We celebrate the artistry of the American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.
Risë Stevens Remembered
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:04 pm
- Carmen: Habanera
- Composer: Georges Bizet
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
- Release Year: 1951
12:08 pm
- Carmen: Seguidilla
- Composer: Georges Bizet
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
- Release Year: 1951
12:12 pm
- Carmen: "Les tringles des sistres tinaient"
- Composer: Georges Bizet
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Paula Lenchner, soprano ; Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
- Release Year: 1951
12:17 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "My Man's Gone Now"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
- CD/Album: A Collector's Porgy and Bess
- Record co./Cat #: RCA AVM1-1742 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1978
12:21 pm
- Il trovatore: "Ai nostri monti"
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; James Melton, tenor
- Record co./Cat #: Private recording
12:25 pm
- Orfeo ed Euridice: "Chiamo il mio ben"
- Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Lisa Della Casa, soprano
- Conductor: Pierre Monteux
- CD/Album: Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2253 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1958
12:33 pm
- Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che fiero momento; Che farò seza Euridice"
- Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Pierre Monteux
- CD/Album: Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice
- Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2253 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1958
12:47 pm
- The Merry Widow: Waltz
- Composer: Franz Lehár
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Dennis Morgan, tenor
- Conductor: Max Rudolf
- CD/Album: The Merry Widow
- Record co./Cat #: Columbia ML 2064 [vinyl]
12:50 pm
- Der Rosenkavalier: "Ist ein Traum"
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Erna Berger, soprano
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: RCA Met 100 Singers 100 Years
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 61580
- Release Year: 1984