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1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera excerpts. |
| Performer |
Performed by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; featuring Roberto Alagna, Grace Bumbry, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Jerry Hadley, Håkan Hagegård, Hei-Kyung Hong, Alfredo Kraus, Karita Mattila, Heidi Grant Murphy, Birgit Nilsson, Anne Sofie von Otter, Samuel Ramey, Julien Robbins, Ruth Ann Swenson, Frederica von Stade, Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voight, Dolora Zajick. |
| Event |
Selections of the gala recorded 1996 April 27 Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York. |
| Note |
Program notes by Cori Ellison (7 pages : portraits) laid in container. |
| Contents |
Les pêcheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint (Roberto Alagna ; Bryn Terfel) / Bizet (6:12) -- Louise. Depuis le jour (Renée Fleming) / Charpentier (5:56) -- Faust. Duet from Act I (Plácido Domingo ; Samuel Ramey) / Gounod (10:01) -- Giuditta. Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss (Ileana Cotrubas) / Lehár (4:58) -- Don Carlo. O don fatale! (Dolora Zajick) / Verdi (5:00) -- Don Giovanni. Sextet from Act II (Renée Fleming ; Kiri Te Kanawa ; Hei-Kyung Hong ; Jerry Hadley ; Bryn Terfel ; Julien Robbins) / Mozart (8:28) -- Roméo et Juliette. Juliet's waltz ("Je veux vivre") (Ruth Ann Swenson) / Gounod (4:11) -- Die Fledermaus. Watch duet ("Dieser Anstand, so manierlich") (Karita Mattila ; Håkan Hagegård) / Johann Strauss (4:41) -- Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller (Alfredo Kraus) / Massenet (2:49) -- Samson et Dalila. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Grace Bumbry) / Saint-Saëns (5:57) -- Tannhäuser. Dich, teure Halle (Deborah Voigt) / Wagner (3:22) -- La périchole. Ah, quel dîner (Frederica von Stade) / Offenbach (2:11) -- Der Rosenkavalier. Trio from Act III (Renée Fleming ; Anne Sofie von Otter ; Heidi Grant Murphy) / Richard Strauss (6:01) -- A tribute to James Levine (by Birgit Nilsson) (2:42). |
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Sung in French, German, or Italian. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Excerpts.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Excerpts.
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Songs.
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Songs.
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Art music.
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Art music.
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Live sound recordings.
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Live sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
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Alagna, Roberto, singer.
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Terfel, Bryn, singer.
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Fleming, Renée, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Ramey, Samuel, singer.
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Cotrubas, Ileana, singer.
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Zajick, Dolora, singer.
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Te Kanawa, Kiri, singer.
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Hong, Hei-Kyung, singer.
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Hadley, Jerry, singer.
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Robbins, Julien, singer.
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Swenson, Ruth Ann, singer.
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Mattila, Karita, singer.
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Hagegård, Håkan, singer.
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Kraus, Alfredo, singer.
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Bumbry, Grace, 1937-2023, singer.
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Voigt, Deborah, singer.
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Von Stade, Frederica, singer.
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Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer.
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Grant Murphy, Heidi, singer.
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Nilsson, Birgit, speaker.
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Ellison, Cori, writer of added commentary.
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Container of (work): Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Pêcheurs de perles. Au fond du temple saint.
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Container of (work): Charpentier, Gustave, 1860-1956.
Louise. Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. À moi les plaisirs.
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Container of (work): Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.
Giuditta. Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss.
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Container of (expression): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Don Carlos. O don fatal. Italian.
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Container of (work): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Don Giovanni. Sola sola in buio loco.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Roméo et Juliette. Je veux vivre dans le rêve.
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Container of (work): Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899.
Fledermaus. Dieser Anstand, so manierlich.
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Container of (work): Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912.
Werther. Pourquoi me réveiller.
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Container of (work): Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921.
Samson et Dalila. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix.
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Tannhäuser. Dich, teure Halle.
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Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
Périchole. Ah, quel dîner!
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Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Rosenkavalier (Opera). Hab' mir's gelobt, ihn lieb zu haben.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Added Title |
25th anniversary |
| Note |
On container: Metropolitan Opera gala |
| Standard No. |
028944917727 |
| Music No. |
449 177-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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