2 Ah sì, ben mio Il trovatore act 3 & Leone Emanuele Bardare
3 La donna è mobile, Rigoletto,
act 3
4 Di’tu se fedele Un ballo in maschera act 1
5 Ma se m'è forza perderti,
Un ballo in maschera act 3
6 Ella mi fu rapita! Rigoletto act 2
7 Possente amor mi chiama Rigoletto act 2
8 Celeste Aida Aida act 1
9 De' miei bollenti spiriti La traviata, act 2
10 Oh mio rimorso! La traviata
act 2
11 La mia letizia I lombardi act 2
12 Mercé, diletti amici Ernani,
act 1
13 Io la vidi e il suo sorriso
Don Carlo, act 1 (Italian version)
14 Quando le sere al placido
Luisa Miller act 2
15 La vita è inferno, La forza del destino act 3
Zubin Mehta
Israel Philharmonic
The works, including the world-famous arias "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, "Celeste Aida" from Aida and great arias from Verdi's major operas, have been selected by Andrea and are a fitting homage to the "father of Italian music", as John Ardoin says in his note on the album:
"The arias he has selected for this Verdi recital make up a gallery of some of the composer's most varied and compelling heels and heroes — the Egyptian warrior Radamès in Aida, the self-centred Duke in Rigoletto, the bandit Ernani, the aristocratic Rodolfo in Luisa Miller, the unlucky Manroco in il trovatore, the doomed Don Alvaro in La forza del destino, Sweden's tragic King Gustavus III in Un ballo in maschera, the hapless lover Alfredo in La traviata, the crusader Arvino in l lombardi, and the ill-fated Spanish prince Don Carlo.
462 033 Aria — The Opera Album