ABOUT THIS DVD To mark Puccini’s 150th anniversary, a new compilation of the best-loved Puccini arias and ensembles sung by a host of the greatest opera stars. Click here for more...
ABOUT THIS DVD To mark Puccini’s 150th anniversary, a new compilation of the best-loved Puccini arias and ensembles sung by a host of the greatest opera stars.
Top artist line-up includes Pavarotti, Domingo and Te Kanawa, with the legendary Herbert von Karajan conducting many of the performances.
A compilation of great Puccini arias and ensembles taken from various performances. The tracklist remains similar to the Puccini Gala VHS/LD but now comes with two exciting bonuses – the end of Act I of La Bohème, sung by Kiri Te Kanawa and Dennis O’Neill, and Bryn Terfel as Scarpia singing an extract from Act II of Tosca.
Artists
Luciano Pavarotti
Plácido Domingo
Mirella Freni
Christa Ludwig
Bryn Terfel
Kiri Te Kanawa
Sherrill Milnes
Herbert von Karajan
Zubin Mehta
TRACKLISTING
La Boheme: ‘Che gelida manina’ (Pavarotti) / ‘Quando m’en vo’ (Adriana Martino) / ‘O soave fanciulla’ (Freni, Raimondi) / ‘O Mimì, tu più non torni’ (Raimondi, Panerai) / ‘Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì’ (Freni)
Gianni Schicchi: ‘O mio babbino caro’ (Focile)
Tosca: ‘Tre sbirri…Te Deum’ (Milnes, Ferrara) / ‘Vissi d’arte’ (Kabaivanska) / ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (Domingo) / ‘Recondita armonia’ (Domingo)
Madame Butterfly: ‘Un bel dì vedremo’ (Freni) / ‘Una nave da Guerra…Scuoti quella fronda’ (Freni, Ludwig) / ‘Vogliatemi bene’ (Freni, Domingo) / ‘Amore o grillo’ (Domingo, Kerns) / ‘Con onor muore’ (Freni)