Search - Mario Sereni, Paolo Pedoni, Bernd Weikl :: Best Tenor Voices 100

The program covers arias from all the best-loved operas, from Handel's Serse and Semele to Mozart's Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte to Verdi's Rigoletto and Aida to Puccini's Tosca and Turandot to Gounod's Faust and Roméo et Juliette, ending with extracts from Wagner's Ring. Also included are famous arias from oratorios and sacred works, such as Handel's Messiah, Rossini's Stabat Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle, and Verdi's moving Requiem. * In addition to arias from the most popular French operas, CD 3 includes widely-known Italian translations of original French works, such as Rossini's Guillaume Tell and Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment. CD 6 presents operetta repertoire, including two of the most popular arias by Franz Lehár -- "Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz" (Das Land des Lächelns) and "Gern Hab' Ich Die Frau'n Geküßt" (Paganini) -- as well as Johann Strauss II's "Als flotter Geist . . . Ja, das alles auf Ehr'' (Der Zigeunerbaron). Spanish zarzuela is also included with two items on CD 4: "Mi Aldea" (Los Gavilanes) by Guerrero and "No Puede Ser" (La Taberna del Puerto) by Sorozábal. * The iconic three tenors -- Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and José Carreras -- highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today are represented by singers such as Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna, and Ian Bostridge, while Wagner is sung by Klaus König, Peter Seiffert, Ben Heppner, and Siegfried Jerusalem, among others. The older generation of singers includes Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe di Stefano, Carlo Bergonzi, and Luigi Alva, as well as two of the most famous tenors of all time: Jussi Björling and Beniamino Gigli.