Roberta Peters Sings Operatic Arias

Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Alfred Newman (Conductor), Renato Cellini (Conductor), 20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), RCA Victor Orchestra (Orchestra), Roberta Peters (Performer), Jan Peerce (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Roberta Peters, Jan Peerce
• Orchestra: 20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra, RCA Victor Orchestra
• Conductor: Alfred Newman, Renato Cellini
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Charles Gounod, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi
• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flare UK
• ASIN: B000TJ71EK
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,878 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Faust, opera: Act 3. Jewel Song

2. Faust, opera: Act 5. Love Duet

3. Faust, opera: Act 5. Trio and Finale

4. La Traviata, opera: Act 1. Sempre libera

5. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Love Duet

6. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 1. Regnava nel silencio

7. I Puritani, opera: Act 1. Son vergin vezzosa

8. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Recitative. O rendetemi la speme; Qui la voce sua soave (Mad Scene)

9. I Puritani, opera: Act 2. Vien diletto

10. La sonnambula, opera: Act 3. Recitative. L'anello mio; Ah! Non credea mirarti

11. La sonnambula, opera: Act 3. Ah! Non giunge

12. Linda di Chamounix, opera: Act 1. O luce di quest' anima

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old, but Gorgeous, August 27, 2009

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Sheila A. Noonan (Dallas) - See all my reviews
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Although the quality is not everything you could want, this album was recorded in the 50's. It's never going to be up to today's standards. I was thrilled, however, to be able to get a CD of Roberta Peters. She is, in my opinion, the greatest of the coloratura sopranos.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Robert Peters Sings Operatic Arias, July 17, 2009

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Robert W. Meyers (East Wenatchee, Wa) - See all my reviews
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Roberta Peters Sings Operatic Arias

Roberta Peters may not be the best coloratura soprano of all time, but she's way ahead of whoever's in 2nd place! I like this collection also because it has some ensembles: not all solos by her alone.

On the negative side, whoever recorded these didn't know how to operate the volume control, resulting in some distortion on the latter selections.

This is easily fixed, however, with good software.

Too bad she didn't record more; and especially more videos. Her only video opera I know of is a dress rehearsal of LElisirdAmore, with CarloBergonzi, in which she was coming down with age (1989?).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime, November 5, 2010

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Anyone who doubts that Roberta Peters was one of the great coloraturas of the 20th century should listen to this cd.