Description
RARELY PERFORMED OPERA ARIAS AND FORGOTTEN GEMS CAREFULLY SELECTED BY TODAY S LEADING SOPRANO. HOMAGE, THE AGE OF THE DIVA IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTS WHO GAVE LIFE TO THESE WORKS.
Acclaimed throughout the world s great opera houses, American soprano Renee Fleming enjoys particular success in roles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries when glorious vocal writing and opulent orchestrations took the art of opera to new heights.
In studying and performing this passionately lyrical music Renee Fleming became increasingly fascinated with her predecessors - sopranos of a golden age who made this intensely emotional music their own.
In her latest recording project Renee Fleming pays tribute to remarkable singers including Lotte Lehmann, Maria Jeritza, Rosa Ponselle and Mary Garden; women who achieved iconic status in a rapidly changing world in which their fame was spread through recordings, film and advertising - a time which could be described as The Age Of The Diva .
The beautiful music links the 19th century of Verdi and Gounod with the 20th century of Korngold and Richard Strauss. All of the pieces were championed by the Divas of the past, some of them come from operas that are still very popular today (Tosca & Il Trovatore), many others are from operas that have been forgotten. Renee Fleming rediscovers these "lost jewels" - including arias by Cilea, Smetana, and Rimsky-Korsakov - that were big hits during their time and now presents them for a new generation.
For this passionate, richly orchestrated repertoire, the role of the orchestra is enormously important and Renee is joined by the acclaimed Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre under their music director Valery Gergiev.

Track List
01. Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 4 - Poveri fiori, gemme de'prati
02. Dalibor - "Dobra! Ja mu je dam!...Jak je mi?"
03. Oprichnik - "Pochudilis mne budto golosa...Za dvorom luzhok zelenvoshek"
04. Tosca / Act 2 - "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
05. Das Wunder der Heliane / Act 2 - Ich ging zu ihm
06. Mireille / Act 1 - "Le ciel rayonne...O legere hirondelle"
07. Die Liebe der Danae - Orchesterzwischenspiel
08. Die Liebe der Danae - "Wie umgibst du mich mit Frieden"
09. Servilia - "Tsveti moi!"
10. Il Trovatore / Act 1 - "Tacea la notte placida" -"Di tale amor"
11. Cleopatre - "J'ai verse le poison dans cette coupe d'or"
12. Jenufa / Act 2 - Mamicko, mam tezkou hlavu
13. Jenufa / Act 2 - "Kdo to je? - Jenufko, ty jsi jeste vzuru?"
14. Die Kathrin - "Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn"