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American Opera Singer | 
 enlarge | Artists: Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Franco Calabrese, Samuel Ramey, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Arrigo Boito, Gustave Charpentier, Leo Delibes, Friedrich Von Flotow, Christoph Willibald Gluck, George Frideric Handel, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-saens, Ambroise Thomas, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Antonio De Almeida, Arturo Basile, Bruno Reibold, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Leinsdorf, Fernando Previtali, Fritz Reiner, Georges Pretre, James Levine
Label: RCA
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 297329
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
UPC: 090266892129
EAN: 0090266892129
ASIN: B000003GB7
Release Date: November 11, 1997
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Disc 1
| • | Voi lo sapete | | • | Che faro senza Euridice | | • | Depuis le jour | | • | Un po di vero c'e; Oh quanti occhi fisi | | • | Rittorna vincitor! | | • | E sogno o realta? | | • | re dell'abisso affrettati | | • | Si, mi chiamano Mimi | | • | Air de clochettes (Bell Song) | | • | Air de clochettes (Bell Song) | | • | Una parola sola; Or son sei mesi | | • | Je suis seul!; Ah! fuyez, douce image | | • | Einsam in trueben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) | | • | Habanera | | • | L'ho abbandonato senza un saluto; In quelle trine morbide | | • | Oui, pour ce soir, je suis Titania | | • | Dove sono | | • | La donna e mobile | | • | Cortigiani, vil razza dannata | | • | Ah, non giunge |
Disc 2
| • | Che gelida manina | | • | Largo al factotum | | • | Addio del passato | | • | Se pieta di me mon senti | | • | Siam giunti | | • | D'amor sull'ali rosee | | • | Vivi, tiranno | | • | Niun mi tema | | • | Di Provenza il mar | | • | Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix | | • | O namenlose Freude | | • | O smania; D'Oreste, d'Ajace | | • | E amore un ladroncello | | • | Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut | | • | Son lo spirito che nega | | • | Amours divins | | • | Lorsque vous n'aurez rien a faire |
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American? Mostly... August 19, 2002
Hmm...the conundrum of what constitutes an "American". The book that this CD accompanies devotes an entire chapter to Caruso, though this collection only slips him in with Geraldine Farrar. I agree, too, that Callas should most definitely be included, as she was born in New York. As far as squeezing in Pons, I believe that although she was native to France, she took American citizenship after her US film career took off. I could be wrong here. Please correct me if I am! And the comments about Heppner being Canadian, he is slipped in on a track with Voigt, so this is more excuseable. My question is, should Saskatchewan-born Jon Vickers be included?But this is just squabble...this collection is a wonderful sampling of the rich history American singers have had to offer. My only regrets would be to replace the Aida track of Ponselle's with her wonderful "Tu che invoco" from Spontini's La Vestale, and how unfortunate it is that such a dynamic artist as Marian Anderson did not record operatic arias until so late in her career. Her Ulrica is thrilling, but it is undeniable that her technique was beginning to show age by the time this track was recorded. All in all, a wonderful collection, especially Pons's wonderful Bell Song, and Vaness's seething anger via Elettra.
 Opera Singers, Mostly American April 6, 2002
Donald M. Traeger, M.D. (Grass Valley, CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The performances are highly variable both in recorded sound and quality of performances. The album is mis-titled. Ben Heppner is Canadian and Lily Pons was French!
America June 21, 2001
William Maher (Warrensburg, New York United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I believe that Canada is still part of America. This set then could have included Leopold Simoneau, Maureen Forrester etc.etc. More importantly, this very fine collection could have included Cornell MacNeil and my favorite, Maria Callas.I shouldn't harp on what's not included. This is a very fine collection.
Ben Heppner is Canadian. February 26, 2001
thom (Burnaby)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
That's all I wanted to say about this recording - it's wonderful, but Heppner is Canadian.
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