Program:
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Parto, Parto
from
- La Clemenza Di Tito
()
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Verdi, Giuseppe
E Dessa...Ma lassu
from
- Don Carlo
()
- EMI
- Wagner, Richard
Wotan's Farewell
from
- Boris Godunov
()
- Myto Records
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Addio, Speranza, Addio
from
- Rigoletto
()
- Opera d'Oro
- Monteverdi, Claudio
Tu se' morta
from
- L'Orfeo
()
- Avie
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Addio mio Sospiri
from
- Orfeo Ed Euridice
()
- Archiv
- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych
Prostiti Vi
from
- Romantique
()
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Wagner, Richard
In Fernem Land
from
- Lohengrin
()
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Gershwin, George
Act III Finale
from
- Porgy & Bess
()
- Decca
- Puccini, Giacomo
Donde Lieta Usci
from
- La Boheme
()
- Naxos
- Wagner, Richard
Mild Und Leise
from
- The Art of Christa Ludwig
()
- EMI Classics
- Puccini, Giacomo
Addio Fiorito Asil
from
- Madama Butterfly
()
- Columbia Masterworks
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Addio Del Passato
from
- La Traviata
()
- HRE
- Wagner, Richard
Starke Scheite
from
- Der Ring des Nibelungen: Symphonic Excerpts
()
- Erato
- Schubert, Franz
An Die Musik
from
- The Art of Christa Ludwig
()
- EMI Classics
Tonight's program was curated by both Stepan Atamian and Fred Plotkin. As Atamian graduated this week from Columbia, the theme was farewells in opera.
- Parto, Parto-Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano); Charles Mackerras (conductor); Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
- E Dessa...Ma lassu-Mirella Freni (soprano); Jose Carreras (tenor); Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass); Ruggero Raimondi (bass); Jose van Dam (bass); Herbert von Karajan (conductor); Berliner Philharmoniker; Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
- Wotan's Farewell (bonus material from a Myto release of Boris Godunov)-Hans Hotter (bass-baritone); Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor); Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper.
- Addio, Speranza, Addio-Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor); Orchestra of the Teatro Communale of Florence.
- Tu se' morta-Charles Daniels (tenor); Andrew Parrott (conductor); Taverner Consort & Players.
- Addio mio Sospiri-Franco Fagioli (tenor); Laurence Equilbey (conductor); Insula Orchestra.
- Prostite vi-Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano); Yves Abel (conductor); Teatro Communale di Bologna.
- In Fernem Land-Cheryl Studer (soprano); Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano); Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor); Kurt Moll (bass); Claudio Abbado (conductor); Wiener Staatsopernchor; Wiener Philharmoniker.
- Act III Finale (Porgy & Bess)-Willard White (bass-baritone); Lorin Maazel (conductor); Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
- Mild Und Leise-Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); Otto Klemperer (conductor); Philharmonia Orchestra.
- Donde lieta usci-Licia Albanese (soprano); Umberto Berrettoni (conductor); Orchestra of the Teatro Alla Scala.
- Addio Fiorito Asil-Renata Scotto (soprano); Placido Domingo (tenor); Lorin Maazel (conductor); Philharmonia Orchestra.
- Addio del Passato-Maria Callas (soprano); Franco Ghione (conductor); Lisbon 1958.
- Starke Scheite-Nina Stemme (soprano); Philippe Jordan (conductor); Paris Opera Orchestra.
- An Die Musik-Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano); Geoffrey Parsons (piano).
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