Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Opera

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Porgi, amor qualche ristoro" from Le nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro]
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Sylvia McNair, soprano

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
"Che fiero momento" from Orfeo ed Euridice

English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Fardiner, conductor

2009

Renée Fleming, soprano
Anna Netrebko, soprano
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Montserrat Caballé, soprano
Elīna Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Danielle de Niese, soprano
Patricia Petibon, soprano
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano
Sumi Jo, soprano
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano

Opera excerpts recording

Compact disc (2 discs)