The Great Arias
This on-going series of ten-minute programmes introduces some of opera's finest moments, performed and presented by some of the greatest singers of our day, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Eva Marton, Marilyn Home, Anne Sofie von Otter, Roberto Alagna, Philip Langridge, René Kollo and Yuri Marusin among them. Their performances are drawn from recent live recordings of acclaimed productions of key works in the operatic repertoire and include such high-spots as Vissi d'arte from Puccini's Tosca, the Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Elektra's murderous confrontation with her mother in Strauss's Elektra, and Leonora's D'amor sull'ali rosee from the final act of Puccini's Tosca.
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Great Arias - José van Dam - Hamlet - "C’est en vain que j’ai cru me...." (2001)
Great Arias José van Dam - Hamlet: "C'est en vain que j'ai cru me soustraire aux remords", by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Jose van Dam (Claudius)
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Great Arias - Thomas Hampson - Hamlet - “J'ai pu frappe le miserable” (2001)
Great Arias Thomas Hampson - Hamlet - “J'ai pu frapper le misérable...Être ou ne pas être”, by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Thomas Hampson (Hamlet)
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Great Arias - Dame Joan Sutherland: Il Trovatore "D'amor sull'ali rosee" (1994)
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Great Arias - Paul Groves – Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1999)
Great Arias Paul Groves - Die Entführung aus dem Serail: "Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen" from Salzburger Festspiele, 1999. Conductor Marc Minkowski.
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Great Arias - Bryn Terfel - Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist?(1997)
Great Arias Bryn Terfel - Salome: "Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbrecher jetzt voll ist?" from Royal Opera House, 1997. Conductor Christoph von Dohnányi.
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Great Arias - Anne Sofie von Otter - Alceste - "Ah divinité implacable" (2000)
Great Arias Anne Sofie von Otter - Alceste: "Ah divinité implacable", by C.W. Gluck, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2000. Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner, starring Anne Sofie von Otter (Alceste).
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Great Arias - Yury Marusin - The Queen of Spades - "Tell me Herman......" (1995)
Great Arias Yuri Marusin - The Queen of Spades: "Tell me Herman" and "What is our life", by P.I. Tchaikovsky, from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1995. Conductor Andrew Davis, starring Yuri Marusin (Herman), Sergei Leiferkus (Count Tomsky)
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Great Arias Vladimir Glushchak - Eugene Onegin: "You wrote to me"(1999)
Great Arias Vladimir Glushchak - Eugene Onegin: "You wrote to me" and "Can this be the same Tatyana?" from European Union Opera, 1999. Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.
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Great Arias - Eva Marton - La Gioconda - "Suicidio!" (1999)
Great Arias Eva Marton - La Gioconda: "Suicidio!" from Wiener Staatsoper, . Conductor Adam Fischer.
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Great Arias - Konstantin Pluzhnikov – Ruslan and Lyudmila - "My dear son" (1995)
Great Arias Konstantin Pluzhnikov - Ruslan and Lyudmila: "My dear son" from Mariinsky Theatre, 1995. Conductor Valery Gergiev.
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Great Arias - Brigitte Fassbaender - Elektra - "Ich habe keine guten(1995)
Great Arias Brigitte Fassbaender - Elektra: "Ich habe keine guten Nächte", by R. Strauss, from Wiener Staatsoper, 1995. Conductor Claudio Abbado, starring Brigitte Fassbaender (Clytemnestra), Eva Marton (Elektra)
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Great Arias - Larissa Diadkova–Ruslan and Lyudmila - No,no I cannot sleep (1995)
Great Arias Larissa Diadkova - Ruslan and Lyudmila: "No, no I cannot sleep" from Mariinsky Theatre, 1995. Conductor Valery Gergiev.
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Great Arias - Waltraud Meier - Tannhäuser - “Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort…” (1995)
Great Arias Waltraud Meier - Tannhäuser: "Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte!" from Bayerische Staatsoper, 1995. Conductor Zubin Mehta.
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Great Arias - Marylin Horne - Orlando Furioso - "Sorge l'irato nembo" (1990)
Great Arias Marilyn Horne - Orlando Furioso: "Sorge l'irato nembo", by A. Vivaldi, from San Francisco Opera, 1990. Conductor Randall Behr, starring Marilyn Horne (Orlando), Jeffrey Gall (Ruggioera)
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Great Arias - Gegam Grigorian - La forza del destino (1999)
Great Arias Gegam Griogorian - La forza del destino: "La vita è inferno all'infelice!" from Mariinsky Theatre, 1999. Conductor Valery Gergiev.
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Great Arias - Anna Netrebko – Ruslan and Lyudmila - "Oh my sorry fate" (1995)
Great Arias Anna Netrebko - Ruslan and Lyudmila: "Oh my sorry fate" from Mariinsky Theatre, 1995. Conductor Valery Gergiev.
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Great Arias - David Daniels - Rinaldo - "Cor ingrato" and "Venti,Turbini" (2002)
Great Arias David Daniels - Rinaldo: "Cor ingrato" and "Venti, Turbini" from Prinzregententheater, 2002. Conductor Harry Bicket.
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Great Arias - Roberto Alagna - L'elisir d'amore - "Quanto è bella....." (1997)
Great Arias Roberto Alagna - L'elisir d'amore: "Quanto è bella, quanto è cara" and "Una furtiva lagrima" from Opéra National de Lyon, 1997. Conductor Evelino Pido.
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Great Arias - G. Gorchakova - Ruslan and Lyudmila - Such Sweet Alluring...(1995)
Great Arias Galina Gorchakova - Ruslan and Lyudmila: "Such Sweet Alluring Voices" and "Ratmir, my Beloved", by M.I. Glinka, from Mariinsky Theatre, 1995. Conductor Valery Gergiev, starring Galina Gorchakova (Gorislava), Larissa Diadkova (Ratmir)
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Great Arias - Yvonne Kenny - The Fairy Queen - "O let me weep" (1995)
Great Arias Yvonne Kenny - The Fairy Queen: "O let me weep" from English National Opera, 1995. Conductor Nicholas Kok.
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Great Arias - Eva Jenis with Hannah Minutillo – The Cunning Little...... (1995)
Great Arias Eva Jenis with Hana Minutillo - The Cunning Little Vixen: "Love duet" from Théâtre du Châtelet, 1995. Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.
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Great Arias - Natalie Dessay - Hamlet - "Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson"(2001)
Great Arias Natalie Dessay - Hamlet: "Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson", by A. Thomas, from Théâtre du Châtelet, 2001. Conductor Michel Plasson, starring Nathalie Dessay (Ophelia)
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Great Arias - Sir T Allen The Cunning Little Vixen “The wonder of nature” (1995)
Great Arias Sir Thomas Allen - The Cunning Little Vixen: "The wonder of nature" from Théâtre du Châtelet, 1995. Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.
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Great Arias - Vladimir Ognovenko – Ruslan and Lyudmila - "Perhaps one day"(1995)
Great Arias Vladimir Ognovenko - Ruslan and Lyudmila: "Perhaps one day" from Mariinsky Theatre, 1995. Conductor Valery Gergiev.