Program:
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Merce Dilette Amiche
from
- Verdi Arias
()
- Delos
- Verdi, Giuseppe
from
- Les Vepres Siciliennes
()
- Opera Rara
- Wagner, Richard
Blick' ich umher
from
- Great Baritone Arias
()
- BIS
- Wagner, Richard
Traume
from
- Jonas Kaufmann Wagner
()
- Decca
- Wagner, Richard
Du siehst, das ist nicht so
from
- Rene Pape Arias
()
- Deutsche Grammophon
1. Merce Dilette Amiche-Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano); Constantine Orbelian (Conductor); Philharmonia of Russia.
2. Les Vepres Siciliennes-Jacqueline Baumaire (soprano); Jean Bonhomme (tenor); Neilson Taylor (baritone); Ayhan Baran (bass); BBC Orchestra & Chorus; Mario Rossi (conductor); Ashley Lawrence (Ballet music conductor).
3. Blick' ich umher-Peter Mattei (baritone); Lawrence Renes (conductor); Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
4. Traume-Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Markus Bruck (bass-baritone); Donald Runnicles (conductor); Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
5. Du siehst, das ist nicht so-Rene Pape (bass); Daniel Barenboim (conductor); Staatskapelle Berlin.
The final three selections were chosen to illustrate the extraordinary talent featured in The Metropolitan Opera's new production of Parsifal, which premiered the day before.
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