Rapture

Bellini: Norma / Act 1 - Casta Diva

by Renée Fleming, London Voices, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4 - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"

by Edita Gruberová, Claudia Eder, Orchestre National de France, Seiji Ozawa, Choeurs de Radio France

Catalani: La Wally / Act 1 - "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana"

by Maria Chiara, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico

by Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3 - "Che soave zeffiretto"

by Edith Mathis, Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3 - Aria: "Che farò senza Euridice?"

by Grace Bumbry, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Janos Kulka

Verdi: Nabucco / Act III - Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate

by Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima"

by Gösta Winbergh, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gabriele Ferro

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1 - "Porgi amor"

by Gundula Janowitz, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Karl Böhm

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act II - Coro a bocca chiusa

by Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - "Soave sia il vento"

by Kiri Te Kanawa, Ann Murray, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine

Verdi: La forza del destino - Overture (Sinfonia)

by Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Mozart: Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K.588 / Act 1 - "Un'aura amorosa"

by Hans Peter Blochwitz, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act II - "Un bel dì vedremo"

by Mirella Freni, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

G. Charpentier: Louise / Act 3 - "Depuis le jour"

by Montserrat Caballé, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Reynald Giovaninetti

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K.527 / Act 1 - "Là ci darem la mano"

by Reri Grist, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchestra Of The National Theatre Prague, Karl Böhm

Verdi: Luisa Miller / Act 2 - Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato

by Plácido Domingo, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lorin Maazel

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I - Quartet. Mir ist so wunderbar (Live)

by Gundula Janowitz, Lucia Popp, Adolf Dallapozza, Manfred Jungwirth, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet)

by Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Act 1 - No. 2 b) Duo: "Au fond du temple saint"

by Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Handel: Rinaldo / Act 2 - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

by Kiri Te Kanawa, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

Verdi: La traviata / Act I - Prelude

by Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114 / Act 1 - Mesicku na nebi hlubokém

by Renée Fleming, Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "When I am laid in earth"

by Tatiana Troyanos, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg, Sir Charles Mackerras

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 4 - "Miserere d'un'alma"

by Rosalind Plowright, Plácido Domingo, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Schmidt: Notre Dame - Intermezzo

by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2 - "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

by Grace Bumbry, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Janos Kulka

Handel: Serse / Act I HWV40 - "Ombra mai fu"

by Bryn Terfel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Act 3 - "Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen" - "Dies ist ihr Sang"

by Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Wilhelm Pitz, Bayreuther Festspielchor

Mozart: Zaide, K.344 / Act 1 - "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben"

by Kiri Te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Butterfly, Suzuki)

by Mirella Freni, Teresa Berganza, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Bizet: Carmen / Act 2 - Entr'acte

by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Bellini: Norma / Act 2 - Mira, o Norma

by Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Wagner: Parsifal, Act III - Höchsten Heiles Wunder!

by Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin