Offer,Heroes & Villains: Opera's Leading Men
Featuring Roberto Alagna, Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, Carlo Bergonzi, José Carreras, José Cura, Plácido Domingo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ben Heppner, Jonas Kaufmann, Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel, Ingvar Wixell, José Van Dam & Rolando Villazón
Contents
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: Rigoletto / Act 1
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
- Riccardo Chailly
- Recorded: 1988-06
- Recording Venue: Teatro Comunale, Bologna
"Questa o quella"
Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1
- Rolando Villazón (tenor)
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Bertrand de Billy
- Recorded: 2007-04-17
- Recording Venue: Gasteig, München
"Che gelida manina"
Puccini: La Bohème / Act 4
- Rolando Villazón (tenor), Boaz Daniel (baritone)
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Bertrand de Billy
- Recorded: 2007-04-17
- Recording Venue: Gasteig, München
O Mimì, tu più non torni
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act II
- Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1996-10
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
"Deh! vieni alla finestra"
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Act 1
- Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1996-10
- Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
"Fin ch'han dal vino"
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 1
- Roberto Alagna (tenor), Elena Dan (soprano)
- Choeur de l'Opera National de Lyon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Evelino Pidò
- Recorded: 1996-09
- Recording Venue: Opéra de Lyon
"Quanto è bella, quanto è cara!"
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2
- Roberto Alagna (tenor)
- Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
- Evelino Pidò
- Recorded: 1996-09
- Recording Venue: Opéra de Lyon
"Una furtiva lagrima"
Gounod: Faust / Act 2
- Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass (vocal))
- Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1986-02
- Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, Munich
No. 7 Ronde du veau d'or: "Le veau d'or"
Gounod: Faust / Act 3
- Francisco Araiza (tenor)
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1986-02
- Recording Venue: Herkulessaal, Munich
No. 12 "Salut! Demeure chaste et pure"