Thursday, December 06, 2007

2007.12.5. Laser opera at Laser Dome. Another Bravo Club event. Quite elaborate patterns, however, some resemble screen-savers. Fun show. Sound quality has much to improve. Program:
  • Vagner - Das Rheingold, overture - Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic
  • Rossini - The Barber of Seville, Largo al factotum - Samuel Ramey, bariton; Riccardo Chailly conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
  • Puccini - Gianni Schicci, O mio babbino caro - Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; John Pritchard conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Borodin - Price Igor, Polovtsian Dances (V) - Charles Mackerras conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
  • Donizetti - Lucia de Lammermoor, chi mi frena in tai momento (sextet)? - Maria Callas, soprano; Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor; Piero Capuccilli, baritone; Bernard Ladysz, bass; Leonard del Ferro, tenor; Margreta Elkins, mezzo-soprano; Tullio Serafin conducts the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
  • Offenbach - The Tales of Hoffmann, Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour - Joan Sutherland, soprano; Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano; Richard Bonynge conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Berdi - Aida, Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside - Placido Domingo, tenor; Aprile Millo, soprano; James Morris, bass; Samuel Ramey, baritone; Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano; James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - Renata Scotto, soprano; Placido Domingo, tenor; Pablo Elvira, Baritone; James Levine conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Korngold - The Dead City, Mariettas lied - Renee Fleming, soprano; Jeffrey Tate conducts the English Chamber Orchestra
  • Verdi - Rigoletto, Bella figlia dell'amore (quartet) - Cheryl Studer, soprano; Denyce Graves, contralto; Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Vladamir Chernov, Baritone; James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
  • Tchaikovsky - The Guardsman, Pochudilis mne budto golosa - Renee Fleming, soprano; Valery Gergiev conducts the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
  • Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro, Cinque.. dieci.. venti.. trenta - Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Bryn Terfel, baritone; Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Roma Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  • Bizet - The Pearl Fishers, Au fond du temple sait - Marcelo Alvarez, lyric tenor; Salvatore Licitra, tenor; Daniel May conducts the City of Prague Philharmonic
  • Puccini - Turandot, Nessun dorma! - Luciano Pavarotti, tenor; Zubin Mehta conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra
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