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1. The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartEMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A ... More
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3. Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles
performed by Ernest Blanc (vocals), Jacques Mars (vocals), Janine Micheau (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Choeur du Theatre National de L'opera-Comique (choir, chorus), Orchestre du Théàtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
composed by Georges Bizet, Unspecified -
4. Bizet: Les Pêcheurs des perles; Ivan IV
performed by Ernest Blanc (baritone), Henri Legay (tenor), J. Michaeu (soprano), Jacques Mars (bass), Janine Micheau (soprano), Louis Noguera (bass), Michel Roux (baritone), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Pierre Savignol (baritone)
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6. 50 Best Opera Classics
performed by Alain Vanzo (tenor), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anita Soldh (soprano), Anja Silja (soprano), Bavarian State Opera Orchestra (accordion), Beverly Sills (soprano), Boris Christoff (bass), Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Hector Berlioz, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Umberto Giordano -
8. Moonlight Classics (2011)
performed by Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Bruno Campanella (piano), Christian Zacharias (piano), Delphine Haidan (mezzo-soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Giovanni Scaramuzzino (mandolin), Lucia Popp (soprano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Natalie Dessay (soprano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Georges Bizet, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Max Bruch, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky -
9. Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila (2004)
performed by Ernest Blanc (vocals), Henk Driessen (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Oralia Dominguez (vocals), Peter van der Bilt (vocals), Netherlands Radio Choir (choir, chorus), Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
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10. Bellini: I Puritani (2010)
performed by David Ward (bass), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Giuseppe Modesti (tenor), Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Kentish (tenor), Monica Sinclair (contralto), Nicola Filacuridi (tenor), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (choir, chorus), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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12. Duets From Famous Operas (1968)
performed by Antonietta Stella (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Evelyn Lear (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Gabriella Tucci (soprano), Graziella Sciutti (soprano), Jussi Björling (tenor)
composed by Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Modest Mussorgsky, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
13. Bizet: Carmen (1987)
performed by Bernard Plantey (baritone), Denise Monteil (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Janine Micheau (soprano), Jean-Christophe Benoit (vocals), Marcelle Croisier (soprano), Michel Hamel (tenor), Monique Linval (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
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14. Charpentier: Louise (2011)
performed by Anna Marsilio (soprano), Anne Ryers (soprano), Anne-Marie Dur (soprano), Brigitte Giard (soprano), Christian Jean (tenor), Christiane Lemaître (contralto), Dany Robat (soprano), Eduard Zormar (baritone), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano)
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15. Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (2003)
performed by André Mallabrera (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), George London (vocals), Gianna D'Angelo (vocals), Jacques Pruvost (vocals), Jean-Christophe Benoit (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Nicola Ghiuselev (vocals)
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16. Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani
performed by David Ward (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), Giuseppe Modesti (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), John Kentish (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Nicola Filacuridi (vocals), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (choir, chorus), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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17. Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila (2004)
performed by Aad De Rijk (vocals), Bert Vant'Hoff (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), Henk Driessen (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Oralia Dominguez (vocals), Peter van der Bilt (vocals), Netherlands Radio Choir (choir, chorus), Netherlands Radio Orchestra
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns -
18. The Hit Men: The Greatest Voices of Our Time (2010)
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
composed by Agustín Lara, Amilcare Ponchielli, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Ernesto Tagliaferri, Francesco Cilèa, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Denza, Nicholas Brodszky -
19. Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila
performed by Anton Diakov (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), Jacques Pottier (vocals), Jean-Pierre Huteau (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Remy Corazza (vocals), Rita Gorr (vocals), René Duclos Choir (choir, chorus), Paris National Opera Orchestra
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20. Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles; Ivan IV (Highlights)
performed by Ernest Blanc (vocals), Henri Legay (vocals), Jacques Mars (vocals), Janine Micheau (vocals), Louis Noguera (vocals), Michel Roux (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Pierre Savignol (vocals)
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23. Wagner: Lohengrin (1994)
performed by Anne-Marie Ludwig (vocals), Astrid Varnay (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Egmont Koch (vocals), Elisabeth Witzmann (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gotthard Kronstein (vocals)
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24. The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever (1996)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Danielle Millet (vocals), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Jane Berbié (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Francesco Cilea, Friedrich von Flotow, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner

