Classic 100 Opera

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Over 9 hours of music on 8 CDs, this definitive set contains Australia's favourite opera masterpieces. Australians were asked to vote for their favourite opera moment, with the result of ABC Classic FM Classic 100 Opera survey broadcast to the world over three days starting on Wednesday 29 March.

The final countdown occurred live in the Sydney Opera House Concert culminating with the live performance of the Top 5 opera moments. The previous CD sets 'The Classic 100' and 'The Classic 100 Piano' were best-sellers, with 'The Classic 100 Opera' destined for even bigger things.

As with the previous survey, The Classic 100 Opera is a unique reflection of local conditions, history and interests. The results have both confirmed what we have always regarded as famous and beloved works and introduced new pieces that have touched people today through films, advertising and compact discs and the sheer joy of listening to them.

Track Listing

The Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the temple) David Hobson tenor, Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods conductor
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Opera Australia Chorus, Orchestra Victoria, Carlo Felice Cillario conductor LIVE RECORDING
Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet) Glenys Fowles soprano, Heather Begg mezzo-soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento (Act I trio) Amanda Thane soprano, Fiona Janes mezzo-soprano, David Brennan baritone, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi conductor
Dido and Aeneas:Thy hand, Belinda…When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of the Antipodes , Antony Walker conductor
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì (One fine day) Cheryl Barker soprano, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Patrick Summers conductor LIVE RECORDING
Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod Marilyn Richardson soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert conductor
Rigoletto: Un dì, si ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell'amore (Act III quartet) Joan Sutherland soprano, Huguette Tourangeau mezzo-soprano, Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Sherrill Milnes baritone, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres'...Ist ein Traum...Spür nur dich (Act III trio and finale) Régine Crespin, Helen Donath sopranos, Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano, Otto Wiener baritone, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Rusalka: Song to the Moon Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
Turandot: Nessun dorma Luciano Pavarotti tenor, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta conductor
Norma: Casta diva Joan Sutherland soprano, Clifford Grant bass, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
La bohème: O soave fanciulla Cheryl Barker soprano, David Hobson tenor, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Julian Smith conductor LIVE RECORDING
La bohème: Che gelida manina David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
Madama Butterfly:Vogliatemi bene (Act I love duet) Cheryl Barker soprano, Jay Hunter Morris tenor, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Patrick Summers conductor LIVE RECORDING
Lucia di Lammermoor: Eccola!...Il dolce suono...S'avanza Enrico! (Act III Mad Scene) Scena: Joan Sutherland soprano (Lucia), Robin Donald tenor (Normanno), Malcolm Donnelly baritone (Enrico), Clifford Grant bass (Raimondo), The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
The Magic Flute: Der Hölle Rache (Queen of the Night aria) Cyndia Sieden soprano, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director LIVE RECORDING
Madama Butterfly:The Humming Chorus Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
Faust: Alerte! Alerte! Anges purs Joan Sutherland soprano, Franco Corelli tenor, Nicolai Ghiaurov bass, The Ambrosian, Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle Franco Corelli tenor, Orchestra of the Academy of St Cecilia , Rome , Lorin Maazel conductor
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham conductor
Fidelio: Mir ist so wunderbar (Act I quartet) Sona Ghazarian, Hildegard Behrens sopranos, David Kuebler tenor, Hans Sotin bass, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Act II: The statue comes to dinner) Scena: Mario Luperi bass (The Statue), Bryn Terfel bass (Don Giovanni),Michele Pertusi bass (Leporello), London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Samson and Delilah: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
Aida: Gloria all'Egitto...Triumphal March Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan , Lorin Maazel conductor
The Marriage of Figaro: Pace, pace…Gente, gente, all'armi (Act IV finale) Scena: Erich Kunz baritone (Figaro), Irmgard Seefried soprano (Susanna), George London baritone (Count), Marjan Rus bass (Bartolo), Wilhelm Felden bass (Antonio), Erich Majkut tenor (Don Basilio), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano (Countess), Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
La Wally: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
Lucia di Lammermoor: Chi mi frena (Act II sextet) Joan Sutherland soprano, Patricia Price mezzo-soprano, Richard Greager, Sergei Baigildin tenors, Malcolm Donnelly baritone, Clifford Grant bass, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
Tosca:Vissi d'arte Rita Hunter soprano, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor
Tosca:Tre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum (Act I) Angelo Mercuriali tenor, Tito Gobbi baritone, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan , Victor de Sabata conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Marriage of Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti Isobel Buchanan soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Der Rosenkavalier: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Presentation of the Rose) Barbara Bonney soprano, Susan Graham mezzo-soprano, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano Isobel Buchanan soprano, John Pringle baritone, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn Julia Varady soprano, London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzani conductor
Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga Yvonne Kenny soprano, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director
The Magic Flute: Pa-pa-pa-Papagena Isobel Buchanan soprano, John Pringle baritone, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Die Walküre: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell) John Wegner baritone, Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall conductor
Pagliacci: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (On with the play) Jussi Björling tenor, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Tannhäuser: Beglückt darf nun dich, O Heimat, ich schauen (Pilgrims' Chorus) Helga Dernesch soprano, Victor Braun baritone, Vienna State Opera Chorus,Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Hansel and Gretel: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayer) Dream Pantomime Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Elisabeth Grümmer mezzo-soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Beatrice di Tenda: Angiol di pace Richard Conrad tenor, Joan Sutherland soprano, Marilyn Horne mezzo-soprano, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Die tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb ( Marietta 's Song) Joan Hammond soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Pearl Fishers: Je crois entendre encore (Act I romance) David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
