Famous opera arias

"Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005) is the biggest international soprano Sweden ever created. This new compilation on 4 cd's presents arias from the most famous operas she performed as the leading roll. The recordings are made 1949-1961 on some of the biggest stages and opera houses, with orchestras like Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and conductors like Karl Böhm, Georg Solti, Leopold Ludwig, Leopold Stokowski and Hans Knapperstbusch".

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"Famous opera arias with Jussi Björling (1911-1960), one of the biggest tenors of all time, recorded at the legendary Metropolitan Opera House in New York when he was at the top of his career in the 1940s and 1950s. The box set contains arias from operas like "Il Trovatore" and "Don Carlo" by Verdi, "La Bohème" and "Tosca" by Puccini, and Gounod's "Romeo and Juliette" - and much more. Björling's counterparts in the different opera scenes are represented by celebrated singers like Bidu Sayao, Robert Merrill, Frank Valentino and Elisabeth Söderström, among others".

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