The Opera Album 2011 by Various Artists

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Toreador's Song

Barry Wordsworth & Bryn Terfel

Puccini: La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz Song

Anna Netrebko & Gianandrea Noseda

Puccini: Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle

Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2: Lascia ch'io pianga

Cecilia Bartoli & Christopher Hogwood

Pagliacci / Act 1: Vesti la giubba

Jonas Kaufmann, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Antonio Pappano

Catalani: La Wally / Act 1: "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino & John Mauceri

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2: Anvil Chorus

Chicago Symphony Chorus & Sir Georg Solti

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2: Barcarolle

Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne du Brassus, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3: La donna e mobile

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Bergonzi & Nello Santi

Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Habanera

Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act II: Humming Chorus

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: Ombra mai fu (Largo)

Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1: Pearl Fishers' Duet

Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Robin Stapleton

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: No. 5, Cavatina. Una voce poco fa - Cabaletta. Io sono docile

Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Verdi: La traviata, Act I: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi"

Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper München, Bayerisches Staatsorchester & Carlos Kleiber

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act II: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester & Henry Lewis

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1: Song To The Moon

Pilar Lorengar, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Giuseppe Patanè

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 3: "Di quella pira"

José Carreras, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Verdi: La traviata / Act 1: "Follie! Delirio vano è questo!" - "Sempre libera"

Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!

Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act I: Ah, je veux vivre

Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Flower Song

Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Tosca / Act 2: Vissi d'arte

Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: Largo al factotum

Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Giuseppe Patanè

Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino & John Mauceri

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act I: Questa o quella

Rolando Villazón, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Daniele Callegari

Gounod: Faust / Act 4: Soldiers' Chorus

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima"

Juan Diego Flórez, Riccardo Frizza & Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Les triangles des sistres tintaient

Edwige Parat, Claire Delgado-Boge, Magdalena Kožená, Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Marc Minkowski

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1: Birdcatcher's Song

Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Turandot / Act 1: "Signore, ascolta"

Montserrat Caballé, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Zubin Mehta

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden & Silvio Varviso

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: Flower Duet

Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo & Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Aida / Act 1: "Celeste Aida"

Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester & Leone Magiera

Gluck: Che faro senza Euridice (What is Life?)

Andreas Scholl, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Sir Roger Norrington

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 / Act 1: "Là ci darem la mano"

Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Puccini: La Rondine / Act 1: Doretta's Dream Song

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Oliviero de Fabritiis

Offenbach: La belle Hélène / Act 1: Au mont Ida...Le jugement de Paris

Joseph Calleja & Carlo Rizzi

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: Queen of the Night's Aria

Patricia Petibon, Concerto Köln & Daniel Harding

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3: Isolde's Liebestod

Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti