Offer,Sinfini Music: Best Tenors
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Ben Heppner (tenor), Karita Mattila (soprano), René Pape (bass), José van Dam (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Anthony Rolfe...
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Puccini: Turandot, SC 91, Act III
- Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
- Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
- Zubin Mehta
- Recorded: 1972-08-25
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Nessun dorma!
Verdi: Aida / Act 1
- Jon Vickers (tenor)
- Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1961-07
- Recording Venue: Opera House, Rome
"Celeste Aida"
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: Tosca / Act 1
- Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Franco Patané
- Recorded: 1958-09-12
- Recording Venue: Santa Cecilia, Roma
"Recondita armonia"
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Act II
- Rolando Villazón (tenor)
- Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
- Daniele Callegari
- Recorded: 2007-03-19
- Recording Venue: Auditorium di Milano, Milan
"Oh inferno" - "Sento avvampar"
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act 3
- Ben Heppner (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)), René Pape (bass (vocal)), Karita Mattila (soprano)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1995-09-27
- Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
"Morgenlich leuchtend"
Mozart: Così fan tutte / Act 1
- Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1974-06-02
- Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London
"Un'aura amorosa"
Puccini: La Bohème: Act 1
- Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
- Tullio Serafin
- Recorded: 1959-08-09
- Recording Venue: Santa Cecilia, Roma
"Che gelida manina"
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Act I / Scene I
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1997-06-30
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London
"Here I Stand" / "Since It Is not by Merit" (Tom)
Puccini: Tosca / Act 3
- Plácido Domingo (tenor)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Recorded: 1990-05-25
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
"E lucevan le stelle"