| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language |
Principally sung in Italian; the 5th work, in English; the 12th work, in French. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Various performers ; Rome Opera Orchestra (1st-4th, 8th-11th works) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (5th-7th works) ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (12th work) ; Pierre Monteux (1st work), Erich Leinsdorf (2nd-4th, 6th-8th, 11th works), Arturo Basile (9th work), Tullio Serafin (10th work), Dimitri Mitropolous (5th work), Herbert Von Karajan (12th work), conductors. |
| Note |
Previously released individually as complete operas from 1957-1964. |
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"Living stereo." |
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Compact disc. |
| Event |
Recorded between 1957-1963, in the Rome Opera House; Manhattan Center, New York City; and the Sofiensaal, Vienna. |
| Contents |
Orfeo ed Euridice. Act II. Che farò senza Euridice / Christoph Willibald Gluck (Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano) (4:51) -- Tosca. Act II. Vissi d'arte / Giacomo Puccini (Zinka Milanov, soprano) (3:12) -- Madama Butterfly. Act II. Un bel dì / Giacomo Puccini (Anna Moffo, soprano) (4:06) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Act III. Ardon gl'incensi ; Tu che a Dio spiegasti / Gaetano Donizetti (Roberta Peters, soprano ; Jan Peerce, Mario Carlin, tenors ; Giorgio Tozzi, bass) (11:00) -- Vanessa. Act IV. To leave, to break : Quintet / Samuel Barber (Eleanor Steber, soprano ; Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, mezzo-sopranos ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Giorgio Tozzi, bass) (3:45) -- Ill barbiere di Siviglia. Act I. La ran la lera [e] Largo al factotum / Gioacchino Rossini (Robert Merrill, baritone) (4:56) -- Macbeth. Act II. La luce langue ; Act IV. O figli, o figli miei! [e] Ah, la paterna mano ; Pietà, rispetto, amore / Giuseppe Verdi (Leonie Rysanek, soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Leonard Warren, baritone) (12:00) -- Turandot. Act I. Signore, ascolta! ; Act II. In questo reggia ; Act III. Nessun dorma / Puccini (Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, sopranos ; Jussi Bjoerling, tenor) (12:00) -- Il trovatore. Act I. tacea la notte placida ; Di tale amor / Verdi (Leontyne Price, Laura Londi, sopranos) (6:00) -- Otello. Act II. Era la notte ; Sì, pel ciel / Verdi (Jon Vickers, tenor ; Tito Gobbi, baritone) (8:00) -- La bohème. Act I. Che gelida manina / Puccini (Richard Tucker, tenor) (4:32) -- Carmen. Act II. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée : Flower song / Georges Bizet (Franco Corelli, tenor) (4:19). |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
(OCoLC)fst01046203
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| Added Author |
Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013. Singer.
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Milanov, Zinka. Singer.
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Moffo, Anna. Singer.
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Peters, Roberta, 1930- Singer.
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Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984. Singer.
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Carlin, Mario. Singer.
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Tozzi, Giorgio. Singer.
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Steber, Eleanor. Singer.
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Elias, Rosalind. Singer.
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Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013. Singer.
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Gedda, Nicolai. Singer.
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Merrill, Robert, 1917-2004. Singer.
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Rysanek, Leonie. Singer.
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Bergonzi, Carlo. Singer.
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Warren, Leonard, 1911-1960. Singer.
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Tebaldi, Renata. Singer.
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Nilsson, Birgit. Singer.
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Björling, Jussi, 1911-1960. Singer.
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Price, Leontyne. Singer.
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Londi, Laura. Singer.
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Vickers, Jon. Singer.
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Gobbi, Tito. Singer.
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Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975. Singer.
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Corelli, Franco. Singer.
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Tosca. Vissi d'arte.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Madama Butterfly. Un bel dì, vedremo.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Ardon gl'incensi.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Lucia di Lammermoor. Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali.
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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Vanessa. To leave, to break.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. Ran la lera.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia. Largo al factotum.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Macbeth. Selections.
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Turandot. Selections.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Trovatore. Tacea la notte placida.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Otello. Era la notte.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Otello. Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!
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Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. Che gelida manina.
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Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen. Fleur que tu m'avais jetée.
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| Music No. |
09026-62689-2 RCA Victor |
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