V.A. - Great Voices Of The Opera (10CD Box Set, 2000)

CD 1: Maria Callas (1923-1977), soprano

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Norma
1. Casta Diva … Ah! Bello a me ritorna [9:05]
recorded in 1949
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): I Puritani
2. Ah, rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce [4:41]
3. Vien diletto, è in ciel la luna [2:29]
recorded 1949
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tristan und Isolde
4. Mild und leise (Liebestod) (sung in Italian) [7:42]
recorded in 1949
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Parsifal
5. Ich sah das Kind (sung in Italian) [4:51]
6. Grausamer! Fühlst du im Herzen (sung in Italian) [10:47]
recorded in 1950
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Nabucco
7. Donna chi sei [3:39]
8. Oh, di qual onta aggravasi [3:41]
9. Ah, qual son! [3:15]
recorded in 1949
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Il Trovatore
10. Tacea la notte placida [3:50]
11. Di tale amor [1:45]
recorded in 1950

CD 2: Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981), soprano

Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
1. Goodbye [4:08]
recorded in 1918
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
2. Vissi d’arte [3:15]
recorded in 1919
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Madame Butterfly
3. Un bel di vedremo [4:34]
recorded in 1919
Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida
4. O terra addio (with Charless Hackett (tenor)) [4:16]
recorded in 1920
Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): La Forza del Destino
5. Pace, pace mio Dio [4:26]
recorded in 1920
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908): Sadko
6. Song of India [4:08]
recorded in 1920
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
7. Elégie [3:54]
recorded in 1926
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
8. Ave Maria [4:45]
recorded in 1926
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835): Norma
9. Sediziose voci…Casta Diva
recorded in 1928
Gasparo Spontini (1774-1851): La Vestale
10. O nume tutelar [3:34]
recorded in 1926
Giusepe Verdi (1813-1901): Otello
11. Ave Maria [4:27]
recorded in 1924
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
12. The Nightingale and the Rose [3:49]
recorded in 1939

CD 3: Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), soprano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Fidelio
1. Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin [7:36]
recorded in 1941
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Oberon
2. Ozean, du Ungeheuer [8:17]
recorded in 1937
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
3. Ah! Perfido [13:12]
recorded in 1937
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Lohengrin
4. Einsam in trüben Tagen [4:56]
recorded in 1935
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tannhäuser
5. Allmächt’ge Jungfrau [7:24]
recorded in 1935
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
6. Im Kahne [3:19]
7. Ich liebe dich [3:21]
8. Ein Traum [2:46]
recorded in 1936
Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
9. Songs my mother taught me [2:48]
recorded in 1936

CD 4: Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), soprano

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1. O Sachs, mein Freund [2:26]
recorded in 1921
2. Gut’n Abend Meister! … Doch starb eure Frau [8:52]
recorded in 1916
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tannhäuser
3. Dich teure Halle [3:43]
recorded in 1916
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): Eugen Onegin
4. Letter scene [3:36]
recorded in 1917
Otto Nicolai (1810-1849): Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
5. Nun eilt herbei … Ha, ha, er wird mir glauben [6:50]
recorded in 1919
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Der Freischütz
6. Wie nahte mir der Schlummer … Leise, fromme Weise [8:41]
recorded in 1916/1917
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Oberon
7. Ozean, du Ungeheuer [7:59]
recorded in 1919
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Lohengrin
8. Einsam in trüben Tagen [3:32]
9. Euch Lüften, die mein klagen [3:37]
recorded in 1914
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896): Mignon
10. Elle est là, près de lui (sung in German) [3:59]
11. Connais-tu le pays (sung in German) [3:41]
recorded in 1917
Charles Gounod (1818-1893): Faust
12. Il était un roi de Thule (sung in German) [3:58]
13. Il m’aime (sung in German) [2:29]
recorded in 1916

