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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) Ileana Cotrubas | Donizetti: | Chi mi frena in tal momento? (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Nicolai Gedda | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé | Gounod: | Va! je t'ai pardonné (from Roméo et Juliette) Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus Alerte, alerte! (from Faust) Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Mascagni: | Son io! Son io la Vita! (from Iris) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa | Puccini: | In questa reggia (from Turandot) Eva Marton Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Giuliano Ciannella, Leona Mitchell | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Ruggero Raimondi Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Joan Sutherland Pria di dividerci da voi, signore (from L'italiana in Algeri) | Saint-Saëns: | Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, R: | Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (from Der Rosenkavalier) Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | trad.: | Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var Birgit Nilsson | Verdi: | Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) James McCracken Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Anna Tomowa-Sintow Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Donna chi sei? (from Nabucco) Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price | Wagner: | Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson |
Here are the greatest moments from the “ultimate in galas” (Opera), a “roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form” - New York Times The gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others “The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances” - New York Times “It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera” - Luciano Pavarotti This product features an awesome roster of international star conducters: from James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Fulton to Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge 2 DVDs LIVE from the Met from October 22, 1983 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | René Kollo: The Opera Singer
Albert, E: | Hast du's gehört? Ich krieg' ein Weib (from Tiefland) Schu her, das ist ein Taler (from Tiefland) | Beethoven: | Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio) | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Flotow: | Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) | Kienzl: | Der Evangelimann: Selig sind die Verfolgung leiden | Lortzing: | Lied: Vater, Mutter, Schestern, Bruder (from Undine) | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) | Puccini: | Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) | Schultze, N: | Ach, ich hab in meinem Herzen (from Schwarzer Peter) | Verdi: | Niun mi tema (from Otello) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) | Weber: | Nein! länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen…Durch die Wälder (from Der Freischütz) |
The “heroic” tenor René Kollo was born in Berlin in 1937. He arrived at Bayreuth, the Wagner sanctum, in 1969 and, for almost a decade and a half, he would be numbered among its greatest stars. An extensive catalogue of recordings, including many award-winning recordings, shows that Kollo was the most active German tenor of his generation. This wide range of repertoire as well as his frequent television appearances have greatly contributed to his popularity over the years. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Concerto: One Night in Central Park
Recorded live at the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York on 15th September 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Un Bel Di ...
Margaret Burke Sheridan (soprano) Soprano Margaret Burke Sheridan (1889-1958) is Ireland's most enduring legend of the operatic stage. Born in Castlebar, County Mayo, she was orphaned at the age of eleven yet, by the time she was 29, Margaret Burke Sheridan made a dramatic debut on the professional stage. At four days' notice, still in vocal training, she was chosen to replace the indisposed soprano as Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème at Rome's Costanzi. She performed with all the greats, including the tenors Aureliano Pertile and Beniamino Gigli, and conductor Arturo Toscanini, and was coached by Puccini himself. Singing on stages throughout the world, among them Covent Garden, in Milan and Naples, and at the prestigious Carnivale season at Rimini, Margaret Burke Sheridan ultimately retired early due to a combination of tragic personal and professional circumstances. There followed a long and desultory retirement in Dublin where, as one acquaintance noted, she became "an alien among her own, outrageous and witty." She died on 16th April 1958 and is buried in Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin. Un Bel Di contains fifteen digitally remastered tracks including a live performance from Covent Garden in 1926 and five ballads never brought together on one CD before. This is truly the definitive Margaret Burke Sheridan collection. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Margaret Sheridan
Margaret Sheridan (soprano) This Irish soprano had outstanding talent coupled with powerful determination to succeed. Amazingly, she made a successful career in Italy between the World Wars. The years from 1922-1924 were her great years at La Scala. She enjoyed great popularity especially in the role of Butterfly which is included here. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Munich Opera Gala
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| |  | Vissi d'arteThe magnificent voice of Monterrat Caballé
Bellini: | Deh! Con te li prendi ... Mira,o Norma (from Norma) | Boito: | Notte cupa, truce (from Mefistofele) | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) | Donizetti: | Qui di sposa eterna...Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) | Meyerbeer: | O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) | Mozart: | Temerari!...Come scoglio! (from Così fan tutte) Ei parte...Per pietà (from Così fan tutte) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) Ecco la barca … addio (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) | Rossini: | Quant'è grato all'alma mia (from Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra) Questo cor ben lo comprende (from Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra) | Strauss, R: | Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen (from Salome) | Verdi: | Né sulla terra creatura alcuna...Vola talor dal carcere...Seide celebra non gioia e festa (from Il Corsaro) Ah conforto è sol la speme (from Il Corsaro) La terra, il ciel m'abborino (from La Corsaro) Venerabile Padre (from I Masnadieri) Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (from I Masnadieri) Qual mare, qual terra (from I Masnadieri) Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera) Padre, ricevi l'estremo addio (from Luisa Miller) |
Monterrat Caballé (soprano) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Franco Corelli
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| |  | Inge Borkh sings Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner and Strauss
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72: excerpts Recorded live in 1964 Inge Borkh (Leonore), Hans Beirer (Florestan), Gustav Neidlinger (Pizarro), Josef Greindl (Rocco), Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (Marzelline), Eric Tappy (Jaquino), Derrick Olsen (Fernando) Suisse Romande Orchestra, Opéra de Genève, Ernest Ansermet | Bloch, E: | Macbeth: excerpts Naples San Carlo Theater Orchestra, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni | Cherubini: | Medea: excerpts Sung in German Berliner Staatsoperorchester und Chor, Vittorio Gui | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) Sung in German Richard Tucker (Chénier) Richard Kraus | Schillings: | Seht hier des Meeres wunderbarsten Schatz (from Mona Lisa) | Strauss, R: | Zweite Brautnacht! (from Die Ägyptische Helena) | Verdi: | Ciel, mio padre! (from Aida) Sung in German Alexander Welitsch (Amonasro) Son giunta … Madre, pietosa Vergine (from La Forza del Destino) Sung in German | Wagner: | Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an 'Senta's Ballad' (from Der fliegende Holländer) Eine Waffe lass mich dir weisen (from Die Walküre) | Weber: | Euryanthe: excerpts Recorded live in 1954 Inge Borkh (Eglantine), Karl Kamann (Lysiart) Orchestra a Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Carlo Maria Giulini |
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| |  | Ellen Faull: An American Soprano
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