- Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo- soprano
- Maria Callas, soprano
- Enrico Caruso, tenor
- Ileana Cotrubas, soprano
- Irene Dalis, soprano
- Plácido Domingo, tenor
- Nicolai Gedda, tenor
- Leyla Gencer, soprano
- Beniamino Gigli, tenor
- Monica Groop, mezzo- soprano
- Jorma Hynninen, baritone
- Karita Mattila, soprano
- John McCormack, tenor
- Lauritz Melchior, heldentenor
- Chris Merritt, tenor
- Jessye Norman, soprano
- Leonie Rysanek, soprano
- Matti Salminen, bass
- George Shirley, tenor
- Frederica von Stade, mezzo- soprano
- Richard Tauber, tenor
- Kathleen Battle, soprano
- Hildegard Behrens, soprano
- Jussi Björling, tenor
- Barbara Bonney, soprano
- Monserrat Caballé, soprano
- Enrico Caruso, tenor
- Jane Eaglen, soprano
- Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass
- Jerry Hadley, tenor
- Marilyn Horne, mezzo- soprano
- Christa Ludwig, mezzo- soprano
- Janis Martin, mezzo- soprano
- Sylvia McNair, soprano
- James Morris, bass
- Stuart Neill, tenor
- Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
- Leontyne Price, soprano
- Nathalie Stutzman, contralto
- Frederica von Stade, mezzo- soprano
- Deborah Voigt, soprano
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INTRODUCTION TO PUCCINI
With the release of Andrea Bocelli's first full-length opera
recording, "La Boheme," many music lovers who've never encountered a
complete opera before will take the plunge. And in his tragicomic
portrait of the lives of a circle of young bohemians, Giacomo Puccini
created what is in many ways the quintessential opera--which also
became the inspiration for one of the most successful musicals of the
1990s, "Rent." "La Boheme" makes a perfect entree for the budding
opera lover. Try out our Get Started in Classical feature--which
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