Opera 2009

Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon, etc.

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera, ranging from the newest arrivals on the operatic scene as well as many present day superstars to iconic legends. This is an unmissable collection of the best in opera that will have a wide appeal. Present day superstars include Sarah Brightman, Natalie Dessay, Angela Gheorghiu, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Barbara Hendricks, Teresa Berganza, Lesley Garrett, Dame Felicity Lott, Deborah Voigt, Placido Domingo, Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna, José Carreras, Ian Bostridge and Bryn Terfel Rising new artists are represented by Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Kate Royal, Elina Garanča, Vivica Genaux, Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Violetta Urmana, Liping Zhang, David Daniels, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri and Jonathan Lemalu. The programme also contains tracks by some of the world’s greatest singers of the past such as Maria Callas, Birgit Nilsson, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Franco Corelli and Hans Hotter. All the most popular operatic composers are represented, from the Baroque masters such as Vivaldi and Handel through Gluck and Mozart to Donizetti,Verdi and Puccini as well as French favourites Berlioz, Gounod, Massenet and Offenbach, and of course Germany’s great Richard Wagner. More recent composers include Cilea, Korngold, Stravinsky and Gershwin.

Price: $19.98