Art of the Prima Donna

"[T]his album exhilarates me… Joan Sutherland takes sixteen tests in Advanced Vocalism, and sails through them with startling freedom, scattering grupetti and volate as she goes."
High Fidelity




A landmark recording of bel canto arias, available at a super-value price

AltoALC-1125 — Art of the Prima Donna

Art of the Prima Donna

Joan Sutherland / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Alto ALC-1125
Number of Units: 1
EAN: 5055354411250

First released by Decca in 1960 as a two LP set, "The Art of the Prima Donna" created a sensation among critics and opera fans, brought soprano Joan Sutherland and international following, and became one of the best-selling opera recordings of all time. The young Sutherland took on some of the most difficult coloratura soprano arias and demonstrated an astonishing level of ease, assurance, and control, recording this formidable program in a mere two days, with many arias done in a single take. Alto is pleased to make this landmark recording available at a super-value price.




CD 1
1 Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes The Soldier Tir'd 04:06
2 George Frideric Handel: Samson Let the Bright Seraphim 05:59
3 Vincenzo Bellini: Norma Sediziose voci…Casta diva 12:50
4 Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani Son vergin vezosa 03:09
5 Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide Bel raggio lusinghier 06:44
6 Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani Qui la voce sua soave 07:04
7 Vincenzo Bellini: La Sonnambula Care compagne…come per me sereno 08:29
8 Charles Gounod: Faust Air des bijoux: O Dieu, que de bijoux 04:42
9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Martern aller Arten 08:45
10 Léo Delibes: Lakmé Bell Song: Où va la jeune Indoue 07:53
11 Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots O beau pays 05:48

Joan Sutherland / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden



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