Gheorghiu, Angela - Puccini Arias CD

In this recording Angela Gheorghiu brings us some of Puccini’s best loved arias. A number of these are from La Bohème, including Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì and Donde lieta usci, both sung by Mimì. It is this opera and role which marked both Angela’s graduation from the Bucharest Music Academy in 1990 and her international debut at the Royal Opera House, which shot her to stardom and today she is without parallel on stage in this repertoire. The disc also contains Un bel dì vedremo and Tu, tu piccolo Iddio from Madama Butterfly. For the latter aria she is joined by the tenor, her husband Roberto Alagna, with whom she has given countless acclaimed performances both on stage and on disc, including those of Puccini’s operas La Rondine, Tosca and La Bohème.

Un bel di, vedremo (Madama Butterfly) 
Tu, tu piccolo Iddio! (Madama Butterfly) *
Addio, addio mio dolce amor! (Edgar)+ 
Nel villaggio d'Edgar (Edgar)+ 
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine)
Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème) 
Quando m'en vo (La Bohème) 
Donde lieta usci (La Bohème) 
Laggiù nel Soledad (La Fanciulla del West) 
In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut) 
Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut)   
Senza mamma (Suor Angelica) 
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) 
Se come voi piccina io fossi (Le Villi) 
Signore, ascolta! (Turandot) 
Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot) 
In questa Reggia (Turandot)*+
Vissi d'arte (Tosca) 

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Roberto Alagna*
Royal Opera Chorus+
Orchestra Sinfonia di Milano Guiseppe Verdi, Anton Coppola
(Vissi d'arte - Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano)
Running Time: 73:35