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1. The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
EMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A ... More
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2. Puccini: La Bohème (1987)
by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gernot Pietsch (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Hans-Dieter Appelt (vocals), Hans-Dietrich Pohl (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals)
There is no lack of stellar, gripping versions of La bohème on disc, and by most reckonings, this one stands toward the front of the pack. Having a ... More
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4. Verdi: Nabucco
by Evgeny Nesterenko (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Lucia Popp (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Volker Horn (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
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5. Bel Canto (2009)
by Adrian Sâmpetrean (vocals), Ekaterina Siurina (vocals), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals), Matthew Polenzani (vocals), Bologna Community Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), I Filarmonici del teatro comunale di Bologna
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6. Sergey Prokofiev: 6 Operas (2010)
by Alexander Gergalov (vocals), Alexander Morozov (vocals), Alexander Shubin (vocals), Alexandr Mayorov (flute), Alexandr Trushkov (oboe), Alexandr Vasiliev (violin), Andrei Karabanov (vocals), Andrei Khramtsov (vocals), Anna Kovaleva (vocals)
The musical world is forever in Valery Gergiev's debt for bringing to light a wealth of Russian operas that had been largely invisible to audiences ... More
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7. Drama Queens (2012)
by Il Complesso Barocco, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Alan Curtis (conductor)
Following the success of her 2011 album, Diva Divo, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato presents an exciting collection of virtuosic arias in her 2012 ... More
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8. Wagner: Parsifal (1999)
by Alexander Kipnis (bass), Anny Helm (soprano), Charlotte Muller (alto), Cornelis Bronsgeest (baritone), Fritz Wolff (tenor), Gotthelf Pistor (tenor), Hilde Sinnek (soprano), Ingeborg Holmgren (soprano), Ludwig Hoffmann (bass), Maria Nezadal (soprano)
Who could resist a 1913 recording of the orchestral suite from Parsifal played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Alfred Hertz? Certainly ... More
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9. Opera's Greatest Love Songs (1993)
by Anna Moffo (soprano), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Eric Tappy (tenor), Julia Varady (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Margaret Price (soprano), Mario Rinaudo (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
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10. Operas Greatest Moments (1992)
by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Ben Heppner (tenor), David Syrus (harpsichord), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Eva Marton (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano)
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11. Puccini Without Words (1990)
by André Kostelanetz (conductor)
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12. The Maltese Tenor (2011)
by Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Ch?ur d'Hommes du Grand Théâtre de Genève (choir, chorus), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Marco Armiliato (conductor)
Every few years there's considerable hype about a young singer heralded as the Next Great Tenor. There is generally more hype than substance in these ... More
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15. Obsessions (Wagner & Strauss: Arias and Scenes) (2004)
by Deborah Voigt (soprano), Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong (conductor)
Obsessions is Deborah Voigt's long-overdue solo recording debut. Blazing her way through excerpts from the dramatic roles of Wagner and Strauss, she ... More
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16. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (1986)
by André Neury (vocals), Gabriel Bacquier (vocals), Hugues Cuénod (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jacques Charon (vocals), Jean Valaisan (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), Margarita Lilova (vocals), Paul Guigue (vocals), Paul Plishka (vocals)
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18. Renée Fleming (2000)
by Renée Fleming (soprano), London Voices (choir, chorus), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor)
The voice of Renée Fleming is one of the most beautiful in opera. Her wide range of roles, from Handel's Alcina to her appearance in Previn's A ... More
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19. Puccini: Turandot (1984)
by Joan Sutherland (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Montserrat Caballé (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Pier Francesco Poli (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Sabin Markov (vocals), Tom Krause (vocals)
Decca's 1972 recording of Turandot features an all-star cast led by Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti. Turandot doesn't seem like the most ... More
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21. Mozart: The Magic Flute (1991)
by Ann Murray (vocals), Armin Ude (vocals), Frank Hoher (vocals), Friedemann Klos (vocals), Hanna Schwarz (vocals), Heinz Reeh (vocals), Kurt Moll (vocals), Luciana Serra (vocals), Margaret Price (vocals), Maria Venuti (vocals), Marie McLaughlin (vocals)
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22. Aria: A Passion for Opera (1994)
by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Danielle Millet (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Franco Corelli (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
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23. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children (1994)
by Berit Lindholm (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Hermann Prey (vocals), Jacques Charon (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Julia Hamari (vocals)
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24. Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (1994)
by Donald Adams (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), John King (vocals), Michael Schade (vocals), Philip Lloyd Evans (vocals), Rebecca Evans (vocals), Richard Suart (vocals), Richard van Allan (vocals), Thomas Allan (vocals), Valerie Seymour (vocals)
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25. Jonas Kaufmann Sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner (2009)
by Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Margarete Joswig (mezzo-soprano), Michale Volle (bass baritone), Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma (choir, chorus), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann is determined not to let himself be pigeonholed, as is evident in the diversity of his repertoire, which not only spans musical ... More
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