Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Opera 2CD

2CD

CD 1
1. PUCCINI: "Un bel di" from Madama Butterfly (Renée Fleming)
2. DVORAK: "O Silver Moon" from Rusalka (Anna Netrebko)
3. MOZART: "Porgi amor" from Le nozze di Figaro (Sylvia McNair)
4. BELLINI: "Casta diva" from Norma (Cecilia Bartoli)
5. HANDEL: "Let the bright seraphim" from Samson (Kiri Te Kanawa)
6. VERDI: "Pace, pace mio Dio" from La forza del destino (Angela Gheorghiu)
7. MOZART: "Come scoglio" from Così fan tutte (Karita Mattila)
8. PUCCINI: "Signore ascolta" from Turandot (Barbara Hendricks)
9. MOZART: "Voi che sapete" from Le nozze di Figaro (Anne Sofie von Otter)
10. GIORDANO: "La mamma morta" from Andrea Chénier (Montserrat Caballé)
11. ROSSINI: "Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi (Elina Garanca)
12. HANDEL: "Endless Pleasure" from Semele (Danielle de Niese)
13. MASSENET: "Adieu, notre petite table" from Manon (Patrica Petibon)
14. VERDI: "Au palais des fees" from Don Carlos (Magdalena Kozena)
15. MOZART: "O zittre nicht" from Die Zauberflöte (Sumi Jo)

CD 2
1. GLUCK: "Che fiero momento" from Orfeo ed Euridice (Sylvia McNair)
2. MOZART: "Ruhe sanft" from Zaide (Renée Fleming)
3. PUCCINI: "Si mi chiamano Mimì" from La bohème (Angela Gheorghiu)
4. BELLINI: "Ah! non credea mirarti" from La sonnambula (Cecilia Bartoli)
5. GOUNOD: "Chanson de Roi de Thule" from Faust (Anna Netrebko)
6. CHARPENTIER: "Depuis le jour" from Louise (Nicole Cabell)
7. PUCCINI: "Senza mamma" from Suor Angelica (Barbara Hendricks)
8. J STRAUSS: "The Nuns' Chorus" from Casanova (Kiri Te Kanawa)
9. HANDEL: "Doppo notte" from Ariodante (Anne Sofie von Otter)
10. GOUNOD: "Ah! Je vieux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette (Patricia Petibon)
11. DONIZETTI: "Al mio core" from L’assedio di Calais (Elina Garanca)
12. HANDEL: "Lascia ch’io pianga" from Rinaldo (Danielle de Niese)
13. PUCCINI: "Vissi d’arte" from Tosca (Montserrat Caballé)
14. MOZART: "Ach ich fühls" from Die Zauberflöte (Karita Mattila)
15. HANDEL: "Da tempeste in legno infranto" from Giulio Cesare (Magdelena Kozena)

A glorious collection of operatic songbirds in full flight – this is THE album of the greatest opera arias for female voice and the artists are a Who’s Who of the most notable singers of our time.