For anyone new to opera, the first question is often: where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago.

Tracklist:

Carmen~Act I: Seguidilla
nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)~Act II. Scene 2: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor
Cenerentola (Cinderella)~Act II. Scene 3: Non piÃ¹ mesta...
Macbeth~Act II: La luce langue
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)~Act III. Scene 1: Che farÃ² senza Euridice?
Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)~Act I. Scene 4: Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!
Samson et Dalila (Samson and Delilah)~Act II: Mon cour s'ouvre Ã ta voix
Lucrezia Borgia~Act II: Il segreto per esser felice
barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)~Act I. Scene 2: Una voce poco fa
Orlando furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando)~Act II. Scene 8: Nel profondo cieco mondo
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)~Act I. Scene 2: Podrugi milÃ¯e
favorite (The Favourite)~Act III: O mio Fernando
Aida~Act IV: L'aborrita rivale a me sfuggia
clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus)~Act I. Scene 9: Parto, ma tu ben mio
Serse (Xerxes)~Act I: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu...
Semiramide~Act I: Ah! Quel giorno ognor rammento
Siegfried~Act III. Scene 1: Mein Schlaf ist TrÃ¤umen
ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball)~Act I. Scene 2: Re dell'abisso affrettati
Carmen~Act I: HabaÃ±era: L'Amour est un oiseau rebelle

UPC: 747313818976
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 4.23.21
Format: CD

Marvellous Mezzo Soprano / Various - Marvellous Mezzo Soprano / Various (CD)