Opera Arias

Puccini (Composer), Anton Coppola (Conductor), Orch Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Orchestra), Angela Gheorghiu (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu
• Orchestra: Orch Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Anton Coppola
• Composer: Puccini
• Audio CD (January 15, 2008)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B000IMVNEC
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,075 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. "Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Act II - Un bel di vedremo"

2. "Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Act III - Tu, tu piccolo Iddio"

3. Puccini: Edgar - Act III - Addio, addio mio dolce amor!"

4. Puccini: Edgar - Act III - Nel villagio d'Edgar"

5. Puccini: La Rondine - Act I - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta?"

6. Puccini: La Boheme - Act I - Mi chiamano Mimi"

7. Puccini: La Boheme - Act II - Quando m'en vo"

8. Puccini: La Boheme - Act III - Donde lieta usci"

9. Puccini: La Fanciulla - Act I - Laggiu nel Soledad"

10. "Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Act II - In quelle trine morbide"

11. "Puccini: Manon Lescaut - Act IV - Sola, perduta, abbandonata"

12. "Puccini: Suor Angelica - Senza mamma"

13. "Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro"

14. "Puccini: Le Villi - Act I - Se come voi piccina"

15. "Puccini: Turandot - Act I - Signore, ascolta!"

16. "Puccini: Turandot - Act III - Tu che di gel sei cinta"

17. "Puccini: Turandot - Act II - In questa reggia"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gheorghiu Sings Puccini beautifully, March 10, 2008

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G. Hopkins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

This is a LOT of Puccini, but there is no better voice so well suited to this composer. Gheorghiu has a magnificent technique, which she makes work for her; however, the CD includes arias she would unlikely ever perform on stage, such as Turandot's arias as well as Liu's. She also has fun with both Mimi's and Musetta's arias from "Boheme". In this case, she can easily handle both roles. So much Puccini in one listening becomes less interesting than her CD's with multiple composers.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great singing, appalling conducting, November 28, 2008

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Robert Petersen (Durban, South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

New releases by Angela Gheorghiu always arouse comment. This Puccini arias/scenes disc has beautiful singing from Gheorghiu, however, I find a sameness in her singing, whether she be singing an aria from Butterfly or Turandot. She colours her voice well and finds the right sense of melancholy for many of these tender heroines. I am upset that a better conductor was not sourced to compliment Gheorghiu on this recital disc. Coppola's tempi plod through each one of these masterpieces and I feel that with more freedom, the singing would have reached a higher plane