Original title: The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden            
Released: 2007
Genre: Opera Concert
Conductor: Marco Armilato
Starring: Anna Netrebko (soprano), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Louis Teze (baritone), Symphony Orchestra SWR Baden-Baden und Freiburg


Here's the complete concert that brought together four of the world's most exciting singers, performing beloved arias, duets, and quartets. Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca appear together for the first time on stage in this dazzling gala for a quarter of "superstars" (Badische Zeitung). "Bel canto at its most beautiful and most ravishing" (Badische Neueste Nachrichten).

One of the most successful recent projects with the participation of opera stars. Two great operatic soprano - Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca this evening were in shock. Their partners Ramon Vargas and Louis Teze on the background of competing with each other ladies did not look so bright, that does not detract from their merits.

Tracklist:

1. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma - Simfonia.
2. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma - Duet: "Mira, o Norma" (Act II) (Elīna Garanča, Adalgisa - Anna Netrebko, Norma).
3. Gaetano Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore - Romanza: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Act II) (Ramón Vargas, Nemorino).
4. Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani - Recitative and Aria: "Or dove fuggo io mai? - Ah! per sempreio ti perdei - Bel sogno beato "(Act I) (Ludovic Tézier, Riccardo).
5. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma - Cavatina: "Casta Diva - Ah, bello a me ritorna" (Act I) (Anna Netrebko, Norma).
6. Gioacchino Rossini, La Cenerentola - Rondò finale: "Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto" (Act II) (Elīna Garanča, Cenerentola).
7. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo - Duet: "È lui! ... Desso! ... L'Infante! - Dio, che nell'alma infondere "(Act II, Scene I) (Ludovic Tézier, Rodrigo · Ramón Vargas, Don Carlo).
8. Camille Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila - Ballet: Bacchanale (Act III).
9. Léo Delibes, Lakmé - Flower Duet: "Viens, Mallika - Dôme épais le jasmin" (Act I) (Anna Netrebko, Lakmé · Elīna Garanča, Mallika).
10. Georges Bizet, Les Pêcheurs de perles - Duet: "Au fond du temple saint" (Act I) (Ramón Vargas, Nadir · Ludovic Tézier, Zurga).
11. Camille Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila - Aria: "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" (Act II) (Elīna Garanča, Dalila).
12. Giuseppe Verdi, Luisa Miller - Scene and Aria: "Oh! fede negar potessi - Quando le sere al placido "(Act II, Scene III) (Ramón Vargas, Rodolfo).
13. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo - Morte di Rodrigo: "Felice ancor io son - Per me giunto è il dì supremo - Io morrò, ma lieto in core" (Act IV, Scene II) Ludovic Tézier, Rodrigo.
14. Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème - Duetto: "O soave fanciulla" (Act I) (Ramón Vargas, Rodolfo · Anna Netrebko, Mimi).
15. Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto - Quartet: "Un dì, se ben rammentomi - Bella figlia dell'amore" (Act III) (Ramón Vargas, Duca · Anna Netrebko, Gilda · Elīna Garanča, Maddalena · Ludovic Tézier, Rigoletto).
16. Franz Lehár, Giuditta - "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" (Act IV) (Anna Netrebko, Giuditta).
17. Gioacchino Rossini - La danza (Ramón Vargas).
18. Ruperto Chapí, Las hijas del Zebedeo - Carceleras: "Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores" (Elīna Garanča, Luisa).
19. Georges Bizet, Carmen - Couplets (Toreador Song): "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre - Toréador, en garde!" (Act II) (Ludovic Tézier, Escamillo).
20. Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata - Brindisi: "Libiamo ne 'lieti calici" (Act I) (Ramón Vargas · Ludovic Tézier · Anna Netrebko · Elīna Garanča).

Length: 2:18:49