Opera's Greatest Moments

Robert Merrill (Performer), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Performer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Fernando Previtali (Conductor), Giuseppe Patanè (Conductor), Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor), Renato Cellini (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), Seiji Ozawa (Conductor), Pinchas Steinberg (Conductor), Nello Santi (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Merrill, Dmitri Hvorostovsky
• Conductor: Fernando Previtali, Giuseppe Patanč, Erich Leinsdorf, Renato Cellini, Georg Solti, et al.
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, et al.
• Audio CD (November 10, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FDD
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. La Traviata: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)

2. Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

3. Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

4. Les Pecheurs Des Perles - Au fond du temple saint

5. La Boheme: Mi chiamano Mimi

6. Pique Dame: Yeletsky's Aria (Act ll, Scene1)

7. La Wally - Ebben? Ne andro lontana

8. L'elisir D'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima

9. Die Walkure: Du bist der Lenz

10. La Forza Del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio

11. Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

12. Le Nozze Di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti

13. Rigoletto: La donna e' mobile

14. Madama Butterfly: Un bel di

15. Die Zauberflote: Ach, ich fuhl's

16. Aida: Se quel guerrrier io fossi; Celeste Aida

17. Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

18. Turandot: Nessun dorma

Customer Reviews

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better compilations available, September 26, 2003

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This review is from: Opera's Greatest Moments (Audio CD)

I recently began collecting compilations of great opera performances as raw material for custom CD's. After listening to this CD side-by-side with others, I ended up using not a single selection from it. Three double CD's that, in my opinion, have much more to offer, in both quantity and quality, are (1) Decca's The #1 Opera Album, (2) EMI's The Opera Album, and (3) Warner Brothers' Simply The Best Night At The Opera. If I could have only one, it would be the Decca product, but each has it's own strengths, unlike the RCA disc. The caveat here is that taste in music is a highly personal matter.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of opera gems on one CD, April 7, 2001

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Opera's Greatest Moments (Audio CD)

I have to agree that these are some of opera's greatest moments in the later part of the 20th century. The Pearl Fishers Duet (Au Fond du Temple Saint) sung by Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill is a big favorite of mine. Monserrat Caballe sings La Boheme here, and I couldn't believe my ears; maybe the best version of this I've ever listened to.

I like these assortments of opera arias for the variety, for having all my favorites on one CD, and for the great performances you can find sometimes, like Caballe's here.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My desert island CD pick, January 9, 2003

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yarnz "yarnz" (oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opera's Greatest Moments (Audio CD)

I could -- and sometimes do -- listen to Nessum Dora over and over. I have never felt music so passionately as I do the selections on this CD. It is truly the best of the best: the best "songs" from the best operas being sung by the best singers at their very best. I challenge anyone who doesn't like opera or ever music to listen to this CD. You will fall deeply in love.