Terrific Tenors Terrific Tenors CD

The most thrilling, handsomely heroic, devastatingly tragic arias ever written! Tenors are the show-ponies of the operatic stage, the tall, dark and handsome playboys who every woman falls in love with at first sight, and every baritone sees, quite rightly, as a rival for love, success and all the best tunes. Everyone wants to be a tenor, so their clarion-call voices can ring out over the surging orchestra, and newspaper headlines can dub them 'King of the high Cs'. And yet they have a weakness, for the women they revere are either consumptive, or murderous, or doomed to some premature and deeply pathetic end, often in the key of E major. But then, with a voice that can thrill like no other, there's always another role beckoning, and always another dazzling heroine with whom you'll be singing love-duets within five minutes of first meeting. Who wouldn't want to be a tenor! Featuring internationally renowned tenors including Rosario La Spina, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Juan Diego Florez, Mario del Monaco, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Jonas Kaufmann and more.

1. Il Trovatore, Opera: Di Quella Pira (The Dreaful Blaze of That Pyre) 2. Idomeneo, R? Di Creta, Opera, K. 366: Fuor Del Mar (Having Escaped from the Sea) 3. Turandot, Opera: Nessun Dorma (No One Shall Sleep) 4. Manon Lescaut, Opera: Donna Non Vidi Mai (I Have Never Seen a Woman Like That) 5. Semiramide, Opera: S?, Sperar Voglio Contento (Yes, I Hope for Happiness) 6. Pagliacci, Opera: Recitar!... Vesti la Giubba (Perform, They Say!... on with the Motley) 7. Oberon, Opera, J. 306: Vater, H?R' Mich Flehn Zu Dir! (Father, Hear My Prayer!) 8. Tosca, Opera: E Lucevan Le Stelle (And the Stars Were Shining) 9. Guillaume Tell (William Tell), Opera: O Muto Asil Del Pianto... Corriam, Voliam! (O Silent Abode of Tears... Let Us Run, Let Us Fly!) 10. Tamerlano, Opera, HWV 18: Ciel E Terra Armi Di Sdegno (Rouse Heaven and Earth to Anger) 11. La Gioconda, Opera in 4 Acts: Cielo E Mar (Sky and Sea) 12. Turandot, Opera: Non Piangere, Li? (Don't Cry, Li?) 13. L'elisir D'amore, Opera: Una Furtiva Lagrima (A Furtive Tear) 14. Rigoletto, Opera: La Donna ? Mobile (Women Are Fickle) 15. Aida, Opera: Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi!... Celeste Aida (If Only I Were That Warrior!... Heavenly Aida) 16. MacBeth, Opera: O Figli Miei!... Ah, la Paterna Mano (O My Children!... Alas, a Father's Hand) 17. La Boh?me, Opera: Che Gelida Manina (Your Little Hand Is Frozen) 18. Das Land Des L?chelns (The Land of Smiles), Operetta in 3 Acts (Revision of 'Die Gelbe Jacke'): You Are My Heart's Delight