Originally issued as EMI Classics 7243 5 57264 2 1 (℗2002). Program notes by George Hall in English with German and French translations (13 pages : portrait) inserted in container. Angela Gheorghiu, soprano ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Ion Marin, conductor. Recorded live 2001 June 8, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
Contents:
Applaude (:32) -- Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga / George Frideric Handel (4:49) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Porgi, amor (4:17) -- Manon. Allons! il le faut pour lui-même ... Adieu, notre petite table / Jules Massenet (4:20) -- Louise. Depuis le jour / Gustave Charpentier (5:29) -- Turandot. Tu, che di gel sei cinta (2:52) ; Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì, vedremo (5:09) / Giacomo Puccini -- Adriana Lecouvreur. Ecco, respiro appena ; Io son l'umile ancella / Francisco Cilea (4:07) -- Norma. Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me nitorna / Vincenzo Bellini (9:08) -- Encores: Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Giacomo Puccini (2:59) ; La seceriș. Câte flori pe deal în sus / Tiberiu Brediceanu (4:31) ; My fair lady. I could have danced all night / Frederick Loewe (2:52).
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