Aria: A Passion for Opera

By: Tito Gobbi, Georges Bizet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini, Gustave Charpentier, Leo Delibes, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Prêtre, Lovro von Matacic, Charles Mackerras, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Riccardo Muti, Leone Magiera, Julius Rudel, Alceo Galliera, Franco Ferraris and Alain Lombard

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If you've ever heard an opera excerpt in a film or TV commercial and wondered from whence it came, this compilation will probably provide your answer. The disk is an extensive superstar sampling of opera's greatest arias, featuring beloved stars from 1958-1987. Newbies will delight in hearing the young Freni's developing, but not yet perfected, artistry; Corelli's soaring tenor emoting in "Vesti la guibba" and "Nessun Dorma"; and Callas being Callas in "Habanera" and "Casta Diva." Megatalents Caballé, Gobbi, Di Stefano, and Domingo round out the mix. It even includes the Lakme duet and the chorus from Nabucco, in case arias aren't enough. An enjoyable variety. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

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