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1Rigoletto, Prelude, Rigoletto, Act I: Prelude
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1991-03)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (in 1991-03)
recording of:
Rigoletto: N°1 Preludio (in 1991-03)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto
part of:
Rigoletto (german lyrics)
part of:
Rigoletto (english lyrics)
Giuseppe Verdi1:57
2Rigoletto, Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
baritone vocals [Rigoletto]:
Eduard Tumagian (baritone) (in 1991-03)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Maddalena]:
Jitka Saparová (mezzo-soprano) (in 1991-03)
soprano vocals [Gilda]:
Alida Ferrarini (in 1991-03)
tenor vocals [Duca]:
Yordy Ramiro (tenor) (in 1991-03)
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (in 1991-03)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (in 1991-03)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. N°12 Quartetto "Bella figlia dell'amore" (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto) (in 1991-03)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:13
3Falstaff, Act III: Facciamo il parentado... Tutto nel mondo e burla
baritone vocals [Falstaff]:
Domenico Trimarchi (bass-baritone) (in 1996)
baritone vocals [Ford]:
Roberto Servile (baritone) (in 1996)
bass vocals [Pistola]:
Franco de Grandis (operatic bass) (in 1996)
choir vocals:
Magyar Állami Operaház Énekkara (Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Chorus) (in 1996)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Meg]:
Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) (in 1996)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Quickly]:
Anna Maria di Micco (contralto) (in 1996)
soprano vocals [Alice]:
Julia Faulkner (soprano) (in 1996)
soprano vocals [Nannetta]:
Dilbèr (soprano) (in 1996)
tenor vocals [Bardolfo]:
Alessandro Cosentino (tenor) (in 1996)
tenor vocals [Cajus]:
Enrico Facini (tenor) (in 1996)
tenor vocals [Fenton]:
Maurizio Comencini (tenor) (in 1996)
orchestra:
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (Hungarian State Opera Orchestra) (in 1996)
conductor:
Will Humburg (conductor) (in 1996)
recording of:
Falstaff: Atto III, scena 2. “Un coro e terminiam la scena” - “Tutto nel mondo è burla” (Falstaff, Ford, Tutti) (in 1996)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Falstaff: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi3:23
4Madama Butterfly, 1. Akt: Vogliatemi bene (Mona Lisa)
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer)
soprano vocals [Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)]:
Miriam Gauci (soprano) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
tenor vocals [F.B. Pinkerton]:
Yordy Ramiro (tenor) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Czecho-Slovak Radio (Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio) in Bratislava (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I. “Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino” … “Un pò'di vero c'è” … “Oh quanti occhi fisi” (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (Love Duet) (from 1991-05-02 until 1991-05-10)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A.
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto I (Madame Butterfly: Act I)
Giacomo Puccini7:30
5Les Troyens, Act V Scene 2: Adieu, fiere cite (Didon)
engineer:
Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios) (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo‐soprano) (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
conductor:
Sir Colin Davis (English conductor) (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
recorded at:
Barbican Centre: Barbican Hall in London (Greater London) (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
live recording of:
Les Troyens : Acte V, no. 48. Air « Adieu, fière cité » (Didon) (from 2000-12-03 until 2000-12-09)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (from 1856 until 1858, in 1858)
part of:
Les Troyens : Acte V
Hector Berlioz3:47
6Carmen, WD 31: Prélude
producer:
Günter Appenheimer (producer/engineer) (in 1990-07)
orchestra:
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-07)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari) (in 1990-07)
recorded at:
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava (in 1990-07)
recording of:
Carmen : Prélude (in 1990-07)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen (Italian lyrics)
part of:
Carmen (German translation, Julius Hopp)
part of:
Carmen (english lyrics, David Parry)
part of:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet3:35
7Carmen, WD 31, Act IV: Viva! (People, Don Jose, Carmen)
orchestra:
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Alexander Rahbari (Ali Rahbari, often credited as “Alexander” Rahbari)
recording of:
Carmen : Acte IV. « Viva ! Viva ! La course est belle » (Chœur)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (French librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte IV
Georges Bizet3:33
8Eugene Onegin, op. 24, TH 5: Letter Scene
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие I, картина 2, no. 9. Сцена письма “Пускай погибну я, но прежде” (Eugene Onegin: Act I, Scene 2, no. 9. Letter scene "Let me die, but first...", Letter Scene “Puskay pogibnu ya, no prezhde”)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
librettist:
Константин Шиловский (Konstantin Shilovsky) and Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие первое (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act I)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10:56
9Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, Act IV Scene 1: Un appartement dans le chateau
orchestra:
Orchestre national de Lille
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Casadesus (conductor)
recording of:
Pelléas et Mélisande: Acte IV, Scène 1: Un appartement dans le château
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1893 until 1902)
librettist:
Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian playwriter & poet)
part of:
Pelléas et Mélisande, L. 88, CD 93: Acte IV
Claude Debussy3:00
10Wozzeck, op. 7, Wozzeck, Act III Scene 2: Dort links geht's in die Stadt (Marie, Wozzeck)
engineer:
Ann-Charlotte Larsson (producer) and Rune Sundvall
producer:
Ann-Charlotte Larsson (producer)
editor:
Arthur Ka Wai Jenkins
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm (Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, The Royal Court Orchestra) (from 2000-02-12 until 2000-02-18)
conductor:
Leif Segerstam (Finnish composer and conductor) (from 2000-02-12 until 2000-02-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Kungliga Operan (Royal Swedish Opera) in Stockholm (from 2000-02-12 until 2000-02-18)
recording of:
Wozzeck: Act 3, Scene 2, Dort links geht's in die Stadt (from 2000-02-12 until 2000-02-18)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer) (from 1914 until 1922)
part of:
Wozzeck: Act 3
Alban Berg5:09
11Jenůfa, JW I/4, Act III, Scene 1
partial recording of:
Jenůfa
composer and librettist:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer)
Leoš Janáček2:52
12A Kékszakállú herceg vára (Bluebeard's Castle), op. 11, BB 62: Ah! - Lasd ez az en birodalmam [5. Ajto] [Ah! Now behold my spacious kingdom [Door 5]] [Judith, Bluebeard]
partial recording of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer) (in 1911)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
Bartók Béla válogatott zenei írásai (number: Sz. 48) and Béla Bartók's Works (BB) (number: BB 62)
Béla Bartók6:39
13Oedipus Rex: Prologue (Opening)
recording of:
Œdipus Rex: Prologue. Spectateurs (Speaker)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer)
librettist:
Jean Cocteau
translator:
Jean Daniélou
is based on:
Οἰδίπους Τύραννος (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Rex)
part of:
Œdipus Rex
Igor Stravinsky4:32
14Peter Grimes, 4 Sea Interludes, op. 33a: No. 1, DawnBenjamin Britten3:09
15Peter Grimes, op. 33, Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 2: Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (P. Grimes, Bob Boles, Cap. Balstrode, Auntie, Nieces)
recording of:
Peter Grimes: Act I Scene II: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades" (Peter)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1942 until 1945)
librettist:
Charles Montagu Slater (from 1942 until 1945)
part of:
Peter Grimes: Act I: Scene 2
Benjamin Britten3:31
16I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, Act II: 1 Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes (Consuelo, Dewain)
vocals:
Young Opera Company Freiburg (from 2004-01-28 until 2004-02-01)
orchestra:
The Band of Holst-Sinfonietta (from 2004-01-28 until 2004-02-01)
conductor:
Klaus Simon (from 2004-01-28 until 2004-02-01)
recorded at:
Tonstudio Oase in Schallstadt (from 2004-01-28 until 2004-02-01)
recording of:
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky: Act II: One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes (from 2004-01-28 until 2004-02-01)
composer:
John Adams (American minimalist composer) (in 1995)
part of:
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky: Act II
John Adams2:25
17The Mask of Orpheus, Act III Scene 2: Third Song of Magic (a)
partial recording of:
The Mask of Orpheus: Act III
composer:
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (composer)
librettist:
Peter Zinovieff (British electronic composer)
part of:
The Mask of Orpheus
Sir Harrison Birtwistle0:30
18The Mask of Orpheus, Act III Scene 2: Euridice Puppet - Euridice Singer
partial recording of:
The Mask of Orpheus: Act III
composer:
Sir Harrison Birtwistle (composer)
librettist:
Peter Zinovieff (British electronic composer)
part of:
The Mask of Orpheus
Sir Harrison Birtwistle2:28