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1 | GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875)
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
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2 | GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Nabucco: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Opera Australia Chorus, Orchestra Victoria, Carlo Felice Cillario conductor
LIVE RECORDING
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3 | LEO DELIBES (1836-1891)
Lakme: Sous le dome epais (Flower Duet)
Glenys Fowles soprano, Heather Begg mezzo-soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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4 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Cosi 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
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5 | HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
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
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6 | GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
Madama Butterfly: Un bel di (One fine day)
Cheryl Barker soprano, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Patrick Summers conductor
LIVE RECORDING
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7 | RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod
Marilyn Richardson soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert conductor
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8 | GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rigoletto: Un di, 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
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9 | CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice
Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
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10 | RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres'... Ist ein Traum... Spur nur dich (Act III trio and finale)
Regine Crespin, Helen Donath sopranos, Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano, Otto Wiener baritone, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor
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11 | ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904)
Rusalka: Song to the Moon
Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
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12 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Luciano Pavarotti tenor, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta conductor
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13 | VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
Norma: Casta diva
Joan Sutherland soprano, Clifford Grant bass, The Australian Opera Chorus, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
LIVE RECORDING
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14 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
La boheme: O soave fanciulla
Cheryl Barker soprano, David Hobson tenor, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Julian Smith conductor
LIVE RECORDING
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15 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
La boheme: Che gelida manina
David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
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16 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
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
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17 | GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
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
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18 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night aria)
Cyndia Sieden soprano, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director
LIVE RECORDING
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19 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly: The Humming Chorus
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan conductor
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20 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
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21 | CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD (1818-1893)
Faust: Alerte!Alerte!...Anges purs
Joan Sutherland soprano, Franco Corelli tenor, Nicolai Ghiaurov bass, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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22 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Franco Corelli tenor, Orchestra of the Academy of St Cecilia, Rome, Lorin Maazel conductor
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23 | PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham conductor
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24 | LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
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
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25 | GEORGES BIZET
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
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26 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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
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27 | CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835-1921)
Samson and Delilah: Mon cœur s'ouvre a ta voix
Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor
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28 | GIUSEPPE VERDI
Aida: Gloria all'Egitto... Triumphal March
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Lorin Maazel conductor
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29 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
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
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30 | ALFREDO CATALANI (1854-1893)
La Wally: Ebben?Ne andro lontana
Yvonne Kenny soprano, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
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31 | GAETANO DONIZETTI
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
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32 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Rita Hunter soprano, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor
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33 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
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
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34 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti
Isobel Buchanan soprano, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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35 | RICHARD STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Presentation of the Rose)
Barbara Bonney soprano, Susan Graham mezzo-soprano, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph Eschenbach conductor
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36 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano
Isobel Buchanan soprano, John Pringle baritone, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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37 | PIETRO MASCAGNI
Cavalleria rusticana: Easter Hymn
Julia Varady soprano, London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzani conductor
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38 | GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga
Yvonne Kenny soprano, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director
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39 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Magic Flute: Pa-pa-pa-Papagena
Isobel Buchanan soprano, John Pringle baritone, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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40 | RICHARD WAGNER
Die Walkure: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell)
John Wegner baritone, Orchestra Victoria, Richard Divall conductor
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41 | RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919)
Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti la giubba (On with the play)
Jussi Bjorling tenor, RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini conductor
HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
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42 | RICHARD WAGNER
Tannhauser: Begluckt 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
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43 | ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1854-1921)
Hansel and Gretel: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayer)... Dream Pantomime
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Elisabeth Grummer mezzo-soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan conductor
HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
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44 | VINCENZO BELLINI
Beatrice di Tenda: Angiol di pace
Richard Conrad tenor, Joan Sutherland soprano, Marilyn Horne mezzo-soprano, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
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45 | ERICH KORNGOLD (1897-1957)
Die tote Stadt: Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Song)
Joan Hammond soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Susskind conductor
HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
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46 | GEORGES BIZET
The Pearl Fishers: Je crois entendre encore (Act I romance)
David Hobson tenor, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor
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47 | GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu
Andreas Scholl countertenor, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Roger Norrington conductor
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48 | GIUSEPPE VERDI
La traviata: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (Brindisi)
Joan Sutherland soprano, Luciano Pavarotti tenor, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor
LIVE RECORDING
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49 | GIACOMO PUCCINI
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
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50 | WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro: Voi che sapete
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano, Philharmonia Orchestra, John Pritchard conductor
HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
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