MARVELLOUS MEZZO-SOPRANO AND CONTRALTO - Best Loved Opera Arias

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 23, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 23, 2021
    • UPC
      747313818976
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578189
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Carmen, Act I: Seguidilla: Près des remparts de Séville (Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Marjana Lipovšek

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act II Scene 2: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor (Cherubino)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

      Performer: Michelle Breedt

      Conductor: Michael Halász

    3. La cenerentola (Cinderella), Act II Scene 3: Non più mesta… (Cenerentola)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi

    4. Macbeth, Act II: La luce langue (Lady Macbeth)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

    5. Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice), Act III Scene 1: Che farò senza Euridice? (Orfeo)

      Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Marjana Lipovšek

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    6. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (Isabella)

      Composer: Barbara Monk Feldman

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi

    7. Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah), Op. 47, Act II: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Dalila)

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Marjana Lipovšek

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    8. Lucrezia Borgia, Act II: Il segreto per esser felici (Orsini)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Bergamo Musica Festival Chorus, Bergamo Musica Festival Orchestra

      Performer: Nidia Palacios

      Conductor: Tiziano Severini

    9. Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), Act I Scene 2: Una voce poco fa (Rosina)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Sonia Ganassi

      Conductor: Will Humburg

    10. Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando), RV Anh. 84, Act II Scene 8: Nel profondo cieco mondo (Orlando)

      Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

      Ensemble: I Barocchisti

      Performer: Sonia Prina

      Conductor: Diego Fasolis

    11. The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), Op. 68, Act I Scene 2: Podrugi milïe (Polina)

      Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Ensemble: Bayerisches Staatsorchester

      Performer: Lyudmila Shemchuk

      Conductor: Algis Zhuraitis

    12. La favorita (The Favourite), Act III: O mio Fernando (Léonor de Guzman)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Agnes Baltsa

      Conductor: Heinz Wallberg

    13. Aida, Act IV: L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia (Amneris)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

      Performer: Barbara Dever

      Conductor: Ricco Saccani

    14. La clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621, Act I Scene 9: Parto, ma tu ben mio (Sesto)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic

      Performer: Tatiana Troyanos

      Conductor: James Levine

    15. Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Frondi tenere… Ombra mai fu… (Xerxes)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Marjana Lipovšek

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè

    16. Semiramide, Act I: Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento (Arsace)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Podleś

      Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi

    17. Siegfried, Act III Scene 1: Mein Schlaf ist Träumen (Erda)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Deborah Humble, Matthias Goerne

      Conductor: Jaap van Zweden

    18. Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball), Act I Scene 2: Re dell'abisso affrettati (Ulrica)

      Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

      Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

      Performer: Lyudmila Shemchuk

      Conductor: Claudio Abbado

    19. Carmen, Act I: Habañera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Marjana Lipovšek

      Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè


For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago.