Opera gala: world famous bel canto singers perform popular arias | presented by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Do you enjoy opera arias? Would you like to know more about the great singers and performances? In this opera gala from 1991 you can have both! In My World of Opera New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa presents a collection of 12 arias – sung by the greatest bel canto stars.

The singers:
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Vladimir Atlantov (tenor)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
José Carreras (tenor)
Ileana Cotrubaş (soprano)
Laurence Dale (tenor)
Claudio Desderi (baritone)
Plácido Domingo (tenor & baritone)
Mirella Freni (soprano)
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano)
Roderick Kennedy (bass)
Kathleen Kuhlmann (mezzo-soprano)
Robert Lloyd (bass)
John Rawnsley (baritone)
Alberto Rinaldi (baritone)
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
Marta Taddei (soprano)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Laura Zannini (mezzo-soprano)
The program:
(00:00) Introduction

(01:44) RICHARD STRAUSS
Hab' mir's gelobt
From Der Rosenkavalier, Act III

Kiri Te Kanawa (Marschallin)
Anne Howells (Octavian)
Barbara Bonney (Sophie)
Conducted by Sir Georg Solti
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

(07:10) JACQUES OFFENBACH
Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach
From Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Prologue

Placido Domingo (Hoffmann)
Conducted by Georges Prêtre
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

(11:25) GIUSEPPE VERDI
Ah, morir potessi adesso
From Ernani, Act II

Placido Domingo (Ernani)
Mirella Freni (Elvira)
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

(14:41) GIUSEPPE VERDI
Va, pensiero
From Nabucco, Act III

Chorus of La Scala
Conducted by Riccardo Muti
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

(20:37) GIUSEPPE VERDI
Love duet (Già nella notte densa)
From Otello, Act I

Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona)
Vladimir Atlantov (Otello)
Conducted by Zoltan Pesko
Arena di Verona

(28:02) GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Mi par d'esser sognando
From La Cenerentola, Act I

Kathleen Kuhlmann (Cinderella)
Laurence Dale (Ramiro)
Marta Taddei (Clorinda)
Laura Zannini (Tisbe)
Claudio Desderi (Don Magnifico)
Roderick Kennedy (Alidoro)
Alberto Rinaldi (Dandini)
Conducted by Donato Renzetti
Glyndebourne Festival Opera

(31:30) CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Che farò senza Euridice?
From Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III

Janet Baker (Orfeo)
Conducted by Raymond Leppard
Glyndebourne Festival Opera

(34:54) UMBERTO GIORDANO
Court Scene (Sì, fui soldato)
From Andrea Chénier, Act III

José Carreras (Chénier)
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Teatro alla Scala, Milan

(38:00) GIUSEPPE VERDI
Ella giammai m'amò!
From Don Carlos, Act IV

Robert Lloyd (Philip II)
Conducted by Bernard Haitink
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

(46:35) GIACOMO PUCCINI
Café Momus Scene
From La Bohème, Act II

Ileana Cotrubas (Mimi)
Neil Shicoff (Rodolfo)
Thomas Allen (Marcello)
Gwynne Howell (Colline)
John Rawnsley (Schaunard)
Conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

(52:09) JOHANN STRAUSS
Czárdás (Klänge der Heimat)
From Die Fledermaus, Act II

Kiri Te Kanawa (Rosalinde)
Conducted by Placido Domingo
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

(56:40) JOHANN STRAUSS
Frosch's Monologue
From Die Fledermaus, Act III

Josef Meinrad (Frosch)
Conducted by Placido Domingo
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
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