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It is only since the bel canto era in the 19th century that the tenor voice really took off as a leading character in operatic roles, often playing the heroic figure against a love-interest soprano and a villain baritone. This collection of some of opera's most iconic arias takes us from the dark emotional crises of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Puccini's Tosca, to the seductive Rodolfo in La Bohème and Donizetti's show-stopping hich Cs in La Fille du régiment. Tenor showpieces that are so famous they have taken on a life of their own include 'Nessun dorma', made immortal by The Three Tenors at the 1990 World Cup.

Table of Contents:

• Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba / Ruggero Leoncavallo ; Nicola Martinucci, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Rahbari, conductor (3:13)
• Rigoletto. La donna è mobile ... / Giuseppe Verdi ; Yordy Ramiro, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Rahbari (2:55)
• Aida. Se quel io fossi! ... / Kristjan Johannsson, tenor ; RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra ; Ricco Saccani, conductor (4:26)
• Don giovanni. Il mio tesoro intanto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Torsten Kerl, tenor ; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia ; Michael Halász, conductor (4:01)
• L'elisir d'amore. Una furtiva lagrima / Gaetano Donizetti ; Vincenzo La Scola, tenor ; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra ; Pier Giogrio Morandi, conductor (5:09)
• Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / Giacomo Puccini ; Giorgio Lamberti, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Rahbari, conductor (2:59)
• Cosi fan tutte. Un'aura amarosa / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; John Dickie, tenor ; Capella Istropolitana ; Johannes Wildner, conductor (5:01)
• Serse. Ombra mai fu / George Frideric Handel ; Jozsef Mukk, tenor ; Camerata De Budapest ; László Kovács, conductor (3:23)
• Das Land des Lächelns. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz / Franz Lehár ; János Berkes, tenor ; Hungarian Operetta Orchestra ; László Kovács, conductor (3:24)
• La bohème. Che gelida mania / Giacomo Puccini ; Jonathan Welch, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Will Humburg, director (4:23)
• La fille de régiment. Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête / Gaetano Donizetti ; Mercello Giordani, tenor ; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra ; Steven Mercurio, director (4:02)
• Tosca. Recondita armonia / Giacomo Puccini ; Thomas Harper, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halász, director (2:35)
• Die Walküre. Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond / Richard Wagner ; Stuart Skelton, tenor ; Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra ; Jaap van Zweden, director (3:24)
• Faust. Salut! Demeure chaste et pure / Charles Gounod ; Piotr Beczala, tenor ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Bertrand de Billy, director (4:37)
• Il barbiere di Siviglia. Ecco, ridente in cielo / Gioachino Rossini ; Ramó Vargas, tenor ; Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Will Humburg, director (4:34)
• Rigoletto. Questa o quella / Giuseppe Verdi ; Yordy Ramiro, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Alexander Rahbari, director (1:37)
• Eugene Onegin. Kuda, kuda (Lensky's aria) / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky ; Vladimir Grishko, tenor ; Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Vladimir Sirenko, director (6:12)
• La fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda / Giacomo Puccini ; Thomas Harper, tenor ; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Michael Halász (1:54)
• Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps? / Jules Massenet ; Marcus Haddock, tenor ; Orchestre National de Lille ; Jean-Claude Casadesus, director (2:31)
• La traviata. Brindisi: Libiamo ne'lieti calici / Giuseooe Verdi ; Yordy Ramiro, tenor ; Monika Krause, soprano ; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra ; Alexander Rahbari, conductor (2:56)

• Turandot. Nessun dorma / Giacomo Puccini ; Mario Malagnini, tenor ; Genoa Carlo Felice Theatre Orchestra ; Donata Renzetti, conductor (2:45).

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Contributors:

Naxos (Sound recording label) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English
French
German
Italian
Russian

Language Notes:

Sung in French, German, Italian, and Russian.

Other Related Resources:

Source record: Thrilling tenor ([Franklin, Tennessee] : Naxos, [2021] — OCLC Number 1302357484)

Related Series:

Best loved opera arias

Alternate Titles:

Additional title: Best loved opera arias for tenor

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (High voice) with orchestra — Excerpts

Operas

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Genres:

Operas

Excerpts

Performers:

Various performers.

General Notes:

Opera selections.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sound file).

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128801
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128802
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128803
International Standard Recording Code: HKI190136504
International Standard Recording Code: HKI199602510
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128806
International Standard Recording Code: HKI199092733
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128808
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128809
International Standard Recording Code: HKI199287604
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128811
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128812
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128813
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International Standard Recording Code: HKI199208709
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128819
International Standard Recording Code: HKI199190105
International Standard Recording Code: HKI192128821
Publisher Number, Naxos Regular CD: 8.578190

OCLC Numbers:

1312271920