50 Greatest Opera Classics by Various Artists

Bellini: Norma / Act 1: Casta Diva

Joan Sutherland, Samuel Ramey, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint"

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

Bizet: Carmen, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

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

Bizet: Carmen, Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower Song"

Plácido Domingo, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2: "Vivat! Vivat le torero!..Votre toast"

José van Dam, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

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

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

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1: "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"

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

Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Act 1: Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Richard Bonynge

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

Joseph Calleja & Carlo Rizzi

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203 / Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém"

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

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act III: "Che farò senza Euridice?"

Teresa Berganza, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Alexander Gibson

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 1: "Ah, je veux vivre"

Joan Sutherland, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Gounod: Faust / Act 4: "Déposons les armes" (Soldiers' Chorus)

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Richard Bonynge

Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Raymond Leppard

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: "Ombra mai fu"

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

Pagliacci / Act 1: "Vesti la giubba"

José Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra & Jesús López Cobos

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Che soave zeffiretto"

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucia Popp, Kiri Te Kanawa & Sir Georg Solti

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze"

Cheryl Studer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1: "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja"

Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

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

Lucia Popp, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1: "Non più andrai"

Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Porgi amor

Kiri Te Kanawa, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1: "Soave sia il vento"

Lucia Popp, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Vienna Haydn Orchestra & István Kertész

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: Voi che sapete

Frederica von Stade, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"

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

Puccini: La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina

Herbert von Karajan & Luciano Pavarotti

Puccini: La rondine, SC 83 / Act I: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"

Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra & Jeffrey Tate

Puccini: Tosca / Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle"

Franco Corelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Lorin Maazel

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"

Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Staatsopernchor

Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!

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

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

Puccini: La bohème, SC 67, Act II: Quando men vo

Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

Puccini: Tosca / Act 1: "Recondita armonia"

Franco Corelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia & Lorin Maazel

Puccini: La bohème, Act I: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì

Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo

Mirella Freni, Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Puccini: Tosca / Act 2: "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"

Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth

Danielle de Niese & Harry Bicket

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

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

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: "Una voce poco fa"

Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Alexander Gibson

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

Marilyn Horne, Wiener Opernorchester & Henry Lewis

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)

Chicago Symphony Chorus & Sir Georg Solti

Verdi: Aida / Act 1: "Celeste Aida"

Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester & Leone Magiera

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

Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: La donna è mobile

Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Verdi: La traviata / Act 1: "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Brindisi)

Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, The London Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 1: "Questa o quella"

Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden & Silvio Varviso

Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3: "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries

Birgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)

Birgit Nilsson, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti