Prima Donna - The First Ladies Of Opera by Various Artists

Puccini: Madama Butterfly, SC 74, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo

Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B.203 / Act 1: O Silver Moon

Anna Netrebko & Gianandrea Noseda

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 - Original version, Vienna 1786 - Act 2: "Porgi amor"

Sylvia McNair & Sir Neville Marriner

Bellini: Norma / Act 1: "Casta Diva"

Cecilia Bartoli, International Chamber Soloists, Orchestra La Scintilla & Adam Fischer

Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3: Let The Bright Seraphim

Kiri Te Kanawa, Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Chamber Orchestra & Barry Rose

Verdi: La forza del destino / Act 4: "Pace, pace, mio Dio"

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Riccardo Chailly

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1: "Temerari! Sortite!" - "Come scoglio!" - "Ah, non partite"

Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Francisco Araiza, Thomas Allen, José van Dam, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

Puccini: Turandot, Act I: Signore, ascolta!

Barbara Hendricks, Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: No. 12, Voi che sapete

Trevor Pinnock & Anne Sofie von Otter

Giordano: Andrea Chénier / Act 3: "La mamma morta"

Montserrat Caballé, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly

Rossini: Tancredi / Act I: "Di tanti palpiti"

Elīna Garanča, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Roberto Abbado

Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 1: Endless pleasure...

Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Massenet: Manon / Act 2: Adieu, notre petite table

Patricia Petibon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon & Yves Abel

Verdi: Don Carlos / Act 2: Chanson du Voile: "Au palais des fées"

Marina Lodygensky, Magdalena Kožená, Chorus Of Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Marc Minkowski & Jean-Christophe Keck

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act I: No. 4, O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!

Sumi Jo, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3: "Che fiero momento"

Sylvia McNair, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

Mozart: Zaide, K.344 / Act 1: "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben"

Renée Fleming, Orchestra of St. Luke's & Sir Charles Mackerras

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

Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Riccardo Chailly

Bellini: La Sonnambula / Act 2: Ah! non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore

Cecilia Bartoli, Juan Diego Flórez, Orchestra La Scintilla & Alessandro de Marchi

Gounod: Faust, CG 4 / Act III: Chanson du roi de Thule - Air des Bijoux

Anna Netrebko, Wiener Philharmoniker & Gianandrea Noseda

G. Charpentier: Louise / Act 3: "Depuis le jour"

Nicole Cabell, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis

Puccini: Suor Angelica: Senza mamma (Applause edited)

Barbara Hendricks, Orchestre National De France & Lorin Maazel

J. Strauss II: Casanova: Nuns' Chorus

Kiri Te Kanawa, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Utah Symphony & Julius Rudel

Handel: Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 3: "Dopo notte, atra e funesta" (Live)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Marc Minkowski & Les Musiciens du Louvre

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

Patricia Petibon, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon & Yves Abel

Donizetti: L'assedio di Calais / Act I: "Al mio core"

Elīna Garanča, Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna & Roberto Abbado

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

Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

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

Montserrat Caballé, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Sir Colin Davis

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2: "Ach, ich fühl's"

Karita Mattila, Philharmonia Orchestra & Sir John Pritchard

Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act III: "Da tempeste il legno infranto" (Live)

Magdalena Kožená, Les Musiciens du Louvre & Marc Minkowski