"Севилският бръснар" на Росини, "Любовен елексир" на Доницети, "Травиата" и "Риголето" на Верди, "Тоска" на Пучини и "Дон Джовани" на Моцарт са само някои от великолепните произведения, включени в тази двойна колекция.
Соловите и оркестралните изпълнения са дирижирани от световно признати композитори като Antonio Papano, Roger Norrington, Anton Coppola, Kazushi Ono и Sir Simon Rattle, а сред изпълнителите, взели участие в записите, са Angela Gheorghiu, Natalie Dessay, Rolando Villazon, Vittorio Grigolo и носителката на Грами за 2012 година Joyce DiDonato.
Последната творба, включена в компилацията Opera 2012, е с участието на световно известния български цигулар Васко Василев, в качеството си на концерт майстор на оркестъра на Ковънт Гардън, а изпълнението му е на откъс от операта The Temple на английския композитор Thomas Ades.
Траклист CD 1:
1. Guillaume Tell: Guillaume Tell: Ouverture - Antonio Pappano/Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma 5:47
Gioachino Rossini (Composer) ,
Antonio Pappano (Conductor)
Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra)
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Choir)
2. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una Voce Poco fa - Diana Damrau/Münchner Rundfunkorchester 6:38
Gioachino Rossini (Composer)
Diana Damrau (Main Artist)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Orchestra)
3. La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno - Joyce DiDonato/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Kazushi Ono 7:47
Gioachino Rossini (Composer)
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
Choeur De l'Opéra National De Lyon (Chorus)
Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon (Orchestra)
4. I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Ascolta! - Kazushi Ono/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Joyce DiDonato 3:01
Vincenzo Bellini (Composer)
Kazushi Ono (Conductor)
Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon (Orchestra)
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
5. L'Elisir d'amore: L'Elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima - Rolando Villazon/Marcello Viotti/Münchner Rundfunkorchester 4:27
Gaetano Donizetti (Composer)
Rolando Villazon (Tenor)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester (Orchestra)
6. La Traviata: La Traviata: È strano! È strano!...Ah, fors` è lui - Natalie Dessay/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln 6:04
Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Evelino Pido (Conductor)
Concerto Koln (Ensemble)
7. La Traviata: La Traviata: Follie! Follie!...Sempre libera - Natalie Dessay/Roberto Alagna/Evelino Pidò/Concerto Köln 4:43
Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Evelino Pido (Conductor)
8. Rigoletto: Ma dove or travesi...Possente amor (Duca) - Pier Giorgio Morandi/Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma/Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma/Vittorio Grigolo 3:27
Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)
Pier Giorgio Morandi (Conductor)
Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma (Chorus)
Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma (Orchestra)
Vittorio Grigolo (Tenor)
9. La Bohème: La Bohème: Mi chiamano Mimì (Mimì) (Act I) - Angela Gheorghiu/Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Anton Coppola 5:03
Giacomo Puccini (Composer)
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano (Orchestra)
Anton Coppola (Conductor)
10. La Bohème, 'Bohemian Life': La Bohème, 'Bohemian Life': O soave fanciulla - Angela Gheorghiu/Roberto Alagna/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Sir Richard Armstrong 3:48
Giacomo Puccini (Composer)
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Sir Richard Armstrong (Conductor)
11. Tosca, Act II: Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte (Tosca) - Angela Gheorghiu/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano 3:23
Giacomo Puccini (Composer)
Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Chorus)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
Antonio Pappano (Conductor)
12. Madama Butterfly: Madama Butterfly: Un bel di, vedremo - Liping Zhang/Giordano Bellincampi/City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra 4:22
Giacomo Puccini (Composer)
Liping Zhang (Soprano)
Giordano Bellincampi (Conductor)
City Of Prague Philharmonic (Orchestra)
Траклист CD 2:
1. Ariodante HWV 33, Ouverture: Ariodante HWV 33, Ouverture: Alla gavotta - Alan Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco 1:46
George Frideric Handel (Composer)
Matthew Brook (Bass)
Karina Gauvin (Soprano)
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
2. Ariodante HWV 33, Atto secondo, Scena 3: Ariodante HWV 33, Atto secondo, Scena 3: Aria: Scherza infida - Joyce DiDonato/Alan Curtis/Il Complesso Barocco 9:57
George Frideric Handel (Composer)
