The Art of the prima donna
Contributors: Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759; Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893; Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835; Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778; Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835; Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835; Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893; Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896; Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891; Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835; Royal Opera House (London, England)
Published: 1961
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording]
Subjects: Operas; Excerpts
Notes: Title from slipcases.

Identical program notes on slipcases.

Principally operatic arias; sung in the original languages.

Joan Sutherland, soprano; orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Arne. Artaxerxes: The soldier tir'd. Handel. Samson: Let the bright seraphim. Bellini. Norma: Recit. and aria, Casta diva (and cabaletta). I puritani: Polonaise, Son vergin vezzosa. Thomas. Hamlet: The mad scene. Delibes. Lakmé: The bell song. Meyerbeer. Les Huguenots: O beau pays. Verdi. Rigoletto: Recit. and aria, Caro nome.; title: Disc 2. Rossini. Semiramide: Bel raggio. Bellini. I puritani: Qui la voce. La sonnamubula: Recit. and aria. Come per me sereno (and cabaletta). Gounod. Faust: The jewel song. Roméo et Juliette: The waltz song. Verdi. Otello: The willow song. Mozart. Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Marte[r]n aller Arten. Verdi. La traviata. Ah, fors'é lui; Sempre libera.