Synopsis
Opera gems from the collection of Christopher Corwin
Episodes
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Pfitzner: Songs
15/08/2019 Duration: 22minMatthias Goerne Musikverein, Vienna 13 June 2019 Broadcast Es glaenzt so schoen die sinkende Sonne Mein Herz ist wie die dunkle Nacht Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau Nachts Herbstlied Es fällt ein Stern herunter Nachts Ist der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau An die Mark Vienna Symphony Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti
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Faure: Requiem
08/08/2019 Duration: 36minVerbier Festival 24 July 2018 Broadcast Ying Fang Peter Mattei RIAS Kammerchor Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Marc Minkowski
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Durufle: Requiem
08/08/2019 Duration: 41minRoyal Albert Hall, London 27 July 2014 Broadcast Ruby Hughes Gerald Finley National Youth Choir of Wales BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales ConductorL Thierry Fischer
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Die verkaufte Braut
01/08/2019 Duration: 02h18minGundula Janowitz; Wiener Staatsoper 28 October 1965.
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Benvenuto Cellini
25/07/2019 Duration: 02h34minA broadcast (in English) starring Berlioz tenor par excellence Michael Spyres as the flamboyant goldsmith.
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Messa da Requiem conducted by Zubin Mehta
11/07/2019 Duration: 01h20min1965, with Teresa Stratas, Lili Chookasian, Richard Verreau and Ezio Flagello.
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Messa da Requiem conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
11/07/2019 Duration: 01h46min1979, with Renata Scotto, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Veriano Luchetti and Martti Talvela.
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Die Tote Stadt
04/07/2019 Duration: 01h49minA 1967 Vienna broadcast appropriately featuring John Alexander, Marilyn Zschau and George London.
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Alcina (excerpts)
27/06/2019 Duration: 34minCarol Vaness, Conductor – Friedemann Layer. ORTF, 2 November 1983.
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La Perichole
20/06/2019 Duration: 02h11minFrederica von Stade’s only performance of the title role, narrated by Madeline Kahn.
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Porgy and Bess
13/06/2019 Duration: 02h23minA vivid live complete broadcast from the 1952 US State Department tour to Berlin with William Warfield, Cab Calloway and the 25-year-old Leontyne Price.
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Vivaldi solo sacred works, Part Three
06/06/2019 Duration: 55minO qui coeli terraeque, RV 631: Rosa Feola–2018. Vestro Principi divino, RV 633: Ann Hallenberg–2018. Filiae mestae, RV 638: Gerard Lesne—2003 Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 601: Roberta Mameli–2016.
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Vivaldi solo sacred works, Part Two
06/06/2019 Duration: 59minIn furore giustissimae irae, RV 626: Maria Espada—201?. Salve Regina, RV 616: Christophe Dumaux–2017. In turbato mare, RV 627: Simone Kermes–2006. Longe mala umbrae terrores, RV 640: Philippe Jaroussky–2014.
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Vivaldi solo sacred works, Part One
06/06/2019 Duration: 01h10minNisi Dominius, RV 608: Jakub Josef Orlinski, 2018. Stabat Mater, RV 621: Sara Mingardo, 2010. Nulla in mundo pax, RV 630: Sandrine Piau, 2004. Sum in medio tempestatum, RV 632: Roberta Invernizzi, 2008.
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Margaret Price sings the Willow Song from Otello
29/05/2019 Duration: 21minLyric Opera of Chicago gala.
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Giovanna d'Arco
29/05/2019 Duration: 02h06minA rare NYC concert performance with Margaret Price, Carlo Bergonzi and Sherrill Milnes.
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Manon (1969)
22/05/2019 Duration: 01h54minTo mark Beverly Sills's 90th birthday: the late diva's acclaimed Massenet heroine opposite her ideal Des Grieux, Alain Vanzo.
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