Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: The Ultimate Opera Queen - Leontyne Price, Anna Moffo, Montserrat Caballe and others / BMG Classics Audio CD 1996 / 09026-68540-2 UPC 090266854028 /// Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano who was the first African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first African American to be a leading performer. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala, the last at which she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Verdi's Aida. Anna Moffo (June 27, 1932 ? March 9, 2006) was an American opera singer, television personality, and actress. One of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation, she possessed a warm and radiant voice of considerable range and agility. Noted for her physical beauty, she was nicknamed "La Bellissima". María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepcion Caballe i Folch (UK: /k??balje?,?kaba(l)?je?/, US: /?k??b???je?/, Catalan: [muns??rat k?????e j ?folk]; 12 April 1933 ? 6 October 2018) was a Spanish operatic soprano. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo. /// Label: BMG Classics ? 09026-68540-2 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 1996 Genre: Classical Style: Opera /// Tracklist: 1 Tosca: Vissi D'Arte Composed By ? Giacomo Puccini Conductor ? Oliviero De Fabritiis Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Leontyne Price 3:14 2 Norma: Casta Diva Chorus ? The Ambrosian Opera Chorus Composed By ? Vincenzo Bellini Conductor ? Carlo Felice Cillario Orchestra ? London Philharmonic Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Montserrat Caballe 6:44 3 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Una Voce Poca Fa Composed By ? Gioacchino Rossini Conductor ? Erich Leinsdorf Orchestra ? Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Roberta Peters 6:27 4 Rigoletto: Caro Nome Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Georg Solti Orchestra ? RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Anna Moffo 6:54 5 Aïda: Ritorna Vincitor! Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Oliviero De Fabritiis Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Leontyne Price 6:50 6 La Wally: Ne Andro Lontano Composed By ? Alfredo Catalani Conductor ? Pinchas Steinberg Orchestra ? Munich Radio Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Eva Marton 3:37 7 La Traviata: Addio Del Passato Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Fernando Previtali Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Anna Moffo 4:12 8 Aïda: O Patria Mia Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Oliviero De Fabritiis Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Leontyne Price 5:11 9 Don Giovanni: Crudele?...Non Mi Dir Composed By ? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra ? English Chamber Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Margaret Price 7:03 10 Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Dì Composed By ? Giacomo Puccini Conductor ? Erich Leinsdorf Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Anna Moffo 4:05 11 Adriana Lecouvreur: Io Son L'Umile Ancella Composed By ? Francesco Cilea Conductor ? Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Orchestra ? RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Leontyne Price 2:55 12 La Forza Del Destino: Pace, Pace Mio Dio Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Thomas Schippers Orchestra ? RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Leontyne Price 5:44 13 Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! Composed By ? Giacomo Puccini Conductor ? Erich Leinsdorf Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Renata Tebaldi 2:32 14 La Traviata: E Strano...A Fors E Lui...Folie!...Sempre Libera Composed By ? Giuseppe Verdi Conductor ? Fernando Previtali Orchestra ? Rome Opera Orchestra Soprano Vocals ? Anna Moffo Tenor Vocals ? Richard Tucker (2) 8:35 Chorus ? The Ambrosian Opera Chorus (tracks: 2) Composed By ? Alfredo Catalani (tracks: 6), Francesco Cilea (tracks: 11), Giacomo Puccini (tracks: 1, 10, 13), Gioacchino Rossini (tracks: 3), Giuseppe Verdi (tracks: 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14), Vincenzo Bellini (tracks: 2), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (tracks: 9) Conductor ? Carlo Felice Cillario (tracks: 2), Erich Leinsdorf (tracks: 3), Fernando Previtali (tracks: 7, 14), Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (tracks: 11), Georg Solti (tracks: 4), Oliviero De Fabritiis (tracks: 1, 5, 8), Pinchas Steinberg (tracks: 6), Thomas Schippers (tracks: 12) Coordinator ? Daniel Guss Orchestra ? English Chamber Orchestra (tracks: 9), Munich Radio Orchestra (tracks: 6), Rome Opera Orchestra (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (tracks: 4, 11, 12), London Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 2), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (tracks: 3) Soprano Vocals ? Anna Moffo (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 14), Leontyne Price (tracks: 1, 5, 8, 11, 12), Margaret Price (tracks: 9), Montserrat Caballe (tracks: 2), Renata Tebaldi (tracks: 13), Roberta Peters (tracks: 3), Eva Marton (tracks: 6) Tenor Vocals ? Richard Tucker (2) (tracks: 14)