The Classic 100 Opera, Volume 1

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ABC Classic FM compilation.

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1Les Pêcheurs de perles: « Au fond du temple saint »
baritone vocals:
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone)
tenor vocals:
David Hobson (tenor, composer)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
Thomas Woods (conductor)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles: “Au fond du temple saint” (for brass band)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
arranger:
Geoff Richards (British composer, arranger and adjudicator)
arrangement of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
Georges Bizet5:43
2Nabucco: “Va, pensiero”
choir vocals:
Opera Australia Chorus
orchestra:
Orchestra Victoria
conductor:
Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor)
live recording of:
Nabucco: Atto III. “Va, pensiero” (Coro) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
arrangement of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Giuseppe Verdi4:53
3Lakmé: « Sous le dôme épais »
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Heather Begg (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Glenys Fowles (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes5:14
4Così fan tutte: “Soave sia il vento”
baritone vocals:
David Brennan (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Fiona Janes (mezzo-soprano)
spoken vocals:
Amanda Thane (soprano)
orchestra:
Opera Australia Orchestra
conductor:
Carlo Rizzi (conductor)
recording of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Così fan tutte: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:38
5Dido and Aeneas: “Thy hand, Belinda”
recording engineer:
Virginia Read (engineer/editor/producer) (on 2005-12-16)
producer:
Virginia Read (engineer/editor/producer)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Fiona Campbell (Australian mezzo-soprano) (on 2005-12-16)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes (on 2005-12-16)
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor) (on 2005-12-16)
recorded at:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre (ABC Studio 200) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (on 2005-12-16)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 36. Recitative “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido) (on 2005-12-16)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell4:56
6Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì”
soprano vocals:
Cheryl Barker (soprano)
orchestra:
Opera Australia Orchestra
conductor:
Patrick Summers
live recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (Madame Butterfly: Act II, also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:26
7Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
soprano vocals:
Marilyn Richardson (soprano)
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. "Kurwenal! Hör'! Ein zweites Schiff"
Richard Wagner6:23
8Rigoletto: “Un dì, si ben rammentomi”
baritone vocals:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. N°12 Quartetto. "Un dì, se ben rammentomi" (Duca, Gilda, Maddalena, Rigoletto)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi5:31
9Orfeo ed Euridice: “Che faro senza Euridice”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Lauris Elms
orchestra:
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Geoffrey Arnold (conductor)
recording of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III. Aria “Che farò senza Euridice?” (Orfeo)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
part of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Atto III (Italian version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck3:53
10Der Rosenkavalier: “Marie Theres’… Ist ein Traum”
baritone vocals:
Otto Wiener (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Régine Crespin (soprano) and Helen Donath (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I. "Marie Theres'!" - "Octavian!"
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I
Richard Strauss12:45
11Rusalka: Song to the Moon
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
recording of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka) (Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: Act 1. "Song to the Moon", Song to the Moon)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1900-04-21 until 1900-11-27)
part of:
Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání
Antonín Dvořák6:21
12Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
choir vocals:
The John Alldis Choir
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
part of:
Turandot: Atto III (Turandot: Act III)
Giacomo Puccini2:59
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photography:Jayme Thornton
liner notes:John Crawford (program manager, ABC Classic FM) (in 2006-03)
miscellaneous support:John Crawford (program manager, ABC Classic FM) (task: program manager (ABC Classic FM))
Kate Dundas (task: head national networks (ABC Classic FM))
Joseph Hocking (marketing) (task: marketing manager (ABC Classic FM))
Natalie Shea (alto / producer) (task: editorial & production manager)
executive producer:Lyle Chan (executive producer at ABC Classics and ABC Jazz)
Robert Patterson (producer)
design:Matt Larkin (designer) (task: cover design concept)
distributed by:Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC for short, national public broadcaster, for copyrights/licensing use only) (in 2006)
artwork:Imagecorp Pty Ltd (graphic design agency) (task: booklet artwork)