The Yellow Guide To Opera

Album Title: The Yellow Guide To Opera

Composer: Various Composers
Manufacturer: Uni/deutsche Grammophon
Original Release: 1997
Audio CD (April 14, 1998)
Number of Discs: 3
Mono/Stereo: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a
Studio/Live: Studio
Label: DG Deutsche Grammophon (USA) / Universal Music Division Classics Jazz
Copyright: (C) 1998 Deutsche Grammophon German. GmbH, Hamburg

1. Der Freischutz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77) / Act 3 - "Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jagervergnugen?" (Hunters' Chorus)  2:33
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
Date Written: 1817-1821
Period: Romantic
Country: Dresden, Germany
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Performer: Leipzig Radio Chorus
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden (드레스덴 국립 관현악단 1548- )

2. La traviata, opera / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)  3:02
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Date Written: 1853
Period: Romantic
Country: Italy
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Performer: Stefania Malagu (Italy alto, Mezzo-soprano 1932?1989)
                  Ileana Cotrubas (Romanian opera soprano 1939- )
                  Placido Domingo (Spanish-Mexican tenor 1941- )
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

3. Cosi fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, opera, K.588 / Act 1 - "Soave sia il vento"  3:27
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Date Written: 1790
Period: Classical
Country: Vienna, Austria
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: James Levine
Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (New Zealand soprano 1944- )
                  Ferruccio Furlanetto (Italian bass 1949- )
                  Ann Murray (Irish mezzo-soprano 1949- )
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

4. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera / Act 1 - "Chi mi frena in tal momento?" (Sextet)  3:50
Composer: Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Date Written: 1835
Period: Romantic
Country: Italy
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Ion Marin
Performer: Cheryl Studer (American dramatic soprano)
                  Placido Domingo (Spanish-Mexican tenor 1941- )
                  Jennifer Larmore (American mezzo-soprano opera singer 1948- )
                  Fernando de la Mora (Mexican operatic tenor 1958- )
                  Juan Pons (Spanish dramatic baritone 1946- )
                  Samuel Ramey (American operatic bass 1942- )
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

5. Fidelio, opera Op.72 / Act 1 - "O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!" (Prisoners' Chorus)  7:21
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Date Written: 1805/1814
Period: Classical
Country: Vienna, Austria
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Performer: Alfred Sramek (Bass-baritone)
                  Karl Terkal (Austrian operatic tenor 1919-1996)
Ensemble: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

6. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K.492 / Act 3 - "Crudel! Perche finora farmi languir cosi"  2:32
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Date Written: 1786
Period: Classical
Country: Vienna, Austria
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Performer: Rod (Rodney) Gilfry (American opera baritone 1959- )
                  Alison Hagley (English soprano 1961- )
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

7. King Arthur, or The British Worthy, semi-opera, Z. 628 (1691) / Act 3 - See, see, we assemble (Chorus of Cold People)  3:26
Composer: Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Date Written: 1691
Period: Baroque
Country: England
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Ensemble: The English Concert Choir
Orchestra: The English Concert

8. Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, opera, K.527 / Act 2 - "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti"  8:08
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Date Written: 1787
Period: Classical
Country: Prague, Czech Republic
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Performer: Paata Burchuladze (Georgian bass opera singer 1955- )
                  Ferruccio Furlanetto (Italian bass 1949- )
                  Samuel Ramey (American operatic bass 1942- )
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus (Deutschen Oper Chor und Orchester)
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

9. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 / Act 3 - "Treulich gefuhrt ziehet dahin" (Wedding March)  5:01
Composer: Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Date Written: 1847
Period: Romantic
Country: Germany
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks (바이에른 라디오 심포니 오케스트라 Munchen, Germany. 1947- )

10. La Boheme, opera / Act 4 - O Mimi, tu piu non torni  3:23
Composer: Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Date Written: 1896
Period: Romantic
Country: Italy
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Performer: Jerry Hadley (American operatic tenor 1952 - 2007)
                  Thomas Hampson (American lyric baritone 1955- )
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra (Roma Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia: 산타 체칠리아 내셔널 아카데미 오케스트라)

11. Il Trovatore, opera / Act 2 - "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)  2:58
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Date Written: 1853
Period: Romantic
Country: Italy
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Roma Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia 산타 체칠리아 내셔널 아카데미 오케스트라)

12. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera / Act 4 - "Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle)  3:52
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Date Written: 1881
Period: Romantic
Country: Paris, France
Language: French
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Performer: Edita Gruberova (Slovak soprano 1946- )
                  Claudia Eder (German operatic mezzo-soprano 1948- )
Ensemble: ORTF Chorus, ORTF National Orchestra (French Radio Orchestra)

13. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) / Act 3 - Chorus: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)  4:02
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Date Written: 1842
Period: Romantic
Country: Italy
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Ensemble: Deutschen Oper Chor und Orchester, Berlin
Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra

14. Der Rosenkavalier, opera, Op.59 (TrV 227) / Act 3 - Marie Theres'!... Hab' mir's gelobt (Final Scene) ... 'ist ein Traum  13:17
Composer: Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Date Written: 1909-1910
Period: Romantic
Country: Germany
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Performer: Agnes Baltsa (Greek mezzo-soprano 1944- )
                  Gottfried Hornik (Bass-baritone)
                  Janet Perry (operatic soprano 1947- )
                  Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Bulgarian soprano 1941- )
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

15. Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7 / Act 3 - Scene 4 (conclusion) - Scene 5: Street before Marie's door. "Ringel, ringel, Rosenkranz, Ringelreih'n!"  5:09
Composer: Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
Date Written: 1917-1922
Period: 20th Century
Country: Austria
Studio/Live: Studio
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Performer: Viktoria Lehner (soprano)
Ensemble: The Vienna Boys' Choir (Die Wiener Sangerknaben)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra