Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) (Click on the above two links for some truly wonderful information about Verdi's life & times, and his works) |
EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC - BAHRAIN - |
PROGRAMME FOR 13 JUNE 2001 |
VIVA VERDI A special programme celebrating the 100th anniverary of Verdi's death |
1 |
NABUCCO (1842) |
- Overture |
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti |
2 |
NABUCCO (1842) |
- Ben io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso un giorno ... Salgo gia del trono aurato |
Abigaille - Elena Souliotis (soprano) Il Gran Sacerdote di Belo - Giovanni Foiani (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Lamberto Gardelli |
3 |
LA TRAVIATA (1853) |
- E strano ... Ah, fors'e lui ... Follie! Follie! ... Sempre libera |
Violetta Valery - Beverly Sills (soprano) Alfredo Germont - Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato |
4 |
LA TRAVIATA (1853) |
- Ah! Dite alla giovine - Che fai? ... Nulla |
Violetta Valery - Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Giorgio Germont - Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Alfredo Germont - Placido Domingo (tenor) Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber |
5 |
LA TRAVIATA (1853) |
- Teneste la promessa ... Addio del passato |
Violetta Valery - Anna Moffo (soprano) Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Fernando Previtali |
6 |
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (1862) |
- Son giunta! ... Madre, pietosa Vergine |
Leonora - Galina Gorchakova (soprano) Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev |
7 |
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (1862) |
- Il santo nome di Dio Signore ... La Vergine degli Angeli |
Leonora - Rosalind Plowright (soprano) Il Padre Guardiano - Paata Burchuladze (bass) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli |
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) (Click on the above two links for some truly wonderful information about Verdi's life & times, and his works) |
8 |
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (1862) |
- Pace, pace, mio Dio! |
Leonora - Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano "Giuseppe Verdi" conducted by Riccardo Chailly |
9 |
STRING QUARTET (1873) |
i) Allegro ii) Andantino iii) Prestissimo iv) Scherzo Fugue (Allegro assai mosso) |
The Alberni Quartet - Howard Davis (violin); Peter Pople (violin); Roger Best (viola); David Smith (cello) |
10 |
OTELLO (1887) |
- Era piu calmo? ... Piangea cantando ... Ave Maria |
Desdemona - Gwyneth Jones (soprano) Emilia - Maureen Lehane (mezzo-sorano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Edward Downes |
11 |
NABUCCO |
- Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate |
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti |
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