Great Opera Scenes

Leontyne Price (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000009W8J
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,797 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #80 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Price, Leontyne

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Otello, opera: Era più calmo?

2. Otello, opera: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)

3. Otello, opera: Ave Maria

4. Fidelio, opera, Op. 72: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?

5. Suor Angelica, opera: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!

6. Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oisear rebelle (Habanera)

7. La Traviata, opera: È strano, è strano!

8. La Traviata, opera: Ah, fors' è lui

9. La Traviata, opera: Sempre libera

10. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: E Susanna non vien!

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Puskai pogibnu ya

2. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Ya k vam pishu

3. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Net, nikomu na svete

4. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

5. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

6. Vanessa, opera, Op. 32: He has come, he has come!

7. Vanessa, opera, Op. 32: Do not utter a word

8. Carmen, opera: Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla)

9. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Allons! il le faut!

10. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Adieu, notre petite table

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This is the desert island two-CD set, if you're looking for Leontyne. The selection is astounding: Highlights are the astonishing Awakening Scene from R. Strauss's Die Ägyptische Helena, an absolute object lesson in Straussian line, arching up to and over a gorgeous high D-flat; a Traviata "Sempre Libera" with amazing agility (and top notes, again) for such a big voice; a "Senza mamma" which is heartbreakingly lovely; and still--after thirty years--the benchmark "Sogno di Doretta" from Puccini's La Rondine. The occasional minus--breathiness, a hollow lower register, lack of interest and intellect, and a truly disgusting Carmen--are to be forgiven. Price never sang any of these roles onstage and may not have been suited for them--but in a way, this is what she was all about. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, September 20, 2002

By 

"andyalbert3" (COUVA, P.O.S. TRINIDAD, W.I.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Opera Scenes (Audio CD)

leontyne price is to me the greatest diva of all time

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, September 20, 2002

By 

"andyalbert3" (COUVA, P.O.S. TRINIDAD, W.I.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Opera Scenes (Audio CD)

leontyne price is to me the greatest diva of all time