Divas

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1: CD 1
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1La Wally : “Ebben? Ne andro lontano”
vocals:
Maria Callas (soprano)
Alfredo Catalani?:??
2Le nozze di Figaro : “Porgi amor”
vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (German-born Austrian/British soprano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?:??
3Le nozze di Figaro : “Voi che sapete”
vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?:??
4Alcina : “Ah! Mio cor!”
vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano)
George Frideric Handel?:??
5Carmen : “L’amour est enfant de bohème”
choir vocals:
Les Éléments (chamber choir)
soprano vocals [Carmen]:
Angela Gheorghiu (Romanian soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor:
Michel Plasson (conductor)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
is based on:
El arreglito
part of:
Carmen : Acte I
Georges Bizet?:??
6Lakmé : “Où va la jeune hindoue…”
vocals:
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Léo Delibes?:??
7Rigoletto : “Gualtier Maldé… Caro nome Gilda”
recording engineer:
Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's) (from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer) (from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
baritone vocals:
Malcolm King (operatic bass) (in 1970-01) and John Rawnsley (operatic baritone) (in 1970-01, from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
bass vocals:
Malcolm King (operatic bass) (from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) (in 1970-01)
soprano vocals:
Beverly Sills (soprano) (in 1970-01, from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
tenor vocals:
Dennis O'Neill (Welsh tenor) (in 1970-01, from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (in 1970-01, from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
conductor:
Julius Rudel (conductor) (in 1970-01, from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger) (in 1970-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (EMI Records Limited, not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1979) and MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) (in 1985)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 2. N°6 Aria & scena “Gualtier Maldè! … Caro nome” (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo) (in 1970-01)
lyricist and librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 2. N°6 Aria & scena “Gualtier Maldè! … Caro nome” (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo) (from 1978-08-12 until 1978-08-15)
lyricist and librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi?:??
8La bohème : “Mi chiamano Mimi”
vocals:
Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
Giacomo Puccini?:??
9Tannhäuser : “Allgemächt’ge Jungfrau”
vocals:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Richard Wagner?:??
10Faust : “Ah ! Je ris de me voir si belle”
vocals:
Cheryl Studer (soprano)
Charles‐François Gounod?:??
11Les Contes d’Hoffmann : “Les oiseaux dans la charmille”
vocals:
Mady Mesplé (soprano)
Jacques Offenbach?:??
12Les Contes d’Hoffmann : “Elle a fui la tourterelle”
vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Jacques Offenbach?:??
13La traviata : “E strano!”
vocals:
Renata Scotto (operatic soprano)
Giuseppe Verdi?:??
14La traviata : “Ah, fors’è lui”
vocals:
Renata Scotto (operatic soprano)
Giuseppe Verdi?:??
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