CD 5: Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), tenor

Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Manon
1. Il Sogno [2:41]
recorded in 1904
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945): Cavalleria rusticana
2. Viva il vino [2:34]
recorded in 1905
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): La Forza del Destino
3. Solenne in ques’ ora (with Antonio Scotti) [4:24]
recorded in 1906
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): La Bohème
4. Che gelida manina [4:11]
recorded in 1906
5. O soave fanciulla [3:27]
recorded in 1907
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919): I Pagliacci
6. Recitar…Vesti la giubba [3:16]
recorded in 1907
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1881-1950): L’ Africana
7. Mi batti il cor…O Paradiso [3:42]
recorded in 1908
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Rigoletto
8. Questa o quella [2:07]
9. La donna è mobile [2:23]
10. Bella figlia dell’ amore (with Marcella Sembrich, Antonio Scotti, Gina Severina) [4:05]
recorded in 1908
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): La Bohème
11. Addio dolce svegliare (with Geraldine Farrar, Antonio Scotti, Gina Viafrora) [3:40]
recorded in 1908
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): Don Sebastiano
12. Deserto in terra sol [4:25]
recorded in 1908
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
13. Recondita armonia [2:31]
14. E lucevan le stelle [3:05]
recorded in 1909
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): La Forza del Destino
15. Della natal sua terra [4:13]
recorded 1909
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1881-1950): Les Huguenots
16. Bianca al par [4:10]
recorded 1909
Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Carmen
17. La fleur que tu m’ avais jetée [3:51]
recorded in 1909
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida
18. La fatal patria…O terra addio (with Johana Gadski) [8:28]
recorded 1909

CD 6: Giuseppe di Stefano (1921-2008), tenor

Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Les pêcheurs de perles
1. Mi par d’ udire ancora [4:07]
2. Del tempo al limitar [5:02]
recorded in 1944
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): La Traviata
3. De miei bollenti spiriti [3:57]
recorded in 1947
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896): Mignon
4. Addio, Mignon, fa`core [3:14]
5. Ah! Non credevi tu! [4:23]
recorded in 1947
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Manon
6. Ah! Dispar vision [4:47]
recorded in 1947
7. O dolce incanto [3:55]
recorded in 1944
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Werther
8. Pourquoi me reveiller [2:46]
9. Élégie [2:53]
recorded in 1944
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
10. E lucevan le stelle [82:52]
recorded in 1944
Cesare Andrea Bixio (1898-1978)
11. Mamma [2:59]
12. Se vuoi goder la vita [2:56]
recorded in 1944
13. Il valzer del quatro di luna [2:51]
14. Maria Christina [3:48]
15. Vola, vola, vola [2:47]
16. Canto, ma sotto voce [3:02]
recorded in 1946
Franz Lehár (1870-1948): Paganini
17. Laissez-moi dire [2:25]
18. Bella Italia [2:04]
recorded in 1944
Traditional
19. A la Barcillunisa [2:28]
20. Cantua a Timoni [2:16]
recorded in 1947

CD 7: Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957), tenor

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945): Cavalleria Rusticana
1. Mama, quel vino è generoso [4:05]
recorded in 1919
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948): Fedora
2. Amor ti vieta [2:07]
recorded in 1919
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): La Favorita
3. Spirto gentil [4:05]
recorded in 1921
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945): Iris
4. Apri la tua finestra [2:36]
recorded in 1921
Édouard Lalo (1823-1892): Le Rois d’Ys
5. Vainement ma bien aimée [3:38]
recorded in 1922
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948): Andrea Chénier
6. Come un bel di [3:13]
recorded in 1922
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
7. Il canto del cigno [2:41]
recorded in 1923
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): L’ Elisir d’Amore
8. Quanto è bella, quanto è cara [3:06]
recorded in 1925
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848): Lucia di Lammermoor
9. Tombe degl’ avi miei…Fra poco a me ricovero [5:13]
recorded in 1927
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): La Traviata
10. Lunge da lei…De’ miei bollenti spiriti [4:27]
recorded in 1927
Amilchare Ponchielli (1834-1886): La Gioconda
11. Cielo e mar [4:50]
recorded in 1929
Jules Massenet (1842-1912): Manon
12. O dolce incanto [3:43]
recorded in 1931
Charles Gounod (1813-1893): Faust
13. Salve, dimora casta e pura [4:54]
recorded in 1931
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
14. E lucevan le stelle [3:11]
recorded in 1934
Francesco Cilèa (1866-1950): L’ Arlesiana
15. E la solita storia [4:23]
recorded in 1936

CD 8: Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), tenor

Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Rienzi
1. Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab [4:33]
recorded in 1923
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Walküre
2. Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater [5:02]
recorded in 1923
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida
3. Già i Sacerdoti adunasi (with Margarethe Arndt-Ober (soprano),(sung in German) [6:55]
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Tannhäuser
4. Inbrunst in Herzen [8:16]
recorded in 1924
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864): L’ Africana
5. O paradiso (sung in German) [3:27]
recorded in 1930
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Otello
6. Dio mi potevi scagliar (sung in German) 4:48
7. Niun me tema (sung in German) [4:55]
recorded in 1930
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Walküre
8. Dich selige Frau … Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (with Lotte Lehmann (soprano)) [4:21]
recorded in 1935
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Parsifal
9. Nur eine Waffe taugt [3:59]
recorded in 1938
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Lohengrin
10. In fernem Land [4:34]
recorded in 1939
Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
11. Am stillen Herd [3:33]
12. Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein [3:50]
recorded in 1939

CD 9: Richard Tauber (1891-1948), tenor

(ALL TRACKS SUNG IN GERMAN)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): La Traviata
1. De’ miei bollenti spiriti [3:50]
recorded in 1925
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Il Trovatore
2. Ah, si ben mio [2:53]
recorded in 1925
3. Di quella pira [2:59]
recorded in 1926
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Rigoletto
4. Questa o quella [1:48]
5. La donna è mobile [2:03]
recorded in 1927
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Madame Butterfly
6. Addio fiorito asil [3:06]
recorded in 1925
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Turandot
7. Nessun dorma [2:54]
8. Non piangere Liu [2:43]
recorded in 1926
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): Les contes d’ Hoffmann
9. Die Ballade vom Kleinzack [4:15]
10. Ha, wie in meiner Seele [2:42]
recorded in 1928
Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883): Martha
11. Ach, so fromm [2:42]
recorded in 1930
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858-1919): I Pagliacci
12. Prologo (Si, può) [5:59]
recorded in 1931
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Tosca
13. Recondita armonia [2:11]
14. E lucevan le stelle [2:27]
recorded in 1932
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Die Entführung aus dem Serail
15. Konstanze, Konstanze [4:09]
recorded in 1938
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Die Zauberflöte
16. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön [3:41]
recorded in 1938
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Don Giovanni
17. Dalla sua pace [4:02]
18. Il mio tesoro [4:02]
recorded in 1938

CD 10: Tito Gobbi (1913-1984), baritone

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Don Giovanni
1. Deh vieni alla finestra [2:06]
recorded in 1942
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Don Carlos
2. Per me giunto è il di supremo [3:42]
3. Io morrò ma lieto in core [4:08]
recorded in 1942
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919): Zazà
4. Buona Zazà del mio buon tempo [2:00]
5. Zazà, piccola zingara [2:33]
recorded in 1942
Francesco Cilea (1866-1950): L’ Arlesiana
6. Come due tizzi accesi [4:05]
recorded in 1942
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Le Nozze di Figaro
7. Non più andrai [3:39]
recorded in 1950
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Otello
8. Vanne! La tua meta … Credo in un Dio crudel [4:27]
recorded in 1950
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919): I Pagliacci
9. Si può (Prologue) [7:57]
recorded in 1948
Giacchino Rossini (1792-1868): Il Barbiere di Siviglia
10. Largo al factotum [4:51]
recorded in 1948
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): La Fanciulla del West
11. Minnie, dalla mia casa [2:42]
recorded in 1942