Samson. Let the bright seraphim / Handel (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor) (5:52) -- Il bacio / Arditi (London Symphony Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (3:56) -- The merry widow. Vilja / Lehár (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Bonynge) (7:10) -- Casanova. Nuns' chorus / Johann Strauss II ; arr. Benatzky, Gamley (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Bonynge) (3:47) -- La fille du régiment. Pour ce contrat fatal/Salut à la France! / Donizetti (Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Bonynge) (4:46) -- Lakmé. Ah! Où va la jeune Indoue = (Bell song) / Delibes (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Molinari-Pradelli) (7:50) -- Norma. Casta diva / Bellini (London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Bonynge) (6:29) -- Faust. O Dieu! que de bijoux!/Ah! je ris de me voir = (Jewel song) / Gounod (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Molinari-Pradelli) (4:39) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce!/Ardon gl'incensi = (Mad scene) / Donizetti (Cesare Siepi, Robert Merrill, Rinaldo Pelizzoni ; Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma ; Sir John Pritchard, conductor) (18:51).
Note
Principally opera excerpts; the 1st work from an oratorio, the 2nd, a song.
Language (note)
Sung in English, French, German, and Italian.
Title
Greatest hits / Joan Sutherland.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [1985]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Jubilee
Jubilee (London Records)
Performer
Joan Sutherland, soprano ; with various singers, ensembles, and conductors.