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In the irreverent tradition of their Idiot's Guide to Classical Music, RCA has put out a CD that not only contains 101 of the best-known melodies and arias from the opera canon, but also doubles as a CD-ROM reference guide! No longer will you confuse Wagner with Verdi, La Traviata with Il Trovatore or Callas with Carreras (okay, it's pretty hard to confuse those two). Anyway, before you know it you'll be belting out arias in the shower-InchFigaro Figaro Fiiigaroo!Inch Album Tracks 1. Antony & Cleopatra 'Give Me My Robe' - Leontyne Price 2. Fidelio 'In Des Lebens Fruhlingstagen...' - Ben Heppner 3. Fidelio Act II Quartet 'Ach, Du Bist Gerettet...' - Deborah Voigt 4. Norma 'Casta Diva' - Rosa Ponselle 5. Candide 'Glitter and Be Gay' - Harolyn Blackwell 6. Candide 'Make Our Garden Grow' - Jerry Hadley 7. Carmen Flower Song - Placido Domingo 8. Carmen Habanera - Rise Stevens 9. Carmen Toreador Song - Robert Merrill 10. Les Pecheurs de Perles Duet 'Oui, C'est Elle, C'est la Deesse...' - Robert Merrill 11. Mefistofele 'Ecco Il Mondo' - Samuel Ramey 12. La Wally 'Eben, Ne Andro Lontana' - Only Opera CD You'll Ever Need 13. Lakme Bell Song - Lily Pons 14. L'elisir D'amore 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' - Tito Schipa 15. Lucia Di Lammermoor 'Chi Mi Frena in Tal Momento...' - Carlo Bergonzi 16. Lucia Di Lammermoor 'Spargi D'amaro Pianto' - Anna Moffo 17. Martha 'M'appari Tutto Amor' - Jussi Bjoerling 18. Porgy & Bess 'Summertime' - Leontyne Price 19. Porgy & Bess 'Bess, You Is My Woman' - William Warfield 20. Andrea Chenier 'Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio' - Ben Heppner 21. Romeo Et Juliette Juliette's Waltz; 'Je Veux Vivre' - Ruth Ann Swenson 22. Salammbo Aria - Kiri Te Kanawa 23. Hansel & Gretel 'Suuse, Liebe Susse - Helen Donath 24. I Pagliacci 'Vesti la Giubba' - Enrico Caruso 25. Cavalleria Ru
