Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 05/24/2014

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Puccini, Giacomo
-
Liù, Liù, Sorgi!
from
  • Turandot
(
  • EMI Classics
)
  • Puccini, Giacomo
from
  • Turandot
(
  • Opera D'Oro
)
  • Alfano, Franco (after Puccini)
-
Turandot Finale
from
  • Josephine Barstow: Opera Finales
(
  • London Digital
)
  • Berio, Luciano (after Puccini)
-
Turandot Finale
from
  • Puccini Discoveries
(
  • Decca
)
  • Strauss, Richard
-
Arabella Act I Duet
from
  • Strauss Heroines
(
  • Decca
)
  1. Paul Plishka (bass); Alain Lombard (conductor); Chorus de l'Opera du Rhin; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg.
  2. Turandot-Birgit Nilsson (soprano); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano); Franco Corelli (tenor); Nicola Zaccaria (bass); Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor); La Scala Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
  3. Turandot Finale (Alfano)-Josephine Barstow (soprano); Lando Bartolini (tenor); John Mauceri (conductor); Scottish Opera Orchestra & Chorus.
  4. Turandot Finale (Berio)-Eva Urbanova (soprano); Maria Fontosh (soprano); Domenico Balzani (tenor); Carlo Bosi (tenor); Bülent Bezdüz; Dario Volonté (tenor); Mario Luperi (bass); Riccardo Chailly (conductor); Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
  5. Arabella Act I Duet-Barbara Bonney (soprano); Renée Fleming (soprano); Christoph Eschenbach (conductor); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

A show on the unfinished ending of Puccini's final opera Turandot. We featured the opera in its standard performance ending along with the original Alfano ending, as well as a recent version by the late Luciano Berio.

In addition, we previewed our Strauss Festival that will be on from June 11 at 9:30 AM through June 12 at 6:00 PM.

Department: 
Classical