CD 1:
Macbeth, Act I - Ambizioso spirito … Vieni! T’affretta“
La Forza del Destino, Act IV - „Pace, pace, mio Dio!“
La Traviata, Act III - „Teneste la promessa - Addio, del passato“
Don Carlo, Act IV - „O don fatale, o don crudel“
Macbeth, Act II - "La luce langue“
Aida, Act III - „Qui Radames verra! … O patria mia“
Oberto, Act I - „Ah, sgombro e il loco alfin!“
Il Trovatore, Act II - „Stride la vampa!“
Don Carlo, Act IV - „Tu che la vanita“
La Traviata, Act I - „E strano!“

CD 2:
Aida, Act I - Ritorna vincitor!“
Il Trovatore, Act I - Tacea la notte placida“
Nabucco, Act II - „Ben io t’invenni“
Alzira, Act I - „Da Gusman, su fragil barca“
Luisa Miller, Act II - „Tu puniscimi, o Signore“
Il Trovatore, Act II - „Condotta ell’era in ceppi“
Un Ballo in Maschera, Act II - „Ecco l’orrido campo - Ma dall’arido stelo“
Il Trovatore, Act IV - „Timor di me?“
La Battaglia di Legnano, Act I - „Voi lo diceste, amiche - Quante volte come un dono“
Otello, Act IV - „Piangea cantando nell’erma landa“

Giuseppe Verdi’s operas are notable for their strong and interesting female characters. Countless operatic divas owe their fame to one or more Verdi operas, some of them having grown into real Verdi specialists acknowledged as the ideal embodiment of leading ladies in operas like La Traviata, Luisa Miller, Aida, Macbeth, Don Carlos and Il trovatore. This double album presents a number of the greatest Verdi singers, along with some prima donnas who are seldom thought of as Verdi exponents.

---

Recordings: 1981-2014.