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

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Roberto Alagna - Tenor

Roberto Alagna - Tenor


Berlioz:

Prière: Te ergo quaesumus (Te Deum)

Chœur & Orchestre de Paris, John Nelson

Bernstein:

Tonight (from West Side Story)

Angela Gheorghiu (Maria)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Bizet:

Parle-moi de ma mère (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Donizetti:

C’est moi Lucie (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Sur la tombe de mon père (Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Vers toi toujours s’envoler (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Tombes de mes aïeux (from Lucie de Lammermoor)

Natalie Dessay (Lucie)

Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò

Gounod:

L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)

Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Va, je t’ai pardonné…Anges du ciel (from Roméo et Juliette)

Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Massenet:

Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon)

Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

N’achevez pas, hélas (from Werther)

Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano

Offenbach:

Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong

Puccini:

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Leontina Vaduva (Mimi)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Leontina Vaduva (Mimi)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

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

Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Ma come puoi lasciarmi (from La Rondine)

Angela Gheorghiu (Magda)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Et incarnatus est

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Verdi:

Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore)

Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz)

London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz)

London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Qui me rendra ce mort ? Ô funèbres abîmes (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes (from Don Carlos)

Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II)

Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano

Ingemisco (from Requiem)

London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano


The incomparable Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world’s greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Richard Armstrong, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu and many more in this selection of his finest opera performances.

EMI - 3807932

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Barbirolli at the Opera

Barbirolli at the Opera


Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture

Puccini:

Tu, tu, amore tu (from Manon Lescaut)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

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

Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly)

Strauss, R:

Die Liebe der Danae: symphonic fragment

Der Rosenkavalier - Suite

Verdi:

La traviata: Prelude to Act 1

La traviata: Prelude to Act 3

Wagner:

Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts 1 & 3

Weber:

Der Freischütz Overture

Euryanthe Overture


Lenora Lafayette (soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor)

Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli

Listening now to this album one regrets that Sir John Barbirolli’s appearances in the opera house were so few. After all, though he himself was born in London his family was steeped in the Italian operatic tradition: before leaving Italy both his father and grandfather had been members of the orchestra at La Scala, Milan (along with a young cellist named Arturo Toscanini), and in 1887 they had played in the premiere of Verdi’s Otello. By the age of 25 he was appearing at the head of his own orchestra. His potential was quickly recognised by Frederic Austin of the British National Opera Company, who engaged him on the spot. Over the next seven years, either for BNOC or at Covent Garden (where he first appeared in 1928) Barbirolli conducted Aida, Falstaff, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La bohème, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Seville, Romeo and Juliet, Hansel and Gretel, Don Giovanni, The Bartered Bride, Die Fledermaus, Die Meistersinger, Der Rosenkavalier and The Wreckers.

The Barbirolli years after 1933 were filled by orchestral appointments and it was not until 1951 that he was able to return to Covent Garden. Over the next three seasons he was prominent there conducting old favourites such as Turandot, Aida, La bohème and Madama Butterfly, and adding to them Tristan und Isolde and Orpheus and Eurydice. At the time it was widely thought that Barbirolli might take over at Covent Garden, but his orchestral responsibilities had become all-consuming and in fact after the 1953-4 season he never appeared there again. His love of operatic music remained as strong as ever, though, and found its outlet in concert performances of complete operas and evenings of operatic excerpts. Such events became popular and, on account of Barbirolli’s prestige, would draw huge crowds. Some of these carried into the recording studio: the present album is a fine souvenir of his devoted approach to his beloved Puccini. But he was not now seen in any opera house. Only in his last decade did he find time to conduct Aida in Rome, and to make commercial recordings of Madama Butterfly, Otello and Dido and Aeneas.

“Loving and vibrant accounts by Barbirolli of suites, overtures and other substantial extracts from the operatic repertoire he understood so well.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2013 *****

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Giuseppe di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

Giuseppe di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini


Puccini:

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Dunque è proprio finita! (from La Bohème)

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

Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire (from La Bohème)

Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (from Madama Butterfly)

Io so che alle sue pene (from Madama Butterfly)

Recondita armonia (from Tosca)

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

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

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

Verdi:

La rivedrà nell'estasi (from Un ballo in maschera)

Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera)

E' scherzo od è follia (from Un ballo in maschera)

Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera)

Forse la soglia attinse (from Un ballo in maschera)

Questa o quella (from Rigoletto)

È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto)

Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto)

La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata)

De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata)

Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata)

Quale d’armi fragor poc’anzi intesi? (from Il Trovatore)

