Rouleau was acclaimed on the world’s greatest opera stages and performed with the greatest singers, including Sutherland, de Los Angeles, Callas, Pavarotti and Domingo.

This collection draws from his impressive discography and includes arias by Donizetti, Verdi, Boito and many others, all demonstrating his vigour and vitality.

Contents:
CD 1
Verdi, Giuseppe
Don Carlos  
1. Carlo, il sommo Imperatore (Un Frate, Act II)
Joseph Rouleau (Un frate)
Groot Omroepkoor, Omroep Orkest / Carlo Maria Giulini
Holland, 1960

Donizetti, Gaetano
Lucia di Lammermoor
2. Ah! cedi, cedi, o più sciagure (Raimondo, Act II)
3. Dalle stanze, ove Lucia; Oh! Qual funesto avvenimento! (Lucia, Raimondo, Acte II)
Joseph Rouleau (Raimondo), Joan Sutherland (Lucia)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Tullio Serafin
British Broadcasting Corporation, 1959

Verdi, Giuseppe
Il Trovatore
4. Abbietta zingara, fosca vegliarda!; Brevi e tristi giorni visse" (Ferrando et al, Part 1 : Il duello)
5. E deggio, e posso crederlo? (Ferrando et al, Part II: La gitana)
Joseph Rouleau (Ferrando), Peter Glossop (Il Conte di Luna), Gwyneth Jones (Leonora), Bruno Prevedi (Manrico), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), John Dobson (Ruiz)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Carlo Maria Giulini
British Broadcasting Corporation, 1964

Boito, Arrigo
Mefistofele
6. Concert Announcement
7. Prologue
8. Son lo spirito (Mefistofele, Faust, Act I, Scene II)
9. Ecco il mondo (Mefistofele, Faust, Act II, Scene II)
Joseph Rouleau (Mefistofele), Luciano Salvari (Faust)
Orchestre & Choeur Philharmonique de Radio France / Nello Santi

CD 2
Monteverdi, Claudio
1. Bois aimés
Charles Reiner, piano

Fauré, Gabriel
2.  Tristesse
3. Lamento du pêcheur
Colombe Pelletier, piano

Ravel, Maurice
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
4. I. Chanson romantique
5. II. Chanson épique
6. III. Chanson à boire
Charles Reiner, piano

Duparc, Henri
7. Phydilé
8. La vague et la cloche
9. Chanson triste
Colombe Pelletier, piano

Mussorgsky, Modest
10. Les batteliers de la volga
11. Air de la puce
Charles Reiner, piano

Ibert, Jacques
Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte  
12. Ne pleure pas Sancho
Henk Sprint, piano

Brahms, Johannes
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op.121
13. I. Denn es gehet dem Menschen... (For that which befalleth the sons of men..., Ecclesiastes 3, 19-22)
14. II. Ich wandte mich...(J'ai considéré ensuite..., Ecclésiaste 4, 1-3)
15. III. O Tod, wie bitter bist du... (O death, how bitter..., Ecclesiasticus Sirach: 41, 1-2)
16. IV. Wenn ich mit Menschen und Engelszungen redete... (Though I speak with the tongues of men..., 1 Corinthians 1-3 12 and 13)
Pierre Jasmin, piano

CD 3
Tosti, Francesco Paolo
1. L'Ultima Canzone
2. La Sérénata
Louise-Andrée Baril, piano

Saint-Saëns, Camille
3. Danse macabre
Louise-Andrée Baril, piano

Grieg, Edvard
4. Je t'aime
Louise-Andrée Baril, piano

Flégier, Ange
5. Le Cor
Louise-Andrée Baril, piano

Mathieu, Rodolphe
Saisons canadiennes
6. L'automne (Fall)
7. L'hiver (Winter)
Claude Savard, piano

Mussorgsky, Modest
Songs & Dances of Death
8. Lullaby
9. Serenade
10. Trepak
11. The Field-Marshal
Charles Reiner, piano

Handel, George Frideric
Samson  
12. How Willing My Paternal Love (Manoah, Act III)
Charles Reiner, piano

Donizetti, Gaetano
L'elisir d'amore  
13. Udite, Udite, o rustici (Dulcamara)
Charles Reiner, piano