Opera Arias - Donizetti / Bellini / Verdi / Puccini / Mozart

Donizetti (Composer), Bellini (Composer), Verdi (Composer), Puccini (Composer), Mozart (Composer), Ileana Cotrubas (Performer), Kiri Te Kanawa (Performer), Renata Scotto (Performer), Placido Domingo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Ileana Cotrubas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo
• Composer: Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Mozart
• Audio CD (August 19, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000027B9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #9 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Scotto, Renata
  • #34 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Te Kanawa, Kiri
  • #41 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Featured Performers, A-Z > Q to T

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic..., October 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Opera Arias - Donizetti / Bellini / Verdi / Puccini / Mozart (Audio CD)

I cannot believe this CD is being sold at bargain price. It has some beautiful recordings. I love Domingo's Una Furtiva Lagrima even better than Pavarotti's on the London Label. Domingo has a better conductor, Sir John Pritchard. Te Kanawa is awesome, but the orchestra is too distant in that Maazel recording of Don Giovanni. Scotto's Casta Diva is great with a more balanced recorded sound, even if Joan Sutherland reaches higher notes. Cortubas and Wixell are, of course, great artists too. The whole CD is a steal. It would have been nice to have had a little more Mozart on this CD, but you can only fit so much on one disc. Sony has some real gems in their collection which too often gets overlooked because they don't have the glamour of Deutsche Grammophon or Philips. Buy this CD...don't hesitate.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente seleción de arias románticas y clásicas, March 20, 2011

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Manuel Carranza C "Hamelin" (Lima, PERU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opera Arias - Donizetti / Bellini / Verdi / Puccini / Mozart (Audio CD)

En esta selección de famosas arias de opera podemos apreciar las magníficas interpretaciones de una gala de grandísimos cantantes de fama mundial como las sopranos Renata Scotto, Ileana Cotrubas y Kiri Te Kanawa y al excelente Plácido Domingo. En esta seleción de arias de ópera de Puccini, Donizatti, Bellini, Verdi y Mozart podemos apreciar sus hermosas interpretaciones y sus bellísimas voces. Sin embargo es extraño escuchar a Pácido Domingo interpretar "Una Furtiva Lagrima" siendo esta aria para tenor ligero teniendo como interpretación referencial la del gran tenor peruano Luis Alva. Maravillosa interpretación de Scotto de "Un Bel di, Vedremo". Muy hermosa las voces de Ileana Cotrubas y Kiri Te Kanawa, diáfanas y cristalinas, y sobre todo muy histriónica la versión de Domingo y del barítono Wixell en "Venti Scudi" de Donizetti.
Es un verdadero placer apreciar esta música maravillosa. Altamente recomendable.