Italian opera

Amore II ~ Great Italian Love Arias
$7.99
i'm a tellin you..... if you dont a like a this music....well you musta been born with the stone for a heart...heh

Italian Opera Arias [Includes DVD]
$18.98
Mme Dessay unveils a superb collection of chefs d'oeuvre for the soprano voice in the disc: Italian Opera Arias (EMI 50999 5 14365 2 0 and purchased through Amazon). As an opera aficionado of relatively recent standing I found both moving and thrilling her realizations of character in arias from I puritani and Maria Stuarda (tracks 3-8) which were unfamiliar to me alongside repertoire standards such as 'E strano!' and 'Ardon gli incensi' (tracks 1-2 and 12-15). Mme Dessay delights the jaded palate by the charm of fresh vocal readings, in 'Caro nome' (track 9) for example and all 73 minutes of the disc showcase sensitive, warmly calibrated interpretations with her crystalline timbre and perceptive musicianship. The opportunity to see her in a live recording of the Met's lauded 2007 Lucia di Lammermoor on the bonus DVD will be an inestimable boon for her fans, bel canto newbies or Met-veterans alike.

Italian Opera (National Traditions of Opera)
$75.00
The is a very useful resource covering a wide historical span. Of special note are the first two thirds of the book that cover the birth of opera up to appearance of Rossini which are not usually covered in opera texts. There is also a very useful bibliography.

The Italian Opera Collection
$39.98
Thre discs are such bad copies the faces are not even clear nor recognizable
Everything is distorted.