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• Madama Butterfly. Bimba, bimba, non piangere (12:02) ; Ah! Dolce notte, quante stelle (2:34) / Giacomo Puccini
• La bohème. O soave fanciulla / Giacomo Puccini (3:31)
• Manon Lescaut. Oh, sarò, la più bella! (1:49) ; Taci, taci, tu il cor mi frangi! (6:09) / Giacomo Puccini
• Lucia di Lammermoor. Sulla tomba che rinserra (3:03) ; Qui di sposa eterna fedde (7:07) / Gaetano Donizetti
• La traviata. Parigi, o cara / Giuseppe Verdi (3:32)
• Rigoletto. Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (2:43) ; È il sol dell'anima (3:13) / Giuseppe Verdi
• Manon. Toi! Vous! Oui, c'est moi! (3:56) ; N'est-ce plus ma main que cette main presse? (4:06) / Jules Massenet
• Luisa Miller. Ah! L'ultima preghiera / Giuseppe Verdi (9:59)
• La traviata. Un di felice eterea / Giuseppe Verdi (3:16)
• La rondine. Che caldo! Che sete! (2:23) ; Perche' mai cercate di saper (1:43) ; Zitti! Non disturbiamoli! (3:37) / Giacomo Puccini.

Contributors:

Moffo, Anna , performer

Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975 , performer

Labò, Flaviano , performer

Bergonzi, Carlo , performer

Kraus, Alfredo , performer

Di Stefano, Giuseppe, 1921-2008 , performer

Elias, Rosalind , performer

Di Stasio, Anna , performer

Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004 , performer

Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993 , conductor

Previtali, Fernando , conductor

Solti, Georg, 1912-1997 , conductor

Leibowitz, René, 1913-1972 , conductor

Prêtre, Georges , conductor

Cleva, Fausto , conductor

Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco , conductor

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy) > Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

RCA Italiana Opera Chorus , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

Italian
French

Language Notes:

Sung in Italian and French.

Included Works:

Madama Butterfly [by Puccini, G.] (Selections)

Bohème [by Puccini, G.] > O soave fanciulla

Manon Lescaut [by Puccini, G.] (Selections)

Lucia di Lammermoor [by Donizetti, G.] (Selections)

Traviata [by Verdi, G.] > Parigi, o cara, noi lasceremo

Rigoletto [by Verdi, G.] (Selections)

Manon [by Massenet, J.] (Selections)

Luisa Miller [by Verdi, G.] > Ah! l'ultima preghiera

Traviata [by Verdi, G.] > Un dì felice, eterea

Rondine [by Puccini, G.] (Selections)

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Great love duets from opera ([New York, NY] : Sony Music Entertainment, [2015] — OCLC Number 945695973)

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Operas

Genres:

Songs

Operas

Excerpts

Performers:

Anna Moffo, soprano ; Richard Tucker, tenor ; Flaviano Labò, tenor ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Alfredo Kraus, tenor ; Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor ; Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano ; Anna Di Stasio, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Merrill, baritone ; Rome Opera House Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf, conductor ; Fernando Previtali, conductor ; Georg Solti, conductor ; RCA Italiana Opera Chorus ; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra ; René Leibowitz, conductor ; Georges Prêtre, conductor ; Fausto Cleva, conductor ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.

Performance Medium:

Solo soprano voice; solo tenor voice; solo mezzo-soprano voice; solo baritone voice; mixed chorus; orchestra

General Notes:

Recorded July 1957, June 1960, June 1961, June 1963, August 1963, June 1964, July-August 1965, July 1966 in Rome, Rome Opera House and RCA Italiana Studios.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503526
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503527
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503528
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503282
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503283
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503657
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503658
International Standard Recording Code: USBC19704859
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503540
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503541
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503183
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503545
International Standard Recording Code: USSM11503228
International Standard Recording Code: USBC19704829
International Standard Recording Code: USBC10600234
International Standard Recording Code: USBC10600235
International Standard Recording Code: USBC10600236
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 886445532142

OCLC Numbers:

994147411