Marvellous Mezzo Soprano / Various- Marvellous Mezzo Soprano / Various
For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago.
Tracklist:
- Carmen~Act I: Seguidilla
- nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)~Act II. Scene 2: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor
- Cenerentola (Cinderella)~Act II. Scene 3: Non più mesta...
- Macbeth~Act II: La luce langue
- Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)~Act III. Scene 1: Che farò senza Euridice?
- Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)~Act I. Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!
- Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah)~Act II: Mon cour s'ouvre à ta voix
- Lucrezia Borgia~Act II: Il segreto per esser felice
- barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)~Act I. Scene 2: Una voce poco fa
- Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando)~Act II. Scene 8: Nel profondo cieco mondo
- Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)~Act I. Scene 2: Podrugi milïe
- favorite (The Favourite)~Act III: O mio Fernando
- Aida~Act IV: L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia
- clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)~Act I. Scene 9: Parto, ma tu ben mio
- Serse (Xerxes)~Act I: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu...
- Semiramide~Act I: Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento
- Siegfried~Act III. Scene 1: Mein Schlaf ist Träumen
- ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)~Act I. Scene 2: Re dell'abisso affrettati
- Carmen~Act I: Habañera: L'Amour est un oiseau rebelle
For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago.
Tracklist:
- Carmen~Act I: Seguidilla
- nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)~Act II. Scene 2: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor
- Cenerentola (Cinderella)~Act II. Scene 3: Non più mesta...
- Macbeth~Act II: La luce langue
- Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)~Act III. Scene 1: Che farò senza Euridice?
- Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)~Act I. Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!
- Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah)~Act II: Mon cour s'ouvre à ta voix
- Lucrezia Borgia~Act II: Il segreto per esser felice
- barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)~Act I. Scene 2: Una voce poco fa
- Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando)~Act II. Scene 8: Nel profondo cieco mondo
- Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)~Act I. Scene 2: Podrugi milïe
- favorite (The Favourite)~Act III: O mio Fernando
- Aida~Act IV: L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia
- clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)~Act I. Scene 9: Parto, ma tu ben mio
- Serse (Xerxes)~Act I: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu...
- Semiramide~Act I: Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento
- Siegfried~Act III. Scene 1: Mein Schlaf ist Träumen
- ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)~Act I. Scene 2: Re dell'abisso affrettati
- Carmen~Act I: Habañera: L'Amour est un oiseau rebelle