METROPOLITAN OPERA: Centennial GALA (2DVD)

The Metropolitan Opera
Centennial Gala

Beethoven · Debussy · Donizetti · Giordano
Gounod · Mascagni · Mozart · Puccini · Rossini
Saint-Saëns · Smetana · R. Strauss · Wagner · Verdi

Battle · Bumbry · Caballé · Carreras · Cotrubas
Domingo · Freni · Gedda · Horne · Te Kanawa
Nilsson · Price · Pavarotti · Raimondi · von Stade
Sutherland · Tomowa-Sintow · The Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra · James Levine

DVD 1: Centennial Gala

1. Opening Credits / MET Centennial Gala 0:44

Bedrich Smetana (1824 1884) 2. Overture The Bartered Bride 7:21

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giacomo Puccini (1858 1924) Turandot

Act 2

3. In questa reggia 6:57

Eva Marton, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 1791) Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492

Act 3

4. "Dove sono i bei momenti" 7:24

Kiri Te Kanawa, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Otello

Act 3

5. "Dio! mi potevi scagliar" 5:04

James McCracken, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) Il barbiere di Siviglia

Act 1

6. No.6 Aria: "La calunnia" (Var. di M. Pierre Rode) 5:13

Ruggero Raimondi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 1848) Lucia di Lammermoor

Act 2

7. "Chi mi frena in tal momento" 5:13

Roberta Peters, Loretta di Franco, Brian Schexnayder, Robert Nagy, dano raffanti, Julien Robbins, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) Semiramide

Act 1

8. Bel raggio lusinghier 8:27

Joan Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Pietro Mascagni (1863 1945) Iris

Act 1

9. Son io! Son io la Vita! 10:40

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, David Stivender

Richard Strauss (1864 1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59, TrV 227

Act 2

10. Presentation of the Rose 7:56

Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Charles Gounod (1818 1893) Roméo et Juliette, CG 9

Act 4

11. Va! je t'ai pardonné 13:18

Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

Gaetano Donizetti (1797 1848) L'elisir d'amore

Edited Alberto Zedda

Act 2

12. "Una furtiva lagrima" 5:49

Nicolai Gedda, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Ernani

Part 1

13. Ernani! Ernani, involami 7:54

Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Richard Strauss (1864 1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59, TrV 227

Act 3

14. Hab mir's gelobt 6:17

Kathleen Battle, Elisabeth Söderström, Frederica von Stade, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Otello

Act 1

15. "Già nella notte densa" 13:30

Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Total Playing Time 1:51:47

DVD 2: Centennial Gala

1. Opening / MET Centennial Gala 0:25

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) Fidelio, Op. 72

Act 2

2. Ouvertüre "Leonore III" op. 72a 15:59

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

Umberto Giordano (1867 1948) Andrea Chénier

Act 4

3. La nostra morte è il trionfo dell'amor 10:09

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Claude Debussy (1862 1918) L'enfant prodigue scène lyrique, L.57

4. Air de Lia 6:34

Ileana Cotrubas, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, John Pritchard

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 1921) Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288

Act 3

5. Bacchanale 8:23

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Nabucco

Act 3

6. Donna, chi sei? 13:37

Grace Bumbry, Renato Bruson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thomas Fulton

Charles Gounod (1818 1893) Faust, CG 4

Act 5

7. No.31 "Alerte, alerte!" 4:00

Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Giacomo Puccini (1858 1924) Madama Butterfly

Act 1

8. Viene la sera 11:54

Leona Mitchell, giuliano ciannella, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) L'italiana In Algeri

Act 1

9. "Va sossopra il mio cervello" 10:11

Edda Moser, Diane Kesling, Gail Dubinbaum, David Rendall, John Darrenkamp, Sesto Bruscantini, Ara Berberian, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 1921) Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288

Act 2

10. "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" 8:49

Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Richard Wagner (1813 1883) Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

Act 1

11. "Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen" 11:06

Birgit Nilsson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Traditional 12. Fjorton ar tror jag (When I was seventeen) 3:29

Birgit Nilsson

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Un ballo in maschera

Act 2

13. "Teco io sto" "Grand Dio!" (Gustavo, Amelia) 10:37

Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Traditional 14. Happy Birthday To You 1:28

Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Grace Bumbry, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Total Playing Time 1:56:41