The Art Of The Prima Donna

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

• Released on 1/01/1960 by Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Main artists: Dame Joan Sutherland Royal Opera House Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
• Genre: Klassiek
• Distinctions: Stereophile: Record To Die For

Artaxerxes / Act 3 (Thomas Arne)

1 "The soldier tir'd of war's alarms"

00:04:06

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Choir, MainArtist - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Pietro Metastasio, Author, Original Text Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Arne, Composer, Author - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Dilley, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Samson HWV 57 / Act 3 (Georg Friedrich Händel)

2 "Let The Bright Seraphim"

00:05:56

George Frideric Handel, Composer - Newburgh Hamilton, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Dilley, Trumpet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Norma / Act 1 (Vincenzo Bellini)

3 "Sediziose voci...Casta Diva...Ah! bello a me ritorna"

00:12:47

Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Choir, MainArtist - Felice Romani, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

I Puritani / Act 1 (Vincenzo Bellini)

4 "Son vergin vezzosa"

00:03:07

Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Carlo Pepoli, Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Semiramide / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)

5 "Bel raggio lusinghier"

00:06:39

Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Voltaire, Author, Original Text Author - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

I Puritani / Act 2 (Vincenzo Bellini)

6 "O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce...Vien, diletto"

00:07:01

Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Carlo Pepoli, Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

La Sonnambula / Act 1 (Vincenzo Bellini)

7 "Care compagne, e voi, tenere amici"

00:08:26

Vincenzo Bellini, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Felice Romani, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Faust, CG 4 / Act 3 (Charles Gounod)

8 "O Dieu! que de bijoux...Ah! je ris de me voir"

00:04:44

Charles Gounod, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

DISC 2

Roméo et Juliette, CG 9 / Act 1 (Charles Gounod)

1 "Ah, je veux vivre"

00:03:30

Charles Gounod, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Otello / Act 4 (Giuseppe Verdi)

2 "Mia madre aveva una povera ancella...piangea cantando"

00:08:04

William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Arrigo Boito, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

3 "Martern aller Arten"

00:08:44

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

La traviata / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)

4 "E strano!...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre libera"

00:06:44

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Walker, Producer - Alexandre Dumas, Author, Original Text Author - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Hamlet / Act 4 (Ambroise Thomas)

5 "A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi"

00:08:50

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michel Carre, Author - Jules Barbier, Author - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Ambroise Thomas, Composer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Lakmé / Act 2 (Léo Delibes)

6 "Où va la jeune Indoue" (Bell song)

00:07:52

Léo Delibes, Composer - Philippe Gille, Author - Edmond Gondinet, Author - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Les Huguenots / Act 2 (Giacomo Meyerbeer)

7 "O beau pays de la Touraine"

00:05:44

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Eugene Scribe, Author - Giacomo Meyerbeer, Composer - James Walker, Producer - Emile Deschamps, Author - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

Rigoletto / Act 1 (Giuseppe Verdi)

8 "Gualtier Maldè...Caro nome"

00:06:16

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra, MainArtist - Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Walker, Producer - Michael Bremner, Producer, Recording Producer - Francesco Maria Piave, Author - Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Conductor, MainArtist - Joan Sutherland, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kenneth Wilkinson, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Minshull, Producer, Recording Producer - Victor Marie Hugo, Author, Original Text Author - Peter Attwood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited

About the album

• 2 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
• Total length: 01:48:30

• Main artists: Dame Joan Sutherland Royal Opera House Orchestra Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
• Genre: Klassiek
Available in
24-Bit/96 kHz Stereo

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Distinctions:

• Stereophile: Record To Die For