RCA MET 100 Singers, 100 Years [Box set]
On this CD:
1. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Act III: Ardon gl'incensi (Mad Scene)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Marcella Sembrich, Darius Lyons
2. Tosca, opera Act II: Vissi d'arte
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Emma Eames
3. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Act III: Devant la maison (Serenade)
Composed by Hector Berlioz
Performed by Pol Plancon
4. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Act II: Les tringles des sistres (Gypsy Song)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Emma Calve
5. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts Act IV: A vos jeux, mes amis (Mad Scene)
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by Dame Nellie Melba
6. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts Act III: All'erta, marinar, Il vento cangia! Adamastor, re dell'acque
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Giuseppe Campanari
7. Le prophète, grand opera in 5 acts Act V: O prêtres de Baal (Prison Scene)
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Ernestine Schumann-Heink
8. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act I: Come paride vezzoso
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Antonio Scotti
9. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act II: Jo-ho-hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff (Senta's ballad)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Johanna Gadski
10. La bohème, opera Act IV: Vecchia zimarra
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Marcel Joumet
11. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts Act I: Voce di donna
Composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performed by Louise Homer
12. La Juive, opera Act IV: Rachel, quand du Seigneur
Composed by Fromental Halevy
Performed by Enrico Caruso
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
13. Le donne curiose, opera Act II: Se in boi contanto forte fosse l'amor, Il cor nel contento
Composed by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Performed by Geraldine Farrar, Hermann Jadlowker
14. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68 Act III: It is almost midnight (Sung in German)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Emmy Destinn
Conducted by Walter Rogers
15. Un ballo in maschera, opera Act III: Eri tu
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Pasquale Amato
16. La Cena delle Beffe, opera Act II: Ed io non ne godevo, Sempre così
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by Frances Alda
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
17. Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Act I: Mein Vater! (Amfortas'Prayer)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Clarence Whitehill
Conducted by Todd Levy
18. Pagliacci, opera Act I: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! Stridono lassù (Ballatella)
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Alma Gluck
19. La Traviata, opera Act II: Lunge da lei, Dei miei bollenti spiriti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by John McCormack
20. Rigoletto, opera Act I: Caro nome
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Luisa Tetrazzini
21. L' amico Fritz, opera in 3 acts Act II: Tutto tace (Cherry Duet)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Lucrezia Bori, Miguel Fleta, Charles Linton
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
22. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24 Act II: Lontano eco della mia giovinezza (Lenski's Air)
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Giovanni Martinelli
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
23. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition, 2 versions) Act III: E il di che Zar sarò (Garden Scene)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Paul Althouse, Margarete Ober
Conducted by Walter Rogers
24. La Traviata, opera Act II: Di Provenza il mar
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Giuseppe de Luca
Conducted by Giulio Setti
25. La forza del destino, opera Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rosa Ponselle
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
26. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts Act III: Mi batte il cor, O paradiso
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Beniamino Gigli
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
27. Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts Act II: Bellah! Capretta adorata, Si carino (Slumber Song)
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Amelita Galli-Curci
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
28. Die tote Stadt (The Dead City), opera, Op. 12 Act I: Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)
Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performed by Maria Jeritza, Francis J. Lapitino
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
29. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Act I: Largo al factotum
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Titta Ruffo
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
30. La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), opera Act II: Una parola sola, Or son sei mesi
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
31. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act III: Sieh' Evchen! Dacht' ich doch
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Elisabeth Rethberg, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
32. Norma, opera Act I: Meco all'altar
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
33. King's Henchman, The, opera Act III: Nay, Marcus, lay him down
Composed by Deems Taylor
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
with Lawrence Tibbett
Conducted by Giulio Setti
34. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Act I: Regnava nel silenzio
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Toti Dal Monte
Conducted by Josef A. Pasternack
35. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act I: Dir töne Lob
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Lauritz Melchior
Conducted by Edwin McArthur
36. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Act II: Deh, vieni alla finestra
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Ezio Pinza, Cibelli
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
37. Louise, opera Act III: Depuis le jour
Composed by Gustave Charpentier
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Grace Moore
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
38. Petite étude-scherzo for 2 double basses Act III: Depuis hier je cherche, Que fais-tu?
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Gladys Swarthout
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
39. The Golden Cockerel (Zolotoy petushok), opera in 3 acts with a prologue & epilogue Act II: Salut à toi (Hymn to the Sun)
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Lily Pons
Conducted by Andre Kostelanetz
40. L'elisir d'amore, opera Act I: Adina quest'oggi, Adina credimi
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Tito Schipa
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon
41. Alceste (French version), opera, in 3 acts, Wq. 44 Act II: Ah, malgré moi
Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Rose Bampton
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
42. Manon, opera Aci III: Je suis seul! Ah! fuyez, douce image
Composed by Jules Massenet
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Richard Crooks
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
43. Caponsacchi, opera Act II: I know you better, This very vivid morn
Composed by Richard Hageman
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Helen Jepson
Conducted by Alexander Smallens
44. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act III: Mild und leise (Liebestod)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Kirsten Flagstad
Conducted by Hans Lange
45. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Act I: Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Bruna Castagna
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
46. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act II: So ist ed denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Kerstin Thorborg
Conducted by Carl Riedel
47. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Act II: Giunse alfin il momento, Deh vieni, non tardar
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Bidu Sayao
Conducted by Wilfrid Pelleitier
48. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act I: einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Helen Traubel
Conducted by Bruno Reibold
49. Andrea Chénier, opera Act III: La mamma morta
Composed by Umberto Giordano
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Zinka Milanov
Conducted by Arturo Basile
50. Manon Lescaut, opera Act III: Ah, guai a chi la tocca! Guradate, passo son
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Rome Opera Orchestra & Chorus
with Jussi Bjorling, Enrico Campi
Conducted by Jonel Perlea
51. Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 Act III: Ist ein Traum
Composed by Richard Strauss
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Erna Berger, Risë Stevens
Conducted by Fritz Reiner
52. Faust, opera Act II: O sainte médaille, Avant de quitter ces lieux
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Leonard Warren
Conducted by Wilfred Pelletier
53. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition, 2 versions) Act II: Clock Scene (Sung in Russian)
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Alexander Kipnis
Conducted by Nicolai Berezowski
54. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts Act IV: Elle a fui, la tourterelle! (Antonia's Romance)
Composed by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Jarmila Novotna
Conducted by Frieder Weissmann
55. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera Act III: Con onore muroe (Death of Butterfly)
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Licia Albanese
56. The Lovers, for baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 43 Act IV: To leave, to break
Composed by Samuel Barber
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with George Cehanovsky, Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Regina Resnik, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi
Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
57. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Act III: Tombe degli avi miei, Fra poco a me ricovero
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Rome Opera House Orchestra
with Jan Peerce
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
58. Mignon, opera in 3 acts Act II: Oui, pour ce soir, je suis Titania (Polonaise)
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Patrice Munsel
Conducted by Sylvan Levin
59. Aida, opera Act I: Se quel guerrier, Celeste Aida
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
with Richard Tucker
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
60. Manon Lescaut, opera Act II: L'ho abbandonato senza un saluto, In quelle trine morbide
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Dorothy Kirsten
Conducted by Jean Paul Morel
61. Don Carlo, opera Act III: Felice ancor, Per me guinto
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Robert Merrill
Conducted by Renato Cellini
62. Otello, opera Act II: Sì, pel ciel
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra
with Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramon Vinay
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini
63. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Prize Song)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Set Svanholm
Conducted by Frieder Weissmann
64. Macbeth, opera Act II: Studia il passo, Come dal ciel precipita
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Jerome Hines
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
65. La bohème, opera Act I: Che gelida manina
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Giuseppe di Stefano
Conducted by Renato Cellini
66. La Sonnambula, opera Act III: Ah, non giunge
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
with Roberta Peters
Conducted by Renato Cellini
67. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Act I: Ecco ridente
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Cesare Valletti
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
68. Un ballo in maschera, opera Act I: Re dell'abisso
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Marian Anderson
Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
69. Otello, opera Act II: Creedo in un Dio crudel (Iago's Creed)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera House Orchestra
with Tito Gobbi
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
70. Macbeth, opera Act IV: O figli, o figli miei! Ah, la paterna mano
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Carlo Bergonzi
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
71. Macbeth, opera Act IV: Un macchia è qui tuttora (Sleepwalking Scene)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
with Carlotta Ordassy, Gerhard Pechner, Leonie Rysanek
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
72. La Traviata, opera Act III: Addio del passato
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Opera House Orchestra
with Anna Moffo
Conducted by Fernando Previtali
73. Turandot, opera Act II: In questa reggia
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Rome Opera House Orchestra
with Jussi Bjorling, Birgit Nilsson
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
74. Pagliacci, opera Act I: Recitar! Visti la giubba
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Rome Opera House Orchestra
with Jon Vickers
Conducted by Tullio Serafin
75. Antony and Cleopatra, opera, Op. 40 Act III: Give me my robe
Composed by Samuel Barber
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Leontyne Price
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
76. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Flower Song)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Franco Corelli
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
77. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act III: In fernem Land
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
with Sandor Konya
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
78. Aida, opera Act IV: Ah! tu dei vivere! Aida a me togliesti
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Grace Bumbry, Placido Domingo
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
79. Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Act III: Je dis que rien ne m' épouvante (Micaela's Air)
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Mirella Freni
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
80. Otello, opera Act IV: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by National Philharmonic Orchestra
with Renata Scotto
Conducted by James Levine
81. Mourning Becomes Electra Act II: Too weak to kill
Composed by Matthew Levy
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Sherrill Milnes
Conducted by Anton Guadagno
82. La bohème, opera Act I: Mi chiamano Mimì
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
with Montserrat Caballe
Conducted by Georg Solti
83. Rigoletto, opera Act III: La donna è mobile
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
with Alfredo Kraus
Conducted by Georg Solti
84. Il Trovatore, opera Act II: Stride la vampa
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Fiorenza Cossotto
Conducted by Zubin Mehta
85. La favorita, opera Act III: Fia dunque vero, O mio Fernando
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
with Shirley Verrett
Conducted by Georges Pretre
86. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera Act II: L'anima ho stanca
Composed by Francesco Cilea
Performed by New Philharmonia Orchestra
with Placido Domingo
Conducted by Nello Santi
87. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 Act II: O Isis und Osiris
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Martti Talvela
Conducted by James Levine
88. L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera Act I: Cruda sorte, amor tiranno
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Marilyn Horne, I Solisti Veneti
Conducted by Claudio Scimone
89. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
with Kiri Te Kanawa
Conducted by Alain Lombard
90. Otello, opera Act IV: Ave Maria
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Rome Philharmonic Orchestra
with Katia Ricciarelli
Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni
RCA MET 100 Singers, 100 Years, Music, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Louise Homer, Margarete Ober, Marian Anderson, Antonio Scotti, George Cehanosvky, George Cehanovsky, Giuseppe Campanari, Giuseppe Valdengo, Lawrence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, Pasquale Amato, Robert Merrill, Sherrill Milnes, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo, Alexander Kipnis, Clarence Whitehill, Enrico Campi, Ezio Pinza, Friedrich Schorr, Gerhard Pechner, Giorgio Tozzi, Giuseppe de Luca, Jerome Hines, Marcel Joumet, Marcel Journet, Martti Talvela, Pol Plançon, Samuel Barber, Vincenzo Bellini, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Gustave Charpentier, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Umberto Giordano, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, Richard Hageman, Fromental Halevy, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Matthew Levy, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer
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RCA MET 100 Singers, 100 Years
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