Features 12 arias with Recitation and Melody with Piano steps on two CDs. Diction steps are performed by native speakers and piano accompaniments are played by Dietrich Erbelding. All arias are recorded in their original keys.

Contents:

Meyerbeer, L’Africaine: Vasco da Gama, “O paradis”
Verdi, Aïda: Radames, “Celeste Aïda”
Bizet, Carmen: Don José, “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée”
Verdi, La forza del destino: Don Alvaro, “Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli”
Ponchielli, La gioconda: Enzo, “Cielo e mar”
Wagner, Lohengrin: Lohengrin, “In fernem Land”
Wagner, Die Meistersinger: Walther, “Morgenlich leuchtend”
Leoncavallo, I pagliacci: Canio, “Vesti la giubba”
Puccini, Tosca: Mario, “Recondita armonia”
Puccini, Tosca: Mario, “E lucevan le stelle”
Verdi, Il trovatore: Manrico, “Ah sì, ben mio”
Wagner, Die Walküre: Siegmund, “Winterstürme”

Dramatic Tenor Opera Arias 2-CD set: $22.95