Pavarotti's Favourite Tenors

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Presented with Opera Now Magazine, January 1990 issue.

Annotation last modified on 2012-10-21 10:15 UTC.

Tracklist

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1L'Africaine: O paradiso
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
recording of:
L’africana: Atto IV. “Mi batte il cor” … “O Paradiso”
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
translated version of:
L'Africaine: Acte IV. "Pays merveilleux" ... "Ô Paradis"
Enrico Caruso3:37
2Cavalleria rusticana: Addio alla madre
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Mamma, quel vino è generoso, è certo” (Turiddu, Lucia, Donne) (Addio alla madre)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1890)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Beniamino Gigli3:57
3Fedora: Amor ti vieta
tenor vocals:
Giovanni Martinelli (tenor)
recording of:
Fedora: Atto II. “Amor ti vieta” (Loris, Borov, Fedora, Olga)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (in 1898)
librettist:
Arturo Colautti
part of:
Fedora: Atto II
Giovanni Martinelli3:16
4Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
tenor vocals:
Aureliano Pertile (tenor)
recording of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “Oh! fede negar potessi” / “Quando le sere al placido” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “L'intrigo”
Aureliano Pertile3:46
5I puritani: A te o cara
tenor vocals:
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (tenor)
recording of:
I Puritani: Atto I, scena 3. N°7 “A te, o cara, amor talora” (Arturo, Giorgio, Walton, Elvira, Coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Carlo Pepoli (Italian librettist, 19th c.)
part of:
I puritani: Atto I
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi3:39
6L'Arlesiana: Lamento di Federico
tenor vocals:
Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor)
recording of:
L’Arlesiana: Atto II. “È la solita storia del pastore” (Lamento di Federico)
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer) (in 1897)
librettist:
Leopoldo Marenco (librettist)
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano
part of:
L’Arlesiana: Atto II
Ferruccio Tagliavini4:31
7Turandot: Nessun dorma
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
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)
Jussi Björling3:25
8Mignon: Ah! non credevi tu
tenor vocals:
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)
recording of:
Mignon: Atto III. "Ah! Non credevi tu!"
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
translated version of:
Mignon: Acte III, no. 14. Romance "Elle ne croyait pas" (Wilhelm)
Giuseppe Di Stefano4:16
9La forza del destino: O tu che in seno agl'angeli
tenor vocals:
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto III, scena 1. “O tu che in seno agli angeli” (Alvaro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto III
Carlo Bergonzi6:05
10Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
tenor vocals:
Franco Corelli (tenor)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I (Pagliacci: Act I)
Franco Corelli3:54
11Benvenuto Cellini : Sur les monts les plus sauvages
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
recording of:
Benvenuto Cellini : Acte II. Quatrième tableau : No. 23. Récit et air « Seul pour lutter » … « Sur les monts les plus sauvages » (Cellini)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
librettist:
Henri Auguste Barbier and Léon de Wailly (librettist)
part of:
Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 : Acte II
part of:
Benvenuto Cellini, op. 23 : Acte II
Nicolai Gedda4:08
12Andrea Chénier: Improvviso
tenor vocals:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I. “Colpito qui m’avete” … “Un dì all’azzurro spazio” (Improvviso) (Chénier)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (until 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I
Mario del Monaco5:01
13Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
tenor vocals:
John McCormack (tenor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 21 Aria “Il mio tesoro intanto” (Don Ottavio)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
John McCormack4:09