Lakmé
The Merry Widow
by Léo Delibes
Libretto by Edmond Gondinet and
Philippe Gille
by Franz Lehár
Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein
English version by Christopher Hassall
Viens, Mallika…Sous le dôme épais
(Flower Duet)
Act I
Love, Live Forever*
You May Read about Women in
School (reprise)
Act III Finale
Lakmé: Joan Sutherland
Mallika: Huguette Tourangeau
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Recorded live on 18 August 1976
Anna Glawari: Joan Sutherland
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Recorded live on 23 February 1988
La traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Libiam ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi)
Act I
Un dì felice, eterea
Act I
Alfredo: Richard Greager
Violetta: Joan Carden
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
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Recorded live on 14 October 1987
*Originally from the Lehár operetta
Paganini. Libretto by Paul Knepler
and Béla Jenbach. English version
by A.P. Herbert.
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Favourites
Selected highlights from the
world’s best-loved operas
La bohème
Il trovatore
Tosca
A Masked Ball
by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and
Giuseppe Giacosa
by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare
and Salvatore Cammarano
by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Luigi Illica and
Giuseppe Giacosa
by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Antonio Somma
Oh! Musetta!...Quando me’n vo
Act II
Vedi! le fosche (Anvil Chorus)…
Stride la vampa
Part II
Tre sbirri, una carrozza…Te Deum
Act I
Vissi d’arte
Act II
Che gelida manina…Mi chiamano
Mimì…O soave fanciulla
Act I
Musetta: Rosamund Illing
Alcindoro: Alan Light
Rodolfo: Neil Rosenshein
Mimì: Glenys Fowles
Schaunard: David Lemke
Marcello: John Fulford
Colline: John Wegner
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Recorded live on 31 August 1988
Azucena: Lauris Elms
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Recorded live on 2 July 1983
Scarpia: John Shaw
Spoletta: Christopher Dawes
Tosca: Eva Marton
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Recorded live on 2 November 1985
Teco io sto
Act II
Seguitemi. Perchè tremate?
Act II
Gustav: Richard Greager
Amelia: Leona Mitchell
Count Anckarström: Malcolm Donnelly
Count Ribbing: Stephen Bennett
Count Horn: John Wegner
The Australian Opera Chorus
The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
Conductor: Jun’ichi Hirokami
Recorded live in June 1989