| Rapture Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments CDs (2002)
Ombra Mai Fu classical music
$11.35 Highlights include Bellini's Casta Duva, as featured in The Bridges of Madison County, Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman from Life Is Beautiful, and Puccini's Un Bel Di from Madame Butterfly and featured in Fatal Attraction. 2cds-Bellini/Offenbach/Mozart/ Verdi/Beethoven/Puccini/Gluck
Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Reri Grist, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Jane Berbié, Grace Bumbry, Marilyn Horne, Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo soprano); Gösta Winbergh, Plácido Domingo, Roberto Alagna, Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor); Bryn Terfel (baritone); Manfred Jungwirth, Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass voice).
Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments collects two discs' worth of opera classics that have been featured in films and commercials, and features performances from such star singers as Bryn Terfel, Joan Sutherland, and Kiri TeKanawa. The collection offers a good sampling of works from many of opera's definitive composers, including Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Purcell, and Wagner, and includes music from films such as Driving Miss Daisy, Babette's Feast, and The Shawshank Redemption.
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