Score!: Opera to die for!

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1Rinaldo: “Lascia ch’io pianga”
soprano vocals [Almirena]:
Lesley Garrett (soprano)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Ivor Bolton (conductor and harpsichordist)
recording of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II, Scene IV, no. 22. Aria “Lascia ch’io pianga mia cruda sorte” (Almirena)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1711)
librettist:
Giacomo Rossi
part of:
Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Atto II
George Frideric Handel4:06
2Saul: Dead March
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner)
recording of:
Saul, HWV 53: Act III, Scene IV, no. 77. March: Grave
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1738)
part of:
Saul, HWV 53: Act III
George Frideric Handel3:08
3Macbeth: Recitative & Aria “Pieta, rispetto, amore, conforto ai di cadenti”
baritone vocals [Macbeth]:
Renato Bruson (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin)
conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
recording of:
Macbeth: Atto IV. N°15b Aria “Pietà, rispetto, amore” (Macbeth)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi6:01
4Cavalleria rusticana: Siciliana “0 Lola ch’ai di latti la cammisa”
tenor vocals [Turiddu]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “O Lola ch'hai di latti la cammisa” (Turiddu) (“Siciliana”)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni1:50
5Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
choir vocals:
Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
soprano vocals:
Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Regina coeli laetare” (Coro) (Easter Hymn, Easter Hymn)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni4:03
6Otello: Death of Otello “Niun mi tema”
tenor vocals [Otello]:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Nello Santi (conductor)
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Niun mi tema s'anco armato mi vede” (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi5:18
7Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Hildegard Behrens (soprano)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. "Kurwenal! Hör'! Ein zweites Schiff"
Richard Wagner8:33
8Panis angelicus
tenor vocals:
Andrea Bocelli (tenor)
orchestra:
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, bso.ru, founded 1930, not Mikhailov's 1978 orch.)
conductor:
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian‐born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck3:59
9Semele: “Where’er you walk”
countertenor vocals:
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
recording of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II, no. 45. “Where’er You Walk” (Jupiter)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1743)
librettist:
William Congreve
part of:
Semele, HWV 58: Act II
George Frideric Handel4:03
10Pagliacci: Recit & Aria “Vesti la giubba”
tenor vocals [Canio]:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Ruggero Leoncavallo3:30
11Hansel und Gretel: “Der kleine Sandmann bin ich”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Ann Murray (Irish mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Bonney (soprano) and Edita Gruberová (soprano)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. Lied des Sandmanns “Der kleine Sandmann bin ich, s-t!” (Sandmann, Hänsel, Gretel)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
librettist:
Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
part of:
Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics)
Engelbert Humperdinck5:15
12Samson et Dalila : « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix »
mezzo-soprano vocals [Dalila]:
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
recording of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte II, scène 3. « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Dalila)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
part of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte II
Camille Saint‐Saëns5:28
13Don Giovanni: “La ci darem la mano”
baritone vocals [Don Giovanni]:
Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
soprano vocals [Zerlina]:
Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I. No. 7 Duettino “Là ci darem la mano” (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:16
14Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123: “Ich liebe dich”
piano:
Hubert Giesen (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Fritz Wunderlich (operatic tenor)
recording of:
Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123 "Ich liebe dich so wie du mich"
lyricist:
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Herrosee
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1795)
part of:
Biamonti Catalogue (chronological catalogue of Beethoven's works) (number: Bia 287) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 123)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:11
15Orfeo ed Euridice: “Che faro senza Euridice”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
part of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III (Italian version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck3:49
16Der Rosenkavalier: “Di rigori armato il seno”
vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
orchestra:
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I. "Di rigori armato il seno" (Ein Sänger)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I
Richard Strauss3:00
17Der Rosenkavalier: Finale
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Evelyn Lear (soprano) and Ruth Welting (soprano)
orchestra:
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III. "Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein" (Sophie, Octavian, Faninal, Marschallin)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt III
Richard Strauss6:51

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