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Great Arias with Placido Domingo and Friends Paris 1988 Hendricks Estes Verrett Anderson
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Great Arias with Placido Domingo and Friends
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: UNESCO, Paris, France
- Recorded: 1988
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Placido Domingo, June Anderson, Simon Estes, Barbara Hendricks, Shirley Verrett, Wang Yan Yan
- Conductor: Lorin Maazel
- Orchestra: Orchestre Netional de France
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Information about the Recording
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
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QUOTE from Amazon.com :
This special operatic concert DVD showcases opera superstars such as by Shirley Verrett, Simon Estes, Barbara Hendricks, Wang Yan Yan, and Placido Domingo, backed by the National Orchestra of France under the direction of Lorin Maazel, performing the classic, definitive arias of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi.
Dedicated to the more than 16,000,000 refugees throughout the world, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees presented this 1989 Gala Concert live from UNESCO in Paris. Now on DVD, Great Arias with Placido Domingo & Friends is a collection of the world’s finest voices performing some of the most famous arias, all for a good cause.
Selections Include:
1. Overture by Lorin Maazel and The National Orchestra of France
2. Quando le sere al placido by Placido Domingo from Verdi’s Luis Miller
3. Vissi d’arte by Shirley Verrett from Puccini’s Tosca
4. Tu che le vanita conoscenti by Wang Yan Yan (Orchestra conducted by Placido Domingo) from Verdi’s Don Carlos
5. Iago’s ‘Credo’ by Simon Estes from Verdi’s Otello
6. Senza mamma, o bimbo by Barbara Hendricks from Puccini’s Suor Angelica
7. Non sono tuo figlio by Placido Domingo and Shirley Verrett from Verdi’s Il Trovatore
DVD BONUS FEATURES:
Placido Domingo Biography
Bonus Aria from the film June Anderson: The Passion of Bel Canto
Bonus Aria Queen of the Night from the DVD Mozart’s Magic Flute
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