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1.The #1 Opera Album by: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Georges Bizet, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Gioachino Rossini, Alfredo Catalani, Jacques Offenbach, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Bonynge, Herbert von Karajan, Alberto Erede, Lamberto Gardelli, Giuseppe Patane, John Mauceri, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, Gyorgy Fischer, Riccardo Chailly, Istvan Kertesz, Leone Magiera, Evelino Pido, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, Jussi Bjorling, Renata Tebaldi February 27, 2001
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I heard this CD on a PBS pledge drive (it was a premium) and found myself loving every cut on it! I was in my car and just wanted to keep on driving and listening. This is by far my most-played CD - I've had to make it a weekend only listen to prevent getting burned out on it. HIGHLY recommend it. Even if you are unfamiliar with some of the pieces, you will quickly learn to love them. . . . I must end this review - I'm off to listen to the "flower duet" for the 100th time. . .

2.Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra by: Georges Bizet, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Choeurs René Duclos, Robert Massard, Jane Berbié, Andrea Guiot, Claude Cales August 19, 1997
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I was looking for this play quite long ago, and finally I found it right at Amazon.

3.Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments from: Deutsche Grammophon October 08, 2002
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I have more experience with other genres of music, but am interested in basically all kinds. I have been collecting CDs for nearly 2 decades but had no Opera in my collection. I did a little research and arrived at a conclusion. If I wanted the most and best Opera music for my money, I had to get this title, which is a double album, and "The Most Famous Opera Duets". Well, the latter was a steal with a list price under four dollars, and the former was a truly good compilation of many uplifting, diverse, impactful, and pleasant pieces. I am satisfied with my purchases and have filled the gap in my music collection. I can't see Opera getting better than this and the other title I mentioned. Enjoy!

4.The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! from: Angel Records July 27, 1999
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I'm not opera literate, so I was looking for some kind of introduction that had some familiar arias and that would connect me to others that I had not heard. I liked that the notes with the cd indicated where a new listener may have heard some of the music (in a commercial, during an important scene in a movie, etc). This was the source of a lot of 'Ah ha!' moments. It even inspired me to rent a dvd of a live version of Turandot and to put others on my Netflix queue. I owe my newly aroused curiosity about opera, believe it or not, to Il Divo. I had to know what these guys sing when they're not reinterpreting pop songs. I'm glad I started this journey and this cd was a good start.

5.Carmen / Troyanos, Domingo, van Dam, Te Kanawa; Sir Georg Solti by: Georges Bizet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, Sir Georg Solti, José van Dam, Kiri Te Kanawa, Norma Burrowes, Jane Berbié, John Alldis Choir October 25, 1990
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First of all, History: Carmen is not a grand opera. The belief in the opposite is one of the most artistically catastrophic malapropisms in the history of Western music. Georges Bizet, the greatest French composer of his day (in the world of Charles Gounod and Jacques Offenbach), is remembered today as a tiger of a conductor, an unbending an inflexible stalwart of musical realism, anti-establishment, and verismo (that red-blooded dramatic art perfected in part by Puccini and Mascagni). He composed Carmen in the tradition of the opéra-comique, an operatic sphere dating back to Mozartian comedy a la Le Nozze di Figaro, with musical sections accompanied by spoken recitatives or dialogues. The Homeric tale of opera's creation, premiere, and juvenile existence is ... Read More

6.Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Popp, von Stade, Ramey, T. Allen, Moll, London Phil., Solti by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Kiri Te Kanawa, Samuel Ramey, Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Allen, Lucia Popp, Kurt Moll, Yvonne Kenny, London Opera Chorus March 12, 1984
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This is just the third opera I've owned and I LOVE it. Seriously, it is beautiful. I listen to it at the YMCA while walking on the treadmill - and the time flies by. I even manage to follow the libretto during slower moments. Even if you're a newbie like me, buy this opera.

7.Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea by: Gaetano Donizetti, Jonel Perlea, Montserrat Caballé, Alain Vanzo, Kostas Paskalis, Jane Berbié, Arnold Voketaitis, L.D. Clements, Adib Fazah, Mauro Lampi, Vern Shinall, Jerold Siena, William Wiederanders August 17, 1999
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And that is Caballe five years later at her La Scala debut! I'm not complaining, I loved this Carnegie Hall performance and I'm sure it brings back sweet memories to people who attended it but I find Caballe sounds a bit too girlish. She is stunning but I felt this Lucrezia needs to mature a bit and that she did. This is already evident in her studio recording just a year later where she is the perfect, patrician Lucrezia. On the other hand I really liked the urgency and spontaneity of this evening. I can also hear a slight anxiety and she even takes an additional breath in "m'odi ah m'odi", which is rather unusual for her but it's all because she's transforming from a talented young soprano into a legend. She doesn't show off her top notes as she did at La Scala but is nevertheless exciting. ... Read More

8.The Greatest Opera Show on Earth from: Polygram Records September 16, 1997
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I just bought my second copy of this excellent CD because I literally wore the first one out. No matter how I feel before I play this music, I feel joy whenever I listen to it. Highly recommended to beginners and the more experienced opera listeners as well.

9.Delibes: Lakmé / Bonynge, Opéra de Monte-Carlo by: Léo Delibes, Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Gabriel Bacquier, Alain Vanzo, Jane Berbié, Emile Belcourt, Gwenyth Annear, Claud Calès, Josephte Clément, Monica Sinclair October 23, 1989
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I'm having a real difficulty in formulating an objective opinion about this recording. This is mainly due to the fact that I dislike the opera. "Lakme" is French exoticism dating from the 1880s. Its obvious model is Bizet's "Les Pecheurs de perles," French exoticism from a generation earlier. The emulation includes dramatic structure. Both operas have a big duet toward the front, the Flower Duet in "Lakme" and "Au fond du temple saint," the big tenor-baritone duet in "The Pearl Fishers." After a longish interval, both have a flashy, showpiece aria, the Bell Song for Lakmé, Delibes' soprano, and "Je crois entendre encore" for Nadir, Bizet's tenor. In both operas, these are the only parts that are widely known. As a music drama, a complete work of art, "The Pearl Fishers" is successful. ... Read More

10.La Stupenda ~ The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland by: Gaetano Donizetti, Jules Massenet, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland October 09, 2001
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She wasn't called La Stupenda by the Italians for nothing. Now retired, a truly great voice. I don't think I shall hear anything like her again. Worth every penny. Magnificent recording.

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