This afternoon, enjoy a collection of host favorites! We’ll hear a
tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland, who passed away this week at the age
of 83, as well as excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Richard Strauss’s Capriccio, and Debussy’s Pelleas et Melisande.
Opera Favorites
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Playlist:
1:08 am
- Semele: Act 3, Scene 3
- Composer: Georg Frederick Handel
- Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: John Nelson
- CD/Album: Handel: Semele
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435782
- Release Year: 1993
1:27 am
- La boheme: Si, mi chiamano Mimi
- Composer: Giaccomo Puccini
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano
- Conductor: Tullio Serafin
- CD/Album: Callas: La Divina
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 54702
1:32 am
- Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
- Artist Name: Maria Callas
- Composer: Arrigo Boito
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano
- Conductor: Tullio Serafin
- CD/Album: Callas Opera Arias
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 747282
- Release Year: 1986
1:46 am
- Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: Overture & Opening Sequence
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden
- Soloists: Peter Schreier, tenor ; Kurt Moll, bass
- Conductor: Karl Bohm
- CD/Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 423459
- Release Year: 1974
2:11 am
- Lucia di Lammermoor: Mad Scene (excerpt)
- Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
- Ensemble: Orchestra dell' Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
- Soloists: Joan Sutherland, soprano
- Conductor: Sir John Pritchard
- CD/Album: Joan Sutherland: Greatest Hits
- Record co./Cat #: London 417780
- Release Year: 1989
2:18 am
- Norma: Casta diva
- Composer: Vincenzo Bellini
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
- Soloists: Joan Sutherland, soprano
- Conductor: Richard Bonynge
- CD/Album: Joan Sutherland: Greatest Hits
- Record co./Cat #: London 417780
- Release Year: 1989
2:22 am
- Rigoletto: Caro nome
- Composer: Guiseppi Verdi
- Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Soloists: Joan Sutherland, soprano
- Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
- CD/Album: The Art of the Prima Donna
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 289467115
- Release Year: 2000
2:38 am
- Capriccio: Scenes 4-6
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
- Soloists: Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Uve Heilmann, tenor ; Olaf Bar, baritone
- Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
- Record co./Cat #: London 444405
- Release Year: 1996
3:04 am
- Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
- Composer: Guisseppi Verdi
- Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Jussi Bjorling, tenor
- Conductor: Jonel Perlea
- CD/Album: Verdi: Rigoletto
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60172
3:06 am
- La traviata: Libiamo
- Composer: Guiseppi Verdi
- Ensemble: Orchestra Sinfonico di Torino della RAI; Coro Cetra
- Soloists: Maria Callas, soprano ; Francesco Albenese
- Conductor: Gabriele Santini
- CD/Album: Maria Callas: Birth of a Diva -- Legendary Early Recordings
- Record co./Cat #: WCJ 256469814
3:10 am
- Otello: Opening Scene
- Composer: Guiseppi Verdi
- Ensemble: Rome Opera & Chorus
- Conductor: Tullio Serafin
- CD/Album: Verdi: Otello
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 1969
- Release Year: 1976
3:14 am
- Ave Maria
- Composer: Guiseppi Verdi
- Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Tiana Lemnitz, soprano
- Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler
- Record co./Cat #: RCA Unknown
- Release Year: c. 1935
3:26 am
- Die Walkure, Act 1, Scene 3
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic
- Soloists: James King, tenor ; Regine Crespin, tenor
- Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
- CD/Album: Wagner: Die Walkure
- Record co./Cat #: London 414105
3:51 am
- Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
- Composer: Gustav Mahler
- Ensemble: Halle Orchestra
- Soloists: Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli
- CD/Album: Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, 5 Ruckertlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 7243566996
4:15 am
- Don Giovanni: Act 2 Finale
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Schutz Choir of London & London Classical Players
- Soloists: Andreas Schmidt, baritone ; Gregory Yurisich, baritone ; Lynn Dawson, soprano ; Alastair Miles, bass
- Conductor: Roger Norrington
- CD/Album: Mozart: Don Giovanni
4:37 am
- Der Rosenkavalier: Trio & Finale
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Renee Fleming, soprano ; Barbara Bonney ; Susan Graham
- Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
- CD/Album: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 466314
12:07 pm
- Cosi fan tutti , K. 588
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Soloists: Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Wladimiro Ganzarolli ; Richard Van Allan
- Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
- CD/Album: Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 422542
- Release Year: 1974
12:22 pm
- Parsifal: Hier war das Tosen!, Komm, komm, holder Knabe!
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Metroplolitan Opera and Chorus
- Soloists: Placido Domingo ; Heidi Grant-Murphy
- Conductor: James Levine
- CD/Album: Richard Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437501
- Release Year: 1994
12:41 pm
- Die Fledermaus: Act I Finale
- Composer: Johann Strauss
- Ensemble: Vienna State Opera & Vienna Philharmonik
- Soloists: Hilde Guden ; Anton Dermota ; Wilma Lipp ; Kurt Preger
- Conductor: Clemens Krauss
- Record co./Cat #: Preiser 90941
- Release Year: 1950
12:53 pm
- Fruhlingsstimmen , 410
- Composer: Johann Strauss
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonik
- Conductor: Clemens Krauss
- CD/Album: Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus
- Record co./Cat #: Preiser 90941
- Release Year: 1950