Matthew Brook (Bass)
Karina Gauvin (Soprano)
Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
3. Rinaldo: Rinaldo: Aria: Venti turbini - David Daniels/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Roger Norrington 3:42
George Frideric Handel (Composer)
David Daniels (Counter Tenor)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment (Orchestra)
Roger Norrington (Conductor)
4. Vivaldi: Il Farnace, Atto Primo, Scena I: Vivaldi: Il Farnace, Atto Primo, Scena I: Recordati che sei - Max Emanuel Cencic/Diego Fasolis/I Barocchisti 3:22
Antonio Vivaldi (Composer)
Max Emanuel Cencic (Counter Tenor)
Diego Fasolis (Conductor)
I Barocchisti (Ensemble)
5. Don Giovanni, ATTO 1: Don Giovanni, ATTO 1: Fin ch'han dal vino - Peter Mattei/Giles Cachemaille/Carmela Remigio/Véronique Gens/Mark Padmore/Lisa Larsson/Till Fechner/Gudjon Oskarsson/Solistes de l'Académie eurporéenne de musique d'Aix-en-Provence/Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding 1:09
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) ,
Peter Mattei (Baritone)
Giles Cachemaille (Baritone)
Carmela Remigio (Soprano)
6. Don Giovanni, ATTO 2: Don Giovanni, ATTO 2: Mi tradi, quell'alma ingrata - Peter Mattei/Giles Cachemaille/Carmela Remigio/Véronique Gens/Mark Padmore/Lisa Larsson/Till Fechner/Gudjon Oskarsson/Solistes de l'Académie eurporéenne de musique d'Aix-en-Provence/Mahler Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Harding 4:05
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) ,
Peter Mattei (Baritone)
Giles Cachemaille (Baritone)
Carmela Remigio (Soprano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra)
Daniel Harding (Conductor)
7. Così fan tutte K588, ATTO PRIMO/ACT ONE/ERSTER AKT/PREMIER ACTE, Scena seconda/Scene Two/Zweite Szene/Deuxième Scène: Così fan tutte K588, ATTO PRIMO/ACT ONE/ERSTER AKT/PREMIER ACTE, Scena seconda/Scene Two/Zweite Szene/Deuxième Scène: No. 10 Terzettino: Soave sia il vento (Fiordiligi/Dorabella/Don Alfonso) - Hillevi Martinpelto/Alison Hagley/Sir Thomas Allen/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Sir Simon Rattle 2:56
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer) ,
Hillevi Martinpelto (Soprano)
Alison Hagley (Soprano)
Thomas Allen (Baritone)
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment (Orchestra)
Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor)
8. La Clemenza di Tito: Parto, parto (Sesto) - Elina Garanca/Latvian National Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Vilumanis 6:18
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)
Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Alexander Vilumanis (Conductor)
9. Manon, ACT 3: Manon, ACT 3: Suis-je gentille ainsi? - Michel Plasson/Natalie Dessay/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Choeur 'Les Elements' 2:52
Jules Massenet (Composer)
Michel Plasson (Conductor)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse (Orchestra)
10. Faust: Faust: Le Roi de Thule, Air des bijous - Inva Mula/Ivo Lipanovic/Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra 11:17
Charles Gounod (Composer)
Inva Mula (Soprano)
Ivo Lipanovic (Conductor)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
11. Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll's Song) - Natalie Dessay/Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo/Patrick Fournillier 5:25
Jacques Offenbach (Composer)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo (Orchestra)
Patrick Fournillier (Conductor)
12. La Fille du régiment, ACT 2: La Fille du régiment, ACT 2: C'en est donc fait ...Salut à la France - Michel Plasson/Natalie Dessay/Choeur 'Les Elements'/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse 4:04
Gaetano Donizetti (Composer) ,
Michel Plasson (Conductor)
Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
Choeur Les Elements (Choir)
13. Siegfried - Duets: Siegfried - Duets: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich - Placido Domingo/Deborah Voigt/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Antonio Pappano 4:33
Richard Wagner (Composer)
Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Deborah Voigt (Soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Orchestra)
14. Billy Budd: Billy Budd: Look! Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! (Billy) - Daniel Harding/London Symphony Orchestra/Nathan Gunn 5:44
Benjamin Britten (Composer)
Daniel Harding (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) (Orchestra)
Nathan Gunn (Performer)
15. The Tempest, Act 1: The Tempest, Act 1: Scene I: Hell is empty - Thomas Adès/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3:44
Thomas Ades (Composer) ,
William Shakespeare (Librettist) ,
Thomas Ades Main Artist
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Main Artist
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Main Artist
Concert master Vasko Vassilev
Разпространява Анимато Мюзик/ EMI
