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Various Artists | Metropolitan Opera "Centennial Gala" (1983)
ARTISTS
Eva Marton
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
James McCracken
Ruggero Raimondi
Dame Joan Sutherland
Mirella Freni
Placido Domingo.
James Levine
Richard Bonynge
David Stivender
Jeffrey Tate
Leonard Bernstein
Sir John Pritchard
Thomas Fulton
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
TRACK LISTING
Saturday Afternoon, October 22, 1983 at 2pm
1. Smetana: Overture from The Bartered Bride
2. Puccini: “In questa reggia” from Turandot – Eva Marton
3. Mozart: “Dove sono” from Le Nozze di Figaro – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
4. Verdi: “Dio! mi potevi scagliar” from Otello – James McCracken
Conductor: James Levine
5. Rossini: “La calunnia” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Ruggero Raimondi
6. Donizetti: Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor – Roberta Peters, Loretta Di Franco, Dano Raffanti, Robert Nagy, Brian Schexnayder, Julien Robbins
7. Rossini: “Bel raggio lusinghier” from Semiramide – Dame Joan Sutherland
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Scenery for Arabella, Act II designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen
8. Mascagni: Prelude and Hymn of the Sun from Iris – Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor: David Stivender
9. R. Strauss: Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier – Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade
10. Gounod: Act IV Duet from Roméo et Juliette – Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus
Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
11. Donizetti: “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’Elisir d’Amore – Nicolai Gedda
12. Verdi: “Ernani, involami” from Ernani – Anna Tomowa-Sintow
13. R. Strauss: Final Trio from Der Rosenkavalier – Kathleen Battle, Elisabeth Söderström, Frederica von Stade
14. Verdi: “Già nella notte densa” from Otello – Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo
Conductor: James Levine
Saturday Evening, October 22, 1983 at 8:00 p.m.
Scenery for La Bohème, Act II designed by Franco Zeffirelli
15. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
16. Giordano: Final Duet from Andrea Chénier – Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras
Conductor: James Levine
17. Debussy: Lia’s Aria from L’Enfant Prodigue – Ileana Cotrubas
Conductor: Sir John Pritchard
18. Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila – Scenery designed by Robert O’Hearn
Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Conductor: James Levine
19. Verdi: Act III Duet from Nabucco – Grace Bumbry, Renato Bruson
Conductor: Thomas Fulton
Scenery for Die Zauberflöte designed by Marc Chagall
20. Gounod: Final Trio from Faust – Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov
21. Puccini: Act I Duet from Madama Butterfly – Leona Mitchell, Giuliano Ciannella
22. Rossini: Act I Finale from L’Italiana in Algeri – Diane Kesling, Edda Moser, Gail Dubinbaum, David Rendall, John Darrenkamp, Sesto Bruscantini, Ara Berberian and members of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus
23. Saint- Saëns: “Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila – Marilyn Horne
24. Wagner: Isolde’s Narrative and Curse from Tristan und Isolde – Birgit Nilsson
25. I Remember When I Was Seventeen (Swedish Folk Song) – Birgit Nilsson
26. Verdi: Act II Duet from Un Ballo in Maschera – Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti
27. Happy Birthday – The Company
Conductor: James Levine
Here are the greatest moments from the “ultimate in galas” (Opera), a “roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form” - New York Times
The gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others.
“The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances” - New York Times
“It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera” - Luciano Pavarotti
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