Act 1
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev — Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1 - 13. Dance Of The Knights 05:22
Beniamino Gigli, Tancredi Pasero, Maria Huder, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Sir John Barbirolli, Tullio Serafin — Verdi: Aïda, Act 1 Scene 2: "Nume, custode e vindice" (Ramfis, Radames, Sacerdotesse, Sacerdoti) 03:51
Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sir Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, José van Dam, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner — Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1 - "Di scrivermi ogni giorno" - "Bella vita militar!" - "Dove son?" 04:11
Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra feat. Alberto Rinaldi, Enrico Fissore, Inva Mula, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Biccirè, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi — Puccini: La rondine, Act 1: "Poeta raffinato" (Rambaldo, Prunier, Lisette, Magda, Ruggero, Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Gobin, Crébillon, Périchaud) 03:08
Maria Callas feat. Chœurs René Duclos — Bizet: Carmen, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur) 04:18
Ingvar Wixell, Richard van Allan, Mirella Freni, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis — Mozart: Don Giovanni / Act 1 - "Presto, presto... pria ch'ei venga" - "Tra quest' arbori celata" 04:07
Maria Callas feat. Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano — Bellini: Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Coro) 05:40
Annie Rosen, Claudia Boyle, Daniel Belcher, John Tessier, Joseph Kaiser, Rupert Charlesworth, Maija Skille, Choeur de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano — Bernstein: A Quiet Place - Ed. Sunderland / Act 1 - Dialogue 9. “Dede, where’s your brother" 01:54
Anna Reynolds, Enid Hartle, Teresa Kubiak, Julia Hamari, John Alldis Choir, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti — Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH.5 / Act 1 - Scene. "Nu ti, moya vostrushka" 03:12
Montserrat Caballé, Janet Baker, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Nicolai Gedda, Richard van Allan, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis — Mozart: Così fan tutte / Act 1 - "Di scrivermi ogni giorno" - "Bella vita militar!" - "Dove son?" 03:37
Franz Crass, Jess Thomas, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch — Wagner: Lohengrin / Act 1 - "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" 03:39
Marina de Gabarain/Alda Noni/Fernanda Cadoni/Hervey Alan/Juan Oncina/Sesto Bruscantini/Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra/Bryan Balkwill/Vittorio Gui — La Cenerentola (1992 Digital Remaster), ACT 1: Parlar, pensar vorrei (Clorinda/Ramiro/Cenerentola/Tisbe/Dandini/Alidoro) 02:47
Carlo Maria Giulini feat. Eberhard Wächter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Taddei, Graziella Sciutti, Joan Sutherland, Luigi Alva, Piero Cappuccilli — Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 1: Finale. "Ecco il birbo che t'ha offesa" (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Don Ottavio, Donna Elvira, Donna Anna, Zerlina, Masetto) 01:32
Ingvar Wixell, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Richard van Allan, Mirella Freni, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis — Mozart: Don Giovanni / Act 1 - "Giovinette, che fate all'amore" - "Manco male, è partita..." 03:38
Franz Crass, Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Ramon Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch — Wagner: Lohengrin / Act 1 - "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" 04:32
Maria Callas, Renato Cioni, Tito Gobbi, Victor Godfrey, Robert Bowman, Dennis Wicks, David Sellar, Eric Garrett, Carlo Felice Cillario, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Edgar Boniface — Puccini: Tosca, Act 1 Scene 5: "Or lasciami al lavoro" (Cavaradossi, Tosca) 01:49
Montserrat Caballé/Mady Mesplé/Jocelyne Taillon/Gabriel Bacquier/Nicolai Gedda/Louis Hendrikx/Kolos Kovacs/Gwynne Howell/Charles Burles/Riccardo Cassinelli/Nicolaï Christov/Leslie Fyson/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/La — Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Act 1 Scene 1: No. 1, Choeur, "Quel jour serein le ciel présage !" (Chorus) 04:15
Norbert Balatsch, Giulietta Simionato, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Frauenstimmen des Chores der Wiener Staatsoper — Verdi: Don Carlo / Act 1 - Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti 02:17
Sergei Aleksashkin, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Evgeny Akimov, Nikolai Gassiev, Kirov Chorus, St Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev — Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride - original version Tsarskaya Nevesta by Lev Mey - Act 1 - Scene 3 "Khozyain! Prikazal by ty" 05:52
Marina de Gabarain/Alda Noni/Fernanda Cadoni/Juan Oncina/Sesto Bruscantini/Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra/Bryan Balkwill/Vittorio Gui — La Cenerentola (1992 Digital Remaster), ACT 1: Sprezzo quei don che versa (Cenerentola/Ramiro/Dandini/Clorinda/Tisbe) 03:55
Kirsten Flagstad — Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Song. "Ah Belinda, I Am Press'd with Torment" (Dido) 03:26
Robert Lloyd/Dame Janet Baker/Nicolai Gedda/John Alldis Choir/John Alldis/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Giuseppe Patanè feat. Christopher Bishop, Dame Janet Baker, Giuseppe Patanè, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Robert J. Gooch, Simon Gibson — Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act 1 Tableau 1 Scene 3: "La tremenda ultrice spada" (Capellio, Romeo, Tebaldo, Chorus) 03:33
Nicolai Gedda/Jean-Christophe Benoit/Nicola Ghiuselev/André Mallabrera/Jacques Pruvost/Jean-Pierre Laffage/Choeurs René Duclos/Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/André Cluytens feat. André Mallabrera, Choeurs René Duclos, Jacques Pruvost, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Jean-Pierre Laffage, Nicola Ghiuselev, Nicolai Gedda, Walter Ruhlmann — Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 1: "Je vous dis, moi, qu'un malheur me menace" (Hoffmann, Lindorf, Nathanaël, Hermann, Chorus, Nicklausse, Luther) 05:27
Jussi Björling/Victoria de los Angeles/Robert Shaw Chorale/Paul Franke/RCA Victor Orchestra/Leonard Warren/Renato Cellini/Robert Merrill — Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Act 1 Scene 4: "Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio … Vesti la giubba" (Canio) 03:51
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Gianandrea Gavazzeni feat. Giulietta Simionato, Giuseppe Morresi — Verdi: Un ballo in maschera, Act 1: "Su, fatemi largo, saper vo' il mio fato" (Silvano, Ulrica, Riccardo) [Live, Milan 1957] 01:07
James King, Karl Ridderbusch, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Heinz Mende, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelík — Wagner: Lohengrin / Act 1 - "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" 03:49
Tancredi Pasero, Maria Huder, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Sir John Barbirolli, Tullio Serafin — Verdi: Aïda, Act 1 Scene 2: "Immenso Fthà … Mortal, diletto ai Numi" (Sacerdotesse, Sacerdoti, Ramfis) 03:04
William Wildermann, Michael Sells, Leo Nucci, Francis Egerton, Dalmacio Gonzales, Barbara Hendricks, Katia Ricciarelli, Brenda Boozer, Lucia Valentini Terrani, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini — Verdi: Falstaff / Act 1 - In due parole: l'enorme Falstaff vuole 01:31
Staatskapelle Berlin, Dietrich Knothe, Ingeborg Springer, Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss & Eberhard Büchner — Lazarus, D. 689, Act 1: Recitative "Nathanael, bewunderen kann ich dich" (Martha, Maria, Lazarus) 02:57
Beniamino Gigli/Licia Albanese/Aristide Baracchi/Duilio Baronti/Afro Poli/Tatiana Menotti/Carlo Scattola/Nello Palai/Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano/Umberto Berrettoni — Puccini: La Bohème, Act 1: "O soave fanciulla, o dolce viso" (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimi) 03:38
Marina de Gabaráin, Alda Noni, Fernanda Cadoni, Hervey Alan, Ian Wallace, Bryan Balkwill, Juan Oncina, Glyndebourne Chorus, Sesto Bruscantini, Vittorio Gui, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra — La Cenerentola (1992 Digital Remaster), ACT 1: Nel volto estatico di questo e quello (Alidoro/Magnifico/Cenerentola/Ramiro/Dandini) 05:00
Maria Callas feat. Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Mario Borriello, Nicolai Gedda, Renato Ercolani — Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 1: "Gran ventura" (Butterfly, Coro, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro) 03:41
Giangiacomo Guelfi, Piero De Palma, Brenno Ristori, Lido Pettini, Enzo Viaro, Giorgio Giorgetti, Agostino Ferrin, Valiano Natali, Virgilio Carbonari, Enzo Guagni, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino — La fanciulla del West, Act 1: "Hello, Nick!" (Joe, Bello, Harry, Happy, Larkens, Sonora, Sid, Trin, Nick, Rance, Chorus) 03:42
Marjana Lipovsek, Joanna Borowska, Vladimir Atlantov, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Helmut Froschauer, Karl Kamper — Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Act I - Tak, tak, knjaze! 03:39
Luciano Pavarotti, Wiener Volksopernorchester, Leone Magiera — Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1 - "Vesti la giubba" 02:50
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sergei Aleksashkin, Evgeny Akimov, Nikolai Gassiev, Kirov Chorus, St Petersburg, Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev — Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride - original version Tsarskaya Nevesta by Lev Mey - Act 1 - Scene 2 "Da vot i gosti" 08:15