| Description |
2 audio discs (2:33:03) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
023303 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Opera excerpts. |
| Performer |
Various soloists and conductors ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. |
| Event |
Recorded from radio broadcasts 1937-2005. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes, interview with James Levine, and 125 essential Met moments (27 pages : illustrations, portraits) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
CD1. Luisa Miller. Quando le sere al placido / Verdi -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini -- Der Rosenkavalier. Hab' mir's gelobt / Strauss -- La bohème. Che gelida manina ; Sì, mi chiamano Mimì / Puccini -- Così fan tutte. Alla bella Despinetta / Mozart -- Faust. Le veau d'or / Gounod -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Selig, wie die Sonne / Wagner -- The queen of spades. Ya vas lyublyu / Tchaikovsky -- La gioconda. Suicidio! / Ponchielli -- Simon Boccanegra. O inferno! ... Sento avvampar nell'anima / Verdi -- Antony and Cleopatra. Give me my robe / Barber -- The great Gatsby. George married me / Harbison -- Parsifal. Amfortas! Die Wunde! / Wagner -- Boris Godunov. Boris's death / Mussorgsky -- |
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CD2. I vespri Siciliani. Overture / Verdi -- Turandot. In questa reggia / Puccini -- L'assedio di Corinto. Dal soggiorno degli estinti ... Ah! che spiegar / Rossini -- Arabella. My Elemer! / Strauss -- Die Walküre. Siegmund heiss' ich / Wagner -- La fanciulla del west. Ch'ella mi creda / Puccini -- The ghosts of Versailles. Come now, my darling / Corigliano -- The rake's progress. Here I stand / Stravinsky -- Nabucco. Va, pensiero / Verdi -- Il tabarro. Nulla? Silenzio! / Puccini -- Siegfried. Ewig war ich / Wagner - Falstaff. Tutto nel mondo / Verdi. |
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Sung in Italian, German, French, Russian, or English. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Excerpts.
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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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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Tebaldi, Renata, singer.
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Te Kanawa, Kiri, singer.
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Blegen, Judith, singer.
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Troyanos, Tatiana, singer.
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Pavarotti, Luciano, singer.
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Vaness, Carol, singer.
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Mentzer, Susanne, singer.
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Bartoli, Cecilia, singer.
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Hadley, Jerry, singer.
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Croft, Dwayne, singer.
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Allen, Thomas, 1944- singer.
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Pinza, Ezio, singer.
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Mattila, Karita, singer.
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Grove, Jill, singer.
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Heppner, Ben, singer.
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Polenzani, Matthew, singer.
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Morris, James, 1947- singer.
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Hvorostovsky, Dmitri, singer.
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Milanov, Zinka, singer.
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Bergonzi, Carlo, singer.
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Price, Leontyne, singer.
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Elias, Rosalind, singer.
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Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006, singer.
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Urmana, Violeta, singer.
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Kipnis, Alexander, 1891-1978, singer.
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Petina, Irra, 1908-2000, singer.
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Nilsson, Birgit, singer.
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Corelli, Franco, singer.
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Sills, Beverly, singer.
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Steber, Eleanor, singer.
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Güden, Hilde, singer.
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Rysanek, Leonie, singer.
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Vickers, Jon, singer.
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Milnes, Sherrill, singer.
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Josephson, Kim, singer.
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Stratas, Teresa, singer.
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Fleming, Renée, singer.
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Zambalis, Stella, singer.
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Hagegård, Håkan, singer.
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Courtney, James, 1946- singer.
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Conley, Eugene, 1908-1981, singer.
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MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, singer.
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Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962, singer.
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Melchior, Lauritz, singer.
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Lear, Evelyn, singer.
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Valente, Benita, singer.
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Barbieri, Fedora, singer.
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Grillo, Joann, singer.
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Ahlstedt, Douglas, singer.
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Stewart, Thomas, 1928-2006, singer.
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Franke, Paul, 1917-2011, singer.
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Velis, Andrea, 1932-1994, singer.
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Best, Richard, 1935- singer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor, interviewee.
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Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960, conductor.
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Beecham, Thomas, 1879-1961, conductor.
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Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- conductor.
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Cleva, Fausto, conductor.
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Schippers, Thomas, conductor.
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Szell, George, 1897-1970, conductor.
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Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, conductor.
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Kempe, Rudolf, 1910-1976, conductor.
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Klobučar, Berislav, 1924-2014, conductor.
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Slatkin, Leonard, conductor.
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Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963, conductor.
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Bodanzky, Artur, 1877-1939, conductor.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Luisa Miller. Quando le sere al placido.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Tosca. Vissi d'arte.
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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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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. Che gelida manina.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Bohème. Sì, mi chiamano Mimì.
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Container of (work): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Così fan tutte. Alla bella Despinetta.
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Container of (work): Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust. Veau d'or est toujours debout.
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Selig, wie die Sonne.
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Container of (work): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Pikovai͡a dama. St͡sena i arii͡a kni͡azi͡a.
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Container of (work): Ponchielli, Amilcare, 1834-1886.
Gioconda. Suicidio.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Simon Boccanegra. Sento avvampar nell'anima.
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Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Antony and Cleopatra. Give me my robe.
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Container of (work): Harbison, John.
Great Gatsby. George married me.
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Parsifal. Amfortas! Die Wunde!
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Container of (work): Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Proshchaĭ, moĭ syn! umirai͡u.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Vêpres siciliennes. Sinfonia.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Turandot. In questa reggia.
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Container of (expression): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Siège de Corinthe. Selections. Italian.
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Container of (expression): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.
Arabella. Mein Elemer! English.
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Siegmund heiss' ich.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Fanciulla del West. Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano.
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Container of (work): Corigliano, John, 1938-
Ghosts of Versailles. Come now, my darling.
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Container of (work): Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
Rake's progress. Since it is not by merit.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Nabucco. Va, pensiero sull' ali dorate.
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Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
Trittico. Tabarro. Nulla! Silenzio!
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Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried. Ewig war ich.
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Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Falstaff. Tutto nel mondo è burla.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
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| Added Title |
Metropolitan Opera celebrating one hundred and twenty-five years |
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Celebrating one hundred and twenty-five years |
| Standard No. |
811357012178 |
| Music No. |
811357012178 Metropolitan Opera |
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