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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 few notable ... More
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2. Guiseppe Verdi: Aida (1987)
performed by Franco Ricciardi (tenor), Giorgio Tozzi (bass), Jon Vickers (tenor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Plinio Clabassi (bass), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano), Robert Merrill (baritone), Rome Opera Theater Orchestra & Chorus, Georg Solti (conductor)
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4. 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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5. Bizet: Carmen
performed by Albert Voli (vocals), Bernanrd Gontcharenko (vocals), Claude Meloni (vocals), Eliane Liblin (vocals), Grace Bumbry (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Kostas Paskalis (vocals), Michel Trempont (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Viorica Cortez (vocals)
composed by Georges BizetThe days of stressing over which opera recordings to buy are over; they aren't a big invesment anymore, and in some cases they're practically giving them away. ... More
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6. Britten: Peter Grimes (1999)
performed by Anne Pashley (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto), Forbes Robinson (bass), Heather Harper (soprano), John Dobson (tenor), John Lanigan (tenor), Jon Vickers (tenor), Jonathan Summers (baritone), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano)
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7. The #1 Tenor Album (2001)
performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), David Romano (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Joan Sutherland (vocals), Jon Vickers (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor)
composed by Agustín Lara, Amilcare Ponchielli, Cesare Andrea Bixio, Charles Gounod, E.A. Mario, Eduardo di Capua, Eldo di Lazzaro, Enrico Cannio, Ernesto de Curtis, Francesco Antonio Costa, Francesco Cilea, Franz Lehár, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti -
10. The Most Relaxing Opera Album in the World...Ever! (2005)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach -
11. Legendary Performances of Caballé [Box Set] (2007)
performed by Adib Fazah (vocals), Agostino Ferrin (vocals), Alain Vanzo (vocals), Antonio Leval (vocals), Arnold Voketaitis (vocals), Attilio d'Orazi (vocals), Bernabe Marti (vocals), Beverly Wolff (vocals), Bianca Maria Casoni (vocals), Carlo Gaifa (vocals)
composed by Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Strauss, Vincenzo Bellini -
12. Opera Collection I (1992)
performed by Alain Vanzo (tenor), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anja Silja (soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Boris Christoff (bass), Delia Wallis (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Edda Moser (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
14. Berlioz: Les Troyens
performed by Anne Howells (vocals), Anthony Raffell (vocals), Berit Lindholm (vocals), David Lennox (vocals), Dennis Wicks (vocals), Elizabeth Bainbridge (vocals), Heather Begg (vocals), Ian Herbert (clarinet), Ian Partridge (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals)
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15. Verdi, Mozart: Requiem (1990)
performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
16. Beethoven: Fidelio (1994)
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Franz Crass (vocals), Gerhard Unger (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Ingeborg Hallstein (vocals), Jon Vickers (tenor), Kurt Wehofschitz (vocals), Raymond Wolansky (vocals), Walter Berry (vocals), Otto Klemperer (conductor)
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18. Wagner: Die Walküre
performed by Barbro Ericson (vocals), Carlotta Ordassy (vocals), Cvetka Ahlin (vocals), Danica Mastilovic (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Lilo Brockhaus (vocals), Liselotte Rebmann (vocals)
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20. A Night at the Opera (2000)
performed by Cesare Valletti (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Franca Mattiucci (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Giuseppe Modesti (vocals), Grace Bumbry (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Leontyne Price (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
22. The Greatest Tenors of the Century
performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dresden Staatskapelle, Enrico Caruso (tenor), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Franco Corelli (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Anonymous, Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Leonard Bernstein, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo -
23. Bizet: Carmen (Highlights) (2000)
performed by Bernanrd Gontcharenko (bass), Claude Meloni (bass), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Kostas Paskalis (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Paris National Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
composed by Georges Bizet -
24. Everybody's Opera (2006)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Dresden Staatskapelle, Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Gino Quilico (baritone)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini -
25. The #1 Opera Album II (2007)
performed by Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Franz Lehár, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner



