FULL Rossini Bicentennial Gala New York 1992 Horne Stade Voigt Blake Merritt Hampson Ramey
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Rossini Bicentennial Gala  
- Composer: Rossini Gioachino   
- Libretto: various    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York  
- Recorded: 1992
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Deborah Voigt, Jan Opalach, Melanie Feld, Samuel Ramey, Rockwell Blake, Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Chris Merritt, Frederica von Stade
- Conductor: Roger Norrington  
- Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s  
- Chorus: Concert Chorale of New York  
- Chorus Master: Donald Palumbo  
- Stage Director:   
- Costume Designer:   
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Live from Lincoln Center  
- Date Published: 1992  
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs  
- Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
PROGRAM:
La gazza ladra (Milan, 1817)
1 (9:46) Sinfonia
La donna del lago
2 (10:34) Cavatina, Act 1: “Mura felici”
Stabat Mater
3 (5:15) “Inflammatus”
La Cenerentola
4 (7:54) Coro, scena e rondò, Act 2: “Della Fortuna… Nacqui all’affanno… Non più mesta”
Zelmira
5 (11:54) Coro e cavatina, Act 1: “Terra amica”
Bianca e Falliero (Milan, 1819), libretto by Felice Romani
6 (13:25) Quartetto: “Cielo, il mio labbro ispira”
Maria Fortuna, Bianca, daughter of Contareno
Marilyn Horne, Falliero, a Venetian General
Chris Merritt, Contareno, a Venetian Senator
Henry Runey, Capellio, a Venetian Senator
Concert Chorale of New York
Guillaume Tell
7 (13:58) Aria, Act 4: “Ne m’abandonne point… Asile hérédetaire”
Il barbiere di Siviglia
8 (5:02) Cavatina, Act 1: “La lan la lera… Largo al factotum”
Petite messe solennelle
9 (8:08) “Agnus Dei”
L’italiana in Algeri (Venice, 1813), libretto by Angelo Anelli
10 (6:38) Terzetto: “Pappataci! Che mai sento”
Rockwell Blake, Lindoro, in love with Isabella
Thomas Hampson, Taddeo, an elderly Italian
Jan Opalach, Mustafà, the Bey of Algiers
Zelmira
11 (6:01) Duettino: “Perché mi guardi, e piangi”
Deborah Voigt, Zelmira, daughter of Polidoro, King of Lesbos
Kathleen Kuhlmann, Emma, her confidant
Le siège de Corinthe
12 (10:31) Coro e cavatina, Act 1: “La flamme rapide… La gloire et la fortune”
Il viaggio a Reims
13 (9:40) Gran pezzo concertato a 14 voci, Act 2: “A tal colpo inaspettato”