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A TO Z OF OPERA




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A-Z of Opera is a 762-page, illustrated book, accompanied by two-and-a-half hours of opera's most glorious and moving moments on two CDs, and reflects the ever-growing Naxos catalogue of recordings, ranging from Monteverdi to the contemporary. A-Z of Opera provides a wide range of information on operas and their composers, from Handel's Rinaldo to Mozart's Die Zauberflote, and beyond. It features plot synopses, background details and cast lists for hundreds of operas including well-known standards as well as opera rarities. In addition, there is a wealth of information about all the great composers and a glossary of key musical and operatic terms.

Disc 1


    L'Orfeo (more info)
    Performed by: San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra
    Composed by: Claudio Monteverdi
    Conducted by: Sergio Vartolo

  1. Sinfonia & Ecco pur ch'a voi - 01:41


    2. Dido and Aeneas (more info)
    Composed by: Henry Purcell
    Kym Amps, soprano

  2. When I Am Laid In Earth - 03:51


    3. Rinaldo (more info)
    Performed by: Budapest Camerata
    Composed by: George Frideric Handel
    Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
    Ingrid Kertesi, soprano

  3. Lascia ch'io pianga - 03:47


    4. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (Largo) (more info)
    Performed by: Budapest Camerata
    Composed by: George Frideric Handel
    Conducted by: Laszlo Kovacs
    Ingrid Kertesi, soprano

  4. Ombra mai fu (Largo) - 02:48


    5. Orfeo ed Euridice (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner

  5. Dance Of The Blessed Spirits - 06:06


    6. Ombre larve from Alceste (more info)
    Performed by: Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra
    Composed by: Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Conducted by: Arnold Ostman
    Teresa Ringholz, soprano

  6. Ombre larve - 03:47


    7. Don Giovanni (more info)
    Performed by: Vienna Mozart Orchestra
    Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted by: Konrad Leitner
    Andrea Martin, baritone

  7. Madamina! (Catalogue Aria) - 05:42


    8. Soave sia il vento (Terzetto) from Cosi fan tutte (more info)
    Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
    Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner
    Peter Mikulas, bass
    Joanna Borowska, soprano
    Rohangiz Yachmi, mezzo-soprano

  8. Soave sia il vento - 03:11


    9. Non piu andrai from The Marriage of Figaro (more info)
    Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
    Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi
    Natale de Carolis,

  9. Non piu andrai - 03:49


    10. Die Zauberflote, K. 620 (more info)
    Performed by: Failoni Orchestra
    Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted by: Michael Halasz
    Hellen Kwon, soprano

  10. Der Holle Rache (Aria Of The Queen Of The Night) - 02:53


    11. Abscheulicher! from Fidelio (more info)
    Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Michael Halasz
    Inga Nielsen, soprano

  11. Abscheulicher! - 07:27


    12. Huntsmen's Chorus from Der Freischutz (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Carl Maria von Weber
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner

  12. Huntsmen's Chorus - 02:39


    13. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (more info)
    Performed by: Failoni Chamber Orchestra
    Composed by: Gioachino Rossini
    Conducted by: Will Humburg
    Roberto Servile, baritone

  13. Largo al factotum - 04:36


    14. Una furtiva lagrima from L'elisir d'amore (more info)
    Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
    Composed by: Gaetano Donizetti
    Conducted by: Pier Giorgio Morandi
    Vincenzo la Scola, tenor

  14. Una furtiva lagrima - 05:10


    15. Qui la voce sua soave from I Puritani (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Vincenzo Bellini
    Conducted by: Will Humburg
    Luba Orgonasova, soprano

  15. Qui la voce sua soave - 05:26


    16. La Traviata (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Yordy Ramiro, tenor
    Monika Krause, soprano

  16. Un di felice (Love Duet) - 03:06


    17. Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) from Nabucco (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted by: Oliver Dohnanyi

  17. Va pensiero (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves) - 04:41


    18. Grand March from Aida (more info)
    Performed by: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted by: Rico Saccani

  18. Grand March - 01:43


    19. Falstaff (more info)
    Performed by: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
    Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted by: Will Humburg
    Roberto Servile, baritone

  19. E sogno' O Realita - 06:08

Disc 2


    La donna e mobile from Rigoletto (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giuseppe Verdi
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Yordy Ramiro, tenor

  1. La donna e mobile - 02:15


    2. Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Richard Wagner
    Conducted by: Uwe Mund

  2. Ride Of The Valkyries - 05:24


    3. Tannhauser (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Richard Wagner
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner

  3. Begluckt darf nun dich (Pilgrims' Chorus) - 03:45


    4. Ebben, ne andro lontana from La Wally (more info)
    Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
    Composed by: Alfredo Catalani
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Miriam Gauci, soprano

  4. Ebben, ne andro lontana - 03:29


    5. Rusalka (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner
    Jana Valaskova, soprano

  5. O, Silver Moon (Song To The Moon) - 05:53


    6. Gianni Schicchi (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted by: Will Humburg
    Luba Orgonasova, soprano

  6. O mio babbino caro - 02:21


    7. La Boheme (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted by: Will Humburg
    Jonathan Welch, tenor

  7. Che gelida manina - 04:25


    8. Madama Butterfly (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Miriam Gauci, soprano

  8. Un bel di vedremo - 04:36


    9. E lucevan le stelle from Tosca (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Giorgio Lamberti, tenor

  9. E lucevan le stelle - 03:00


    10. Nessun dorma from Turandot (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Giacomo Puccini
    Conducted by: Michael Halasz
    Thomas Harper, tenor

  10. Nessun dorma - 03:02


    11. Lakme (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Leo Delibes
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner
    Denisa Slepkovska, mezzo-soprano
    Adriana Kohutkova, soprano

  11. Dome epais (Flower Duet) - 05:26


    12. Thais (more info)
    Performed by: Camerata Transsylvanica
    Composed by: Jules Massenet
    Conducted by: Gyorgy Selmeczi
    Janos Selmeczi, violin

  12. Meditation - 04:41


    13. Carmen (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Georges Bizet
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano

  13. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) - 04:52


    14. The Pearl Fishers (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Georges Bizet
    Conducted by: Johannes Wildner
    Igor Morozov, baritone
    Janez Lotric, tenor

  14. Au fond du temple siant (Duet) - 05:51


    15. Pagliacci (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari
    Nicola Martinucci, tenor

  15. Recitar!... Vesti la guibba - 03:13


    16. Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Pietro Mascagni
    Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari

  16. Intermezzo - 03:42


    17. Come un bel di di maggio from Andrea Chenier (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Umberto Giordano
    Conducted by: Michael Halasz
    Thomas Harper, tenor

  17. Come un bel idi di maggio - 02:55


    18. Roxana's aria from King Roger (more info)
    Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Karol Szymanowski
    Conducted by: Karol Stryja
    Barbara Zagorzanka, soprano

  18. Roxana's aria - 04:23


    19. Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) from Die tote Stadt (more info)
    Performed by: Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra
    Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
    Conducted by: Leif Segerstam
    Katarina Dalayman, soprano
    Thomas Sunnegardh, tenor

  19. Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) - 05:35

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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Beethoven, Ludwig van; Bellini, Vincenzo; Bizet, Georges; Catalani, Alfredo; Delibes, Leo; Donizetti, Gaetano; Dvorak, Antonin; Giordano, Umberto; Gluck, Christoph Willibald; Handel, George Frideric; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Leoncavallo, Ruggero; Mascagni, Pietro; Massenet, Jules; Monteverdi, Claudio; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Puccini, Giacomo; Purcell, Henry; Rossini, Gioachino; Szymanowski, Karol; Verdi, Giuseppe; Wagner, Richard; Weber, Carl Maria von

Conductor(s):
Dohnanyi, Oliver; Halasz, Michael; Humburg, Will; Kovacs, Laszlo; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Mund, Uwe; Ostman, Arnold; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico; Segerstam, Leif; Selmeczi, Gyorgy; Stryja, Karol; Vartolo, Sergio; Wildner, Johannes

Orchestra(s):
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Budapest Camerata; Camerata Transsylvanica; Capella Istropolitana; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Failoni Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra; San Petronio Cappella Musicale Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Mozart Orchestra

Artist(s):
Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Dalayman, Katarina; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas; Kertesi, Ingrid; Kohutkova, Adriana; Krause, Monika; Kwon, Hellen; Lamberti, Giorgio; Lotric, Janez; Martin, Andrea; Martinucci, Nicola; Mikulas, Peter; Morozov, Igor; Nielsen, Inga; Orgonasova, Luba; Ramiro, Yordy; Ringholz, Teresa; Scola, Vincenzo la; Selmeczi, Janos; Servile, Roberto; Slepkovska, Denisa; Sunnegardh, Thomas; Valaskova, Jana; Welch, Jonathan; Yachmi, Rohangiz; Zagorzanka, Barbara

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 747313503728
Item Number: 8555037-38
Release Date: Oct 1, 2000

 
 
 
 
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