Opera goes to the Movies

Robert Merrill (Performer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Edward Downes (Conductor), Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor), Eugene Ormandy (Conductor), James Levine (Conductor), Fritz Reiner (Conductor), Giuseppe Patanè (Conductor), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Conductor), Nello Santi (Conductor), Pinchas Steinberg (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Merrill, New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Conductor: Edward Downes, Erich Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy, James Levine, Fritz Reiner, et al.
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, et al.
• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003F60
• 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: #181,181 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Opera C.D. for the Opera Illiterate!, April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Opera goes to the Movies (Audio CD)

If you only buy ONE opera C.D., this is it!!! A compillation of famous highlights from operas we all know we've heard before (but might not know where to find them again). Some of my favorites: #3Puccini's Turandot-"Nessun Dorma", #4 Delibes: Lakme-Viens Malika...Dome Epais, #5 Puccini's La Boheme-Quando M'en vo. All treasures.

Of course, there are a few selections that break the otherwise romantic, thought-provoking and quiet-whistful mood the rest of the C.D. creates: all selections that are symphony-only, such as #8 Wagner" Die Walkure - the thunder-crashing sound of the ride of the Valkyries, ever famous but disruptive.

In spite of the few objections, this is a C.D. well-worth having! (Everyone who's heard my copy buys one for themselves) Makes a GREAT gift, too.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great compilation, January 9, 2006

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This review is from: Opera goes to the Movies (Audio CD)

As the other reviewer noted, I bought my copy of this after hearing someone else's and I had to have one of my own. A great gift, too. We gave this to people for Christmas one year with a couple of DVDs of the films (Prizzi's Honor among them). Highly recommended.