Label:Sony Classical – 88843031602Format:3 x CD, Compilation
Country:EuropeReleased:Genre:ClassicalStyle:Opera
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1-1Simon Boccanegra: O inferno! ... Sento avvampar nell'anima (11.03.1995)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
5:001-2Rigoletto: La donna è mobile (7.11.1977)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
2:211-3Otello: Niun mi tema (27.02.1988)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Cassio] – Allan Glassman
Vocals [Lodovico] – Paul Plishka
Vocals [Montano] – David Hamilton (28)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Cassio] – Allan Glassman
Vocals [Lodovico] – Paul Plishka
Vocals [Montano] – David Hamilton (28)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
6:291-4Don Carlo: Fontainebleau! Foresta immensa e solitaria! ... Io la vidi (26.03.1983)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
3:571-5Luisa Miller: Oh! fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido (20.01.1979)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
5:421-6La Traviata: Lunge da lei ... De' miei bollenti spiriti ... O mio rimorso, infamia! (28.03.1981)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Annina] – Geraldine Decker
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Annina] – Geraldine Decker
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
6:191-7La Traviata: Di Provenza il mar, il suol (30.03.2013)
Conductor – Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
4:181-8Un Ballo In Maschera: Di' tu se fedele (30.01.1971)
Conductor – Fausto Cleva
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – Fausto Cleva
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
3:361-9Un Ballo In Maschera: Forse la soglia attinse ... Ma se m'è forza perderti (30.01.1971)
Conductor – Fausto Cleva
Vocals [Oscar] – Roberta Peters
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – Fausto Cleva
Vocals [Oscar] – Roberta Peters
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
5:581-10Rigoletto: Questa o quella (7.11.1977)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
1:441-11Stiffelio: Vidi dovunque gemere ... Ah, v'appare in fronte scritto (13.11.1993)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Lina] – Sharon Sweet
Vocals [Stankar] – Vladimir Chernov
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Lina] – Sharon Sweet
Vocals [Stankar] – Vladimir Chernov
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
5:441-12Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida (7.10.1989)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
4:171-13La Forza Del Destino: La vita è inferno all'infelice ... O tu che in seno agli angeli (30.01.1983)
Clarinet – Roger Hiller
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Clarinet – Roger Hiller
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
9:211-14Simon Boccanegra: Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo dalla feroce storia (6.02.2010)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Amelia] – Adrianne Pieczonka
Vocals [Gabriele Adorno] – Marcello Giordani (2)
Vocals [Jacopo Fiesco] – James Morris (5)
Vocals [Paolo Albiani] – Stephen Gaertner
Vocals [Pietro] – Richard Bernstein (3)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Amelia] – Adrianne Pieczonka
Vocals [Gabriele Adorno] – Marcello Giordani (2)
Vocals [Jacopo Fiesco] – James Morris (5)
Vocals [Paolo Albiani] – Stephen Gaertner
Vocals [Pietro] – Richard Bernstein (3)
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
5:301-15Il Trovatore: Ah! si ben mio, coll'essere ... L'onda de' suoni mistici ... Di quella pira (17.03.1973)
Conductor – Carlo Felice Cillario
Vocals [Leonora] – Montserrat Caballé
Vocals [Ruiz] – Nico Castel
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor – Carlo Felice Cillario
Vocals [Leonora] – Montserrat Caballé
Vocals [Ruiz] – Nico Castel
Written-By – Giuseppe Verdi
7:122-1Turandot: Nessun dorma (21.02.1970)
Conductor – Kurt Adler*
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – Kurt Adler*
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
3:162-2Andrea Chenier: Cittadino, men duol ... Come un bel di di maggio (26.03.1977)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Roucher] – Allan Monk
Vocals [Schmidt] – Philip Booth
Written-By – Umberto Giordano
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Roucher] – Allan Monk
Vocals [Schmidt] – Philip Booth
Written-By – Umberto Giordano
4:462-3Pagliacci: Recitar! ... Vesti la giubba (5.04.1978)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Ruggiero Leoncavallo
4:092-4La Fanciulla Del West: Risparmiate lo scherno ... Ch'ella mi creda (8.04.1992)
Conductor – Leonard Slatkin
Vocals [Jack Rance] – Sherrill Milnes
Vocals [Sonora] – Kim Josephson
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – Leonard Slatkin
Vocals [Jack Rance] – Sherrill Milnes
Vocals [Sonora] – Kim Josephson
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
4:192-5La Gioconda: Cielo e mar (12.02.1983)
Conductor – Giuseppe Patanè
Written-By – Amilcare Ponchielli
Conductor – Giuseppe Patanè
Written-By – Amilcare Ponchielli
5:262-6La Boheme: Marcello. Finalmente! (4.03.1989)
Conductor – Nello Santi
Vocals [Marcello] – Paolo Coni
Vocals [Mimi] – Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – Nello Santi
Vocals [Marcello] – Paolo Coni
Vocals [Mimi] – Fiamma Izzo D'Amico
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
