Best Opera albums of the 1980s
The best Opera studio albums released in the 1980s: 49 albums listeners most often call this genre
Best Opera albums of the 1980s
The most listened are shown: 35 of 49
ParsifalRichard Wagner; Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Peter Hofmann, Dunja Vejzovic, Kurt Moll, José van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern, Victor von Halem, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
L'OrfeoClaudio Monteverdi; Sir John Eliot Gardiner
NormaBellini; Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Nicola Zaccaria, Piero de Palma, Edda Vincenzi, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Opera AriasMozart; Kiri Te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Le nozze di FigaroMozart; Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Frederica von Stade, Samuel Ramey, Thomas Allen, Kurt Moll, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti
Don GiovanniMozart; Samuel Ramey, Anna Tomowa‐Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Kathleen Battle, Gösta Winbergh, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Alexander Malta, Paata Burchuladze, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
FidelioBeethoven; Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry, Gerhard Unger, Franz Crass, Ingeborg Hallstein, Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer
Eugene OneginTchaikovsky; Weikl, Kubiak, Burrows, Hamari, Ghiaurov, Sénéchal, John Alldis Choir, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti
RusalkaDvořák; Beňačková, Ochman, Drahomíra Drobková, Novák, Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, Václav Neumann
ArienHändel, Mozart; Jochen Kowalski, Kammerorchester C.Ph.E. Bach, Hartmut Haenchen
Die FledermausJohann Strauss; Edita Gruberová, Barbara Bonney, Werner Hollweg, Josef Protschka, De Nederlandse Opera Chorus, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Die FledermausJohann Strauss II; Herbert von Karajan, Schwarzkopf, Gedda, Streich, Krebs, Kunz, Christ, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
SatyagrahaPhilip Glass; New York City Opera Orchestra, New York City Opera Chorus, Christopher Keene
AkhnatenPhilip Glass; The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies
Pelléas et MélisandeDebussy; Frederica von Stade, Richard Stilwell, José van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Nadine Denize, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Billy BuddBenjamin Britten; Sir Peter Pears, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Il trovatoreGiuseppe Verdi; Leontyne Price, Franco Bonisolli, Piero Cappuccilli, Elena Obraztsova, Ruggero Raimondi, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
AidaVerdi; Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Simionato, MacNeil, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karajan
La traviataVerdi; Scotto, Kraus, Bruson, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti
Tristan und IsoldeRichard Wagner; Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
ParsifalWagner; René Kollo, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Zoltán Kelemen, Hans Hotter, Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti
TurandotGiacomo Puccini; Katia Ricciarelli, Plácido Domingo, Barbara Hendricks, Ruggero Raimondi, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
ToscaGiacomo Puccini; Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Prêtre
ToscaGiacomo Puccini; Price, Di Stefano, Taddei, Corena, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
A Portrait of Kiri Te KanawaKiri Te Kanawa
L’Enfant et les sortilèges / L’Heure espagnoleMaurice Ravel; Orchestre National de la R.T.F., Lorin Maazel
Der FreischützCarl Maria von Weber; Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
Lucia di LammermoorGaetano Donizetti; Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Robert Merrill, Cesare Siepi, Orchestra and Chorus of L’Academia di Santa Cecilia, John Pritchard
WertherMassenet; José Carreras, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Allen, Isobel Buchanan, Robert Lloyd, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis
LakméLéo Delibes; Joan Sutherland, Alain Vanzo, Gabriel Bacquier, Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte‐Carlo, Richard Bonynge
Boris GodunovMussorgsky; Boris Christoff, Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens
Ariadne auf NaxosRichard Strauss; Schwarzkopf, Seefried, Streich, Schock, Prey, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
The Art of the Prima Donna: Joan SutherlandJoan Sutherland
Hänsel und GretelHumperdinck; Herbert von Karajan, Grümmer, Schwarzkopf, Schürhoff, Metternich, von Ilosvay, Felbermayer, Choirs of Loughton High School & Bancroft’s School, Philharmonia Orchestra
CarmenBizet; Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, José van Dam, Katia Ricciarelli, Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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