Xerxes: Ombra mai fù Andreas Scholl countertenor, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington conductor
La traviata: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici ( Brindisi ) Joan Sutherland soprano, Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
Madama Butterfly:Tu, tu piccolo Iddio (Death of Butterfly) Renata Tebaldi soprano, Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Marriage of Figaro:Voi che sapete Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Pritchard conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Coronation of Poppea: Pur ti miro Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor
Thaïs: Meditation Barbara Jane Gilby violin, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor
Zaide: Ruhe sanft Shu-Cheen Yu soprano, The Queensland Orchestra, Brett Kelly conductor
La bohème: Sono andati? (Death of Mimì) Cheryl Barker soprano, David Hobson tenor, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Julian Smith conductor LIVE RECORDING
Eugene Onegin: Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde (Letter Scene) Marilyn Richardson soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
The Elixir of Love: Una furtiva lagrima David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
The Marriage of Figaro: Porgi, Amor Rita Hunter soprano, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor
The Tales of Hoffmann: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle) Joan Sutherland soprano, Marilyn Horne mezzo-soprano, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
Fidelio: O welche Lust (Prisoners' chorus) Robert Johnson tenor, Philip Kraus baritone, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti conductor
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg : Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigemSchein (Walther's Prize Song) James King tenor, Vienna Opera Orchestra, Dietfried Bernet conductor
The Magic Flute: O Isis und Osiris Conal Coad bass, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor
Porgy and Bess: Summertime Leontyne Price soprano, unnamed orchestra
The Daughter of the Regiment: Ah! Mes amis...Pour mon âme Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Eric Garrett bass, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge conductor
Die Walküre: Ho-jo-to-ho (The Ride of the Valkyries) Vera Schlosser, Berit Lindholm, Helga Dernesch sopranos, Brigitte Fassbaender, Helen Watts, Vera Little, Marilyn Tyler, Claudia Hellmann mezzo-sopranos, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (Flower Song) Placido Domingo tenor, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor
La bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta (Musetta's Waltz) Shu-Cheen Yu soprano, The Queensland Orchestra, Brett Kelly conductor
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music (Act III) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
La traviata: Madamigella Valéry? Pura siccome un angelo Dite alla giovine (Act II Scene 1) Cheryl Barker soprano, Peter Coleman-Wright baritone, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Martin André conductor
The Merry Widow:Vilia Song Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta Renata Tebaldi soprano, Members of the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Nino Sanzogno conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Lakmé: Par les dieux inspirée...Où va la jeune Indoue ( Bell Song) Joan Sutherland soprano, Clifford Grant bass, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
Götterdämmerung: Immolation of Brünnhilde Birgit Nilsson soprano, Gottlob Frick bass, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Aida: O terra, addio (Act IV final duet) Renata Tebaldi soprano, Mario del Monaco tenor, Ebe Stignani mezzo-soprano, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Eugene Onegin: Kuda vy udalilis (Lensky's aria) Stuart Burrows tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Carmen:Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song) Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Alison Morgan soprano, Jenny Duck-Chong, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-sopranos, Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor
La traviata: Prelude Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall conductor
Otello: Già nella notte densa (Love duet) Herva Nelli soprano, Ramón Vinaytenor, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Julius Caesar:Va tacito e nascosto Graham Pushee countertenor, Dominic Harvey Baroque horn, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director
The Magic Flute: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn Cristina Deutekom soprano, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
Salome: Ah, ich habe deinen Mund geküßt, Jochanaan (Final scene) Cheryl Studer soprano, Horst Hiestermann tenor, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli conductor
Don Giovanni: Madamina! Il catalogo e questo (Catalogue Aria) Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor
I puritani: A te, o cara Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Joan Sutherland soprano, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Giancarlo Luccardi basses, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Divall conductor
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall conductor
The Trojans: Nuit d'ivresse (Act IV love duet) Josephine Veasey mezzo-soprano, Jon Vickers tenor, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , Sir Colin Davis conductor
The Marriage of Figaro: Sull'aria (Letter Duet) Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sopranos, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Jocelyn: Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore (Berceuse) David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade) Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor
Madama Butterfly: Quanto cielo! quanto mar!...Ancora un passo or via (Act I: Entrance of Butterfly) Renata Tebaldi soprano, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Barber of Seville : Largo al factotum José Carbó baritone, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Inglis conductor LIVE RECORDING
La traviata: Parigi, o cara (Final duet) Joan Sutherland soprano, Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor LIVE RECORDING
The Magic Flute: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Anton Dermota tenor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
The Marriage of Figaro: Esci, omai, garzon malnato (Act II finale) Scena: George London baritone (Count), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano (Countess), Irmgard Seefried soprano (Susanna), Erich Kunz bass (Figaro), Wilhelm Felden bass (Antonio), Elisabeth Höngen soprano (Marcellina), Marjan Rus bass (Bartolo), Erich Majkut tenor (Don Basilio), Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Otello: Piangea cantando ( Willow Song)...Ave Maria Joan Carden soprano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eric Clapham conductor
The Force of Destiny: La Vergine degli angeli (Act II hymn) Zinka Milanov soprano, The Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini conductor HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh (Nuns' Chorus) Kiri Te Kanawa soprano, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel conductor
The Abduction from the Seraglio: O wie will ich triumphieren (Osmin's Aria) Conal Coad bass, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor
The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's Aria) Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor
Parsifal: Prelude Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
The Bohemian Girl: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor