Program:
- Puccini, Giacomo
Butterfly's Entrance Aria
from
- Madama Butterfly
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Come in quest'ora Bruna
from
- Simon Boccanegra
Interview with Lianna Haroutounian
- Verdi, Giuseppe
Helene's Arias
from
- Les Vepres Siciliennes
()
- Warner Classics
- Puccini, Giacomo
Un Bel di Vedremo
from
- Madama Butterfly
- Tigranian, Armen
from
- Anoush
()
- Monitor
The program began with a feature on Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian, who has just concluded a very successful run as Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra opposite Placido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, and Joseph Calleja. Many thanks to Nina Manoukian for her excellent translating, the Met Opera Press Department for coordinating the interview and providing audio clips, as well as Ed Hartley for engineering this interview at the Met.
- Butterfly's Entrance Aria-Lianna Haroutounian (soprano); Arnold Rutkowski (tenor); Angela Veccia (baritone); Pietro Rizzo (conductor); Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; Groot Omroepkoor; live 2016 performance from Amsterdam.
- Come in quest'ora Bruna-Lianna Haroutounian (soprano); James Levine (conductor); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
- Interview with Lianna Haroutounian
- Les Vepres Siciliennes Selections-Lianna Haroutounian (soprano); Antonio Pappano (conductor); Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus.
- Un Bel Di Vedremo-Lianna Haroutounian (soprano); Pietro Rizzo (conductor); Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; Groot Omroepkoor; live 2016 performance from Amsterdam.
- Anoush-Gohar Gasparian (soprano); Avak Petrosian (tenor); Vagram Grigorian (baritone); Mikhail Tavrizian (conductor); Chorus and Orchestra of the Armenian State Theater of Opera and Ballet.
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