5:292-7Cavalleria Rusticana: Compar Alfio ... Mamma, quel vino è generoso (5.04.1978)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Alfio] – Vern Shinall
Vocals [Mamma Lucia] – Jean Kraft (2)
Written-By – Pietro Mascagni
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Alfio] – Vern Shinall
Vocals [Mamma Lucia] – Jean Kraft (2)
Written-By – Pietro Mascagni
6:382-8Manon Lescaut: Cortese damigella ... Donna non vidi mai (29.03.1980)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Manon] – Renata Scotto
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Manon] – Renata Scotto
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
6:052-9Norma: Svanir le voci ... Meco all'altar di Venere (13.02.1982)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Flavio] – Charles Anthony (3)
Written-By – Vincenzo Bellini
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Flavio] – Charles Anthony (3)
Written-By – Vincenzo Bellini
8:472-10Sly: Un orso in musoliera (13.04.2002)
Conductor – Marco Armiliato
Written-By – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Conductor – Marco Armiliato
Written-By – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
4:392-11Francesa Da Rimini: Inghirlandata di violette m'appariste ieri (7.04.1984)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Francesca da Rimini] – Renata Scotto
Written-By – Riccardo Zandonai
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Francesca da Rimini] – Renata Scotto
Written-By – Riccardo Zandonai
5:572-12Il Tabarro: Hai ben ragione! Meglio non pensare (26.09.1994)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
2:462-13Fedora: La fante mi svela l'immondo ritrovo ... Vedi, io piango (26.04.1997)
Conductor – Roberto Abbado
Vocals [Fedora] – Mirella Freni
Written-By – Umberto Giordano
Conductor – Roberto Abbado
Vocals [Fedora] – Mirella Freni
Written-By – Umberto Giordano
8:312-14Tosca: Dammi i colori! Recondita armonia (15.02.1969)
Conductor – George Schick
Vocals [Sacristan] – Paul Plishka
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – George Schick
Vocals [Sacristan] – Paul Plishka
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
3:052-15Tosca: E lucevan le stelle (27.03.1985)
Conductor – Giuseppe Sinopoli
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
Conductor – Giuseppe Sinopoli
Written-By – Giacomo Puccini
3:073-1Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Va pour Kleinzach! ... Il était une fois a la cour d'Eisenach (13.02.1993)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Nathanael] – John Horton Murray
Written-By – Jacques Offenbach
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Nathanael] – John Horton Murray
Written-By – Jacques Offenbach
5:313-2Faust: Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre? ... Salut, demeure chaste et pure (26.02.1972)
Conductor – Martin Rich
Written-By – Charles Gounod
Conductor – Martin Rich
Written-By – Charles Gounod
6:203-3Iphigénie En Tauride: Quel silence effrayant! ... Dieux, qui me poursuivez (8.12.2007)
Conductor – Louis Langrée
Vocals [Pylade] – Paul Groves
Written-By – Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conductor – Louis Langrée
Vocals [Pylade] – Paul Groves
Written-By – Christoph Willibald Gluck
5:053-4Samson Et Dalila: Vois ma misère (28.09.1998)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Camille Saint-Saëns
8:453-5Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (6.02.1971)
Conductor – Jean Morel
Written-By – Georges Bizet
Conductor – Jean Morel
Written-By – Georges Bizet
3:463-6Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller (28.02.1982)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Jules Massenet
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Jules Massenet
3:003-7Les Troyens: Inutiles regrets! ... Ah! Quand viendra l'instant (8.10.1983)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Hector Berlioz
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Hector Berlioz
6:543-8The Queen Of Spades: Prosti, prelestnoe sozdanye (14.02.2004)
Conductor – Vladimir Jurowski
Written-By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor – Vladimir Jurowski
Written-By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2:433-9The First Emperor: The shadow that haunts me wherever I go (13.01.2007)
Written-By, Conductor – Tan Dun
Written-By, Conductor – Tan Dun
4:563-10Parsifal: Amfortas! Die Wunde! (7.04.2001)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Kundry] – Violeta Urmana
Written-By – Richard Wagner
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Kundry] – Violeta Urmana
Written-By – Richard Wagner
8:433-11Die Walkure: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater (1.04.2000)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Richard Wagner
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Written-By – Richard Wagner
5:483-12Lohengrin: In fernem Land ... Mir schwankt der Boden! (16.02.1985)
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Elsa] – Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Vocals [King Heinrich] – John Macurdy
Vocals [Ortrud] – Éva Marton
Written-By – Richard Wagner
Conductor – James Levine (2)
Vocals [Elsa] – Anna Tomowa-Sintow
Vocals [King Heinrich] – John Macurdy
Vocals [Ortrud] – Éva Marton
Written-By – Richard Wagner
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Includes 28-page booklet.
(C) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
(P) 2014 The Metropolitan Opera
Live recordings from Metropolitan Opera broadcasts including 21 previously unreleased tracks, dating from 1969 to 2013.