This weekend Plácido Domingo makes his much-anticipated baritone debut
in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s politically-charged Simon Boccanegra.
Peter Fox Smith and Cheryl Willoughby host the opera, and share an
afternoon of their new and favorite operatic recordings.
Simon Boccanegra with Plácido, Peter and Cheryl
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Playlist:
3:13 am
- The Tales of Hoffmann: C'est l'amour
- Composer: Jacques Offenbach
- Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra & Chorus
- Soloists: Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Fabio Luisi
- CD/Album: Aria Cantilena
- Record co./Cat #: DG 8235
3:18 am
- The Grande Duchess of Gerolstein: Ah, que j'aime les militaires (aria: Oh! How I love soldiers!)
- Composer: Jacques Offenbach
- Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra & Chorus
- Soloists: Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Fabio Luisi
- CD/Album: Aria Cantilena
- Record co./Cat #: DG 8235
4:44 am
- La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Soloists: Marta Eggerth
- CD/Album: My Life My Song
- Record co./Cat #: Patria 3000
4:52 am
- Trubaduren: Di quella pira
- Composer: Guisseppi Verdi
- Soloists: Jussi Bjorling
- CD/Album: Rare & Alternative Recordings: 1933-1949
- Record co./Cat #: Bluebell 16
12:04 pm
- Auf Flugeln des Gesanges , Opus 34/2
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Soloists: Elly Ameling, soprano ; Rudolf Jansen, piano
- CD/Album: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges: On Wings of Song
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 422-333
12:08 pm
- Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
- Soloists: Renee Fleming
- Conductor: Marco Armiliato
- CD/Album: Verismo
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:12 pm
- La Boheme: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: Coro E Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi
- Soloists: Renee Fleming
- Conductor: Marco Armiliato
- CD/Album: Verismo
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:18 pm
- Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata!
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: Coro e orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
- Soloists: Renee Fleming
- Conductor: Marco Armiliato
- CD/Album: Verismo
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:34 pm
- The New Moon: Lover, Come Back to Me
- Composer: Sigmund Romberg
- Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett ; Stewart Wille, piano
- CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
- Record co./Cat #: MET 219
12:37 pm
- Music in the Air: The Song is You
- Composer: Jerome Kern
- Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett
- Conductor: Nathaniel Shilkret
- CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
- Record co./Cat #: MET 219
12:38 pm
- Madame Butterfly: Un bel di, vedremo
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Licia Albanese, soprano
- Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
- CD/Album: Licia Albanese: Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky
- Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 60384
12:40 pm
- Suspiros de Espana (Longing for Spain)
- Composer: Antonio Alvarez Alonso
- Ensemble: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
- Soloists: Placido Domingo, tenor
- Conductor: Miguel Roa
- CD/Album: Pasion Espanola
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 10989
12:44 pm
- Ojos verdes (Green Eyes)
- Composer: Manuel Lopez-Quiroga Y Miquel
- Ensemble: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
- Soloists: Placido Domingo, tenor ; Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey, guitar
- Conductor: Miguel Roa
- CD/Album: Pasion Espanola
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 10989
12:50 pm
- Madama Butterfly: Morte di Butterfly
- Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Licia Albanese
- Conductor: Victor Trucco
- CD/Album: Licia Albanese: Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky
- Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 60384