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Background: This prestigious 5-CD boxed set features six international vocal stars with the most popular scenes and arias of 18th-20th-century opera. Star baritone Jorma Hynninen with a recording from 1989, when he conquered the world's foremost opera houses and concert stages. Outstanding lyric soprano Soile Isokoski with her famous 2004 album of Mozart arias, which led The Daily Telegraph to wonder, 'Is there a finer Mozart singer today than Soile Isokoski?'. Acclaimed young baritone Tommi Hakala with his 2003 début album, which he recorded shortly after winning the BBC 'Singer of the World' contest. Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca with her 2001 début recording, with which Ondine launched this international superstar. Bass-baritone newcomer Juha Uusitalo, who joined Ondine's roster in 2008, with three extracts from his acclaimed recent Wagner album. Last, but not least, the incomparable Karita Mattila captured live in a recording from 2000, performing among other arias, ‘Vissi d'arte’ from Tosca in front of an appreciative audience of 11,000 people in Helsinki.

CATALOGUE NR: ODE11392F
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: £ 24.47 including VAT, or £ 21.28 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Gala
TRACKS: Jorma Hynninen / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas - La Traviata - Di Provenca il Mar. Il Trovatore - Il balen delsuo. Un ballo in Maschera - Alzati! La tuo figlio. La Forza del Destino - Una Fatale. Rigoletto - Cortigiani, vil; razza. Don Carlo - Per me giunto. Io morro (Verdi). Eugene Onegin - Aria Act One. Pique Dame - Yeltsky's Aria (Tchaikovsky). Le Nozze di Figaro - Hai gia vinta la causa. Don Giovanni - Fin ch'han dal vino (Mozart). I Pagliacci - Prologio (Leoncavalli). Soile Isokoski / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Peter Schreier - Cosi fan tutte : Temerari... Come scoglio. Ei parte... Per pieta ben mio. Bella mia fiamma Concert aria K528. Zaide : Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben. Ah lo previdi Concert aria K272. Le nozze di Figaro : E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono. Ch'io mi scordi di te? Concert aria K505. Elina Garanca / Latvian NSO / Alexandrs Vilumanis - Le Nozze di Figaro : Non so piu cosa son cosa faccio. Le Nozze di Figaro : Voi che sapete. La Clemenza di Tito : Deh per questo istante / Parto parto (Mozart). Il barbiere di Siviglia : Una voce poco fa. La Cenerentola : Nacqui all'affanno (Rossini). I Capuleti e i Montecchi : Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (Bellini). La Favorita : Fia dunque vero-O mio Fernando. Anna Bolena : Per questa fiamma indomita (Donizetti). Werther : Werther Werther (Massenet). Tommi Hakala / Tampere PO / Eri Klas - Falstaff : E sogno o realta? (Verdi). Don Carlo : Son io mio Carlo... Io morro (Verdi). Traviata : Di provenza il mar (Verdi). Tannhauser : Blick ich umher Wie Todesahnung... O Du mein holder Abenstern (Wagner). I Pagliacci : E fra quest'ansie... E allor perche (Leoncavallo). Edgar : Questo amor (Puccini). Andrea Chenier : Nemico della patria (Giordano). Faust : O sainte medaille... Avant de quitter (Gounod). Figaro : Hai gia vinta la causa! (Mozart). Cosi fan tutte : Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (Mozart). Juha Uusitalo / Helsinki PO / Leif Segerstam / Karita Mattila / Finnish RSO / Jukka-Pekka Saraste - Wagner / Dvorak / Verdi / Puccini / Strauss II.
ARTISTS: Jorma Hynninen   Soile Isokoski   Karita Mattila   Elina Garanca

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