The Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need ! [Enhanced]

Robert Merrill (Performer), Mario Sereni (Performer), William Warfield (Performer), Alan Titus (Performer), Christian Boesch (Performer), Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Lawrence Tibbett (Performer), Samuel Barber (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Arrigo Boito (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Leo Delibes (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Umberto Giordano (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Merrill, Mario Sereni, William Warfield, Alan Titus, Christian Boesch, et al.
• Composer: Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Leonard Bernstein, Georges Bizet, et al.
• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003GA0
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,411 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Antony & Cleopatra: 'Give Me My Robe' - Leontyne Price

2. Fidelio: 'In des Lebens Fruhlingstagen...' - Ben Heppner

3. Fidelio: Act II Quartet: 'Ach, du bist gerettet...' - Deborah Voigt

4. Norma: 'Casta Diva' - Rosa Ponselle

5. Candide: 'Glitter And Be Gay' - Harolyn Blackwell

6. Candide: 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Jerry Hadley

7. Carmen: Flower Song - Placido Domingo

8. Carmen: Habanera - Rise Stevens

9. Carmen: Toreador Song - Robert Merrill

10. Les pecheurs de perles: Duet: 'Oui, c'est elle, c'est la deesse...' - Robert Merrill

11. Mefistofele: 'Ecco il mondo' - Samuel Ramey

12. La Wally: 'Eben, ne andro lontana' - ONLY OPERA CD YOU'LL EVER NEED

13. Lakme: Bell Song - Lily Pons

14. L'Elisir d'Amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' - Tito Schipa

15. Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Chi mi frena in tal momento...' - Carlo Bergonzi

16. Lucia di Lammermoor: 'Spargi d'amaro pianto' - Anna Moffo

17. Martha: 'M'appari tutto amor' - Jussi Bjoerling

18. Porgy & Bess: 'Summertime' - Leontyne Price

19. Porgy & Bess: 'Bess, You Is My Woman' - William Warfield

20. Andrea Chenier: 'Come un bel di di maggio' - Ben Heppner

See all 98 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sad...., March 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need ! (Audio CD)

Sad.... Something of a waste of time (the listeners' that is). The CD requires a link to the Internet; this alone disqualifies it as anything that could be useful for even the tyro Opera listener. The selections afforded the listener are too brief, and the included "bio's" of Opera Singers/Composers are not extensive enough to have value. I rated this CD at 1 star simply because a zero or negative value was not available. The idea behind this CD was excellent, the execution was not.

69 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worthless!, July 23, 2001

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Craig W. Spitzberg "Lazy Fare" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need ! (Audio CD)

The clips are so short, they could use them as audio clues on Jeopardy. I threw it away; didn't want it taking up space on my shelf.

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why bother?, June 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need ! (Audio CD)

If one is buying this to play on a CD audio system, this is a mis-leading and very disappointing compilation of "excerpts" from famous operas by famous artists.

To most classical music lovers, an "excerpt" is a fully-set piece from within a larger work. In orchestral music, usually a full movement; in opera, usually an aria, duet, chorus, etc.

This collection features literally seconds from many operas, randomly starting and stopping with no thought to context or musical phrases. One doesn't even get a taste for the work or the singers in the length of time alotted for each snippet. The most interesting thing about the whole package is the cover.

However, this might make a good gag gift for people who hate opera.