Program:
- Rossini, Gioachino
Asile Hériditaire
from
- Héroique
()
- Warner Classics
- Janáček, Leoš
Mamicko
from
- Jenufa
()
- Erato
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Madamina
from
- Don Giovanni
()
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Saariaho, Kaija
Rien ne vous oblige
from
- L'Amour de Loin
()
- Harmonia Mundi
- Strauss, Richard
Hab's mir gelobt
from
- Strauss Heroines
()
- Decca
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
Gott! Welch dunkel hier
from
- Fidelio
()
- Angel
- Weill, Kurt
from
- Die Bürgschaft
()
- EMI Classics
The program began with highlights of the Metropolitan Opera's newly announced 2016-2017 season, courtesy of Stepan Atamian and WKCR intern Julian Vleeschhouwer.
- Asile Hériditaire-Bryan Hymel (tenor); Emmanuel Villaume (conductor); Prague Philharmonic.
- Mamicko-Karita Mattila (soprano); Bernard Haitink (conductor); Royal Opera House Orchestra.
- Madamina-Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass); Herbert von Karajan; Berliner Philharmoniker.
- Rien ne vous oblige-Ekaterina Lekhina (soprano); Marie-Ange Todorovitch (mezzo-soprano); Kent Nagano (conductor); Rundfunkchor Berlin; Deutsches-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
- Hab's mir gelobt-Barbara Bonney (soprano); Renee Fleming (soprano); Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano); Christoph Eschenbach (conductor); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
- Gott! Welch dunkel hier-Jon Vickers (tenor); Otto Klemperer (conductor); Philharmonia Orchestra.
- Die Bürgschaft-Ann Panagulias (soprano); Margaret Thompson (mezzo-soprano); Katherine Ciesinski (alto); Joel Sorenson (tenor); Frederick Burchinal (baritone); Dale Travis (bass); Julius Rudel (conductor); Spoleto Festival Orchestra; the Westmister Choir.
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