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)


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Mirella Freni - Un Bel di

Mirella Freni - Un Bel di

Puccini Scenes & Arias


Puccini:

Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly)

Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly)

Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

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

Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly)

Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot)

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)

Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

Donde lieta usci (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)


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 *****

Decca - 4780368

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Puccini Passions

Puccini Passions


Puccini:

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)

Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Sung in English 'One fine day'

Cheryl Barker (soprano)

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

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)

Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème)

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

Cynthia Haymon (soprano)

O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)

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)

Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot)

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

Mary Plazas (soprano)

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

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)

Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

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

Cynthia Haymon (soprano)

Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Sung in English as 'Venerable garment'

Alastair Miles (bass)

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Sung in English as 'Life has taught me singing and loving'

Jane Eaglen (soprano)

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

Sung in English as 'Oh, hands of mercy'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Jane Eaglen (soprano)

Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica)

Sung in English as 'Still a child'

Mary Plazas (soprano)

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Sung in English as 'None may sleep'

Dennis O'Neill (tenor)


One of the greatest romantic opera composers ever, this new release from Chandos Opera in English brings together one of the largest selection of Puccini arias, from the broadest number of Puccini operas available – and brings together the only collection of Puccini arias sung in English.

All tracks are sung in English

Chandos Opera in English - CHAN3140

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Opera Highlights

Opera Highlights


Dvorak:

Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka)

Fortner:

Dein Vater nahm (from Bluthochzeit)

Leoncavallo:

Si può? (from I Pagliacci)

Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci)

Massenet:

Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon)

Monteverdi:

Io viddi per vendetta (from Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria)

Mussorgsky:

Oy, dušno, dušno! - Prošcay, moy sïn (from Boris Godunov)

Puccini:

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

Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème)

Dunque è proprio finita! (from La Bohème)

Tre sbirri...Una carozza...Presto 'Te Deum' (from Tosca)

Nulla! Silenzio (from Il Tabarro)

Rossini:

Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)

Strauss, R:

Grossmächtige Prinzessin (from Ariadne auf Naxos)

Sei er doch gut, Quinquin ...Mein schoner Schatz (from Der Rosenkavalier)

Thomas, Ambroise:

A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet)

Verdi:

Pari siamo! (from Rigoletto)

Si colmi il calice di vino eletto (from Macbeth)

sung in German

Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida)

sung in German


Ilse Hollweg (soprano), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Heinz Imdahl (bass-baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Hanna Ludwig (contralto), Hilde Zadek (soprano), Ingrid Bjoner (soprano), Martti Talvela (bass), Brigitte Durrler (soprano), Wolf Appel (tenor), Hana Janku (soprano), William Holley (tenor), Karl Vullings (vocals), Julia Hamari (contralto), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Eugene Holmes (baritone), Lilian Sukis (soprano), Georgi Tscholakoff (tenor), Nassrin Azarmi (soprano), Serghei Khomov (tenor), Alexandra von der Weth (soprano), Mariselle Martinez (mezzo-soprano), Tassis Christoyannis (baritone), Nataliya Kovalova (soprano), Gordon Hawkins (baritone), Angelo Simos (tenor), Therese Waldner (soprano), Marlis Petersen (soprano)

Dusseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Deutschen Oper am Rhein Chorus, Arnold Quennet, Alberto Erede, Giuseppe Patane, Peter Schneider, Hector Urbon, Baldo Podic, Andreas Stoehr, John Fiore, Alexander Joel

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Maria Callas: The Greatest Arias

Maria Callas: The Greatest Arias

Recordings from 1949-52


Bellini:

O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)

Ponchielli:

È un anatema (from La Gioconda)

L’amo come il fulgor del creato (from La Gioconda)

Laura! Laura, ove sei? (from La Gioconda)

Tu sei tradito? Noto m'e il rombo (from La Gioconda)

Puccini:

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

Verdi:

Donna chi sei? (from Nabucco)

Oh, di qual' onta aggravasi (from Nabucco)

Ah, qual son! (from Nabucco)

Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)

Vieni! t'affretta!…Or tutti sorgete (from Macbeth)

Una macchia è qui tutt'ora (from Macbeth)

È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata)

Gran Dio! Violetta! (from La Traviata)

Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida)

Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida)

Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore)

Di tale amor che dirsi (from Il Trovatore)

Wagner:

Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (from Parsifal)

Wehe! Wehe! Was tat ich? (from Parsifal)

Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)

sung in Italian


Maria Callas (soprano)

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