Join Host Sean Bianco for Opera Potpourri Saturday at 8pm. Here the best of the best of opera potpourri and show your support for Capital Public Radio at the same time for our spring fund drive.
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
At The Opera, Opera Potpourri Spring Fund Drive, April 1, 2017
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8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Arturo Toscanini
Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger Von NÜRnberg: Prelude To Act I
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Richard Wagner, conductor Arturo Toscanini
Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
Sutherland/Tourangeau
Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle: Belle nuit, nuit d'amour
Jose van Dam
Bizet
Carmen, opera: Toreador Song: Vivat! Vivat le torero!... Votre toast
James King
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die Tote Stadt Duet
; Götz Friedrich, conductor
Lisa Della Casa / Rise Stevens / Hilde Guden
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier: Act III, Final trio and duet - LIVE
MET Orchestra; Rudolf Kemp, conductor Lisa Della Casa / Rise Stevens / Hilde Guden
Fritz Wunderlich
Franz Lehar
Freunde, Das Leben Ist Lebenswert from Guiditta
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
9:00 p.m.
Jonas Kauffman
Franz Lehar
Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert aus der Operette Giuditta von Lehar
Kiri Te Kanawa
Handel
Handel: Rinaldo: Lascia/Ch'io Pianga
Kiri Te Kanawa
Bernard Herrmann
Citizen Kane: Aria From Salammbo
Maria Callas Edition
Leo Delibes
'Dov'E l'Indiana Bruna?' (Bell Song - Lakme)
Carteri And Di Stefano
Mascagni and Gounod
Great Love Duets - Carteri And Di Stefano Lakme and Iris
; Various, conductor
Tebaldi/Bergonzi
Puccini
La Boheme: O soave fanciulla plus act 3 quartet
Helen Traubel
Wagner
Die Walkure: Fort Denn Eile
10:00 p.m.
Umberto Giordano
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier - Vicino A Te S'acqueta
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra; Giandrea Gavazzeni, conductor Renata Tebaldi / Mario Del Monaco
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Norma: Casta Diva
Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Torino, Chorus of the Teatro Regio di Torino; Giuseppe PatanΦ, conductor Montserrat Caballe
Nilsson/Corelli
Puccini
Turandot: Act Two: In questa Reggia (Turandot)
Franco Corelli
Puccini
Turandot, opera: Act 3: 'Nessun dorma'
; G. Gavazzeni, conductor
Nicolai Gedda
Lehar
Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Graunke Orchestra; Willy Mattes, conductor Nicolai Gedda
11:00 p.m.
Jan Kiepura
Robert Stolz
Schenk mir dein herz heute nacht
n/a; n/a, conductor Jan Kiepura
Mario Lanza
O'Reilly-Geehl
For You Alone
RCA; Ray Sinatra, conductor Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza
My Destiny
Gedda/Blanc
Bizet
PΩcheurs de Perles: Au Fond du Temple Saint
Beniamino Gigli
Non ti Scorda di me
Lina Bruna Rasa
Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete, o mamma
; Mascagni, conductor
George London
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca - Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza - George London (Il barone Scarpia)
La Scala; Giuseppe Patane, conductor George London
Renata Tebaldi Mario del Monaco George London
Puccini
Tosca - Act II scene with Renata Tebaldi as Tosca
La Scala Tullio Serafin
Richard Tucker Robert Merrill
Verdi
La forza del destino, opera: Invano Alvaro
MET Orchestra; James Levine, conductor Richard Tucker Robert Merrill
Mario del Monaco / Aldo Protti
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello: Act Two: Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! - Mario Del Monaco
Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Cesare Andrea Bixio
Parlami D'Amore, Mariu
London Symphony; Zubin Mehta, conductor Giuseppe Di Stefano
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