| Description |
4 audio discs : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Performer |
Various orchestras and conductors ; selections sung in Italian, German, French, & English by various soloists and choruses. |
| Contents |
The Valkyrie: Ride of the valkyries / Wagner -- Pagliacci : Vesti la giubba / Leoncavallo -- Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo / Mascagni -- The Barber of Seville: Overture / Rossini -- Highlights from Carmen / Bizet -- Prince Igor: Polovstian dances 8 and 17 / Borodin -- La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio / Verdi -- The marriage of Figaro: Overture / Mozart -- The tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle / Offenbach -- Il trovatore: Gypsy chorus / Verdi -- The Trojans: Royal hunt and storm / Berlioz -- Gianni schicchi: O mio babbino caro / Puccini. |
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Light cavalry: Overture / Suppé -- Rigoletto: Questo a quella / Verdi -- Madame Butterfly: Un bel dí / Puccini -- La Bohème: Che gelida manina / Puccini -- Le Belle Hélène: Overture / Offenbach -- Martha: Ach, so fromm / Flotow -- The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Overture and Prelude / Wagner -- Tosca: Visi d'arte / Puccini -- Highlights from Aida / Verdi -- Háry János: The Viennese musical clock / Kodaly -- Die Fledermaus: Overture / Strauss, Jr. -- Highlights from H.M.S. Pinafore / Gilbert & Sullivan. |
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Rigoletto: La donna e mobile / Verdi -- Lohengrin: Prelude / Wagner -- Don Pasquale: Servants' chorus / Donizetti -- Samson & Delilah: Mon coer s'ouvre á ta voix / Saint-Saens -- The gypsy baron: Waltz / Strauss, Jr. -- Highlights from The Mikado / Gilbert & Sullivan -- Fidelio: Overture / Beethoven -- Eugene Onegin: Waltz / Tchaikovsky -- Pagliacci: Peasants' chorus / Leoncavallo -- The Jolly robbers: Overture / Suppé -- La Traviata: E strano e strano / Verdi -- Beautiful Galathea: Overture / Suppé. |
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Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture / Glinka -- Lohengrin: Bridal chorus / Wagner -- William Tell: Overture / Rossini -- Highlights from Pirates of Penzance / Gilbert & Sullivan -- Porgy and Bess: Summertime / Gershwin -- The bartered bride: Overture / Smetana -- The Barber of Seville: Contro un cor / Rossini -- Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture / Offenbach. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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| Standard No. |
1509512132 |
| Music No. |
CH 1213 Classical Heritage/Intersound |
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