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A1 Overture From "Die Fledermaus"
Composed By – J. Strauss*
Conductor – Oscar Danon*
Orchestra – Vienna State Opera Orchestra*
A2 Overture From "Don Giovanni"
Composed By – Mozart*
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
A3 Overture From "The Barber Of Seville"
Composed By – Rossini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra*
A4 Overture From "The Silken Ladder"
Composed By – Rossini*
Conductor – Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra – Philharmonic Opera Orchestra*
B1 Overture From "Fidelio"
Composed By – Beethoven*
Conductor – Charles Munch
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
B2 Overture From "The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg"
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
B3 Overture From "The Thieving Magpie"
Composed By – Rossini*
Conductor – Gilbert Vinter
Orchestra – Beecham Promenade Orchestra*
World-Famous Arias
C1 I'm The Factotum (From "The Barber Of Seville")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Rossini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Metropolitan Opera Orchestra*
C2 Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen (From "La Bohème")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
C3 Yes, They Call Me Mimi (From "La Bohème")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
C4 One Fine Day (From "Madame Butterfly")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
C5 Celeste Aïda (From "Aïda")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
Tenor Vocals – Placido Domingo
C6 La Donna È Mobile (From "Rigoletto")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Georg Solti
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Tenor Vocals – Alfredo Kraus
D1 Evening Star (From "Tannhäuser")
Baritone Vocals – Sherrill Milnes
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Anton Guadagno
Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
D2 Habañera (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus*
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
D3 Musetta's Waltz (From "La Bohème")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo, Mary Costa
D4 Love And Music (From "Tosca")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Oliviero De Fabritiis
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
D5 The Stars Were Shining Brightly (From "Tosca")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Tenor Vocals – Jussi Bjoerling*
D6 The Bell Song (From "Lakmé")
Composed By – Delibes*
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Best Loved Duets
E1 Love Duet (From "Madame Butterfly")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
E2 Barcarolle (From "Tales Of Hoffman")
Composed By – Offenbach*
Conductor – Anton Guadagno
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Shirley Verrett
Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Montserrat Caballé
E3 Oh, Lovely Maid In The Moonlight (From "La Bohème")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
E4 Love Duet (From "A Masked Ball")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Carlo Bergonzi
F1 'Tis You, 'Tis I (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus*
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Franco Corelli
F2 Love Duet (From "Tosca")
Composed By – Puccini*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Zinka Milanov
Tenor Vocals – Jussi Bjoerling*
F3 Swear In This Hour (From "The Force Of Destiny")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Thomas Schippers
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
F4 Vengeance! (From "Rigoletto")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Georg Solti
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Rousing Choruses
G1 Smuggler's Chorus (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
G2 Soldier's (From "Faust")
Composed By – Gounod*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
G3 Brother Dear, Sister Dear (From "Die Fledermaus")
Bass Vocals – Eberhard Waechter*, George London (2)
Composed By – J. Strauss*
Conductor – Oscar Danon*
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Risë Stevens
Orchestra – Vienna State Opera Orchestra And Chorus*
Soprano Vocals – Adele Leigh, Anneliese Rothenberger
G4 Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves (From "Nabucco")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
G5 In The Gently Blowing Breeze (From "Mignon")
Composed By – Thomas*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
G6 Anvil Chorus (From "Il Trovatore")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H1 Pilgrims' Chorus (From "Tannhäuser")
Choir – Norman Luboff Choir
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra – New Symphony Orchestra Of London*
H2 The Presentation Of Olympia (From "Tales Of Hoffmann")
Composed By – Offenbach*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H3 Zitti, Zitti (From "Rigoletto")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H4 Bridal Chorus (From "Lohengrin")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H5 Wach' Auf! (From The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H6 Chorus (From Act II Of "Otello")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
H7 Chorus (From Act IV Of "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Orchestra – Robert Shaw Chorale And Orchestra*
Gala Performance
I1 Toreador's Song (From "Carmen")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus*
I2 O, Patria Mia (From "Aïda")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
I3 Drinking Song (From "La Traviata")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Georges Prêtre
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra And Chorus*
Soprano Vocals – Montserrat Caballé
Tenor Vocals – Carlo Bergonzi
I4 Miserere (From "Il Trovatore")
Chorus – Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Zubin Mehta
Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Placido Domingo
I5 Quartet (From "Rigoletto")
Baritone Vocals – Robert Merrill
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Georg Solti
Contralto Vocals – Rosalind Elias
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Anna Moffo
Tenor Vocals – Alfredo Kraus
J1 The Flower Song (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
Tenor Vocals – Franco Corelli
J2 Casta Diva (From "Norma")
Chorus – Ambrosian Opera Chorus, The
Composed By – Bellini*
Conductor – Carlo Felice Cillario
Orchestra – Philharmonic Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Montserrat Caballé
J3 By The Heavens (From "Otello")
Baritone Vocals – Tito Gobbi
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
Tenor Vocals – Jon Vickers
J4 How Handsome He Is (From "Lucrezia Borgia")
Composed By – Donizetti*
Conductor – Carlo Felice Cillario
Orchestra – Philharmonic Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Montserrat Caballé
J5 Do Not Curse (From "The Force Of Destiny")
Bass Vocals – Giorgio Tozzi
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Thomas Schippers
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Richard Tucker (2)
Pageantry And Splendour
K1 Grand March (From "Aïda")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra – Boston Pops Orchestra*
K2 The Magic Fire Music (From "The Valkyrie")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Charles Munch
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
K3 Polonaise (From "Eugene Onegin")
Composed By – Tchaïkovsky*
Conductor – Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra – Boston Pops Orchestra*
K4 Prelude (To Act III Of "La Traviata")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Georges Prêtre
Orchestra – RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
K5 Ride Of The Valkyries (From "The Valkyrie")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra – Symphony Of The Air
L1 Intermezzo (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
L2 Prelude (To Act III Of "Lohengrin")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra – Boston Pops Orchestra*
L3 Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla (From "The Rhinegold")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra – Symphony Of The Air
L4 Siegfried's Funeral Music (From "Götterdämmerung")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
L5 Hungarian March (From "The Damnation Of Faust")
Composed By – Berlioz*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dances From The Opera
M1 Dance Of The Comedians (From "The Bartered Bride")
Composed By – Smetana*
Conductor – Howard Mitchell
Orchestra – National Symphony Orchestra
M2 Dance Of The Moorish Slaves (From "Aïda")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Erich Leinsdorf
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra*
M3 Gypsy Dance (From "Carmen")
Composed By – Bizet*
Conductor – Herbert Von Karajan
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
M4 Dance Of The Apprentices And Procession Of The Masters (From "The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg")
Composed By – Wagner*
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
M5 Ballet Music (From "Otello")
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Tullio Serafin
Orchestra – Rome Opera House Orchestra*
N1 Bacchanale (From "Samson And Delilah")
Composed By – Saint-Saëns*
Conductor – Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra – Boston Pops Orchestra*
N2 Dance Of The Blessed Spirits (From "Orfeo And Euridice")
Composed By – Gluck*
Conductor – Renato Fasano
Ensemble – Virtuosi De Roma*
N3 Ballet Music (From "Faust")
Composed By – Gounod*
Conductor – Antonio De Almeida
Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra
