OPERA ARIAS (Rimsky-Korsakov, Massenet, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, Wagner, Tchaikovsky...)

Famous Opera Arias

1. Gaetano Donizetti - L'Elisir d'amore, act 2 - Nemorino's romance 4:52

2. Giacomo Puuccini - Tosca, act 1 - Cavaradossi's aria 3:21

3. Ruggiero Leoncavallo - I pagliacci, act 2 - Harlequin's serenade 1:56

4. Julies Massenet - Manon 4:57

5. Friedrich Von Flotow - Martha, act 3 - Loynel's romance 3:11

6. Daniel-Francois Auber - Fra Diavolo, act 3 - Fra Diavolo's aria 7:41

7. Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, act 3 - Lohengrin's aria 6:41

8. Gioacchino Rossini - L' Italia in Alegeri, act 2 - Isabella's rondo 7:19

9. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov - Snegurochka, act 3 - Lehl's song 3:32

10. Giuseppe Vedi - Il Trovatore, act 2 - Azucena's scene and story 6:09

11. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin, act 3 - Gremin's aria 6:43

12. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov, act 2 - Boris's monologue 6:30

13. Sergey Rachmaninov - Aleko - Aleko's cavatina 7:19

Sergey Lemeshev tenor (1-7)

Vera Davidova mezzo-soprano (8-10)

Alexander Pirogov bass (11-13)

Bolshoy Theatre Orchestra

Boris Khaykin conductor (3,6)

Mikhail Zhukov conductor (1,2)

Alexander Melnik-Pashev conductor (5)

Vassily Nebolsin conductor (4,7,9,10)

Alexander Gauk conductor (8)

Nikolay Golovanov conductor (11-13)

Mono recording 1948, 1950-1955