Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favorite Heroines

Vincenzo Bellini (Composer), Alfredo Catalani (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Amilcare Ponchielli (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Alberto Erede (Conductor), Fausto Cleva (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), Giuseppe Patanè (Conductor), Lamberto Gardelli (Conductor), Lorin Maazel (Conductor), Richard Bonynge (Conductor), Silvio Varviso (Conductor), Tullio Serafin (Conductor), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), Wiener Akademie Chor (Performer), Giulietta Simionato (Performer), Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Akademie Chor, Giulietta Simionato
• Orchestra: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra
• Conductor: Alberto Erede, Fausto Cleva, Georg Solti, Giuseppe Patanè, Lamberto Gardelli, et al.
• Composer: Vincenzo Bellini, Alfredo Catalani, Pietro Mascagni, Amilcare Ponchielli, Giacomo Puccini, et al.
• Audio CD (August 23, 1994)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000424U
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #366,964 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro

2. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Sogno di Doretta

3. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte

4. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel dì

5. La bohème, opera: Sì, Mi chiamano Mimì

6. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana

7. La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Suicidio

8. Norma, opera: Casta Diva

9. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete

10. Otello, opera: Ave Maria

11. Aida, opera: O patria mia

12. Turandot, opera: In questa reggia

13. Il Trovatore, opera: Tacea la notte

14. La Traviata, opera: Ah, fors' è lui...Sempre libera

Editorial Reviews

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This "My Favorite Heroines" CD doesn't necessarily make opera easy, as the title of the series suggests; but it does give the listener opportunities to appreciate a succession of some of the world's greatest sopranos doing their thing. Pavarotti's favorites lean toward the heavy side (that's sound, not weight), and all are from Italian opera (no surprise) and perform some of opera's greatest hits, including "Vissi d'Arte" (Nilsson), "Ebben? ... Ne Andro Lontana" (Tebaldi), "Casta Diva" (Sutherland) and "O Patria Mia" (Price). Outstanding is Freni's graceful "Un Bel Di," a recording to treasure. It's fun to compare the different talents, strengths, and weaknesses of the varous singers. --Barbara Eisner Bayer