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Unnatural Acts of Opera Podcasts

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parterre box (the queer opera zine) presents "Unnatural Acts of Opera," the parterre podcast. Featured on the show will be extraordinary performances of opera -- one act at a time. Your host is La Cieca, cultural doyenne of parterre box.

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Semiramide (Rossini) Act 2

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.

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Semiramide (Rossini) Act 1

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.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 3

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.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 2

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.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Part 1

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.

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Belisario (Donizetti) Act 3

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.

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Belisario (Donizetti) Act 2

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.

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Belisario (Donizetti) Act 1

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.

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Jenufa (Janacek) Act 3

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.

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Jenufa (Janacek) Act 2

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.

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Jenufa (Janacek) Act 1

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.

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La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 2

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.

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La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 1

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.

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Salome (R. Strauss)

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.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 4

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.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 3

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.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 2

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.

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 1

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.

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Medea (Cherubini) Acts 2 and 3

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.

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Medea (Cherubini) Act 1

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.

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Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 2

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.

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Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 1

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.

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Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 3

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

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Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 2

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

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Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 1

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

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Hamlet (Thomas) Acts 4 and 5

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.

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Hamlet (Thomas) Act 3

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.

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Hamlet (Thomas) Act 2

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.

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Hamlet (Thomas) Act 1

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.

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Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 4 and 5

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.

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Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 2 and 3

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.

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Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Act 1

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.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Prologue

Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat CaballeGennaro - Alain VanzoMaffio Orsini - Jane BerbieDon Alfonso - Kostas PaskalisJacopo Liveretto - Jerold SienaDon Apostolo Gazella - Vern ShinallAscanio Petrucci - William WiederandersOloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. ClementsGubetta - Adib FazahRustighello - Mauro LampiAstolfo - Arnold VoketatisAmerican Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.April 20, 1965.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 3

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.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 2

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.

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Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 1

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.

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Edipo Re (Leoncavallo)

Creon - Keith LewisOedipus - Alan TitusJocasta - Yvonne NaefMessenger - Roland BrachtShepherd - Johannes ChumTeiresias - Cheyne Davidson. Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.

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Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 2

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; Gel ...

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Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 1

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: E ...

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Faust (Gounod) Acts 4 and 5

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

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Faust (Gounod) Act 3

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

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Faust (Gounod) Acts 1 and 2

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

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Macbeth (Verdi) Act 4

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.

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Macbeth (Verdi) Acts 2 and 3

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.

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Macbeth (Verdi) Act 1

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

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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 4

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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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 3

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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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 2

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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Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) Act 1

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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Lulu (Berg) Act 2

Anja Silja (Lulu) Gerd Nienstedt (Der Tierbandiger) Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schoen) Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa Schoen) William Blankenship (Der Maler) Hans Brand (Der Medizinalrat) Hans Hotter (Schigolch) Manfred Jungwirth (Der Theaterdirektor) Hilde Konetzni (Garderobiere) Mario Guggia (Der Prinz) Martha Moedl (Grafin Geschwitz) Oskar Czerwenka (Rodrigo) Rohangiz Yachmi (Der Gymnasiast) Heinz Zednik (Ein Kammerdiener) Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera; Karl Boh ...

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Lulu (Berg) Act 1

Anja Silja (Lulu) Gerd Nienstedt (Der Tierbandiger) Ernst Gutstein (Dr Schoen) Waldemar Kmentt (Alwa Schoen) William Blankenship (Der Maler) Hans Brand (Der Medizinalrat) Hans Hotter (Schigolch) Manfred Jungwirth (Der Theaterdirektor) Hilde Konetzni (Garderobiere) Mario Guggia (Der Prinz) Martha Moedl (Grafin Geschwitz) Oskar Czerwenka (Rodrigo) Rohangiz Yachmi (Der Gymnasiast) Heinz Zednik (Ein Kammerdiener) Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera; Karl Boh ...

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Ernani (Verdi) Acts 3 and 4

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Ernani (Verdi) Act 2

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Ernani (Verdi) Act 1

Ernani: Mario Del Monaco Elvira: Anita Cerquetti Don Carlo: Ettore Bastanini Silva: Boris Christoff Giovanna: Luciana Boni Don Riccardo: Athos Cesarini Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 23, 1957.

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Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)

Santuzza: Leonie Rysanek; Turiddu: Placido Domingo; Alfio: Benito di Bella; Mamma Lucia: Astrid Varnay; Lola: Ruth Falcon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the National Theater, Munich; Nello Santi. December 25, 1978.

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Il pirata (Bellini) Act 2

Imogene: Maria Callas; Gualtiero: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Ernesto: Costantino Ego; Itulbo: Glade Peterson; Goffredo: Chester Watson; Adele: Regina Sarfaty. Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society; Nicola Rescigno. January 27, 1959; Carnegie Hall, New York.

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Il pirata (Bellini) Act 1

Imogene: Maria Callas; Gualtiero: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Ernesto: Costantino Ego; Itulbo: Glade Peterson; Goffredo: Chester Watson; Adele: Regina Sarfaty. Orchestra and Chorus of the American Opera Society; Nicola Rescigno. January 27, 1959; Carnegie Hall, New York.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 3

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007

A tribute to the celebrated tenor, who died today at the age of 71.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 2

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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La Vestale (Spontini) Act 1

Giulia: Leyla Gencer; Cinna: Renato Bruson; Licinio: Robleto Merolla; Il Sommo Sacerdote: Agostino Ferrin; La Gran Vestale: Franca Mattiucci; Un Aruspice: Sergio Sisti; Un Console: Enrico Campi. Orchestra e coro del Teatro Massino di Palermo; Fernando Previtali. 4 December 1969.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 3

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002. Bonus: a scene from Donizetti's Anna Bolena.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 2

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002. Bonus: a scene from Rossini's Ermione.

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Roberto Devereux (Donizetti) Act 1

Elisabetta: Nelly Miricioiu; Sara: Sonia Ganassi; Roberto: Jose Bros; Nottingham: Roberto Frontali; Gualtiero: Graeme Broadbent; Cecil: Robin Leggate. Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Maurizio Benini. July 8, 2002.

