Legendary Voices

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1La sonnambula: "Ah! non giunge"
soprano vocals:
Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano)
recording of:
La sonnambula: Atto II, scena 2. “Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero” (Amina, tutti)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
La sonnambula: Atto II
Vincenzo Bellini3:08
2Lo schiavo: "Qui fortuna inistenza... Quando nascesti tu"
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
recording of:
Lo schiavo: Atto II. "L'importuna insistenza"
composer:
Antônio Carlos Gomes (composer)
part of:
Lo schiavo: Atto II
Antônio Carlos Gomes4:16
3Tosca: "Vissi d'arte"
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano) (in 1919)
conductor:
Romano Romani
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) (in 1919)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:18
4Mademoiselle Modiste: "Kiss Me Again"
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
conductor:
Romano Romani
recording of:
Mlle. Modiste: Act I. "Kiss Me Again" (Fifi)
lyricist:
Henry Blossom
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
part of:
Mlle. Modiste
Victor Herbert4:11
5Mignon: "Elle ne croyait pas"
tenor vocals:
Tito Schipa (tenor)
recording of:
Mignon: Acte III, no. 14. Romance "Elle ne croyait pas" (Wilhelm)
composer:
Ambroise Thomas (opera composer)
part of:
Mignon : Acte III. La galerie d'un palais en Italie
Ambroise Thomas4:26
6Rigoletto: "Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata"
baritone vocals:
Giuseppe De Luca (Italian operatic baritone)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Grace Anthony
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Giulio Setti (conductor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto II. "Povero Rigoletto!" (Marullo, Rigoletto, Coro, Borsa, Ceprano, Paggio)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto II
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto II. Aria "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" (Rigoletto)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi8:21
7Aida: “Ritorna vincitor”
soprano vocals:
Eva Turner (soprano)
conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Scena: “Ritorna vincitor!” – “E l’amor mio …” – “I sacri nomi di padre, d’amante” (Aida)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi6:38
8Cavalleria rusticana: "Addio all madre"
tenor vocals:
Alfred Piccaver
conductor:
Manfred Gurlitt (German composer and conductor)
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
Pietro Mascagni3:21
9Ernani: "Infelice! e tu credevi"
bass vocals:
Ezio Pinza (operatic bass) (on 1929-05-07)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1929-05-07)
recorded at:
Liederkranz Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-07)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 6b) Cavatina “Infelice!… e tuo credevi” (Silva) (on 1929-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
Giuseppe Verdi3:20
10Die Zauberflöte: "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"
bass vocals:
Alexander Kipnis (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Berlin
conductor:
Erich Orthmann
recording of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 15 Arie „In diesen heil’gen Hallen” (Sarastro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
librettist:
Emanuel Schikaneder
part of:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Akt II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:33
11Erlkönig
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist) (on 1936-11-20)
bass vocals:
Alexander Kipnis (operatic bass) (on 1936-11-20)
recording of:
Erlkönig, D. 328 (on 1936-11-20)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (in 1782)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1815)
publisher:
Cappi & Diabelli (in 1821)
premiered at:
Theater am Kärntnertor in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1821-03-07)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 328)
is based on:
Erlkönig (Goethe’s poem)
Franz Schubert4:04
12Die Lotosblume
soprano vocals:
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
orchestra:
Odeon Kammer Orchestra
recording of:
Myrthen, op. 25: Nr. 7. Die Lotosblume
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1840)
part of:
Myrthen, op. 25
Robert Schumann2:19
13Die Walküre: "Du bist der Lenz"
soprano vocals:
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Bruno Walter (conductor)
partial recording of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B
composer and librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
premiered at:
Nationaltheater München in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (on 1870-06-26)
part of:
Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis (number: 86b)
part of:
Der Ring des Nibelungen, WWV 86
Richard Wagner2:04
14Tristan und Isolde: "Liebestod"
soprano vocals:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
conductor:
Hans Lange (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 Wagner7:48
15La Gioconda: "Cielo e mar"
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. “Cielo e mar!” (Enzo)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto II. Il rosario
Amilcare Ponchielli4:23
16Der Bettelstudent: "Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei"
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Der Bettelstudent: Akt III. Couplet Symon: „Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei“
composer:
Carl Millöcker (composer)
part of:
Der Bettelstudent
Karl Millöcker1:51
17L'Arlesiana: "Come due tizzi accesi"
baritone vocals:
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
orchestra:
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Orchestra of La Scala, Milan)
conductor:
Umberto Berrettoni (conductor)
recording of:
L’arlesiana
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer)
librettist:
Leopoldo Marenco (librettist)
premiered at:
Teatro Lirico in Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1897-11-27)
Francesco Cilea4:09
18Eugen Onegin: "Wohin, wohin bist du entschwunden"
tenor vocals:
Fritz Wunderlich (operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavarian State Orchestra, orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
conductor:
Meinhard Von Zallinger
partial recording of:
Eugen Onegin, 2. Akt, 2. Bild: Nr. 17: Einleitung Szene und Arie des Lenski. „Nun Lenski, wo bleibt euer Gegner“ (Eugene Onegin, Act II, Tableau 2: No. 17. Introduction Scene and Lensky's Aria. "Now Lensky, where is your adversary?")
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Eugen Onegin: Akt II
Пётр Ильич Чайковский6:35