Unnatural Acts of Opera

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parterre box, the queer opera zine, presents extraordinary opera performances, one act at a time. Hosted by La Cieca, cultural doyenne at parterre box.

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    Semiramide (Rossini) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2009 66:35


    Joan Sutherland (Semiramide); Giulietta Simionato (Arsace); Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Assur); Gianni Raimondi (Idreno); Ferruccio Mazzoli (Oroe); Giuseppe Bertinazzo (Mitrane); Manuela Bianchi Porro (Azema); Antonio Zerbini (L'ombra di Nino). Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gabriele Santini. Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 17 December 1962.

    Semiramide (Rossini) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2009 97:12


    Joan Sutherland (Semiramide); Giulietta Simionato (Arsace); Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Assur); Gianni Raimondi (Idreno); Ferruccio Mazzoli (Oroe); Giuseppe Bertinazzo (Mitrane); Manuela Bianchi Porro (Azema); Antonio Zerbini (L'ombra di Nino). Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gabriele Santini. Milano, Teatro alla Scala, 17 December 1962.

    La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 62:20


    Leonora: Zinka Milanov; Don Alvaro: Mario del Monaco; Don Carlo: Leonard Warren; Padre Guardiano: William Wilderman; Preziosilla: Claramae Turner; Marquis of Calatrava: Norman Treigle; Fra Melitone: Gerhard Pechner; Curra: Rosemary Rotolo; Surgeon: Donald Bernard; Beggar Woman: Lydia Neuman. Orchestra and Chorus of the New Orleans Opera Walter Herbert, conductor. March 1953.

    La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2009 57:03


    Leonora: Zinka Milanov; Don Alvaro: Mario del Monaco; Don Carlo: Leonard Warren; Padre Guardiano: William Wilderman; Preziosilla: Claramae Turner; Marquis of Calatrava: Norman Treigle; Fra Melitone: Gerhard Pechner; Curra: Rosemary Rotolo; Surgeon: Donald Bernard; Beggar Woman: Lydia Neuman. Orchestra and Chorus of the New Orleans Opera Walter Herbert, conductor. March 1953.

    La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2009 65:40


    Leonora: Zinka Milanov; Don Alvaro: Mario del Monaco; Don Carlo: Leonard Warren; Padre Guardiano: William Wilderman; Preziosilla: Claramae Turner; Marquis of Calatrava: Norman Treigle; Fra Melitone: Gerhard Pechner; Curra: Rosemary Rotolo; Surgeon: Donald Bernard; Beggar Woman: Lydia Neuman. Orchestra and Chorus of the New Orleans Opera Walter Herbert, conductor. March 1953.

    Belisario (Donizetti) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2009 56:48


    Belisario: Giuseppe Taddei; Antonina: Leyla Gencer; Irene: Mirna Pecile; Alamiro: Umberto Grilli; Eutropio: Bruno Sebastian; Giustiniano: Nicola Zaccaria; Eudora: Rina Pallini; Eusebio: Giovanni Antonini; Ottario: Augusto Veronese; Centurion: Alberto Carusi. Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia. May 14, 1969.

    Belisario (Donizetti) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2009 63:52


    Belisario: Giuseppe Taddei; Antonina: Leyla Gencer; Irene: Mirna Pecile; Alamiro: Umberto Grilli; Eutropio: Bruno Sebastian; Giustiniano: Nicola Zaccaria; Eudora: Rina Pallini; Eusebio: Giovanni Antonini; Ottario: Augusto Veronese; Centurion: Alberto Carusi. Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia. May 14, 1969.

    Belisario (Donizetti) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2009 58:26


    Belisario: Giuseppe Taddei; Antonina: Leyla Gencer; Irene: Mirna Pecile; Alamiro: Umberto Grilli; Eutropio: Bruno Sebastian; Giustiniano: Nicola Zaccaria; Eudora: Rina Pallini; Eusebio: Giovanni Antonini; Ottario: Augusto Veronese; Centurion: Alberto Carusi. Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia. May 14, 1969.

    Jenufa (Janacek) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2009 62:08


    Jenufa: Gabriela Benackova; Kolstelnicka: Leonie Rysanek; Grandmother Buryja: Barbara Schramm; Laca Klemen: Wieslaw Ochman; Steva Buryja; Peter Kazaras; Jano: Katherine Johnson; Karolka: Kathryn Cowdrick; Starek, the Foreman: Kenneth Shaw; Mayor: Frank Barr; Mayor's Wife: Nikki Li Hartliep; Old Shepherdess/Aunt: Maro Partamian; Barena: Ariel Rubstein. Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler. Carnegie Hall, March 30, 1988.

    Jenufa (Janacek) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2009 54:09


    Jenufa: Gabriela Benackova; Kolstelnicka: Leonie Rysanek; Grandmother Buryja: Barbara Schramm; Laca Klemen: Wieslaw Ochman; Steva Buryja; Peter Kazaras; Jano: Katherine Johnson; Karolka: Kathryn Cowdrick; Starek, the Foreman: Kenneth Shaw; Mayor: Frank Barr; Mayor's Wife: Nikki Li Hartliep; Old Shepherdess/Aunt: Maro Partamian; Barena: Ariel Rubstein. Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler. Carnegie Hall, March 30, 1988.

    Jenufa (Janacek) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2009 57:46


    Jenufa: Gabriela Benackova; Kolstelnicka: Leonie Rysanek; Grandmother Buryja: Barbara Schramm; Laca Klemen: Wieslaw Ochman; Steva Buryja; Peter Kazaras; Jano: Katherine Johnson; Karolka: Kathryn Cowdrick; Starek, the Foreman: Kenneth Shaw; Mayor: Frank Barr; Mayor's Wife: Nikki Li Hartliep; Old Shepherdess/Aunt: Maro Partamian; Barena: Ariel Rubstein. Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler. Carnegie Hall, March 30, 1988.

    La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2009 67:25


    Renata Scotto (Amina), Alfredo Kraus (Elvino), Ivo Vinco (Rodolfo), Rosa Laghezza (Lisa), Marisa Zotti (Teresa). Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Nello Santi, conductor. May 26, 1961.

    La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2009 83:52


    Renata Scotto (Amina), Alfredo Kraus (Elvino), Ivo Vinco (Rodolfo), Rosa Laghezza (Lisa), Marisa Zotti (Teresa). Teatro La Fenice, Venezia, Nello Santi, conductor. May 26, 1961.

    Salome (R. Strauss)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2009 97:09


    Narraboth: George Shirley; Jokanaan: Norman Bailey; Salome: Birgit Nilsson; Herodes: Ragnar Ulfung; Herodias: Ruth Hesse; Page: Sandra Walker. Carnegie Hall, New York. December 18, 1974. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2009 62:40


    Magda Olivero (Adriana Lecouvreur), Giulietta Simionato (Principessa di Bouillon), Franco Corelli (Maurizio), Ettore Bastianini (Michonnet), Antonio Cassinelli (L'Abate di Chazeuil), Augusto Frati (Quinault), Renato Ercolani (Poisson), Rosanna Zerbini (Jouvenot), Anna di Stasio (Dangeville). Orchestra & Chorus del Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Mario Rossi, conductor. 28 November 1959.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2009 56:58


    Magda Olivero (Adriana Lecouvreur), Giulietta Simionato (Principessa di Bouillon), Franco Corelli (Maurizio), Ettore Bastianini (Michonnet), Antonio Cassinelli (L'Abate di Chazeuil), Augusto Frati (Quinault), Renato Ercolani (Poisson), Rosanna Zerbini (Jouvenot), Anna di Stasio (Dangeville). Orchestra & Chorus del Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Mario Rossi, conductor. 28 November 1959.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2009 69:33


    Magda Olivero (Adriana Lecouvreur), Giulietta Simionato (Principessa di Bouillon), Franco Corelli (Maurizio), Ettore Bastianini (Michonnet), Antonio Cassinelli (L'Abate di Chazeuil), Augusto Frati (Quinault), Renato Ercolani (Poisson), Rosanna Zerbini (Jouvenot), Anna di Stasio (Dangeville). Orchestra & Chorus del Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Mario Rossi, conductor. 28 November 1959.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2009 61:45


    Magda Olivero (Adriana Lecouvreur), Giulietta Simionato (Principessa di Bouillon), Franco Corelli (Maurizio), Ettore Bastianini (Michonnet), Antonio Cassinelli (L'Abate di Chazeuil), Augusto Frati (Quinault), Renato Ercolani (Poisson), Rosanna Zerbini (Jouvenot), Anna di Stasio (Dangeville). Orchestra & Chorus del Teatro di San Carlo, Naples; Mario Rossi, conductor. 28 November 1959.

    Medea (Cherubini) Acts 2 and 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2008 60:00


    Medea: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Giasone: Giuseppe Filianoti, Glauce: Cinzia Forte, Creonte: Giovanni Battista Parodi, Neris: Sara Mingardo, Il capo della guardia: Diego Matamoros, I ancella: Erika Grimaldi, II ancella: Luisa Francesconi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Direttore, Evelino Pido. October 12, 2008 .

    Medea (Cherubini) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2008 60:00


    Medea: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Giasone: Giuseppe Filianoti, Glauce: Cinzia Forte, Creonte: Giovanni Battista Parodi, Neris: Sara Mingardo, Il capo della guardia: Diego Matamoros, I ancella: Erika Grimaldi, II ancella: Luisa Francesconi, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Direttore, Evelino Pido. October 12, 2008 .

    Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2008 60:00


    Grace Bumbry &, Shirley Verrett, Concert in Honor of Marian Anderson, Verdi: Aida, Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur, Verdi: Otello, Bellini: Norma. Encore of Norma duet, Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler. Carnegie Hall, New York, 31 January 1982.

    Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2008 60:00


    Grace Bumbry &, Shirley Verrett, Concert in Honor of Marian Anderson, Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano, Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Verdi: Macbeth, Spontini: La Vestale, Donizetti: Anna Bolena, Opera Orchestra of New York, Eve Queler. Carnegie Hall, New York, 31 January 1982.

    Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2008 60:00


    Lohengrin: Jess Thomas, Elsa: Claire Watson, Telramund: Walter Berry, Ortrud: Christa Ludwig, Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela, Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter, Vienna Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.

    Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2008 60:00


    Lohengrin: Jess Thomas, Elsa: Claire Watson, Telramund: Walter Berry, Ortrud: Christa Ludwig, Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela, Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter, Vienna Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.

    Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2008 60:00


    Lohengrin: Jess Thomas, Elsa: Claire Watson, Telramund: Walter Berry, Ortrud: Christa Ludwig, Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela, Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter, Vienna Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.

    Hamlet (Thomas) Acts 4 and 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2008 60:00


    Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside, Claudius: Robert Lloyd, Gertrude: Yvonne Naef, Ophelie: Natalie Dessay, Laerte: Yann Beuron, Le Spectre: Markus Hollop, Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas, Horatio: Graeme Broadbent, Polonius: Jonathan May, Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louis Langree. May 20, 2003.

    Hamlet (Thomas) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2008 60:00


    Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside, Claudius: Robert Lloyd, Gertrude: Yvonne Naef, Ophelie: Natalie Dessay, Laerte: Yann Beuron, Le Spectre: Markus Hollop, Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas, Horatio: Graeme Broadbent, Polonius: Jonathan May, Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louis Langree. May 20, 2003.

    Hamlet (Thomas) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2008 60:00


    Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside, Claudius: Robert Lloyd, Gertrude: Yvonne Naef, Ophelie: Natalie Dessay, Laerte: Yann Beuron, Le Spectre: Markus Hollop, Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas, Horatio: Graeme Broadbent, Polonius: Jonathan May, Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louis Langree. May 20, 2003.

    Hamlet (Thomas) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2008 60:00


    Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside, Claudius: Robert Lloyd, Gertrude: Yvonne Naef, Ophelie: Natalie Dessay, Laerte: Yann Beuron, Le Spectre: Markus Hollop, Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas, Horatio: Graeme Broadbent, Polonius: Jonathan May, Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Louis Langree. May 20, 2003.

    Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 4 and 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2008 60:00


    Raoul de Nangis – Marcello Giordani, Valentine – Annalisa Raspaglosi, Marguerite di Valois – Diana Damrau, Le Comte de Saint-Bris – Frode Olsen, Nevers – Zeljko Lucic, Urbain – Sara Alegretta, Marcel – Soon-Won Kang, De Cosse – Jacek Pazola, Maurevert – Simon Bailey, Tavannes – Peter Marsh, November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

    Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 2 and 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2008 60:00


    Raoul de Nangis – Marcello Giordani, Valentine – Annalisa Raspaglosi, Marguerite di Valois – Diana Damrau, Le Comte de Saint-Bris – Frode Olsen, Nevers – Zeljko Lucic, Urbain – Sara Alegretta, Marcel – Soon-Won Kang, De Cosse – Jacek Pazola, Maurevert – Simon Bailey, Tavannes – Peter Marsh, November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

    Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2008 60:00


    Raoul de Nangis – Marcello Giordani, Valentine – Annalisa Raspaglosi, Marguerite di Valois – Diana Damrau, Le Comte de Saint-Bris – Frode Olsen, Nevers – Zeljko Lucic, Urbain – Sara Alegretta, Marcel – Soon-Won Kang, De Cosse – Jacek Pazola, Maurevert – Simon Bailey, Tavannes – Peter Marsh, November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester, Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

    Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2008 60:00


    Lucrezia Borgia – Montserrat Caballe, Gennaro – Alain Vanzo, Maffio Orsini – Jane Berbie, Don Alfonso – Kostas Paskalis, Jacopo Liveretto – Jerold Siena, Don Apostolo Gazella – Vern Shinall, Ascanio Petrucci – William Wiederanders, Oloferno Vitellozzo – L.D. Clements, Gubetta – Adib Fazah, Rustighello – Mauro Lampi, Astolfo – Arnold Voketatis, American Opera Society, New York, Jonel Perlea. April 20, 1965.

    Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2008 60:00


    Lucrezia Borgia – Montserrat Caballe, Gennaro – Alain Vanzo, Maffio Orsini – Jane Berbie, Don Alfonso – Kostas Paskalis, Jacopo Liveretto – Jerold Siena, Don Apostolo Gazella – Vern Shinall, Ascanio Petrucci – William Wiederanders, Oloferno Vitellozzo – L.D. Clements, Gubetta – Adib Fazah, Rustighello – Mauro Lampi, Astolfo – Arnold Voketatis, American Opera Society, New York, Jonel Perlea. April 20, 1965.

    Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Prologue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2008 60:00


    Lucrezia Borgia – Montserrat Caballe, Gennaro – Alain Vanzo, Maffio Orsini – Jane Berbie, Don Alfonso – Kostas Paskalis, Jacopo Liveretto – Jerold Siena, Don Apostolo Gazella – Vern Shinall, Ascanio Petrucci – William Wiederanders, Oloferno Vitellozzo – L.D. Clements, Gubetta – Adib Fazah, Rustighello – Mauro Lampi, Astolfo – Arnold Voketatis, American Opera Society, New York, Jonel Perlea. April 20, 1965.

    Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2008 60:00


    Tristan – Spas Wenkoff, Isolde – Catarina Ligendza, Brangaene – Yvonne Minton, Marke – Karl Ridderbusch, Kurwenal – Donald McIntyre, Melot – Heribert Steinbach, Steuermann – Heinz Feldhoff, Hirte – Heinz Zednik, Carlos Kleiber, Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

    Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2008 60:00


    Tristan – Spas Wenkoff, Isolde – Catarina Ligendza, Brangaene – Yvonne Minton, Marke – Karl Ridderbusch, Kurwenal – Donald McIntyre, Melot – Heribert Steinbach, Steuermann – Heinz Feldhoff, Hirte – Heinz Zednik, Carlos Kleiber, Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

    Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2008 60:00


    Tristan – Spas Wenkoff, Isolde – Catarina Ligendza, Brangaene – Yvonne Minton, Marke – Karl Ridderbusch, Kurwenal – Donald McIntyre, Melot – Heribert Steinbach, Steuermann – Heinz Feldhoff, Hirte – Heinz Zednik, Carlos Kleiber, Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

    Edipo Re (Leoncavallo)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2008 60:00


    Creon – Keith Lewis, Oedipus – Alan Titus, Jocasta – Yvonne Naef, Messenger – Roland Bracht, Shepherd – Johannes Chum, Teiresias – Cheyne Davidson. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.

    Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2008 60:00


    Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia, Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli, Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe, Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo, Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt, Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi, Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara, Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo, Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic, Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini, Maddalena: Gabriele Sima, Modestina: Barbara Frittoli, Antonio: Marzio Giossi, Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano. Vienna Opera, 20 January 1988. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

    Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2008 60:00


    Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia, Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli, Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe, Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo, Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt, Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto, Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi, Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara, Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo, Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic, Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini, Maddalena: Gabriele Sima, Modestina: Barbara Frittoli, Antonio: Marzio Giossi, Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano. Vienna Opera, 20 January 1988. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

    Faust (Gounod) Acts 4 and 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2008 60:00


    Faust: Neil Shicoff, Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey, Valentin: Richard Stilwell, Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones, Marguerite: Diana Soviero, Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

    Faust (Gounod) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2008 60:00


    Faust: Neil Shicoff, Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey, Valentin: Richard Stilwell, Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones, Marguerite: Diana Soviero, Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

    Faust (Gounod) Acts 1 and 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2008 60:00


    Faust: Neil Shicoff, Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey, Valentin: Richard Stilwell, Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones, Marguerite: Diana Soviero, Marthe: Geraldine Decker. Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.

    Macbeth (Verdi) Act 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2008 60:00


    Macbeth – Piero Cappuccilli, Lady Macbeth – Shirley Verrett, Banco – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Macduff – Franco Tagliavini, Malcolm – Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975.

    Macbeth (Verdi) Acts 2 and 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2008 60:00


    Macbeth – Piero Cappuccilli, Lady Macbeth – Shirley Verrett, Banco – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Macduff – Franco Tagliavini, Malcolm – Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975. Special feature: Miss Tallulah Bankhead joins the Apocryphal Opera Anecdote Theater of the Air for scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

    Macbeth (Verdi) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2008 60:00


    Macbeth – Piero Cappuccilli, Lady Macbeth – Shirley Verrett, Banco – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Macduff – Franco Tagliavini, Malcolm – Nicola Martinucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. December 7 1975.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2007 63:35


    Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2007 56:05


    Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2007 64:36


    Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

    Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2007 60:36


    Adriana Lecouvreur: Renata Scotto Il Principe di Bouillon: James Courtney La Principessa: Elena Obraztsova L'Abate: Joseph Frank Maiordomo: Winther Andersen Maurizio: Giacomo Aragall Michonnet: Giuseppe Taddei Mme. Dangeville: Mildred Tyree Mme. Jouvenot: Pamela South Poisson: Robert Johnson Quinault: John Davies Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 9 September 1977.

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