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Escape Through Opera

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Ying Huang (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano), Karita Mattila...

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Contents

Verdi: La traviata, Act I: Prelude

Work length3:59
$1.30
$1.70
  • Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  • Thomas Schippers

Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Work length2:17
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ying Huang (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra
  • James Conlon

Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Work length2:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
  • John DeMain

Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

Work length2:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ying Huang (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra
  • James Conlon

Bizet: Habanera from Carmen

Work length3:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Risë Stevens (mezzo-soprano)
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera
  • George Sebastian

Mozart: Sull aria... Che soave zeffiretto from The Marriage of Figaro

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Karita Mattila (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Andrea Severi (harpsichord), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Zubin Mehta

Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

Work length3:07
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$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra, Renata Scotto (soprano)
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Georgiadis / London Symphony Orchestra
  • John Georgiadis

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:33
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$1.70
  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir John Pritchard

Verdi: Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida)

Work length4:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Tucker (tenor)
  • Wiener Staatsoper
  • Nello Santi

Flotow: M'appari (from Martha)

Work length3:02
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Tucker (tenor)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • Emil Cooper

Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Work length2:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Andrew Davis

Humperdinck: Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel

Work length2:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Children's Chorus of the Cologne Opera, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
  • Sir John Pritchard

Puccini: Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Lorin Maazel

Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Work length4:48
$1.30
$1.70
  • Marcelo Álvarez (tenor), Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
  • Welsh National Opera Orchestra
  • Carlo Rizzi

Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)

Work length4:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Teiko Maehashi (violin)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
  • Kazuhiro Koizumi

Bizet: Air de fleur (Flower Song) from Carmen

Work length3:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Tucker (tenor), Wiener Staatsoper
  • Pierre Dervaux

Offenbach: Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Work length2:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • New York Philharmonic
  • André Kostelanetz

Puccini: Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

Work length5:22
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir John Pritchard

Gounod: Avant de quitter ces lieux (from Faust)

Work length3:24
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  • English National Opera, Bo Skovhus (baritone)
  • James Conlon

Giordano, U: Amor ti vieta (from Fedora)

Work length1:51
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  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"
  • Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna
  • Emerson Buckley

Donizetti: Prendi, per me sei libero (from L'Elisir d'amore)

Work length3:42
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  • Andrea Rost (soprano)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Mackerras

Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)

Work length2:46
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  • Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano)
  • Jean-Claude Malgoire

Mozart: La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

Work length3:25
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  • Les Musiciens de l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris-Bastille, Kwangchul Youn (bass), Inva Mula, Inva Mula-Tchako (soprano)
  • Bastille Opera Orchestra
  • Eugene Kohn

Handel: Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo)

Work length4:35
$1.30
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  • Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Jean-Claude Malgoire (director), Le Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy

Gluck: Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Work length3:31
$1.30
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  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy

Mozart: Porgi, amor from The Marriage of Figaro

Work length4:14
$1.30
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  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Karita Mattila (soprano)
  • Zubin Mehta

Bizet: Je crois entendre encore (I hear as in a dream) from The Pearl Fishers

Work length5:04
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Tucker (tenor), Wiener Staatsoper
  • Pierre Dervaux

Bizet: Carmen: Intermezzo Act II - Act III (Andantino quasi allegretto)

Work length3:08
$1.30
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  • National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Leopold Stokowski

Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Work length4:04
$1.30
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  • London Symphony Orchestra, Renata Scotto (soprano)
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni

Massenet: Adieu, notre petite table from Manon (Act II)

Work length4:20
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  • Bidú Sayão (soprano)
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • Fausto Cleva

Puccini: "Addio, mio dolce amor!" from Edgar (Act III)

Work length3:55
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  • Renata Scotto (soprano), Opera Orchestra of New York
  • Eve Queler

Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon, Act I: Connais-tu le pays?

Work length5:31
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  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
  • Sir John Pritchard

Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)

Work length5:47
$1.30
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  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Denyce Graves (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Rio de Janeiro
  • John DeMain

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length4:32
$1.30
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  • Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir John Pritchard

Bellini: Bianca e Fernando: Sorgi, o padre, e la figlia rimira

Work length5:20
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  • Jane Eaglen (soprano), Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano)
  • Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Mark Elder

Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from Louise)

Work length4:44
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  • Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Georges Prêtre

Wagner: Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande...O du, mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser, Act 3

Work length4:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • English National Opera, Bo Skovhus (baritone)
  • James Conlon

Puccini: Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Work length3:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Symphony Orchestra Of Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"
  • Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna
  • Emerson Buckley