The Academy Plays Opera

Aida: Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)

Christopher Warren-Green, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Madama Butterfly: Act 1: Introduction - Sharpless' Aria and Entrance of Butterfly (instrumental version, arr. Palmer)

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto I

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Rigoletto: Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Tosca: Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" - Execution and Finale (instrumental version, arr. Palmer)

Giacomo Puccini - “E lucevan le stelle” (from Tosca)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Il trovatore: Act 2: Coro di zingari. "Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Turandot: Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

La bohème (Fantasy for Orchestra, arr. Palmer)

Giacomo Puccini - La Bohème: A Fantasy for Orchestra

Christopher Warren-Green, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

La traviata: Act 2: "Di Provenza il mar" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto II, scena 1. “Di Provenza il mar, il suol” (Germont)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Madama Butterfly: Act 2: "Un bel dì vedremo" (instrumental version, arr. Palmer)

Giacomo Puccini - “Un bel dì, vedremo” (from Madama Butterfly)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Tosca: Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle" (instrumental version, arr. Pryce Jackman)

Giacomo Puccini - “E lucevan le stelle” (from Tosca)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

La Gioconda, op. 9: Act 3: Dance of the Hours

Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

I gioielli della Madonna: Act 3: Intermezzo

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Suite from the Opera "I gioielli della Madonna"

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields