The Ultimate Highlights from the Opera

E. Schutz (Performer), Nicolae Herlea (Performer), Jan Durco (Performer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Carl Maria von Weber (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Camille Saint-Saens (Composer), Bedrich Smetana (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Jacques Offenbach (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Hanspeter Gmur (Conductor), Marko Munih (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: E. Schutz, Nicolae Herlea, Jan Durco
• Conductor: Hanspeter Gmur, Marko Munih
• Composer: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Carl Maria von Weber, Gaetano Donizetti, Camille Saint-Saens, et al.
• Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
• ASIN: B00005K2AW
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #813,345 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Turandot, opera: Nessun Dorma

2. Rigoletto, opera: La donna e mobile

3. Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Huntmen's Chorus

4. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagima

5. La bohème, opera: O' soave fanciulla

6. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

7. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100: Entry Chorus

8. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo

9. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete che cosa e amor

10. Rigoletto, opera: Addio - Caro nome

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Disc: 2

1. Il Trovatore, opera: Vedi! Le fosche notturne 'Anvil chorus'

2. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro Puccini

3. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (Largo)

4. Faust, opera: Soldiers' Chorus

5. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarole

6. La bohème, opera: Che gelida manina

7. La bohème, opera: Si, mi chiamono Mimi

8. La Traviata, opera: Libiamo ne' lieti calici 'Brindisi'

9. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Wo in Bergen du dich bist

10. La forza del destino, opera: Overture

See all 16 tracks on this disc

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2.0 out of 5 stars Amateur Hour, August 28, 2007

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"The Ultimate Highlights of the Opera," sounds more like Amateur Hour. They're Balkan singers, primarily, from the Ljubljana, Slovenia area, and they're almost all second rate. These are brand new productions, stereo and modern; the wave of the future, since classical albums can no longer be produced economically "in the west," except for certain superstars - of which these are definitely not. Among the included bombs, they slipped one old monophonic recording of Aureliano Pertile singing "Una furtive lagrima." What a pleasure to hear a real opera singer among all these "others." Except for the Pertile piece, I won't add any of these to my library. I will simply place the disk on a shelf somewhere and play it from time to time, to remind me of what record buyers are in for from now on.