40 Most Beautiful Arias

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1Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
soprano vocals:
Cristina Gallardo‐Domâs (soprano)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (The Munich Radio Orchestra)
conductor:
Maurizio Barbacini
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd. (UK division)
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:31
2La Wally: “Ebben? Ne andro lontana“
soprano vocals:
Cristina Gallardo‐Domâs (soprano)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (The Munich Radio Orchestra)
conductor:
Maurizio Barbacini
recording of:
La Wally: Atto I. “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” (Wally)
composer:
Alfredo Catalani (composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1892)
publisher:
Lam Larghetto Music (from 1993 to present)
part of:
La Wally: Atto I
Alfredo Catalani3:42
3The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Hong Hei-Kyung (operatic soprano)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (The Munich Radio Orchestra)
conductor:
Jesús López Cobos (conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte IV (Giulietta) (Offenbach order; critical Oeser edition)
Jacques Offenbach2:31
4Carmen: Flower Song
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestre national de France (National Orchestra of France, RTF / ORTF / Radio France)
conductor:
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José) (Flower Song)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) (in 1875) and Henri Meilhac (in 1875)
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:04
5Turandot: “Signore, ascolta!”
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto I. “Signore, ascolta!” (Liù)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
part of:
Turandot: Atto I (Turandot: Act I)
Giacomo Puccini2:41
6La Traviata: “Un dÌ felice”
soprano vocals:
Edita Gruberová (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Duetto “Un dì felice, eterea” (Alfredo, Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
Giuseppe Verdi3:09
7Lakme: Flower Duet
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Hong Hei-Kyung (operatic soprano)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (The Munich Radio Orchestra)
conductor:
Jesús López Cobos (conductor)
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes4:38
8Le Nozze di Figaro: “Porgi, amor”
soprano vocals:
Lella Cuberli (soprano)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II, Scena I. (no. 11) Cavatina “Porgi, amor qualche ristoro” (La Contessa)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II (The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act II)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:08
9Don Giovanni: “Dalla sua pace”
tenor vocals:
Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) (in 1988-10)
orchestra:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (in 1988-10)
conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) (in 1988-10)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1988-10)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I. Anhang. No. 10a Aria “Dalla sua pace” (Don Ottavio) [K. 540a] (in 1988-10)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 540a)
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:40
10Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I. "Una voce poco fa"
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (Lausanne Chamber Orchestra)
conductor:
Jesús López Cobos (conductor)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°5a. Cavatina “Una voce poco fa” … “Io sono docile” (Rosina)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:34
11Rinaldo: “Lascia ch'io pianga“
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Marilyn Horne (American operatic mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
I Solisti Veneti
conductor:
Claudio Scimone (conductor)
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
Antonín Dvořák4:35
12Orpheus and Euridice: “What is life?”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Susan Graham White
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
Harry Bicket (harpsichordist, organist and conductor)
recording of:
Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41 : Acte III, N° 43. Air “J’ai perdu mon Eurydice” (Orphée)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
additional librettist:
Pierre-Louis Moline
translator:
Pierre-Louis Moline
translated version of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
part of:
Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41 : Acte III
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:22
13Don Giovanni: “Eh, vieni alla finestra”
baritone vocals:
Anton Scharinger (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Mannion (soprano)
orchestra:
Les Arts Florissants (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
William Christie (harpsichordist and conductor)
recording of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt I. No. 7 Duett „Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” (Pamina, Papageno)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
librettist:
Emanuel Schikaneder
part of:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:17
14Aida: “Celeste Aida”
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin)
conductor:
Nello Santi (conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:42
15La Rondine: Doretta's song
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon
conductor:
Kent Nagano (conductor)
recording of:
La rondine: Atto I. “Ch’il bel sogno di Doretta” (Prunier, Magda, Lisette, Suzy, Yvette, Bianca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami
part of:
La rondine: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:56
16Fedora: “Amor ti vieta”
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin)
conductor:
Nello Santi (conductor)
recording of:
Fedora: Atto II. “Amor ti vieta” (Loris, Borov, Fedora, Olga)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1898)
librettist:
Arturo Colautti
part of:
Fedora: Atto II
Umberto Giordano2:11
17The Merry Widow: Vilja song
soprano vocals:
Karita Mattila (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Yutaka Sado (conductor)
recording of:
Die lustige Witwe: Akt II. N°12a. Entr'act. Vilja-Lied
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
part of:
Die lustige Witwe: Akt II
Franz Lehár4:53
18Tosca: “E lucevan le stelle”
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI (RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome, founded 1936)
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:53
19Otello: “Ave Maria”
soprano vocals:
Cristina Gallardo‐Domâs (soprano)
orchestra:
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (The Munich Radio Orchestra)
conductor:
Maurizio Barbacini
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Ave Maria” (Desdemona)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01, in 1887)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:43
20Tristan und Isolde, Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" [Isolde's Liebestod]
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (from 1994-10 until 1994-11)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor) (from 1994-10 until 1994-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
TELDEC Classics International GmbH (in 1995)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (from 1994-10 until 1994-11)
partial recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (from 1994-10 until 1994-11)
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"
partial recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. "Kurwenal! Hör'! Ein zweites Schiff" (from 1994-10 until 1994-11)
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
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 Wagner6:56