At The Opera, Verdi: La Traviata, April 23, 2016
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La traviata or The Fallen Woman is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias (1852), a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The opera was originally titled Violetta, after the main character. It was first performed on March 6, 1853 at the La Fenice opera house in Venice.
Cast:
Violetta - Anna Moffo
Alfredo - Richard Tucker
Giorgio Germont - Robert Merrill
Rome Opera House
Fernando Previtali - conductor
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:09 p.m.
Anna Moffo
Verdi
La Taviata
; Fernando Previtali, conductor
10:29 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Vanne! La Tua Gia Vedo... Credo In Un Dio (Iago) Otello Verdi; Boito
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Edward Downes, conductor Robert Merrill
10:34 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Alzati: La Tuo Figlio... Eri Tu (Renato) Un Ballo In Maschera Verdi: Somma
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Edward Downes, conductor Robert Merrill
10:39 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Balen Del Suo Sorriso (Conte) Il Travote Verdi; Cammarano
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Edward Downes, conductor Robert Merrill
10:43 p.m.
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Morir! Temenda Cosa!... Uma Fatale Del Mio Destino (Carlo) La Forza Del Destino Verdi; Piave
New Symphony Orchestra of London; Edward Downes, conductor Robert Merrill
10:50 p.m.
Robert Merrill
Leoncavallo
Si Puo? Si Puo? (Tonio) Pagliacci
New Symphony Orch. of London; Edward Downes, conductor
11:03 p.m.
Paul Robeson
Old Man River
11:05 p.m.
Paul Robeson
Monologue From 'Boris Godunov'
11:09 p.m.
Paul Robeson
Beethoven
All Men Are Brothers ode to joy
11:14 p.m.
Marilyn Horne
Rossini
La Donna del Lago - Mura felici
New Your City Opera ; Richard Bonynge, conductor Marilyn Horne
11:25 p.m.
Joan Sutherland
Bellini
"Adalgisa!..O Rimembranza" - Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge; Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, New York City Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, conductor
11:29 p.m.
Lucia Popp
Vilja-Lied ('Es lebt eine Vilja') (from 'Die lustige Witwe')
11:35 p.m.
Lucia Popp
In einem Meer von Liebe (In A Sea Of Love), for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from 'Giuditta')
11:45 p.m.
Maria Callas
Bellini / Puccini
Casta Diva and Vissi d'arte
11:52 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
