Verdi* & Puccini* – Placido Domingo, Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Margaret Price, Anna Moffo, Richard Tucker (2), Montserrat Caballé, Ben Heppner, Ruggero Raimondi – Scenes & Arias

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Label:	BBC Music – BBC IT OP, BBC Music Magazine – BBC IT OP
Format:	CD, Compilation, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1997
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Opera, Romantic

Tracklist

	Verdi (1813-1901)
	Ernani - End of Act III
1	O Summo Carlo, Piu Del Tuo Nome	4:16
	Luisa Miller - Act II, Scene 3; Act III
2	Quando Le Sere Al Placido	3:39
3	La Tomba E Un Letto Sparso Di Fiori	5:21
4	Andrem, Raminghi E Poveri	3:31
	Il Trovatore - Act II, Scene 1
5	Stride La Vampa!	2:53
	La Traviata - Act I; Act II, Scene 1
6	Un Di Felice Eterea	3:17
7	Pura Siccome Un Angelo	1:48
8	Non Sapete Quale Affeto	4:47
9	Ah! Dite Alla Giovine	5:33
10	Morro! Morro!	3:41
11	Damni Tu Forza, O Cielo!	3:45
	Puccini (1858-1924)
	La Rondine - Act I
12	Chi Il Bel Sogno Di Doretta	2:16
	La Boheme - Act I; Act III; Act IV
13	Mi Chiamano Mimi	4:41
14	O Soave Fanciulla	3:55
15	Mimi E Una Civetta	5:14
16	Vecchia Zimarra, Senti	2:27
	Madama Butterfly - Act II
17	Un Bel Di	4:22
18	Humming Chorus	2:49
	Turandot - End Of Act I
19	Signore, Ascolta!	2:23
20	Non Piangere, Liu	2:13
21	Ah! Per L'ultima Volta	2:54

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – BBC
Copyright © – BBC

Credits

Baritone Vocals [Don Carlo] – Mario Sereni (tracks: 1)
Baritone Vocals [Germont] – Robert Merrill (tracks: 6-11)
Baritone Vocals [Marcello] – Sherrill Milnes (tracks: 13-16)
Baritone Vocals [Miller] – Cornell MacNeil (tracks: 2-4)
Bass Vocals [Colline] – Ruggero Raimondi (tracks: 13-16)
Bass Vocals [Timur] – Jan-Hendrik Rootering (tracks: 19-21)
Chorus – RCA Italiana Opera Chorus (tracks: 1-4, 12, 17-18)
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf (tracks: 17-18), Fausto Cleva (tracks: 2-4), Fernando Previtali (tracks: 6-11), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (tracks: 12), Georg Solti (tracks: 13-16), Roberto Abbado (tracks: 19-21), Thomas Schippers (tracks: 1), Zubin Mehta (tracks: 5)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Azucena] – Fiorenza Cossotto (tracks: 5)
Orchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 13-16), Munich Radio Orchestra* (tracks: 19-21), New Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 5), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (tracks: 1-4, 12, 17-18)
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Donald Cooper
Soprano Vocals [Donna Elvir], Soprano Vocals [Butterfly] – Leontyne Price (tracks: 1, 17-18)
Soprano Vocals [Liu] – Margaret Price (tracks: 19-21)
Soprano Vocals [Luisa], Soprano Vocals [Violetta], Soprano Vocals [Magda] – Anna Moffo (tracks: 2-4, 6-12)
Soprano Vocals [Mimi] – Montserrat Caballé (tracks: 13-16)
Tenor Vocals [Alfredo] – Richard Tucker (2) (tracks: 6-11)
Tenor Vocals [Calaf] – Ben Heppner (tracks: 19-21)
Tenor Vocals [Ernani], Tenor Vocals [Rudolfo] – Carlo Bergonzi (tracks: 1-4)
Tenor Vocals [Rodolfo] – Placido Domingo (tracks: 13-16)

Notes

Total CD Duration 77:06 mins

℗ 1968, 1965, 1970, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1963, 1993
© 1997 BBC

BBC Music in association with RCA Victor Red Seal

CD was shipped with the U.S. edition of BBC Music Magazine, Italian Opera Special Issue, 1997.
CD is packaged in a slim line plastic, clear-tray J-channel jewel case, with a 4-pages (folded) cover sleeve, notes in English
[Comprehensive notes (credits, recording info, texts & translations) for the Verdi & Puccini CD are supplied in the BBC Music Magazine Italian Opera Special Issue, pp. 7-11.]