi Bjoerling
  • La rondine: 'Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Anna Moffo
  • TOSCA: 'Recondita armonia' - Placido Domingo
  • TOSCA: 'Vissi d'arte' - Irina Oudalova
  • TOSCA: 'E avanti a lui...' - Zinka Milanov
  • TOSCA: 'E lucevan le stelle' - Mario Lanza
  • Turandot: 'Signore, ascolta' - Renata Tebaldi
  • Turandot: 'In questa reggia' - Birgit Nilsson
  • Turandot: 'Nessun dorma' - Jussi Bjoerling
  • Dido & Aeneas: 'When I Am Laid In Earth' - Leontyne Price
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia: 'Largo al factotum' - Robert Merrill
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia: 'Una voce poco fa' - Roberta Peters
  • Samson et Dalila: 'Mon coeur s'ouvre' - Christa Ludwig
  • The Bartered Bride: 'Wenn ich das einmal erfahre' - Teresa Stratas
  • Elektra: 'Agamemnon' - Inge Borkh
  • Der Rosenkavalier: 'Ist ein Traum' - Erna Berger
  • Salome: 'Nicht in der Welt...' - Inge Borkh
  • Eugene Onegin: Lenski's Aria - Placido Domingo
  • Eugene Onegin: Tatiana's Letter Scene - Leontyne Price
  • Aida: 'Celeste Aida' - Jussi Bjoerling
  • Aida: 'Ritorna vincitor!' - Leontyne Price
  • Aida: 'Gloria all'Egitto' - John Alldis Choir
  • Aida: 'O patria mia' - Leontyne Price
  • Un Ballo in Maschera: 'O docezze perdute! O memorie...' - Robert Merrill
  • Don Carlo: 'Dio, che nell'anima infondere' - Placido Domingo
  • Ernani: 'Emani, involami' - Leontyne Price
  • La forza del destino: 'Or muoio tranquillo...' - Robert Merrill
  • La forza del destino: 'Pace, pace mio dio' - Zinka Milanov
  • Nabucco: 'Va, pensiero' - Oleg Reshetkin
  • Otello: 'Credo' - Tito Gobbi
  • Otello: Willow Song - Leonie Rysanek
  • Otello: 'Niun mi tema' - Jon Vickers
  • Rigoletto: 'Qesta o quella' - Alfredo Kraus
  • Rigoletto: 'Caro nome' - Anna Moffo
  • Rigoletto: 'La donna e mobile' - Jan Peerce
  • Rigoletto: 'Bella figlia dell'amore' - Alfredo Kraus
  • La Traviata: Brindisi - Montserrat Caballe
  • La Traviata: 'Di provenza' - Sherrill Milnes
  • La Traviata: 'Sempre libera' - Eleanor Steber
  • La Traviata: 'Addio del passato' - Anna Moffo
  • Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus - Moscow Classical Chorus & Ensemble
  • Il Trovatore: 'Di quella pira' - Placido Domingo
  • Il Trovatore: 'Tacea la notte placido - Leontyne Price
  • Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: 'Morgenlicht leuchtend' - Set Svanholm
  • Die Walkure: Ride Of The Valkyries - Staatskapelle Dresden
  • Die Walkure: Wotan's Farewell - Lawrence Tibbett
  • Siegfried: Song Of The Forest Bird - Norma Sharp
  • Gotterdammerung: 'Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort' - Kirsten Flagstad
  • Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus - Robert Shaw Chorale
  • Lohengrin: 'In fernem Land' - Lauritz Melchior
  • Tannhauser: 'Dich teure Halle' - Waltraud Meler

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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Short Clips   May 12, 2008
K. Huff (Charleston, SC)
I am new to Opera and trying to find what I enjoy. I was hoping this CD would lead the way. The clips were too short for me to really get a feel for any song. I would much rather have had fewer tracks and a great selection of songs.


1 out of 5 stars Not worth buying!   May 29, 2007
Robert R. Strom
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I found this recording basically worthless. It contains only very short excerpts of the song. Not enough to get into and enjoy!


1 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money   January 18, 2007
P. H. Bruce
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is the worst purchase I have ever made. It is a truly dreadful piece of work.I was so disgusted with it that I threw it into the trash can.


5 out of 5 stars Perfect for "drop the needle" style tests   November 18, 2006
J. Kalm (United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

If you want to hear full recordings of arias, then this disc is not for you. It plays only tidbits of 99 arias. Contrary to the title, this is definitely not the only opera disc you'll ever need. You shouldn't take it seriously. This disc has next to no value for an opera neophyte. But for opera fanatics, there has never been a better test of your knowledge of operatic repertoire and singers. It's a great challenge for opera buffs. Sit down with your opera loving friends for an hour, play this disc, and try to be the first to identify the singer, composer, opera, and piece. If you're a music professor, this disc would make for an awesome pop quiz. Find out how well your students really know their opera repertoire.


1 out of 5 stars A CD with Attention Deficit Disorder   October 1, 2006
E. A. Lovitt (Gladwin, MI USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I don't know anyone who would enjoy this CD. It will drive opera fans nuts with a hundred exerpts that run about 30 seconds each, then fade out without the singers even finishing a single verse. It's more like an index of arias, or a volume of teasers that hucksters might use to sell opera CDs.

I never realized how much Bernstein's "Glitter and be gay" sounded like Delibes' "Bell Song" until I heard 35 seconds of one, followed 23 seconds of the other.

Maybe the TV show 'Jeopardy' could use this CD. 'What is "Hush little baby don't you..."??'

What a waste of beautiful voices and great music. 38 seconds of Enrico Caruso, followed by 31 seconds of Jussi Bjoerling, followed by 38 seconds of Dawn Upshaw.

My copy is going to go sailing into the wastebasket as soon as I finish this review.


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