The Essential Collection: Opera Gold

This episode of the The Essential Collection series presents the very best Opera themes, from the early devout stage works of Handel and Purcell, through the exotic and playful productions of Mozart and Rossini to the spectacular and heart-stopping innovations of Wagner and Tchaikovsky, all arranged for solo piano.

The works included are:

- Art Thou Troubled? (Rodelinda) [Handel, George Frideric]
- Au Fond Du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) [Bizet, Georges]
- Barcarolle (Les Contes D'Hoffmann) [Offenbach, Jacques]
- Bridal March (Lohengrin) [Wagner, Richard]
- Casta Diva (Norma) [Bellini, Vincenzo]
- Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves: Va, Pensiero (Nabucco) [Verdi, Giuseppi]
- Dance Of The Hours (La Gioconda) [Ponchielli, Amilcare]
- Der Vogelfanger Bin Ich Ja (Die Zauberflote) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- Entr'acte (Rosamunde) [Schubert, Franz]
- Grand March (Aida) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Habanera (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
- La Ci Darem La Mano (Don Giovanni) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- La Donna E Mobile (Rigoletto) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Largo: Ombra Mai Fu (Xerxes) [Handel, George Frideric]
- Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Rinaldo) [Handel, George Frideric]
- Meditation (Thais) [Massenet, Jules]
- Non Piu Andrai (The Marriage Of Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- Overture (The Barber Of Seville) [Rossini, Gioacchino]
- Polonaise (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
- Prince Gremin's Aria (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Pytor Ilyich]
- Sempre Libera (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Soave Sia Il Vento (Cosi Van Tutte) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- The Flower Duet (Lakme) [Delibes, Leo]
- The Ride Of The Valkyries (Die Walkure) [Wagner, Richard]
- To The Evening Star (Tannhauser) [Wagner, Richard]
- Toreador's Song (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
- Un Certo non So Che (Arsilda, Regina Di Punto) [Vivaldi, Antonio]
- Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- Waltz (Faust) [Gounod, Charles]
- When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]