Featuring the Top 10 plus selected highlights from the Classic 100 Opera.

Track Listing

1    GEORGES BIZET 1838-1875 The Pearl Fishers: Au fond du temple saint (In the depths of the temple) David Hobson tenor , Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone , Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods conductor

2    GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813-1901 Nabucco:Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Vienna State Opera Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lamberto Gardelli conductor

3    LÉO DELIBES 1836-1891 Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet) Glenys Fowles soprano , Heather Begg mezzo-soprano , Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor

4    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Così fan tutte: Soave sia il vento (Act I trio) Amanda Thane soprano , Fiona Janes mezzo-soprano , David Brennan baritone , Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi conductor

5    HENRY PURCELL 1659-1695 Dido and Aeneas:Thy hand, Belinda…When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano , Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor

6   GIACOMO PUCCINI 1858-1924 Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì (One fine day) Shu-Cheen Yu soprano , Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker conductor

7    RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 Tristan and Isolde: Liebestod Marilyn Richardson soprano , Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert conductor

8    GIUSEPPE VERDI Rigoletto: Un dì, se ben rammentomi...Bella figlia dell'amore (Act III quartet) Joan Sutherland soprano , Huguette Tourangeau mezzo-soprano , Luciano Pavarotti tenor , Sherrill Milnes baritone , London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge conductor

9    CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 1714-1787 Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice Lauris Elms mezzo-soprano , West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold conductor

10    RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949 Der Rosenkavalier: Marie Theres'...Ist ein Traum...Spür nur dich (Act III trio and finale) Régine Crespin, Helen Donath sopranos , Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano , Otto Wiener baritone , Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti conductor

11    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART The Magic Flute: O Isis und Osiris Conal Coad bass , Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks conductor

12    GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759 Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga Yvonne Kenny soprano , Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer artistic director

13    BENJAMIN GODARD 1849-1895 Jocelyn: Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore (Berceuse) David Hobson tenor , Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini conductor

14    WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra (Serenade) Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone , Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner conductor

15    CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI 1567-1643 The Coronation of Poppea: Pur ti miro Sara Macliver soprano , Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano , Orchestra of the Antipodes, Antony Walker conductor

16    GIACOMO PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro Yvonne Kenny soprano , Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor