Offer,Amor - Opera's Great Love Songs
Montserrat Caballé (Soprano), José Carreras (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor), Mirella Freni (Soprano), Marilyn Horne (Mezzo-Soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Dame Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Renata Tebaldi (Soprano), Wiener Opernchor (Chorus), Franco Corelli (Tenor), Alfredo...
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Verdi: Aida / Act 1
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- Wiener Volksopernorchester
- Leone Magiera
- Recorded: 1972-12-20
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Celeste Aida"
Excerpt,
- Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Lamberto Gardelli
- Recorded: 1962-07
- Recording Venue: Teatro Della Pergola, Florence
"Oh! mio babbino caro"
Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Act 1
- José Carreras (tenor)
- Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
- Riccardo Chailly
- Recorded: 1987-06-03
- Recording Venue: Chiesa Di San Giorgio Poppiale, Bologna
Donna non vidi mai
Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- Wiener Opernorchester
- Sir Edward Downes
- Recorded: 1968-06-29
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato"
Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1
- Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
- Wiener Opernchor, Wiener Opernorchester
- Henry Lewis
- Recorded: 1967-10-13
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act II
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1970-07-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Una furtiva lagrima"
Puccini: Turandot / Act 1
- Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Zubin Mehta
- Recorded: 1972-08-25
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Signore, ascolta"
Puccini: Tosca / Act 1
- Franco Corelli (tenor), Alfredo Mariotti (baritone)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Lorin Maazel
- Recorded: 1966-06
- Recording Venue: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
"Recondita armonia"
Puccini: Tosca / Act 2
- Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1984-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
Puccini: Tosca / Act 3
- Plácido Domingo (tenor)
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
- Zubin Mehta
- Recorded: 1990-07
- Recording Venue: Terme di Caracalla, Rome
"E lucevan le stelle"