The Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances from 1966-67
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 5701822
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 22
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 16th December 2016
Contents
Works
Antony and Cleopatra, op.40Peter Grimes, op.33
Lucia di Lammermoor
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
Madama Butterfly
Turandot
Die Frau ohne Schatten, op.65
Aida
Otello
Rigoletto
Artists
Leontyne PriceJustino Diaz
Jess Thomas
Birgit Nilsson
Franco Corelli
Mirella Freni
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Leonie Rysanek
Christa Ludwig
Irene Dalis
James King
Walter Berry
Joan Sutherland
Richard Tucker
Anselmo Colzani
Nicola Ghiuselev
Jon Vickers
Lucine Amara
Geraint Evans
Judith Raskin
Roberta Peters
George Shirley
Theodor Uppman
John Macurdy
James McCracken
Montserrat Caballe
Tito Gobbi
Renata Scotto
Nedda Casei
Ron Bottcher
Cornell MacNeil
Nicolai Gedda
Belen Amparan
Leontyne Price
Carlo Bergonzi
Grace Bumbry
Robert Merrill
Conductors
Thomas SchippersZubin Mehta
Karl Böhm
Richard Bonynge
Colin Davis
Josef Krips
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Lamberto Gardelli
Works
Antony and Cleopatra, op.40Peter Grimes, op.33
Lucia di Lammermoor
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
Madama Butterfly
Turandot
Die Frau ohne Schatten, op.65
Aida
Otello
Rigoletto
Artists
Leontyne PriceJustino Diaz
Jess Thomas
Birgit Nilsson
Franco Corelli
Mirella Freni
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Leonie Rysanek
Christa Ludwig
Irene Dalis
James King
Walter Berry
Joan Sutherland
Richard Tucker
Anselmo Colzani
Nicola Ghiuselev
Jon Vickers
Lucine Amara
Geraint Evans
Judith Raskin
Roberta Peters
George Shirley
Theodor Uppman
John Macurdy
James McCracken
Montserrat Caballe
Tito Gobbi
Renata Scotto
Nedda Casei
Ron Bottcher
Cornell MacNeil
Nicolai Gedda
Belen Amparan
Leontyne Price
Carlo Bergonzi
Grace Bumbry
Robert Merrill
Conductors
Thomas SchippersZubin Mehta
Karl Böhm
Richard Bonynge
Colin Davis
Josef Krips
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Lamberto Gardelli
About
Contents:
Barber - Antony and Cleopatra (2CD) 16 September 1966
- Leontyne Price, Justino Díaz, Jess Thomas, cond. Thomas Schippers
Puccini - Turandot (2CD) 3 December 1966
- Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Bonaldo Giaiotti, cond. Zubin Mehta
R Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten (3CD) 17 December 1966
- Leonie Rysanek, Christa Ludwig, Irene Dalis, James King, Walter Berry, cond. Karl Böhm
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (2CD) 31 December 1966
- Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, Anselmo Colzani, Nicola Ghiuselev, cond. Richard Bonynge
Britten - Peter Grimes (2CD) 11 February 1967
- Jon Vickers, Lucine Amara, Geraint Evans, cond. Colin Davis
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (2CD) 4 March 1967
- Judith Raskin, Roberta Peters, George Shirley, Theodor Uppman, John Macurdy, cond. Josef Krips
Verdi - Otello (2CD) 11 March 1967
- James McCracken, Montserrat Caballé, Tito Gobbi, cond. Zubin Mehta
Puccini - Madama Butterfly (2CD) 18 March 1967
- Renata Scotto, George Shirley, Nedda Casei, Ron Bottcher, cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Verdi - Rigoletto (2CD) 8 April 1967
- Cornell MacNeil, Roberta Peters, Nicolaï Gedda, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Belén Amparan, cond. Lamberto Gardelli
Verdi - Aida (2CD) 25 February 1967
- Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Robert Merrill, cond. Thomas Schippers
Bonus Disc: Highlights of the Met's 1966-67 Season
1. 16/9/1966 Opening Night at the New Met — Live Radio Interviews: Pre-Curtain
- Milton Cross, Rudolf Bing, Thomas Schippers, Leontyne Price, Justino Díaz, Franco Zeffirelli, John D. Rockefeller III
2. 16/9/1966 Opening Night at the New Met — Live Radio Interviews: Intermission
- Milton Cross, Edward Downes, Lady Bird Johnson, Lotte Lehmann, Cecil Beaton, Marc Chagall
3. 28/1/1967 Mozart - Don Giovanni, Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta! — Or sai, chi l'onore
- Joan Sutherland, Nicolai Gedda, cond. Karl Böhm
4. 15/4/1967 Ponchielli - La Gioconda, Act II: E un anatèma! ... L'amo come il fulgor del creato
- Renata Tebaldi, Rosalind Elias, cond. Fausto Cleva
5. La Gioconda, Act II: Il mio braccio t'afferra!
- Renata Tebaldi, Rosalind Elias, Cornell MacNeil, Barry Morell, cond. Fausto Cleva
6. La Gioconda, Act II: Vedi là, nel canal morto
- Renata Tebaldi, Barry Morell, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, cond. Fausto Cleva
7. 21/1/1967 Wagner - Lohengrin, Act II: Du wilde Seherin! Wie willst du doch geheimnisvoll
- Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, cond. Karl Böhm
8. 4/2/1967 Puccini - La Bohème, Act III: Donde lieta uscì
- Teresa Stratas, cond. Fausto Cleva
9. 25/3/1967 Verdi - La Traviata, Act II: Pura siccome un angelo
- Robert Merrill, Anna Moffo, cond. Georges Prêtre
10. La Traviata, Act II: Non sapete quale affetto — Un dì, quando le veneri
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, cond. Georges Prêtre
11. La Traviata, Act II: Ah! Dite alla giovine
- Anna Moffo, Robert Merrill, cond. Georges Prêtre
12. 18/2/1967 Verdi - Il Trovatore, Act I: Tace la notte!
- Robert Merrill, Richard Tucker, Martina Arroyo, cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
13. Il Trovatore, Act I: Di geloso amor sprezzato
- Robert Merrill, Martina Arroyo, Richard Tucker, cond. Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
14. 10/12/1966 Strauss - Elektra: Ich habe keine guten Nächte
- Regina Resnik, Birgit Nilsson, cond. Thomas Schippers
15. Elektra: Wenn das rechte Blutopfer unterm Beile fällt
- Birgit Nilsson, Regina Resnik, cond. Thomas Schippers
16. Elektra: Was bluten muss?
- Birgit Nilsson, cond. Thomas Schippers
17. 1/4/1967 Levy - Mourning Becomes Electra, Act II: Forgive me — He takes my place
- Marie Collier, John Reardon, Evelyn Lear, Sherrill Milnes, cond. Zubin Mehta
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