The Classic 100 Opera: The Top 10 & Selected Highlights (2014)

Track Listing

1. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the temple)
2. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: Fly, my thoughts, on golden wings)
3. Lakmé, opera: Viens, Mallika... Sous le döme épais (Flower Duet: Come, Mallika... Beneath the dome heavy with jas
4. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento (Gentle be the breeze)
5. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)

1. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the temple)
2. Nabucco (Nabucodonosor), opera: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: Fly, my thoughts, on golden wings)
3. Lakmé, opera: Viens, Mallika... Sous le döme épais (Flower Duet: Come, Mallika... Beneath the dome heavy with jas
4. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento (Gentle be the breeze)
5. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
6. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel dì (One fine day)
7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Liebestod: Mild und leise (Love-Death: How gently, how softly)
8. Rigoletto, opera: Un dì, si ben rammentomi... Bella figlia dell'amore (Act 3 Quartet: One day, if I remember rightly.
9. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice (What shall I do without Eurydice)
10. Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op. 59 (TrV 227): Marie Theres'... Hab' mir's gelobt... Ist ein Traum / Spür nicht dich (Act 3 Trio and Finale: Marie
11. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114): Mesícku na nebi hlubokém (Song to the Moon: O moon, high up in the deep sky)
12. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma (No-one shall sleep)
13. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: The Humming Chorus
14. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro (Daddy dearest)
15. Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a rebellious bird) - Habanera
16. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Well then? I shall go far away)
17. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti (And Susanna's not here yet!... Where are the beauti
18. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me weep)
19. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Beglückt darf nun dich, O Heimat, ich schauen (Pilgrims' Chorus: Blessed, I may now look on my nati
20. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima (One furtive tear)
21. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Porgi, Amor (O love, grant me some comfort)
22. Fidelio, opera, Op. 72: O welche Lust (Prisoners' Chorus: Oh, what joy)
23. Porgy and Bess, opera: Summertime
24. La Traviata, opera: Dite alla giovine (Tell that young girl)
25. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Vilia Song
26. Carmen, opera: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador's Song: A toast to you in return)
27. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, opera, HWV 17: Va tacito e nascosto (The cunning hunter moves silently stealthily)
28. Salome, opera, Op. 54 (TrV 215): Ach, ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan (Ah, I kissed your mouth, Jokanaan)
29. Jocelyn, opera, Op. 100: Cachés dans cet asile... Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore - Bereuse (Conceled in this place of refuge...
30. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: O wie will ich triumphieren! (Oh, what a victory I shall have!)