Stars of English Opera in the 1930s & '40s
On this CD:
1. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera I'm the factotum
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
2. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Softly awakes my heart
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by National Symphony Orchestra
3. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts In memory I lie beneath the palms
Composed by Georges Bizet
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
with Heddle Nash
4. La favorita, opera Spirit so fair
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
with Heddle Nash
5. Rigoletto, opera Dearest name
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Halle Orchestra
with Gwen Catley
6. Rigoletto, opera We are equals
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
7. Rigoletto, opera Vile race of courtiers
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
8. Don Carlo, opera O fatal beauty
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Falstaff, opera Am I dreaming?
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
10. Esmeralda, opera O vision entrancing
Composed by Arthur Goring Thomas
Performed by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
11. Alcina, opera, HWV 34 Verdant meadows
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
12. Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera Drinking Song
Composed by Otto Nicolai
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden
13. Tosca, opera Love and music
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Halle Orchestra
14. Gianni Schicchi, opera O my beloved father
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Halle Orchestra
with Joan Hammond
15. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), opera, JB 1:100 Why should he think
Composed by Bedrich Smetana
Performed by Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
16. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588 Ah, my love
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Philharmonia
with Joan Cross
17. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 O loveliness beyond compare
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
with David Lloyd
18. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Speak for me to my lady
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
with David Lloyd
Stars of English Opera in the 1930s & '40s, Music, Georges Bizet, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Nicolai, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Camille Saint-Saens, Bedrich Smetana, Arthur Goring Thomas, Giuseppe Verdi, Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, Gwen Catley, Joan Cross, Joan Hammond, David Lloyd, Heddle Nash, Classical, Czech Romantic Opera, French Romantic Opera, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Italian 20th/21st Century Opera, Italian Baroque Opera, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Romantic Opera
Stars of English Opera in the 1930s & '40s
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