Le Meilleur de l’Opéra

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1Tosca: Prière de Tosca
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini3:15
2La Bohème: Air de Rodolfo
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:29
3La traviata: Brindisi
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi2:52
4Ein Opernball
partial recording of:
Der Opernball
composer:
Richard Heuberger (composer)
librettist:
Victor Léon (librettist) and Heinrich von Waldberg
premiered at:
Theater an der Wien in Mariahilf, Wien, Austria (on 1898-01-05)
Richard Heuberger3:04
5Tannhäuser: Romance à l'Étoile
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene II. „Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande … O du mein holder Abendstern”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
Richard Wagner2:54
6Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Chanson d'Olympia « Les Oiseaux dans la charmille »
vocals:
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte II. « Les oiseaux dans la charmille » (Olympia, Spalanzani, Les invités, Hoffmann, Nicklausse, Cochenille) (Chanson d’Olympia)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte II (Olympia)
Jacques Offenbach5:23
7Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Barcarolle « Belle Nuit »
producer:
David R. Murray
choir vocals:
Choeur de l'Opéra national du Théâtre de la Monnaie (Chorus of the Belgian National Opera) (in 1988-06)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Nicklausse]:
Ann Murray (Irish mezzo-soprano) (in 1988-06)
soprano vocals [Giulietta]:
Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1988-06)
vocals:
Mike d’Abo (in 1988-06)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie de Bruxelles (Orchestra for the Brussels opera La Monnaie / De Munt) (in 1988-06)
conductor:
Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) (in 1988-06)
chorus master:
Günter Wagner (choir master) (in 1988-06)
balance engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
recorded at:
Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium (in 1988-06)
recording of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Acte IV. No 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités) (in 1988-06)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Giulietta) (Offenbach order; critical Oeser edition)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités, Hoffmann, Schlemil)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach
librettist:
Jules Barbier
part of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III (Giulietta) (alternate order)
Jacques Offenbach4:20
8Faust : Air des bijoux
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. « Un bouquet ! … Ô Dieu ! que de bijoux ! » … No. 14b « Ah ! Je ris ! » (Marguerite) (Air des bijoux / Jewel Song)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust : Acte III
Charles‐François Gounod3:21
9Lakmé : Duo « Viens Mallika »
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs … Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes5:54
10Paillasse
partial recording of:
Pagliacci
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo3:45
11Gianni Schicchi
partial recording of:
Gianni Schicchi
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1917 until 1918)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
premiered at:
Metropolitan Opera House (the old Met at 1411 Broadway, New York, NY until 1966) in New York, New York, United States (on 1918-12-14)
part of:
Il trittico
Giacomo Puccini2:42
12La Bohème: Duo Mimi / Rodolfo
partial recording of:
La bohème (Puccini)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (in 1896)
Giacomo Puccini3:45
13Andrea Chénier : Air de Madeleine
partial recording of:
Andrea Chénier
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
Umberto Giordano4:50
14Messa da requiem
partial recording of:
Messa da requiem (Manzoni requiem)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
Giuseppe Verdi3:46
15Don Giovanni
partial recording of:
Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1787-03 until 1787-10)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (original numbering) (number: 527) and Köchelverzeichnis (sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 527)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:16
16Le Barbier de Séville : Cavatine de Rosine
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°5a. Cavatina “Una voce poco fa” (Rosina)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini6:20
17Rigoletto
partial recording of:
Rigoletto
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
Giuseppe Verdi3:42
18Le Chevlier à la rose
partial recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier (op 59; TrV 227)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Harry Graf Kessler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal
premiered at:
Semperoper in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany (on 1911-01-26)
part of:
Works of Richard Strauss by opus number (number: op. 59) and Werkverzeichnis (Richard Strauss TrV) (number: TrV 227)
Richard Strauss4:54
19La Veuve joyeuse - Duo Danilo / Hanna
recording of:
La Veuve joyeuse : Acte III. Duo « Heure exquise » (Missia, Danilo)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
part of:
La Veuve joyeuse
Franz Lehár3:28
20Faust
partial recording of:
Faust
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (from 1845 until 1859)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
premiered at:
Théâtre de la Ville (Paris) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1859-03-19)
Charles‐François Gounod2:44

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