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Speranza

[Met Concert/Gala] CID:256710
Met Marathon. Broadcast ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/4/1979., Broadcast

(Broadcast)

Metropolitan Opera House
March 4, 1979 Broadcast


MET MARATHON

Announcer: Peter Allen

Master of Ceremonies: Robert Sherman

Guest Speakers:

Licia Albanese
Bidu Sayao
Sara Tucker
Charles Nelson Reilly
Dario Soria
Frank E. Taplin

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Johanna Meier
William Vendice, Piano

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Jerome Hines
William Vendice, Piano

Rusalka: Song to the Moon
Teresa Kubiak
William Vendice, Piano

I Vespri Siciliani: O tu Palermo
James Morris
Tom Fulton, Piano

La Favorita: O Mio Fernando
Bianca Berini
Warren Jones, Piano

I Puritani: Suoni la tromba
Sherrill Milnes
James Morris
Tom Fulton, Piano

Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria
Garbis Boyagian
Warren Jones, Piano

La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Leona Mitchell
William Vendice, Piano

Kahn: Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love
René Kollo
Tom Fulton, Piano

Don Pasquale: Cercherò lontana terra
Dalmacio Gonzalez [First appearance]
Warren Jones, Piano

La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno
Maria Ewing
James Levine, Piano

Schubert: Marche Charactéristique No. 2
James Levine, Piano
Frank E. Taplin, Piano

La Périchole: Ah quel diner je viens de faire
Elena Obraztsova
James Levine, Piano

La Bohème: Donde lieta
Makvala Kasrashvili [First appearance]
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Adriana Lecouvreur: O vagabonda stella
Elena Obraztsova
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Le Toréador (Adam): Ah vous dirai-je maman
Roberta Peters
Harriet Wingreen, Piano
John Slocom, Flute

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Ravel): Chanson romanesque; Chanson épique; Chanson à boire
John Shirley-Quirk
David Leighton, Piano

Il Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari): Bondì, cara Venezia
M'ama, non m'ama (Mascagni)
Renata Scotto
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Manon: Epouse quelque brave fille
John Cheek
Warren Jones, Piano

Die Fledermaus: Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande
Betsy Norden
Tom Fulton, Piano

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Renata Scotto
James Levine, Piano

Falstaff: L'onore
Renato Capecchi
William Vendice, Piano

The Ballad of Baby Doe: Willow Song
Betsy Norden
Tom Fulton, Piano

Ernani: Infelice
Dmitri Kavrakos [First appearance]
David Leighton, Piano

Ariadne auf Naxos: Musik ist eine heilige Kunst
Tatiana Troyanos
James Levine, Piano

[This concert was a fund-raising event performed before an audience of contributors and Patrons of the Metropolitan Opera. It was broadcast nationally, and donations from listeners were pledged by phone.]