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Nadya Afeyan - Famous Opera Voices of Bulgaria
GD 421 (Gega New, CD)
REISSUE/COMPILATION (1 April 2023)
Playing time: 62'28"
Tracks: 12
Booklet pages: 12
℗ 2022 Bulgarian National Radio
Main country of recording: Bulgaria
Country of manufacture: Bulgaria
Sent to a reviewer on 17 March 2023
Nadya Afeyan, mezzo-soprano
Lyubomir Bodurov, tenor (track 2)
Nikolai Stoilov, bass (track 6)
Sofia Opera Choir (track 6)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra (tracks 1-4 and 6-10)
Pernik Symphony Orchestra (track 5)
Lyuben Kondov, piano (tracks 11-12)
Mihail Angelov, conductor (tracks 1, 3-4, 6-8 and 10)
Rouslan Raichev, conductor (tracks 2, 5 and 9)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Carmen
1 Habanera (recorded 1967)
2 Final duet of Carmen and Don José (Act IV, recorded 1960)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Il Trovatore (recorded 1967)
3 Azucena's Song
4 Azucena's Story
5 Aria of Eboli (Don Carlos, Scene 5, recorded 1960)
6 Judgement Scene (Aida, Act IV, recorded 1974)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886):
7 The Blind Woman's Aria (La Gioconda, Act I, recorded 1967)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
8 Aria of Dalila (Samson et Dalila, Act II, recorded 1967)
Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881):
9 Marfa's Divination (Khovanshchina Act II, recorded 1967)
Lyubomir Pipkov (1904-1974):
10 Aria of Efrosina (Momchil, recorded 1967)
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) / lyrics Eduard Mörike:
11 Verborgenheit (recorded 1967)
Charles Lefebvre (1843-1917) / lyrics Sully Prudhomme:
12 Ici-bas! (recorded 1967)