Opera to Die For

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1Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. "Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in Earth"
soprano vocals:
Elly Ameling (soprano)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 36. Recitative “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell4:47
2Don Giovanni: Atto II, scena 5. "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco"
baritone vocals:
Ingvar Wixell (baritone)
bass vocals:
Luigi Roni (operatic bass)
bass-baritone vocals:
Wladimiro Ganzarolli (bass-baritone)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. “Don Giovanni, a cenar teco” … “Da qual tremore insolito” (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart7:15
3Maria Stuarda: Atto II, scena 9. "Ah! Se un giorno"
bass vocals [Talbot]:
Francesco Ellero d’Artegna (operatic bass)
bass-baritone vocals [Cecil]:
Simone Alaimo (bass-baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Anna]:
Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Maria]:
Edita Gruberová (soprano)
tenor vocals [Leicester]:
Francisco Araiza (tenor)
conductor:
Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)
recording of:
Maria Stuarda: Atto III, no. 18d. "Ah! se un giorno da queste ritorte" (Maria, Anna, Leicester, Talbot, Cecil, Coro)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Maria Stuarda: Atto III
Gaetano Donizetti4:17
4Otello: "Non arrestare il colpo; Notte per me funesta"
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
recording of:
Otello: Atto III. Stretta “Notte per me funesta” (Otello, Desdemona)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto III
Gioachino Rossini5:25
5Rigoletto: Atto III, "V'ho ingannato; Lassù...in cielo"
baritone vocals [Rigoletto]:
Renato Bruson (baritone)
soprano vocals [Gilda]:
Edita Gruberová (soprano)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. "Lassù... in cielo" (Gilda, Rigoletto)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:56
6Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 3. "Ella è pura"
baritone vocals:
Ingvar Wixell (baritone)
soprano vocals:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano) and Sona Ghazarian (soprano)
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor)
recording of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III, scena 2. Nº 24f. Finale “Ella è pura; in braccio a morte” (Riccardo, Amelia, Oscar, Renato, Samuel, Tom, coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Somma
part of:
Un ballo in maschera: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi5:11
7Faust : Acte V, scène 2. « Alerte, alerte !; Sauvée ! »
bass vocals:
Yevgeni Nesterenko (Russian operatic bass singer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Francisco Araiza (tenor)
recording of:
Faust : Acte V. No. 31 « Alerte, alerte » … « Anges purs » (Méphistophélès, Marguerite, Faust, Chœur)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
part of:
Faust : Acte V
recording of:
Faust : Acte V. No. 32 Apothéose « Sauvée » … « Christ est ressuscité » (Chœur)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer)
part of:
Faust : Acte V
Charles‐François Gounod5:29
8Don Carlo: Atto IV, scena 2. "O Carlo, ascolta"
baritone vocals:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Russian operatic baritone)
recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto III, scena 2. N°14 “O Carlo, ascolta, la madre t’aspetta” (Rodrigo)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto III (IV)
Giuseppe Verdi3:39
9Tosca: "E non giungono; Presto, su! Mario!"
soprano vocals:
Carol Vaness (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Giuseppe Giacomini (tenor), Pablo Mori (Spanish tenor) and Piero de Palma (tenor)
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E non giungono” (Cavaradossi, Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto III (Tosca: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini6:54
10La Traviata: Atto III. "Prendi, quest'è l'immagine"
baritone vocals:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Russian operatic baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
vocals:
Donato di Stefano
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto III. Finale “Prendi, quest’è l’immagine” (Violetta, Alfredo, Germont)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto III (La traviata: Act III)
Giuseppe Verdi4:26
11Pagliacci: Atto II. "No Pagliaccio non son; Suvvia, così terribile"
baritone vocals:
Paolo Coni (Baritone)
soprano vocals:
Daniela Dessì (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
conductor:
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto II. “No, Pagliaccio non son” (Canio, Coro, Silvio, Nedda)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto II (Pagliacci: Act II)
Ruggero Leoncavallo6:34
12Otello: Atto IV, scena 4. "Niun me tema"
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
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 Verdi5:21
13Tristan und Isolde: Akt III, Scene 3. "Mild und leise"
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Hildegard Behrens (soprano) (in 1981)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1981)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (in 1981)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” (in 1981)
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 Wagner8:34

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