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Der Fliegende Hollander (Wagner)

Daland: Ludwig Weber Senta: Astrid Varnay Erik: Wolfgang Windgassen Mary: Elisabeth Schartel Steuermann: Josef Traxel Hollander: Hermann Uhde Festspielhaus Bayreuth, July 22, 1955. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 3

Parsifal: Jon Vickers Kundry: Barbro Ericson Gurnemanz: Hans Hotter Amfortas: Thomas Stewart Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 13, 1964. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 2

Parsifal: Hans Beirer Kundry: Regine Crespin Klingsor: Gustav Neidlinger. Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 5, 1960. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 1

Parsifal: Wolfgang Windgassen Amfortas: George London Gurnemanz: Ludwig Weber Titurel: Arnold van Mill Kundry: Martha Modl. Festspielhaus Bayreuth. August 22, 1951. Hans Knappertsbusch.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 3

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 2

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Rienzi (Wagner) Act 1

Rienzi: Siegfried Jerusalem Irene: Nancy Gustafson Steffano Colonna: Walter Fink Adriano: Violeta Urmana Paolo Orsini: Peter Weber Raimondo: Roland Schubert Baroncelli: Torsten Kerl Cecco: Wolfgang Bankl Friedensbote: Anat Efraty. Zubin Mehta. Vienna State Opera, 13 December 1997.

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Tiefland (D'Albert) Act 2

Antonia: Friedl Riegler Martha: Helena Braun Moruccio: Erich Kaufmann Nardo: Erich Majkut Nuri: Else Liebesberg Pedro: Guenther Treptow Pepa: Erika Feichtlinger Rosalia: Elisabeth Fez Sebastiano: Ferdinand Frantz Stimme: Hanns Koch Tommaso: Walter Berry. Rudolf Moralt; Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper. April 1954.

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Tiefland (D'Albert) Act 1

Antonia: Friedl Riegler Martha: Helena Braun Moruccio: Erich Kaufmann Nardo: Erich Majkut Nuri: Else Liebesberg Pedro: Guenther Treptow Pepa: Erika Feichtlinger Rosalia: Elisabeth Fez Sebastiano: Ferdinand Frantz Stimme: Hanns Koch Tommaso: Walter Berry. Rudolf Moralt; Grosses Wiener Rundfunkorchester, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper in der Volksoper. April 1954.

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L'etoile du Nord (Meyerbeer) Act 1

Elizabeth Futral (Catherine) Vladimir Ognev (Peter the Great) Aled Hall (Danilowitz) Christopher Maltman (Gritzenko) Darina Takova (Prascovia) Juan Diego Florez (George) Agnete Munk Rasmussen (Natalie) Patrizia Cigna (Ekimona) Robert Lee (Ismailov) Fernand Bernardi (Reynolds) Luis Ledesma (Yermolov). Wexford Festival Opera, October, 1996. Wladimir Jurowski, Conductor.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 3

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 2

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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La Fiamma (Respighi) Act 1

Silvana - Alessandra MarcDonello - James McCrackenEudossia - Mignon DunnBasilio - Andrew SmithLucilla - Carolyn SebronAgnese - Jane ShaulisAgata - Lynnen YakesZoe/Sabina - Mary Ann HartMonica - Delcina StevensonConductor - Robert BassNew York December 4, 1987.

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Olimpia (Spontini) Acts 2 and 3

Olimpia: Pilar LorengarStatira: Fiorenza CossottoCassandro: Franco TagliaviniAntigono: Giangiacomo GuelfiHigh Priest: Nicola ZaccariaHermas: Silvio MajonicaOrchestra and Chorus Teatro alla ScalaFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli. conductorMilan June 6, 1966.

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Olimpia (Spontini) Act 1

Olimpia: Pilar LorengarStatira: Fiorenza CossottoCassandro: Franco TagliaviniAntigono: Giangiacomo GuelfiHigh Priest: Nicola ZaccariaHermas: Silvio MajonicaOrchestra and Chorus Teatro alla ScalaFrancesco Molinari-Pradelli. conductorMilan June 6, 1966.

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200th Unnatural Act Gala, Part 2

Celebrating our 200th podcast, with special guests Karita Mattila, Rolando Villazon, Renee Fleming, Dorothy Kirsten, Renata Scotto, Elena Obratszova, David Daniels, Ruth Ann Swenson, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe diStefano, Marilyn Horne, Montserrat Caballe, Kostas Paskalis, Alain Vanzo, Krassimira Stoyanova, Marcello Giordani and Aprile Millo.

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200th Unnatural Act Gala, Part 1

Celebrating our 200th podcast, with special guests Maria Callas, Cesare Valletti, Rosanna Carteri, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Tito Gobbi, Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Alfredo Kraus, Jeannette Pilou, Cesare Siepi, Jessye Norman, Joan Sutherland and Leontyne Price.

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Act 2

Giulietta: Anna NetrebkoRomeo: Daniela BarcellonaTebaldo: Joseph CallejaCapellio: Dan DumitrescuLorenzo: Chester PattonConcert Association of the Vienna State Opera ChorusSalzburg Mozarteum OrchestraConductor Ivor Bolton; Chorus master Rupert Huber.Salzburg Festival, August 21, 2004.

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I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini) Act 1

Giulietta: Anna NetrebkoRomeo: Daniela BarcellonaTebaldo: Joseph CallejaCapellio: Dan DumitrescuLorenzo: Chester PattonConcert Association of the Vienna State Opera ChorusSalzburg Mozarteum OrchestraConductor Ivor Bolton; Chorus master Rupert Huber.Salzburg Festival, August 21, 2004.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 3

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Na?ade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 2

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Na?ade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Armide (Gluck) Part 1

Armide: Anna Caterina AntonacciHidraot: Donnie Ray AlbertRenaud: Vinson ColeArtemidore: Christian BaumgaertelUbalde: Roberto de CandiaLe Chevalier danois: Juan Diego FlorezPhenice: Adina NitescuSidonie: Lotte LeitnerAronte: Marco CamastraLa Haine: Violeta UrmanaLa Na?ade: Cristina SogmaisterRiccardo Muti; La Scala. December 7, 1996.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 3

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 2

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.

