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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great introduction to opera!,
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This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)
This CD is full of the most accessible works from the world of opera by some of the greatest performers. Several of the selections have been used in popular media(commercials, movies etc.)so they may be familiar. The liner notes give full details of the operas from which the pieces are selected. I find this an excellent gift for my opera-phobic friends and for children. The performances are top notch and the arrangement of pieces on the CD is well thought out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
ESSENTIAL OPERA,
This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)
I HAD THIS CD FROM LONG AGO AND COULD NOT FIND IT IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CDS
5.0 out of 5 stars
Does not disappoint,
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This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)
This is a "best of" recording that does not disappoint. Each piece is one of opera's all time greatest tunes and each is well executed. Maybe a true story sums it up best: My 14 year old, who loves the latest teeny-bopper music turned KIIS-FM off and turned ON the opera CD. Her favorite is 'O Mio Babino Caro' and the very next song, 'Nessun Dorma,' is a close second. Anyone who likes a good tune will enjoy this CD; you don't have to be an opera lover.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great compilation but the title's a misnomer.,
By ronaldbrian (Quezon City, Philippines) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Essential Opera (Audio CD)
I agree that this--and Essential Opera 2--is a very good collection for opera lovers and opera beginners alike, but am afraid I can't agree that this is "essential" opera. Where is Maria Callas in the line-up? Absent Maria, any opera collection that deems itself "essential" deludes itself. Callas is as indispensable to opera as, say, Picasso is to cubism. The misnomer is made the more stark and jarring when one sees that a contemporaneous rival, Renata Tebaldi, is given two tracks to sing and the Divina Absoluta, none. Tebaldi was Callas' rival like Clementi was Mozart's--whoever remembers the rivals now? History has judged well who the masters are. So I listen to arias in this CD--arias that Callas have incomparably performed like Tosca's Vissi d'Arte, La Wallys's Ebben Ne'andro Lontana"--to disappointment. I'd give this disc five stars if not for Callas' omission, a fatal mistake for an opera collection that aspires to be "essential." |
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Essential Opera by Leo Nucci (Audio CD - 1992)
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