Puccini: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) - download (MP3 &amp; FLAC)

Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi)

Addio, addio mio dolce amor! (from Edgar)

In questa reggia (from Turandot)

L’ora o Tirsi (Manon Lescaut)

Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut)

Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème)

Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio (from Madama Butterfly)

Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly)

Laggiù nel Soledad (from La Fanciulla del West)

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

E’ ben altro il mio sogno (from Il Tabarro)

Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica)

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

In questa reggia (from Turandot)

Amarilli Nizza

This CD features soprano Amarilli Nizza singing Puccini’s most memorable arias.

The talented Milanese singer outlines Puccini’s heroines with her typical passion and emotional engagement.

“Nizza's voice is strong and surprisingly effective when it comes to Turandot's "In questa reggia". There is a decided vibrato that is sometimes intrusive, but in general this is an impressive recital, and Nizza is surely a singer to watch out for.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2009

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Mirella Freni - Un Bel di

Puccini Scenes & Arias

Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly)

Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly)

Suzuki? Suzuki? Dove sei?...Come una mosca prigioniera (from Madama Butterfly)

Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly)

Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca)

Ah! Franchiggia… O dolci mani mansuete e pure (from Tosca)

Come è lunga l’attesa! (from Tosca)

Mario, su presto! (from Tosca)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Dunque è proprio finita! (from La Bohème)

Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire (from La Bohème)

Che avvien? (from La Boheme)

Ho sognato una casetta (from Il Tabarro)

Tutto ho offerto alla Vergine (from Suor Angelica)

Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica)

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Dispettosetto questo riccio! (from Manon Lescaut)

In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut)

Poiché tu vuoi saper? (from Manon Lescaut)

Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut)

Fra le tue braccia (from Manon Lescaut)

Mirella Freni (soprano)

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Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)

Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (Madama Butterfly)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli (Turandot)

National Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicola Rescigno (Tosca)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan (La Bohème)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Brono Bartoletti (Il Trittico)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / James Levine (Manon Lescaut)

A generously-filled 2-CD set of many of Puccini's most famous soprano arias and scenes sung by one of the greatest Puccini interpreters, the incomparable Mirella Freni. Taken from Mirella Freni's legendary Decca recordings of complete operas and also starring Luciano Pavarotti this is the ideal Puccini compilation for the composer's anniversary year

“This outstanding collection demonstrates, as few singers can, the combination of voice and personality needed to take on Puccini's heroines.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 *****

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Maria Callas - Puccini Heroines and Lyric Arias

Boito:	L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)
Catalani:	Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
Cilea:	Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Giordano, U:	La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier)
Puccini:	In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot)

Maria Callas (soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin

1954 Recording. 1954 was for Callas an exceptionally busy year. As well as appearing regularly at La Scala, Milan and elsewhere in Italy, she made her American debut at the Chicago Lyric in November. Her September 1954 Watford Town Hall sessions featured on this recording were released on two albums, one devoted to Puccini arias, not without blemishes, and the second featuring a selection entitled Coloratura Lyric Arias, which remains justly famous to this day. In the two arias from Cilea’a Adriana Lecouvreur, Callus’ interpretation benefits from her remarkably expansive breath span. In Boito’s L’altra notte Callas revolutionises performance practise: she not only correctly sings all the written notes, but she understands implicitly what the dramatic situation calls for in her treatment of the cadenzas at the end of each verse. Throughout the remarkable length of her phrases, her choice of vocal colours, her command of rubato and her dynamic range reveal much more than one had thought the music contained.

“The Callas wobble appears in these 1954 recitals; in Butterfly her voice is clearly ill-suited to the role, and her Liù and Mimi are inclined to sound stagey and shrill.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***

“There is a wonderful responsiveness to shades of expression and shapes of phrase… Uncanny too is the change of identity as, say, Mimì follows Butterfly.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008

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Gitta-Maria Sjoberg Sings Verdi & Puccini Arias

Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)

Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut)

Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly)

Verdi:

Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida)

O patria mia (from Aida)

Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino)

Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera)

Ave Maria (from Otello)

Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo)

Odense Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Aeschbacher

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Puccini Passions

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Sung in English as 'Darling Papa, I beg you'

Mary Plazas (soprano)

Spira sul mare (from Madama Butterfly)

Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gregory Yurisich (baritone), Stuart Kale (tenor)

Dovunque al mondo (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English as 'The whole world over'

Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)

Amore o grillo (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English 'True love or fancy'

Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Gregory Yurisich (baritone)

Non la sospiri, la nostra casetta (from Tosca)

Sung in English ''Our little house in the country'

Jane Eaglen (soprano)

Ho una casa nell'Honan (from Turandot)

Sung in English as 'Ive a house in fair Honan'

Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Peter Wedd (tenor), Peter Sidhom (bass)

Non piangere, Liù! (from Turandot)

Sung in English 'Don't cry for me, Liù'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor)

Una nave da guerra...Scuoti quelle fronda (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English 'One fine day'

Cheryl Barker (soprano)

Cheryl Barker (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Sung in English as 'Your tiny hand is frozen'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Sung in English as 'Yes, I'm always called Mimì'

Cynthia Haymon (soprano)

Sung in English as 'Lovely maid in the moonlight'

Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Dennis O'Neill (tenor)

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine)

Sung in English as 'Fair Doretta'

Susan Patterson (soprano)

Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi)

Sung in English as 'The city is a leafy tree in blossom'

Colin Lee (tenor)

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Dennis O'Neill (tenor)

In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut)

Sung in English 'In the soft silken curtains'

Susan Patterson (soprano)

Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English 'Child from whose eyes'

Cheryl Barker (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)

Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly)

Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut)

Sung in English as 'Empty, alone and so forsaken'

Susan Patterson (soprano)

Questo amor, vergogna mia (from Edgar)

Sung in English as 'This love is shame'

Robert Hayward (baritone)

O Mimi, tu piu non torni (from La Bohème)

Sung in English 'O Mimì, our love is over'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)

Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème)

Sung in English as 'As thro' the street'

Marie McLaughlin (soprano)

Nulla! Silenzio (from Il Tabarro)

Sung in English as 'Nothing! All silent!'

Jonathan Summers (baritone)

Perché tarda la luna (from Turandot)

Sung in English as 'Is the moon never rising?'

In questa reggia (from Turandot)

Sung in English as 'Within this palace'

Jane Eaglen (soprano)

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West)

Sung in English as 'You who with ice are shrouded'

Mary Plazas (soprano)

Sung in English as 'Let her believe...'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor)

Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English as 'That your mother'

Cheryl Barker (soprano), Gregory Yurisich (baritone)

Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English as 'Farewell, oh happy home'

Paul Charles Clarke (tenor), Gregory Yurisich (baritone)

Sung in English as 'To the home that she left'

Cynthia Haymon (soprano)