 | The #1 Opera Album [Read More ...]
Description: The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera... |
 | The Most Famous Opera Arias [Read More ...]
Review: Sorry but who sings the songs is as important as the songs:The conductor and the singers can make a beautiful song the opera that everyone jeers and hates. To have a Russian singer doing o mio babbino caro is just plain silly...give the woman a break and play something from Russ... |
 | Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces (2 CD Set) [Read More ...]
Review: OKAY, TAKE ME AWAY.:I don't know opera.
Last summer we had an incredible 20th anniversary trip to Italy. As a side trip from Venice, we planned a night in Verona. Neither my wife or I had been to an opera.
Is this how its supposed to be...
...an incredible star filled night w... |
 | Puccini and Pasta: A Romantic Italian Feast for Your Ears [Read More ...]
Review: Carerras and ladies are fabulous:Your listing for this CD leaves Jose Carerras off the performer list. These recordings were made when all these people were young, unsullied lyric artists, and are sensitive, powerful and masterful-as good as it gets. This CD is for anyone who lov... |
 | Movie Adagios [Read More ...]
Good Peaceful Music:It is good driving music, it is a breath of fresh air in a hectic world. |
 | The Greatest Opera Show on Earth [Read More ...]
Description: This really is a remarkable collection, and anyone even remotely interested in opera is bound to be vastly entertained by it. Almost everything and everyone is here, albeit in small doses: Tebaldi, Pavarotti (a lot), Bjoerling, Bartoli, Sutherland, Solti, Karajan, Troyanos, Gheor... |
 | Puccini - The Great Opera Collection [Read More ...]
Description: Celebrating the composer's 150th Anniversary in 2008, this is a 15-CD definitive collection of his most popular operas in classic performances! Decca's recordings of Puccini's operas rank among the very finest ever committed to disc. This legacy was started in 1951 when Renata Te... |
 | 100 Best Opera Classics [Read More ...]
Review: fantastic introduction to opera:this really is an amazing set. rarely are compilation sets filled with such consistently good music as well as offering the breadth and diversity found here. also, this is THE introduction to opera, as far as i'm concerned. if you don't enjoy opera... |
 | The Only Choral CD You'll Ever Need [Read More ...]
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 | Amor--Opera's Great Love Songs [Read More ...]
Review: Amor--Opera;s Great Love Songs:I absolutely love opera music, and this c.d. is great for the most part. However, I am completely shocked that Maria Callas is nowhere to be found! In my opinion Callas' versions of Vissi D'arte, Vissi D'amore, L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle, Oh! MI ... |
 | The Very Best of Montserrat Caballé [Read More ...]
Review: Early Caballe, covering the range of her opera roles:Leaving the hype aside, EMI would have been more accurate to entitle this 2-CD ssurvey "Opera Arias by the Young Caballe." In the whole generous 151 min. there are only 6 songs to represent her extensive recital repertoire, and... |
 | Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits [Read More ...]
Review: Excellent collections of arias:OperaD'Oro has issued a number of artistically excellent performances, however the technical quality is sometimes not up to today's standards. These (this CD is the first in a series of which there are currently 4 CDs) collections of excerts are of... |
 | Verdi: Nabucco [Read More ...]
Description: Nabucco (the real name is Nabucodonosor, but no opera lover ever uses it) was Verdi's first big international success and got him back on the track composing operas after a series of family tragedies had made him decide to stop. It has one of his all-time hits, the great chorus "... |
 | The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda [Read More ...]
Review: Simply a great artist!:No doubt the most versatile tenor between Caruso and Domingo. 359 Met performances, in five different languages, with perfect diction in each.
This versatility clearly represented on this recording, not only in languages, but also in musicality. The pensi... |
 | A Portrait of Pavarotti [Read More ...]
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 | Super Estrellas de la Opera - Super Stars of Opera (2 CDs) [Read More ...]
Review: Fantastic, A +, gold star:Wow. In the last year I have transformed into an opera Maniac with the help of the cd. It's got all the greats - Pavarotti, Fleming, more Pavarotti - as well as the other greats - Puccini, Mozart, Verdi - compiled to produce the single most inclusive 2... |
 | Verdi: La Battaglia di Legnano [Read More ...]
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 | Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Opera for Everyone [Read More ...]
Description: This collection is chock full of some of opera's juiciest moments, sung by some of opera's greatest voices. Many are familiar whether you know their names: The elegant Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, the lazy, hazy soprano-mezzo "flower" duet from Lakme, the boastful "La d... |
 | Verdi: Attila [Read More ...]
Review: A studio version of "Attila" that has yet to be surpassed:SOURCE: Studio recording made in September 1972 at Wembley Town Hall, London.
SOUND: Good 1970s analogue stereo which maintains an excellent balance between the singers and the orchestra. The subsequent digital remasteri... |
 | Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice ~ 40 Tracks from the Legendary Tenor [Read More ...]
Review: Wow!:Wow! What a voice! This 2 CD set features 40 of Carlo Bergonzi's works. It represents a remarkable portrait of his body of work. The "liner notes" observe that he had a reputation "as a singer of rare refinement, exemplary style, and impeccable taste. . . ."
Some exam... |
