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Saturday, August 31, 2019
At The Opera, Opera Potpourri, August 31, 2019
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8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Puccini
Puccini
La boheme, opera: Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen)
Vienna Opera; Herbert von Karajan, conductor Luciano Pavarotti
Joan Sutherland
Lakmé, opera: Flower Duet: Viens, Mallika... Dôme épais le jasmin
de Luca/Borthayer
Bizet
Pearlfishers' Duet: C'est toi... Au fond du temple saint
Giuseppe DI Stefano
Massenet
Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourquoi me rΘveiller
Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda - Cielo e mar!
Vienna Opera; Alberto Erede, conductor Jussi Bjorling
Ultimate Opera
Verdi
Il Trovatore, opera: Anvil Chorus: Vedi le fosche
London Symphony; Richard Bonynge, conductor London Chorus
Ultimate Opera
Puccini
La bohme, opera: Musetta's Waltz Song: Quando men vo
Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor Elizabeth Harwood
Zinka Mianov
Puccini
TOSCA: Vissi d'arte
Anna Moffo
Puccini
Madama Bufferfly: Un bel di
Robert Merrill
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
9:00 p.m.
Renata Tebaldi
Puccini
Turandot Liu Act one Aria
Birgit Nilsson
Puccini
Turandot: In questa reggia
Jussi Bjorling
Puccini
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Cecilia Bartoli Bryn Terfel
Mozart
Cosi fan tutte: Duet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem la mano K 527
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; John Fisher, harpsichord
Cecilia Bartoli
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MAGIC FLUTE: Papagena, Papagena, Papagena! K 620
Academy of Saint Cecilia Orchestra; Myung Whun Chung, conductor Bryn Terfel, baritone; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; John Fisher, harpsichord
Cecilia Bartoli
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Duet
Renata Tebaldi
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
London
Giuseppi Verdi
NABUCCO: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor Vienna State Opera Chorus [Also:"Wiener Staatsopernchor"]
10:00 p.m.
Joan Sutherland
Leo Delibes
Lakme opera: Bell Song
London Philharmonic; Richard Boynage, conductor Joan Sutherland
Franco Corelli
Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
Franco Corelli
James King
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, opera, WWV 96: Prize Song: Morgenlich leuchtend
James King
Pilar Lorengar
Dvorak
Rusalka: O silver moon
Accademia di Santa Cecilia; Giuseppe Patane, conductor Pilar Lorengar
Tucker/Merrill
Verdi
Act 3 Duet La forza del destino
Met
Franco Corelli
Verdi
Otello Duet
; James Levine, conductor
Maria Callas
Bellini
Casta Diva, Duet and Act 2 finale
La Scala Franco Corelli and Christa Ludwig
11:00 p.m.
Aldo Protti
Leoncavallo
I Pagliacci Si Puo
Giuseppe Giacomini and Sherrill Milne
Verdi
Giuseppe Giacomini and Sherrill Milnes sing Si, pel ciel Otello
MET; Alberto Erede, conductor Sherrill Milnes
Umberto Giordano
Umberto Giordano
Andrea Chenier - Vicino A Te S'acqueta
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra; Giandrea Gavazzeni, conductor Renata Tebaldi / Mario Del Monaco
Licia Albanese and Giuseppe di stefano
Puccini
O soave fanciulla La Boheme Act 1 duet
Licia Albanese and Giuseppe di stefano
Puccini
O soave fanciulla La Boheme Act 1 duet
Richard Tauber Morgenlich Leuchtend - Set Svanholm
Wagner and Korngold
Morgenlich Leuchtend - Set Svanholm and Das Mir Verblieb - Lotte Lehmann
Mario Lanza
Gastaldon
Musica proibita, for voice & orchestra, Op. 5
RCA
Mario Lanza
Peccia
Lolita, serenata spagnola for voice & orchestra
RCA
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
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