Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; with various other musicians: Rolando Panerai, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, Frederico Davia, James Courtney, Richard Van Allen, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tom Krause, Pier Francesco Poli, Piero di Palma, Fernando Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Graham Clark, Kathleen Battle, Robert Lloyd, Malcolm King, Maria Chiara, Kiri Te Kanawa, Giancarlo Luccardi, Ida Bormida, Julia Varady, vocalists ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, Metropolitan Chorus and Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Orchestre del Teatro alla Scala, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Volksoperernorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre del Teatro Comunale di Bologna ; Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Nicola Rescigno, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Zubin Mehta, Lamberto Gardelli, Peter Maag, Richard Bonynge, Sir Georg Solti, Leone Magiera, Lorin Maazel, Sir John Pritchard, Giandrea Gavazzeni, Giuaeppe Patane, Pierino Gamba, Giancarlo Chiaramello, Henry Mancini, Anton Guadagno, conductors
Opera excerpts and songs.
Compact discs.
Notes on the tenor in container.
All selections except disc 3, track 1 previously released.
Sung in Italian or French.
disc 1. Puccini [excerpts from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, La fanciulla del West and Turandot] -- disc 2. Verdi [excerpts from I Lombardi, Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Aida, Requiem, Otello] -- disc 3. Favorite arias and songs