100 Best Opera Classics

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1Faust: Les grands seigneurs ... Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle
soprano vocals [Marguerite]:
Victoria de los Ángeles (in 1959)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris (in 1959)
conductor:
André Cluytens (in 1959)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1959)
recording of:
Faust : Acte III. « Un bouquet ! … Ô Dieu ! que de bijoux ! » … No. 14b « Ah ! Je ris ! » (Marguerite) (Air des bijoux / Jewel Song) (in 1959)
composer:
Charles Gounod
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
part of:
Faust : Acte III
Charles‐François Gounod5:51
2Le jongleur de Notre-Dame: Marie, avec l'enfant JésusJules Massenet5:31
3Mireille: Heureux petit bergerJules Massenet2:06
4Mignon: Connais-tu le paysAmbroise Thomas5:40
5Mireille: Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeurAmbroise Thomas3:33
6Carmen: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre ... Toreador
baritone vocals [Escamillo]:
Ernest Blanc (from 1959-09-01 until 1959-09-06)
choir vocals:
Choeurs Nationals de la Radiodiffusion Française (from 1959-09-01 until 1959-09-06)
soprano vocals:
Monique Linval, Victoria de los Ángeles and Denise Monteil
soprano vocals [Carmen]:
Victoria de los Ángeles
soprano vocals [Frasquita]:
Denise Monteil
soprano vocals [Mercedes]:
Monique Linval
orchestra:
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (from 1959-09-01 until 1959-09-06)
conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham (from 1959-09-01 until 1959-09-06)
chorus master:
René Alix
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI France (in 1960)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”) (from 1959-09-01 until 1959-09-06)
composer:
Georges Bizet
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:57
7Les contes d'Hoffmann: Les oiseaux dans la charmilleJacques Offenbach5:48
8La damnation de Faust: Maintenant, chantons ... Devant la maison de celui qui t'adoreHector Berlioz2:17
9Louise: Depuis le jourGustave Charpentier5:35
10Der Rosenkavalier: Da geht er hin
engineer:
Christopher Parker (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
producer:
Walter Legge
soprano vocals:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London, England, United Kingdom (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
recording of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I. “Da geht er hin, der aufgeblasene schlechte Kerl” (Marschallin, Octavian) (from 1956-12-10 until 1956-12-22)
composer:
Richard Strauss (from 1909 until 1910)
librettist:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
part of:
Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Akt I
Richard Strauss5:23
11Lohengrin: Einsam in truben Tagen
soprano vocals [Elsa]:
Régine Crespin
orchestra:
Orchestre national de France
conductor:
Georges Prêtre
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I, Scene II. “Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!” (Elsas Traum „Einsam in trüben Tagen”)
composer:
Richard Wagner (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt I
Richard Wagner6:03
12Tannhäuser: Dich, teure HalleRichard Wagner4:45
13Die Walküre: Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches KindRichard Wagner15:42
14Die Walküre: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
alto vocals [Waltraute]:
Ute Walther (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
contralto vocals [Schwertleite]:
Ursula Kunz (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
contralto vocals [Siegrune]:
Margareta Hintermeier (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Grimgerde]:
Carolyn Watkinson (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
solo soprano vocals:
Anita Soldh
soprano vocals [Gerhilde]:
Anita Soldh (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
soprano vocals [Helmwige]:
Ruth Falcon (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
soprano vocals [Ortlinde]:
Sylvia Herman (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
soprano vocals [Rossweisse]:
Margarita Lilova (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
orchestra:
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
conductor:
Bernard Haitink (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
recorded at:
Herkulessaal in München, Bayern, Germany (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries) (from 1988-02 until 1988-03)
composer:
Richard Wagner (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner5:56
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