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Loreley (Catalani) Act 1

Loreley: Elena SuliotisAnna di Rehberg: Rita TalaricoWalter di Oberwesel: Gianfranco CeccheleIl Barone Herrmann: Piero CappuccilliRodolfo di Biberich: Agostino FerrinLa Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. February 13, 1968.Walter, the young Lord of Oberwesel, is betrothed and about to be wedded to Anna of Rehberg, niece of Rudolfo, Margrave of Biberich; but in spite of the fair looks and purity of his bride-elect, he is unhappy, being weighed down by a heavy secret. One evening, when strolling alo ...

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100th Anniversary of Butterfly at the Met

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Recordings of the "original cast" -- Geraldine Farrar, Enrico Caruso and Antonio Scotti.

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Grace Bumbry sings Richard Strauss

Soprano Grace Bumbry performs scenes from Salome and Elektra.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 3

Antonietta Stella (Amelia)Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo)Ettore Bastianini (Renato)Ebe Stignani (Ulrica)Eugenia Ratti (Oscar)Niccola Zaccaria (Tom)Silvio Majonica (Samuel)Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano)Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni.12 April 1956.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 2

Antonietta Stella (Amelia)Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo)Ettore Bastianini (Renato)Ebe Stignani (Ulrica)Eugenia Ratti (Oscar)Niccola Zaccaria (Tom)Silvio Majonica (Samuel)Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano)Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni.12 April 1956.

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Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) Act 1

Antonietta Stella (Amelia) Giuseppe Di Stefano (Riccardo) Ettore Bastianini (Renato) Ebe Stignani (Ulrica) Eugenia Ratti (Oscar) Niccola Zaccaria (Tom) Silvio Majonica (Samuel) Giuseppe Morresi (Silvano) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala; Gianandrea Gavazzeni. 12 April 1956.

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Eleanor Steber Live at The Continental Baths

Mozart: Zeffiretti lusinghieri (from Idomeno),Ach. ich fuehl's (from Die Zauberfloete),Come scoglio (from Cosi fan tutte).Charpentier: Depuis le jour (from Louise).Puccini: Quando m'en vo (from La boheme).Massenet: Scene and Gavotte (from Manon).Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Traeume.Kreisler: Stars in My Eyes.Lehar: Medley from The Merry Widow.Puccini: Vissi d'Arte (from Tosca).Edwin Biltcliffe, Piano; Joseph Rabb, Violin.October 4, 1973.

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Der Barbier von Bagdad (Cornelius) Act 2

Alfred Poell - Kalif; Erich Majkut - Baba Mustapha; Sena Jurinac - Margiana; Hilde Roessl-Majdan - Bostana; Rudolf Schock - Nureddin; Gottlob Frick - Abul Hassan. Heinrich Hollreiser; Chor und Orchester Radio Wien. October 1952.

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Der Barbier von Bagdad (Cornelius) Act 1

Alfred Poell - Kalif; Erich Majkut - Baba Mustapha; Sena Jurinac - Margiana; Hilde Roessl-Majdan - Bostana; Rudolf Schock - Nureddin; Gottlob Frick - Abul Hassan. Heinrich Hollreiser; Chor und Orchester Radio Wien. October 1952.

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I puritani (Bellini) Acts 2 and 3

Elvira: Beverly Sills; Arturo: Luciano Pavarotti; Giorgio: Paul Plishka; Riccardo: Louis Quilico; Enrichetta: Ellen Shade; Gualtiero: Thomas Paul; Bruno: Natale De Lazzari. Anton Guadagno, conductor. Philadelphia, January 18, 1972.

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I puritani (Bellini) Act 1

Elvira: Beverly Sills; Arturo: Luciano Pavarotti; Giorgio: Paul Plishka; Riccardo: Louis Quilico; Enrichetta: Ellen Shade; Gualtiero: Thomas Paul; Bruno: Natale De Lazzari. Anton Guadagno, conductor. Philadelphia, January 18, 1972.

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I cavalieri di Ekebu (Zandonai) Acts 3 and 4

Giosta Berling - Mirto Picchi; La Commandante - Fedora Barbieri; Anna - Rina Malatrasi; Sintram - Antonio Zaccaria; Cristiano - Giampiero Malaspina; Samzelius - Bruno Cioni; Liecrona - Mario Carlin; Ostessa - Maria Amadini; Una Fanciulla - Nicoletta Panni; Un Cavaliere - Arrigo Cattelani. Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano; Alfredo Simonetto. Milan, January 16, 1957.

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I cavalieri di Ekebu (Zandonai) Acts 1 and 2

Giosta Berling - Mirto Picchi; La Commandante - Fedora Barbieri; Anna - Rina Malatrasi; Sintram - Antonio Zaccaria; Cristiano - Giampiero Malaspina; Samzelius - Bruno Cioni; Liecrona - Mario Carlin; Ostessa - Maria Amadini; Una Fanciulla - Nicoletta Panni; Un Cavaliere - Arrigo Cattelani. Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano; Alfredo Simonetto. Milan, January 16, 1957.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 3

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 2

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) Act 1

Jarmila Novotna (Octavian), Maria Reining (Feldmarschallin), Jaro Prohaska (Ochs), Hilde Gueden (Sophie), Georg Hann (Faninal), Stefanie Holeschovsky (Marianne), Peter Klein (Valzacchi), Dagmar Hermann (Annina), Helge Rosvaenge (Saenger), Georg Monthy (Polizeikommissar), William Wernigk (Haushofmeister), Alfred Muzzarelli (Notar), William Wernigk (Wirt). Salzburg, 29 August 1949. Wiener Philharmoniker; Georg Szell.

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Maria Callas in concert

La Vestale (Spontini): Tu che invoco; Macbeth (Verdi): Nel di della vittoria ... Vieni, t'affretta; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa;Mefistofele (Boito): L'altra notte; La boheme (Puccini): Quando m'en vo'; Hamlet (Thomas): A vos jeux. Maria Callas, soprano; Nicola Rescigno, conductor. Los Angeles, November 29, 1958.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 4

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 3

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 2

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Esclarmonde (Massenet) Act 1

In celebration of the 80th birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland, a performance from the San Francisco Opera, November 8, 1974. Clifford Grant (The Emperor Phorcas), Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parseis), William Harness (Eneas), Giacomo Aragall (The Chevalier Roland), Philip Booth (Cleomer, King of France), Robert Kerns (The Bishop of Blois),Gary Burgess (Saracen envoy / Byzantine herald). Richard Bonynge, conductor.

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Maria de Rudenz (Donizetti) Part 1

Katia Ricciarelli (Maria di Rudenz), Sylvia Baleani (Matilde di Wolf), Leo Nucci (Corrado Waldorf), Alberto Cupido (Enrico), Giorgio Surjan (Rambaldo). Coro e Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia; Eliahu Inbal. December 21, 1980.

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Regine Crespin in Recital

Regine Crespin sings lieder by Hugo Wolf and melodies by Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Manuel Rosenthal. John Wustman, piano. Hunter College, New York City, November 11, 1967.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 3

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 2

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Dalibor (Smetana) Act 1

Leonie Rysanek (Milada); Eberhard Waechter (Vladislav); Lotte Rysanek (Jitka); Ludovico Spiess (Dalibor); Oskar Czerwenka (Budivo);Adolf Dallapozza (Vitek); Tugomir Franc (Richter). Wiener Staatsoper; 18 October 1969; Josef Krips.

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Thomas Stewart 1928 - 2006

A tribute to the American bass-baritone, who died September 24, 2006.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 3

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 2

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Act 1

Butterfly: Renata Scotto; Suzuki: Franco Mattiucci; Kate Pinkerton: Luciana Palombi; B.F. Pinkerton: Renato Cioni; Sharpless: Alberto Rinaldi; Goro: Franco Ricciardi; Yamadori: Silvio Maionica; Bonzo: Vito Susca. Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI; Arturo Basile: Conductor. Recorded in 1967.

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Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Avast ye, cher public! La Cieca salutes Talk Like a Pirate Day with music from "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Maria Stuarda" (?)

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Don Giovanni (Mozart) Act 2

Don Giovanni: Tito Gobbi; Il Commendatore: Josef Greindl; Donna Anna: Ljuba Welitsch; Don Ottavio: Anton Dermota; Donna Elvira: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Leporello: Erich Kunz; Masetto: Alfred Poell; Zerlina: Irmgard Seefried. Vienna Philharmonic; Wilhelm Furtwaengler. Salzburg Festival, July 27, 1950.

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Don Giovanni (Mozart) Act 1

Don Giovanni: Tito Gobbi; Il Commendatore: Josef Greindl; Donna Anna: Ljuba Welitsch; Don Ottavio: Anton Dermota; Donna Elvira: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Leporello: Erich Kunz; Masetto: Alfred Poell; Zerlina: Irmgard Seefried. Vienna Philharmonic; Wilhelm Furtwaengler. Salzburg Festival, July 27, 1950.

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Ingrid Bjoner and Astrid Varnay

Saluting sopranos Ingrid Bjoner and Astrid Varnay, in scenes from Die Frau ohne Schatten, 1976.

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Tribute to Astrid Varnay

The celebrated dramatic soprano Astrid Varnay died earlier this week in Munich. She was 88 years old. A few highlights from her 55 year career can be heard in this podcast. Included are scenes from Die Walkure, Tannhauser, Elektra, Der Fliegende Hollander, Der Rosenkavalier, Parsifal, Siegfried, and Tristan und Isolde.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 4

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 3

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Aida (Verdi) Act 1

Gilda Cruz-Romo (Aida), Carlo Bergonzi (Radames), Mignon Dunn (Amneris), Gian Piero Mastromei (Amonasro), and Kiri te Kanawa (Sacerdotessa). Covent Garden 12 April 1973; Sir Charles Mackerras.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 3

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Aprea.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 2

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Aprea.

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Il Bravo (Mercadante) Act 1

Dino Di Domenico (II Bravo), Adelisa Tabiadon (Teodora), Janet Perry (Violetta), Sergio Bertocchi (Pisano), Stefano Antonucci (Foscari), Leonardo de Lisi (Capellio), Ambrogio Riva (Marco), Giuseppe De Matteis (Luigi), Maria Cristina Zanni (Michelina). Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Slovak Philharmonic Choir of Bratislava; Bruno Arpea.

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Isabeau (Mascagni) Parts 2 and 3

Isabeau: Marcella Pobbe; Ermynthrude: Renata Davini; Ermyngarde: Amelia Bazzani; Giglietta: Licia Galvano; Folco: Pier Miranda Ferraro; Re Raimondo: Rinaldo Rola; Cornelius: Orazio Gualtiero; Il Cavaliere: Piero Francia; L'araldo: Piero Benzi. Orchestra sinfonica di Sanremo; Tullio Serafin. January 13, 1962.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 3

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 2

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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Maria Stuarda (Donizetti) Act 1

Maria Stuarda: Barbara Frittoli, Elisabetta: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Anna Kennedy: Rachel Hynes, Giorgio Talbot: Jonathan Lemalu, Roberto, Conte di Leicester: Paul Charles Clarke, Lord Guglielmo Cecil: Christopher Purves. Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras. Edinburgh, August 14, 2002.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 4

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 3

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 2

Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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La forza del destino (Verdi) Act 1

The hand of fate gives little JJ his big chance, when he gets to introduce this podcast. Renata Tebaldi (Leonora), Fedora Barbieri (Preziosilla), Mario del Monaco (Alvaro), Aldo Protti (Carlo), Renato Capecchi (Melitone), Cesare Siepi (Guardiano), Teatro Communale di Firenze, Dimitri Mitropoulos. June 3, 1953.

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Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Act 3

Alles was ist, endet. Brunnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad; Siegfried - Max Lorenz; Gunther - Josef Herrmann; Hagen - Ludwig Weber; Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni; Woglinde - Magda Gabory; Wellgunde - Margherita Kenney; Flosshilde - Sieglinde Wagner. Teatro alla Scala, Milano, April 4, 1950. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler. Gotterdammerung at Wagneroperas.com.

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Gotterdammerung (Wagner) Act 2

La Cieca, or rather the content of this podcast, redefines the word "special." Brunnhilde: Astrid Varnay; Siegfried: Bernd Aldenhoff; Hagen: Ludwig Weber; Alberich: Heinrich Pflanzl; Gunther: Hermann Uhde; Gutrune: Martha Modl. Festspielhaus Bayreuth, August 4, 1951. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.Gotterdammerung at Wagneroperas.com.

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Siegfried (Wagner) Act 2

La Cieca goes into the woods with Wilhelm Furtwangler and the RAI Orchestra in this performance from November 1953. Siegfried: Ludwig Suthaus; Mime: Julius Patzak; Wanderer: Ferdinand Frantz; Alberich: Alois Pernerstorfer; Fafner: Josef Greindl; Waldvogel: Rita Streich.Siegfried at Wagneroperas.com.

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Siegfried (Wagner) Act 1

We forge ahead with a performance from Covent Garden, September 1957. Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen; Mime: Peter Klein; Wanderer: Hans Hotter. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.Siegfried at Wagneroperas.com.

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Die Walkure (Wagner) Act 3

Golden-voiced Stimmdiva Helen Traubel dons the Valkyrie helment. New York, November 1945. Wotan - Herbert Janssen; Sieglinde - Irene Jessner; Helmwige - Doris Doree; Gerhilde - Maxine Stellman; Ortlinde - Irene Jessner; Rossweisse - Doris Doe; Grimgerde - Martha Lipton; Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer; Siegrune - Herta Glaz; Schwertleite Anna Kaskas. Artur Rodzinski, conductor. Die Walkure at Wagneroperas.com.

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Die Walkure (Wagner) Act 2

Enter Brunnhilde, in the person of Martha Modl. Wotan: Hans Hotter; Fricka: Georgine von Milinkovic; Sieglinde: Gre Brouwenstijn; Siegmund: Wolfgang Windgassen; Hunding: Josef Greindl. Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, April 4, 1955. Conductor: Josef Keilberth.

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Die Walkure (Wagner) Act 1

Come in, collapse on the hearth, have a sip of mead, and listen to Part 2 of Wagner's Ring cycle in a performance from Bayreuth, 1967. Conductor: Karl Bohm. Siegmund: James King; Sieglinde: Leonie Rysanek; Hunding: Gerd Nienstedt.

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Carmen (Bizet) Act 3

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

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Carmen (Bizet) Act 2

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

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Carmen (Bizet) Act 1

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

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Mose (Rossini) Act 4

Rossini's Biblical epic is conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Moses - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Sinais - Shirley Verrett; Pharaoh - Mario Petri; Eliezer - Giampaolo Corradi; Amenophis - Ottavio Garaventa; Auphis - Fernando Jacopucci; Osiris - Franco Ventriglia; Miriam - Gloria Lane; Anais - Teresa Zylis-Gara; Mysterious Voice - Giovanni Gusmeroli. RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, April 11, 1968.

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Mose (Rossini) Acts 2 and 3

Rossini's Biblical epic is conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Moses - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Sinais - Shirley Verrett; Pharaoh - Mario Petri; Eliezer - Giampaolo Corradi; Amenophis - Ottavio Garaventa; Auphis - Fernando Jacopucci; Osiris - Franco Ventriglia; Miriam - Gloria Lane; Anais - Teresa Zylis-Gara; Mysterious Voice - Giovanni Gusmeroli. RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, April 11, 1968.

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Turandot (Puccini) Act 3

Relive the 1970s with a solid gold performance of Puccini's final opera. Turandot: Montserrat Caballe; Calaf: Luciano Pavarotti; Liu: Leona Mitchell; Timur: Giorgio Tozzi; Ping: Dale Duesing; Pang: Remy Corazza; Pong: Joseph Frank; Altoum: Raymond Manton; Mandarin: Aldo Bramante. Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera; Riccardo Chailly. November 4, 1977. Plus -- the return of The Enigmas of La Cieca!

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Mose (Rossini) Act 1

Rossini's Biblical epic is conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Moses - Nicolai Ghiaurov; Sinais - Shirley Verrett; Pharaoh - Mario Petri; Eliezer - Giampaolo Corradi; Amenophis - Ottavio Garaventa; Auphis - Fernando Jacopucci; Osiris - Franco Ventriglia; Miriam - Gloria Lane; Anais - Teresa Zylis-Gara; Mysterious Voice - Giovanni Gusmeroli. RAI Orchestra & Chorus, Rome, April 11, 1968.

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Turandot (Puccini) Act 2

Relive the 1970s with a solid gold performance of Puccini's final opera. Turandot: Montserrat Caballe; Calaf: Luciano Pavarotti; Liu: Leona Mitchell; Timur: Giorgio Tozzi; Ping: Dale Duesing; Pang: Remy Corazza; Pong: Joseph Frank; Altoum: Raymond Manton; Mandarin: Aldo Bramante. Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera; Riccardo Chailly. November 4, 1977. Plus -- the return of The Enigmas of La Cieca!

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Das Rheingold (Wagner)

"From the womb of Night and Death was spawned a race that dwells in Nibelheim." Part 1 of Wagner's Ring cycle in a performance from Bayreuth, August 11, 1951. Wotan: Sigurd Bjorling; Donner: Werner Faulhaber; Froh: Robert Bernauer; Loge: Walter Fritz; Alberich: Heinrich Pflanzl; Mime: Paul Kuen; Fasolt: Ludwig Weber; Fafner: Friedrich Dalberg; Fricka: Ira Malaniuk; Freia: Paula Brivkalne; Erda: Ruth Siewert; Woglinde: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Wellgunde: Lore Wissmann; Flosshilde: Hertha Topp ...

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Turandot (Puccini) Act 1

Relive the 1970s with a solid gold performance of Puccini's final opera. Montserrat Caballe (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Leona Mitchell (Liu), Giorgio Tozzi (Timur). The conductor is Riccardo Chailly.

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Carmen (Bizet) Act 4

Leopold Stokowski conducts this English-language performance, July 11, 1946. Carmen: Winifred Heidt; Don Jose: Ramon Vinay; Micaela: Marina Koshetz; Escamillo: James Pease. Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra.

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Anna Bolena (Donizetti) Act 2

Montserrat Caballe as Anna Bolena faces down the notorious La Scala loggionisti in this performance from February 21, 1982. Giovanna Seymour: Elena Obraztsova; Percy: Antonio Savastano; Enrico VIII: Paul Plishka; Smeton: Elena Zilio; Rochefort: Carlo Del Bosco. Conductor: Giuseppe Patane.

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Anna Bolena (Donizetti) Act 1

Montserrat Caballe as Anna Bolena faces down the notorious La Scala loggionisti in this performance from February 21, 1982. Giovanna Seymour: Elena Obraztsova; Percy: Antonio Savastano; Enrico VIII: Paul Plishka; Smeton: Elena Zilio; Rochefort: Carlo Del Bosco. Conductor: Giuseppe Patane.

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Parsifal (Wagner) Act 2

For Good Friday, a decidedly non-traditional Parsifal Act Two. Renata Scotto sings her her only Kundry in this April 14, 1995 performance from the Meclkenburg State Theater. Parsifal: Edward Cook; Klingsor: Rudolf Kostas. Conductor: Ivan Torzs.

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Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) Acts 3 and 4

Love and death, Renaissance style. Francesca: Leyla Gencer: Samaritana: Annamaria Gasparini; Paolo: Renato Cioni: Giovanni: Anselmo Colzani, Malatestino: Mario Ferrara. Franco Capuana; Trieste March 16, 1961.

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Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai) Acts 1 and 2

Love and death, Renaissance style. Francesca: Leyla Gencer: Samaritana: Annamaria Gasparini; Paolo: Renato Cioni: Giovanni: Anselmo Colzani, Malatestino: Mario Ferrara. Franco Capuana; Trieste March 16, 1961.

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Die Walkuere (Wagner) Act 1

Winter storms have waned in the moon of May! James King (Siegmund), Eileen Farrell (Sieglinde) and Michael Langdon (Hunding) star in a concert performance recorded April 23, 1968 under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.

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La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 2

Mariella Devia is the sleepwalking Amina in this 1988 performance of Bellini's opera. Marcello Viotti conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Piacenza and the Coro Citta di Como. Luca Canonici (Elvino), Alessandro Verducci (Rodolfo), Elisabetta Battaglia (Lisa), Laura Musella (Teresa).

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La sonnambula (Bellini) Act 1

Mariella Devia is the sleepwalking Amina in this 1988 performance of Bellini's opera. Marcello Viotti conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica di Piacenza and the Coro Citta di Como. Luca Canonici (Elvino), Alessandro Verducci (Rodolfo), Elisabetta Battaglia (Lisa), Laura Musella (Teresa).

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Manon (Massenet) Acts 4 and 5

Montserrat Caballe discovers the downside of fabulousness in the final acts of this 1967 performance of Massenet's Manon. Also starring in this New Orleans Opera production are John Alexander and Louis Quilico. Plus more Franco and the return of The Enigmas of La Cieca!

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Tannhaeuser (Wagner) Part 3

Wagner's epic of sacred and profane love stars Wolfgang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles, Grace Bumbry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Josef Greindl. Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts this live performance from the Bayreuth Festival, 1961.

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Tannhaeuser (Wagner) Part 1

Wagner's epic of sacred and profane love stars Wolfgang Windgassen, Victoria de los Angeles, Grace Bumbry, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Josef Greindl. Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts this live performance from the Bayreuth Festival, 1961.

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Farewell to Madame Vera, Part 2

Legendary Madame Vera Galupe-Borszkh spins her favorite discs and shares a diva anecdote.

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Farewell to Madame Vera, Part 1

Legendary Madame Vera Galupe-Borszkh will say "addio senza rancor" to New York in her 20th Annual Farewell Recital, March 20th through the 25th at the Thalia Theater at Symphony Space. La Cieca chats with Ira Siff, founder of La Gran Scena Opera and alter ego of Madame Vera.

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Anna Moffo

A tribute to the American soprano Anna Moffo (1932-2006)."Deh vieni non tardar""Ah non credea mirarti""Deciso e dunque""If I Loved You""The Italian Street Song""Kiss Me Again""Adieu, notre petite table""Fruelingstimmen-Walzer""Madamigella Valery?""Signore, ascolta"

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Jambalaya!

Jambalaya is a hodgepodge of leftovers, and the leftovers on this podcast include delicious bits of Eugene Onegin, Fedora, Die Zauberfloete, Giuditta and lots more.

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Fedora (Giordano) Act 3

So here we are at the final act of Giordano's Fedora, and all those nasty little secrets everyone's been telling throughout the opera are about to be exposed! Marcella Pobbe stars as the mysterious Princess Fedora Romazoff in this performance of from the Teatro La Fenice, February 9, 1968. With Daniela Mazzucato (Olga Sukarev), Aldo Bottion (Loris Ipanov), Attilio d'Orazi (Giovanni de Siriex). Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.

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Fedora (Giordano) Act 2

Which Russian princess and her anarchist boytoy are shacking up in Paris? Marcella Pobbe stars as the mysterious Princess Fedora Romazoff in this performance of Giordano's opera from the Teatro La Fenice, February 9, 1968. Daniela Mazzucato (Olga Sukarev), Aldo Bottion (Loris Ipanov), Attilio d'Orazi (Giovanni de Siriex). Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.

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Fedora (Giordano) Act 1

Marcella Pobbe stars as the mysterious Princess Fedora Romazoff.

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Bergonzi-Cappuccilli Recital

Carlo Bergonzi and Piero Cappuccilli in a recital of arias and duets.

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La traviata (Verdi) Act 4

A round-robin performance of Verdi's tearjerker, featuring a different Violetta for each act.

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La traviata (Verdi) Act 3

A round-robin performance of Verdi's tearjerker, featuring a different Violetta for each act.

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La traviata (Verdi) Act 2

A round-robin performance of Verdi's tearjerker, featuring a different Violetta for each act.

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La traviata (Verdi)

A round-robin performance of Verdi's tearjerker, featuring a different Violetta for each act.

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Elektra (R. Strauss)

Duel of the Titans: Dame Gwyneth Jones and Leonie Rysanek square off in this 1990 performance.

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La Fille du Regiment (Donizetti) Act 2

Beverly Sills shocks and awes Carnegie Hall as Donizetti's "Fille du Regiment."

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La Fille du Regiment (Donizetti) Act 1

Beverly Sills shocks and awes Carnegie Hall as Donizetti's "Fille du Regiment."

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Norma (Bellini) - Act 1

Bellini's sublime bel canto masterpiece, with Montserrat Caballe, Fiorenza Cossotto, Gianni Raimondi and Ivo Vinco. A 1974 performance from Moscow, Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli conducting.

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Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss/Hoffmansthal) - The Opera

A radiant performance from the Salzburg Festival 1954. Featured are Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden, Irmgard Seefried, Rudolf Schock and Paul Schoeffler. Karl Boehm leads the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

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Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss/Hoffmansthal) - The Prologue

A radiant performance from the Salzburg Festival 1954. Featured are Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden, Irmgard Seefried, Rudolf Schock and Paul Schoeffler. Karl Boehm leads the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

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Die Walkuere (Wagner) - Act 3

From the first postwar Bayreuth Festival (1951), a passionate performance of the final act of Die Walkuere. Featured are Astrid Varnay (Brunnhilde), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), and Sigurd Bjoerling (Wotan). Herbert von Karajan conducts.

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La gioconda (Ponchielli) - Act 3

La Cieca poses the age-old question: how the hell did La Gioconda get into Laura's room during Act 3 of Ponchielli's opera? Soprano Leyla Gencer stars in the third act of this 1971 performance at La Fenice.

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La gioconda (Ponchielli) - Act 1

Soprano Leyla Gencer stars as La Gioconda in this 1971 performance of Ponchielli's opera.

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Norma (Bellini) - Act 2

Bellini's sublime bel canto masterpiece, with Montserrat Caballe, Fiorenza Cossotto, Gianni Raimondi and Ivo Vinco. A 1974 performance from Moscow, Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli conducting.

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La gioconda (Ponchielli) - Act 2

Soprano Leyla Gencer stars as La Gioconda in this 1971 performance of Ponchielli's opera.

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La gioconda (Ponchielli) - Act 4

Soprano Leyla Gencer gives her all (and then some) in the final act of Ponchielli's melodrama. A live 1971 performance from La Fenice. After the opera, can you answer "The Enigmas of La Cieca?"

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Norma (Bellini) - Act 4

At long last, the final act of Bellini's sublime bel canto masterpiece Norma, with Montserrat Caballe, Gianni Raimondi and Ivo Vinco. A 1974 performance from Moscow, Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli conducting. After the act, the first "Unnatural Acts" competition: can you answer La Cieca's quiz question?

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Norma (Bellini) - Act 3

Act Three of Bellini's sublime bel canto masterpiece Norma, with Montserrat Caballe, Gianni Raimondi and Ivo Vinco. Mezzo-soprano Bruna Baglioni substitutes for Fiorenza Cossotto, who was unable to continue after the second act of this 1974 performance from Moscow, Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli conducting. Bonus after the act: a different (and very controversial) performance of the third act duet, featuring La Cossotto.

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Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Act 3

John Shirley-Quirk and Margaret Price in this 1967 performance.

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Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Act 1

John Shirley-Quirk and Margaret Price in this 1967 performance.

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Faust (Gounod) Part 3

The final two acts of a 1953 performance starring Richard Tucker and Victoria de los Angeles.

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Faust (Gounod) Part 2

The Garden Scene of a 1953 performance starring Richard Tucker and Victoria de los Angeles.

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Faust (Gounod) Part 1

This 1953 performance stars Richard Tucker and Victoria de los Angeles.

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Remembering Birgit Nilsson, Part 2

More selections from the great dramatic soprano.

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Remembering Birgit Nilsson

A few selections from the great dramatic soprano.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2

Intrigue, suspense, and a whole lot of trilling, as heard in Milan, 2003.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1

Intrigue, suspense, and a whole lot of trilling, as heard in Milan, 2003.

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Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Prologue

Intrigue, suspense, and a whole lot of trilling, as heard in Milan, 2003.

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The Price is right!

La Cieca discovers that Margaret Price is indeed her cup of tea. Music by R. Strauss, Mahler, Weber.

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Thais (Massenet) Act 3

Sex meets religion in Alexandria.

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Il piccolo Marat (Mascagni) - Act 2

The revolution will not be televised, but it will be podcast. Act 2 of Mascagni's 1921 verismo opera "Il piccolo Marat" features Virginia Zeani, Giuseppe Gismondo and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.

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The Art of Virginia Zeani

Soprano Virginia Zeani sings selections from L'elisir d'amore, Louise, La rondine, Maria di Rohan, La forza del destino, La traviata and Mefistofele. Featuring basso Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.

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Il piccolo Marat (Mascagni) - Act 1

The revolution will not be televised, but it will be podcast. Act 1 of Mascagni's 1921 verismo opera "Il piccolo Marat" features Virginia Zeani, Giuseppe Gismondo and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.

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Il piccolo Marat (Mascagni) - Act 3

Act 3 of Mascagni's 1921 verismo opera "Il piccolo Marat" features Virginia Zeani, Giuseppe Gismondo and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni.

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Thais (Massenet) Act 2

Sex meets religion in Alexandria.

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Thais (Massenet) Act 1

Sex meets religion in Alexandria.

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Norma (Bellini) Act 2

Anita Cerquetti leads the Druids in this 1958 performance of the bel canto masterpiece Norma.

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Norma (Bellini) Act 1

Anita Cerquetti leads the Druids in this 1958 performance of the bel canto masterpiece Norma.

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Salome (R. Strauss)

Leonie Rysanek is the Daughter of Herodias in this 1972 performance of Richard Strauss's shocker.

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Unnatural Acts Gala and Quiz!

Listen to this gala for a chance to win opera tickets, DVDs.

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Il trittico, Part 3

Leo Nucci is the wily Gianni Schicchi in this 2000 Vienna performance.

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Il trittico, Part 2

Christina Gallardo-Domas is Suor Angelica.

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Il trittico, Part 1

Magda Olivero stars in this 1970 performance of Puccini's one-act shocker Il tabarro.

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Il Trovatore, Act 4

A golden age cast (Price, Corelli, Simionato, Bastianini) under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.

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Il Trovatore, Act 3

A golden age cast (Price, Corelli, Simionato, Bastianini) under the baton of Herbert von Karajan.

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Il Trovatore, Act 2

A golden age cast (Price, Corelli, Simionato, Bastianini) under the baton on Herbert von Karajan.

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Il Trovatore, Act 1

A golden age cast (Price, Corelli, Simionato, Bastianini) under the baton on Herbert von Karajan.

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Samson et Dalila Act 3

Tatiana Troyanos vamps it up as Saint-Saens' Biblical sexpot.

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Samson et Dalila Act 2

Tatiana Troyanos vamps it up as Saint-Saens' Biblical sexpot.

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Samson et Dalila Act 1

Tatiana Troyanos vamps it up as Saint-Saens' Biblical sexpot.

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Don Giovanni Act 2

Cesare Siepi stars in Mozart's opera, Covent Garden 1962.

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Don Giovanni Act 1

Cesare Siepi stars in Mozart's opera, Covent Garden 1962.

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Aprile Millo sings again!

Soprano Aprile Millo in scenes from I Lombardi and La Gioconda.

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L'elisir d'amore Act 2

Carlo Bergonzi and Renata Scotto star in this 1967 performance of Donizetti's romantic comedy.

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L'elisir d'amore Act 1, Part 1

Carlo Bergonzi and Renata Scotto star in this 1967 performance of Donizetti's romantic comedy.

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Manon (Massenet) Act 1

Montserrat Caballe sings to the furniture in the second act of Manon, a performance from the New Orleans Opera in 1967. Also starring John Alexander (Des Grieux) and Louis Quilico (Lescaut). After the act, Franco Corelli in Parma!

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Manon (Massenet) Act 1

Montserrat Caballe in a rare performance of Massenet's Manon, from the New Orleans Opera in 1967. Also starring John Alexander (Des Grieux) and Louis Quilico (Lescaut). After the act, Franco Corelli in another "provincial" performance.

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La boheme, Act 4

Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni star in this 1969 performance of Puccini's opera

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La boheme, Act 3

Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni star in this 1969 performance of Puccini's opera

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La boheme, Act 1

Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni star in this 1969 performance of Puccini's opera

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La boheme, Act 2

Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni star in this 1969 performance of Puccini's opera

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Aprile Millo sings!

Soprano Aprile Millo sings Rossini, Verdi, Dvorak, Beethoven and Cilea.

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More Beverly!

Beverly Sills sings Handel, Mozart, Strauss.

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Beverly!

Farewell gala for Beverly Sills, 1980.

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Tristan und Isolde, Act 3

A live performance from Bayreuth, 1952, of Wagner's music drama.

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Tristan und Isolde, Act 2

A live performance from Bayreuth, 1952, of Wagner's music drama.

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Tristan und Isolde, Act 1

A live performance from Bayreuth, 1952, of Wagner's music drama.

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The Beautiful Voice(s), Part 2

Stimmdivas Ghena Dimitrova and Alessandra Marc sing Puccini, Mascagni, Giordano, Ponchielli, Charpentier, Berlioz and Rossini.

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The Beautiful Voice(s)

Stimmdivas Ghena Dimitrova and Alessandra Marc sing arias by Verdi and Strauss.

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I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi) Act 5

Renata Scotto sings Elena in this 1970 performance of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani from La Scala.

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I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi) Act 4

Renata Scotto sings Elena in this 1970 performance of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani from La Scala.

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I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi) Act 2

Renata Scotto sings Elena in this 1970 performance of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani from La Scala.

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I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi) Act 1

Renata Scotto sings Elena in this 1970 performance of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani from La Scala.

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La fanciulla del West (Puccini) Act 3

The final act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the Florence May Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Rance.

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La fanciulla del West (Puccini) Act 2

The second act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the Florence May Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Rance. BR>

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La fanciulla del West (Puccini) Act 1

The first act of Puccini's La fanciulla del West, as performed on June 15, 1954 at the FlorenceMay Festival under the baton of maestro Dimitri Mitropolous. Mario del Monaco is Dick Johnson, Eleanor Steber is the eponymous Girl of the Golden West, Minnie, and Giangiacomo Guelfi is Sherriff Jack Rance. BR>

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Maria Tudor (Gomes) Part 4

When the last act of an opera takes place in the Tower of London, you can probably figure out which way theplot is heading. The question is -- who's going to the executioner's block, Fabiano or Gilberto? Following the opera, "The Enigmas of La Cieca" returns for an encore.

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Maria Tudor (Gomes) Part 3

A 1998 live performance of Gomes' opera MARIA TUDOR (which is based on an improbable play by dear Victor Hugo). So, here we are at the third act, and now things really start getting complicated. It's not easy to top this dementia of Elaine Coelho's "Bloody Mary," but La Cieca is going to try. From Donizetti's opera ROBERTO DEVEREUX, we will hear Montserrat Caballe in the rondo-finale "Vivi ingrato." Caballe'performance is from New York, Carnegie Hall to be exact, December 16, 1965.

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Maria Tudor (Gomes) Part 2

A1998 live performance of Gomes' opera MARIA TUDOR (which is based on an improbable play by dear Victor Hugo). The heroine is the Queen of England known to history as Bloody Mary. As depicted by Gomes, Maria is regal, highly conflicted and given to sudden plunges into open chest voice. All that plunging seems to suit to a tee our Maria, soprano Elaine Coehlo, who is the star of this 1998 performance from Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Maria Tudor (Gomes) Part 1

A 1998 live performance of Gomes' opera MARIA TUDOR (which is based on an improbable play by dear Victor Hugo). The heroine is the Queen of England known to history as Bloody Mary. As depicted by Gomes, Maria is regal, highly conflicted and given to sudden plunges into open chest voice. All that plunging seems to suit to a tee our Maria, soprano Elaine Coehlo, who is the star of this 1998 performance from Sofia, Bulgaria.

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I Vespri Siciliani (Verdi) Act 3

Renata Scotto sings Elena in this 1970 performance of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani from La Scala.

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