BEŇAČKOVÁ G. ARIAS (VERDI G., PUCCINI G., TCHAIKOVSKY P.I., SMETANA B., DVOŘÁK A., JANÁČEK

Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del destino. Opera in 4 Acts

1. Act 4 "Pace, pace, mio Dio" 6:04

Giuseppe Verdi - Othello. The Opera in 4 Acts

2. Piangea cantando /4 Act/ (Piangea cantando) 13:26

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca. Opera in 3 Acts

3. Act 2 "Vissi dárte, vissi dámore" 3:21

Giacomo Puccini - Madame Butterfly. Opera in 4 Acts

4. Act 2 "Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio! Amore mio" 4:08

Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut. Opera

5. Act 2 "L'ho abbandonato" 2:49

6. Act 4 "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" - monologue 5:05

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame (Queen of Spades), Op. 68

7. Uz polnoc blizitsja (Uz polnoc blizitsja) 6:03

Bedřich Smetana - Libuse. Festival Opera in 3 Acts

8. Act 3 - Libuse's prophecy (with Six Pictures from Bohemia's History): O Gods almighty 5:11

Bedřich Smetana - The Bartered Bride. Opera in Three Acts

9. Act 3, Scene 6 "Oh, what a grief!" 4:45

Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka. Opera in 3 Acts, Op. 114

10. Act 1 "O, moon high up in the deep, deep sky" 5:06

11. Act 3 "Insensible water power" 7:26

Leoš Janáček - Kata Kabanova. Opera in 3 Acts

12. Act 3 - But death doesn't come 3:08

Leoš Janáček - Jenufa. Opera in 3 Acts 6:06

13. Act 2: Greetings to Thee, Queen 2:29

14. Act 3, Scene 12: They've all left...Lewave as well! 3:37

- Soprano Gabriela Benackova is the most famous performer of Janacek's Jenufa and Kata Kabanova in recent decades.

- Audiences in the greatest international opera houses from Japan to the USA have thrilled to her performances in these two roles.

- In the course of her successful singing career, her colourful lyric soprano has brought a wide range of opera characters to life.

- This selection of arias from the Czech and international repertoire demonstrates the breadth of her repertoire as well as her effortless control and convincing performance.

- This selection also features a rare performance by Benackova in the only dramatic soprano

(Supraphon 2005)