Listeners searching for an affordable collection of the best-loved operatic arias, duets, and ensemble pieces would do well to consider this disc. Golden Opera gathers together some of the finest performances in London's catalog and provides a generous sampling of greatest hits. Of the arias, Bizet's Habanera, from Carmen, Catalani's "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana," from La Wally, and Verdi's "La donna è mobile" are indispensable, and are given vivid performances by Marilyn Horne, Renata Tebaldi, and Luciano Pavarotti, ...
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Listeners searching for an affordable collection of the best-loved operatic arias, duets, and ensemble pieces would do well to consider this disc. Golden Opera gathers together some of the finest performances in London's catalog and provides a generous sampling of greatest hits. Of the arias, Bizet's Habanera, from Carmen, Catalani's "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana," from La Wally, and Verdi's "La donna è mobile" are indispensable, and are given vivid performances by Marilyn Horne, Renata Tebaldi, and Luciano Pavarotti, respectively. Among the duets, the ubiquitous "Flower Duet" from Lakmé by Delibes is here, sensuously sung by Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbié; and Offenbach's sumptuous Barcarolle from Les contes d'Hoffmann is beautifully performed by Sutherland and Huguette Tourangeau. A few ensemble numbers are included for good measure, and the best of them are Mozart's "Soave sia il vento" from Così fan tutte and Verdi's convivial "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" from La Traviata. Sutherland and Pavarotti were...
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