Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti, Björling

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1Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
tenor vocals:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:21
2Tosca: Recondita armonia
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto I. “Recondita armonia” (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) (“Dammi i colori”)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:59
3Cavalleria rusticana: Viva il vino
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Brindisi “Intanto amici, qua … Viva il vino spumeggiante” (Turridu, Lola, coro)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:14
4Marechiare
tenor vocals:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)
recording of:
Marechiare
lyricist:
Salvatore Di Giacomo
composer:
Francesco Paolo Tosti (composer)
Francesco Paolo Tosti3:30
5Così fan tutte: Un aura amorosa
tenor vocals:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
recording of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 17. Aria “Un’aura amorosa” (Ferrando)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:49
6Paganini: Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
recording of:
Paganini: Akt II. Nr. 9 “Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküsst” (Paganini)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
librettist:
Béla Jenbach and Paul Knepler (librettist and composer)
part of:
Paganini: Akt II
Franz Lehár3:23
7L'amico Fritz: Tutto ho tentano
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
recording of:
L'amico Fritz: Atto III. “Tutto ho tentato... ” (Fritz, Coro)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
part of:
L’amico Fritz: Atto III
Pietro Mascagni3:17
8Aida: Celeste Aida
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:55
9La bohème: Che gelida manina
tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
conductor:
Thomas Schippers (conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1964)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini4:34
10Tosca: È lucevan le stelle
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini3:05
11Carmen : La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
tenor vocals:
Jon Vickers (tenor) (in 1970)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris (in 1970)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) (in 1970)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José) (Flower Song) (in 1970)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) (in 1875) and Henri Meilhac (in 1875)
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:21
12Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
tenor vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor)
recording of:
Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Wien, Wien, nur du allein)
lyricist and composer:
Rudolf Sieczyński (in 1914)
publisher:
Adolf Robitschek Musikverlag
Rudolf Sieczyński4:57
13Die lustige Witwe: O Vaterland ... Da geh' ich zum Maxim
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
recording of:
Die lustige Witwe: Akt I. Dialog: „Also bitte, Njegus, ich bin hier” / Nr. 4 Auftrittslied „O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag” ... „Da geh' ich zu Maxim” (Danilo)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
part of:
Die lustige Witwe: Akt I
Franz Lehár2:59
14Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poca a mi ricovero
tenor vocals:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
recording of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto III, Scena 2. no. 15. “Fra poco a me ricovero” (Edgardo)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto III
Gaetano Donizetti3:43
15Martha: Ach so fromm
sound engineer:
Horst Lindner (engineer)
producer:
Fritz Ganss (producer)
tenor vocals [Lyonel]:
Fritz Wunderlich (operatic tenor) (from 1960-05-15 until 1960-05-16)
orchestra:
Berliner Symphoniker (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990) (from 1960-05-15 until 1960-05-16)
conductor:
Berislav Klobučar (conductor) (from 1960-05-15 until 1960-05-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) (in 1960)
recorded at:
Grunewaldkirche in Berlin, Germany (from 1960-05-15 until 1960-05-16)
recording of:
Martha: Akt III. „Ach! so fromm, ach! so traut“ (Lyonel) (from 1960-05-15 until 1960-05-16)
composer:
Friedrich von Flotow (composer)
librettist:
Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
part of:
Martha: Akt III
Friedrich von Flotow2:53
16Madama Butterfly: Dovunque al mondo
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Dovunque al mondo” (Pinkerton, Sharpless)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini3:05
17Mattinata
tenor vocals:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)
recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:12
18Il trovatore: Di quella pira
tenor vocals:
Franco Corelli (tenor)
recording of:
Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1853)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist) (in 1853)
part of:
Il trovatore: Atto III. Il figlio della zingara
Giuseppe Verdi2:08
19Requiem: Ingemisco
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco (tenore)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1873 until 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi3:49
20Turandot: Nessun dorma
tenor vocals:
José Carreras (Spanish tenor)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
part of:
Turandot: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini4:10