Offer,Essential Verdi
40 of his Greatest Masterpieces
Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Leontyne Price, Jussi Björling, Carlo Bergonzi
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Ambrosian Opera Chorus,...
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Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1971-06-28
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
La donna è mobile
Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3
- Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1989-11-07
- Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
"Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"
Verdi: La forza del destino - Original St.Petersburg version
- Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra
- Valéry Gergiev
- Recorded: 1995-12
- Recording Venue: Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
Sinfonia
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Sir John Pritchard
- Recorded: 1962-11
- Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence
"Un dì felice, eterea"
Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 5
- Maria Chiara (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Nello Santi
- Recorded: 1972-10-25
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Mercè, dilette amiche"
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1
- Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Sir John Pritchard
- Recorded: 1962-11-16
- Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence
"Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3
- José Carreras (tenor)
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1980-07
- Recording Venue: unknown, London
"Di quella pira"
Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2
- Stefania Toczyska (mezzo-soprano)
- Chicago Symphony Chorus, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti, Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1989-11-07
- Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
"Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)
"Stride la vampa!"
Verdi: Aida / Act 1
- Leontyne Price (soprano)
- Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1961-07
- Recording Venue: Opera House, Rome
"Ritorna vincitor!"
Verdi: Don Carlo / Act 2
- Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Tugomir Franc (bass (vocal))
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1965-07-15
- Recording Venue: London Opera Centre, London
"Dio, che nell'alma infodere"