Opera Highlights 1

Programme:

Marilyn Horne
'Sorge l'irato nembo' from Vivaldi's Orlando furioso (from Pier Luigi Pizzi's San Francisco Opera production, conducted by Randall Behr)


Dame Ann Murray
'Nacqui all'affanno' from Rossini's La Cenerentola (from Michael Hampe's production for the Salzburg Festival, conducted by Riccardo Chailly)


Eva Marton
'Suicidio!' from Ponchielli's La Gioconda (from the Vienna State Opera production by Filippo Sanjust, conducted by Adam Fischer)


Dame Joan Sutherland
'D'amor sull'ali rosee' from Verdi's Il trovatore (from an Opera Australia production by Elijah Moshinsky, conducted by Richard Bonynge)


'The Mad Scene? from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
(from an Opera Australia production by John Copley, conducted by Richard Bonynge)


'Casta Diva' from Bellini's Norma
(from Sandro Sequi's production for Opera Australia, conducted by Richard Bonynge)


Roberto Alagna
'Quanto è bella, quanto è cara' & 'Una furtiva lagrima? from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera, conducted by Evelino Pido)


Angela Gheorghiu
'Prendi, per me sei libero' from from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (from Frank Dunlop's production for Lyon National Opera, conducted by Evelino Pido)


Gegam Grigorian
'La vita è inferno all'infelice' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev)


Nikolai Putilin
'Morir! Tremenda cosa!' & 'Urna fatale del mio destino' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev)


Galina Gorchakova
'Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!' from Verdi's La forza del destino (from Elijah Moshinsky's production for the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev)


Picture format: NTSC 4:3 / 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Running time: 106 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)