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For anyone new to opera, the first question is often where to start? The 'Best Loved' series offers an easy answer to that question with a perfect introduction to the wonderful, varied world of operatic music. Highlighting some of the best-loved arias ever written, the series provides a convenient introduction to opera's extensive variety of sounds and styles. Opera can be defined as drama told through music and, at the height of it's popularity, conventions arose in which certain voice types came to share features of the characters they represented. This series presents the main vocal categories (soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) by dividing them across four albums. The 'Best Loved' Arias series aims to demonstrate why opera as an art form remains as relevant and entertaining today as it was at it's inception 400 years ago. Album Tracks 1. barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)~Act I. Cavatina Largo al factotum della città 2. Carmen~Actt II. Couplets Votre toast, je peux vous les rendre (Toreador Song) 3. Faust~Act II. Scene 3. Ronde du Veau d'or Le Veau d'or est toujours debout! 4. Faust~Act III. Scene 10. Il était temps! 5. Mefistofele~Act II. Scene 2. Ecco il mondo 6. Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)~Act II. Scintille, diamant! 7. nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)~Act I. No. 10. Aria Non più andrai 8. Zaudberflöte (The Magic Flute)~Act II. No. 10. Aria and Chorus O Isis und Osiris 9. fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)~Act I. No. 2. Aria Die Frist ist um 10. Walküre (The Valkyrie)~Act III. Scene 3 Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan's Farewell) 11. Guillaume Tell (William Tell)~Act III. Finale. Aria Sois immobile 12. Nabucco~Act II. Scene 2. Recitative Vieni, o Levita! 13. Rigoletto~Act II. Cortigiani, vil razza dannata 14. Bohème~Act IV. Vecchia zimarra, sen
