Audio CD review:
Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - DIVA ~ 30 Great Prima Donnas

Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - DIVA ~ 30 Great Prima Donnas

Band: Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Title: DIVA ~ 30 Great Prima Donnas Rating: Release Date: 20 March, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: La Gioconda, Act IV: Suicidio - Maria Callas 2: La Traviata, Act III: Addio Del Passato - Renata Tebaldi 3: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi Lo Sapete O Mamma - Giulietta Simionato/Liliana Pellegrino 4: Gianni Schicchi: O Mio babbino Caro - Marcella Pobbe 5: Tosca, Act II: Vissi D'arte - Catherine Malfitano 6: La Boheme, Act I: Mi Chiamano Mimi - Barbara Hendricks 7: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Act I: Una Voce Poco Fa - Lucia Valentini Terrani 8: I Puritani, Act I: Son Vergin Vezzosa - Katia Ricciarelli/Elena Jankovic/Chris Merritt/Roberto Scandiuzzi/Ambrogio Riva 9: Carmen, Act I: L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle - Regine Crespin 10: Carmen, Act III: Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante - Angela Gheorghiu 11: Faust, Act II: Il Etait Un Roi De Thule - Montserrat Caballe 12: Faust, Act II: L'air Des Bijoux - Sumi Jo 13: Werther, Act III: Je Vous Ecris De Ma Petite Chambre - Anne Sofie Von Otter 14: Der Fliegende Hollander, Act III: Johohoe! Traft Ihr Das Schiff - Astrid Varnay 15: Tannhauser, Act II: Dich Teure Halle - Kiri Te Kanawa 16: Tristan Und Isolde, Act III: Mild Und Leise - Martha Modl 17: Orfeo Ed Euridice, Act III: Che Faro Senza Euridice - Janet Baker 18: Orphee Et Eurydice, Act II: Cet Asile Aimable Et Tranquille - Dawn Upshaw 19: Alcina, Act I: Di' Cor Mio, Quanto T'amai - Renee Fleming 20: Rinaldo, Act I: Cara Sposa - Marilyn Horne 21: Xerxes, Act I: Ombra Mai Fu - Jennifer Larmore 22: Dido And Aeneas, Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda - Tatjana Troyanos 23: The Fairy Queen, Act V: O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep - Sylvia McNair 24: L'isola Di Alcina, Act I: Sono Alcina - Teresa Berganza 25: Lucio Silla, Act II: Quest'improvviso Tremito - Cecilia Bartoli 26: Cosi Fan Tutte, Act II: E Amore Un Ladroncello - Frederica Von Stade 27: Don Giovanni, Act II: Vedrai, Carino - Barbara Bonney 28: La Clemenza Di Tito, Act II: Non Piu Di Fiori - Lucia Popp 29: Die Zauberflote, Act II: Der Holle Rache - Edita Gruberova 30: Fidelio, Act I: Komm Hoffnung - Waltraud Meier

Customer Reviews Really great, but there some strange choices So, lets start from the very beginning - Callas and her fanous "Suicidio" - there is nothing to compare with her performance even the Caballe recording. I will talk about the arias because choosing a singer depends on the personal taste. I would gladly die after her final note. As for the "Addio del passato", for God's sake why Tebaldi - even Angela Gheorghiu is better, personally I would vote for Victoria de Los Angeles here. I agree that Caballe is a superb Mimi and somehow Hendricks isn't so captivating. As for Tosca's aria Malfitano is a goodlooking lady but then why not even Anna Moffo - if we have Price and Ricciarelli for Vissi d'arte or Kabaivanska. Terrani's Rosina is one of the best, as for the I Puritani polonaise here definitely Sutherland or Sills. Instead of Crespin I would choose de Los Angeles again. Janet Baker is a terrible Orfeo. Well buy it, nice compilation and some singers deserve the money. Diva-lightful The shopkeeper couldn't tell me much about the CD except that it was called DIVA (she didn't have the cover anymore) and I knew full well that I was listening to the incomparable Dame Janet Baker singing "Che farņ senza Euridice" from Gluck's Orfeo et Euridice, followed by someone else doing the famous Serse (Xerxes) Largo and an aria from Dido and Aeneas. I heard this CD playing background music in second-hand bookstore and I HAD-TO-HAVE-IT. So with that knowledge in hand, I searched Amazon. com and found this 2-CD set. And promptly purchased it. Frankly, I adore this for the second CD alone, but there is lots to like on both CD's, such as some of my favorite divas among which are Lucia Popp, Montserrat Caballe, Fredericka von Stade and Dawn Upshaw. Some of the aria/artist choices are rather quirky; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing "Dich Teure Halle" instead of Birgit Nielsen; Marcella Pobbe singing "O Mio Babbino Caro" instead of Dame Kiri. Caballe not singing from La Boheme (I defy you to find a better Mimi than she) but doing Faust instead. And Sutherland and Sills are AWOL along with Nielsen--though maybe it was a case of not being able to obtain the copyrights rather than deliberate omission. The selections here are well-chosen for variety and in the case of the bel canto selections on the second CD, they flow together so superbly, it's a real joy to hear. The only dark spot are the two arias done with the Zurich Symphony--and worse yet, they are with Lucia Popp (a huge favorite of mine) and Gruberova doing the Queen of the Night's nasty aria of extreme rage "Holle Rache". The orchestra drags in the Popp aria from "Clemenza de Tito", the dynamics are second-rate and Gruberova misses a note (not the wicked high ones but an amateurish note on an upscale. ) Overall these are not the finest moments for either of these divas. That aside, there is lots to like on this CD if you overlook a couple of false notes. Young Opera Fan Sure these ladies are nice clear singers, but where was the Beverly Sills? Joan Sutherland? Birgit Nilsson? Being a HUGE admirer of the following I was rather shocked and disappointed to not see their arias on this c. Exactly what i was thinking. d. Buy the c. d. knowing that it is incomplete yet still has some very nice singers-thus the 3 stars. . You can see a complete list of all Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart discography, or go back to the Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tabs