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Alan Opie sings bel canto arias.
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- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Opie, Alan, performer.
- Series:
- Opera in English
- Great operatic arias
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file).
- Place of Publication:
- Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Contents:
- The barber of Seville. La la la lera, la la la la. Here at your service to do or die am! / Rossini
- Il trovatore. All is deserted ; In the stars that shine above me ; My hour of joy approaches / Verdi (with: Clive Bayley, bass)
- Dom Sebastian, King of Portugal. Oh the African shores ; Lisbon fair, beloved homeland / Donizetti
- Lucia of Lammermoor. You seem unhappy ; Trembling, I feel the horror ; All in vain do you try to waken tender feelings / Donizetti (with: Stephen Chaundy, tenor ; Peter Rose, bass)
- Ernani. Since the day when first I saw you ; You're Ernani! At once I despise you / Verdi (with: Susan Patterson, soprano ; Julian Gavin, tenor)
- The two Foscari. I am alone, here in private ; How my old heart beats wildly / Verdi
- William Tell. Will you go? Why are you so anxious ; Keep very still now: kneel down before me / Rossini (with: Barry Banks, tenor)
- Attila. Peace is concluded ; From everlasting mountains ; So my fate has been decided / Verdi (with: Dennis O'Neill, tenor)
- Ernani. Charlemagne inspire me / Verdi (with: Peter Rose, bass)
- Pagliacci. Prologue / Leoncavallo.
- Participant:
- Alan Opie, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Geoffrey Mitchell Choir ; English National Opera Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; English National Opera Orchestra ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Gabriele Bellini, David Parry, conductors.
- Notes:
- Recorded Aug. 9-14, 1994, Goldsmiths College, London (1st work) ; Dec. 16-20, 1999 (2nd work), Sept. 24-27, 2001 (works 3, 6, and 7), Sept. 2-6, 2001 (4th work), July 12-16, 2000 (works 5 and 10), Mar. 3-7, 2003 (works 8-9), and Aug. 7-10, 1997 (11th work), Blackheath Halls, London.
- Some selections previously issued.
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum. English.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. Balen del suo sorriso. English.
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal. Ô Lisbonne. English.
- Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor. Cruda, funesta smania. English.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Da quel dì che t'ho veduta. English.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Due Foscari. O vecchio cor, che batti. English.
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Guillaume Tell. Ouù vas-tu?. English.
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Guillaume Tell. Sois immobile. English.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Attila. Dagli immortali vertici belli di gloria. English.
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Oh sommo Carlo. English.
- Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci. Prologo. English.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Opie, Alan. Alan Opie sings bel canto arias.
- OCLC:
- 811239922
- Publisher Number:
- GBLWD0316401
- GBLWD0316402
- GBLWD0316403
- GBLWD0316404
- GBLWD0316405
- GBLWD0316406
- GBLWD0316407
- GBLWD0316408
- GBLWD0316409
- GBLWD0316410
- GBLWD0316411
- CHAN3085 Chandos
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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