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Title:

Black voices rise : African American artists at the Met, 1955-1985.

Publisher:

The Metropolitan Opera,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 audio disc (77:36) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)--History.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Operas--Excerpts.
African American singers.
African American singers.
Operas--Excerpts.
Excerpts.
History.
Live sound recordings.
Operas.
Operas.
Excerpts.
Live sound recordings.

Other Authors:

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, singer.
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993, singer.
Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984, singer.
McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006, singer.
Dobbs, Mattiwilda, singer.
Grist, Reri, singer.
Price, Leontyne, singer.
Shirley, George, singer.
Bumbry, Grace, 1937- singer.
Arroyo, Martina, singer.
Verrett, Shirley, singer.
Mitchell, Leona, singer.
Battle, Kathleen, singer.
Norman, Jessye, singer.
Fassbaender, Brigitte, singer.
Quivar, Florence, singer.
Estes, Simon, singer.
Alexander, Roberta, singer.
Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960, conductor.
Cleva, Fausto, conductor.
Morel, Jean, 1903-1975, conductor.
Varviso, Silvio, conductor.
Schippers, Thomas, conductor.
Krips, Josef, conductor.
Lombard, Alain, conductor.
Mehta, Zubin, conductor.
Conlon, James, 1950- conductor.
Levine, James, 1943- conductor.
McFerrin, Bobby, writer of foreword.
Wheeler, Maurice B., writer of added commentary.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ballo in maschera. Re dell'abisso affrettati.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Pari siamo.
Container of (work): Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Contes d'Hoffmann. Oiseaux dans la charmille.
Container of (work): Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Voce poco fa.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda. O patria mia.
Container of (work): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön.
Container of (work): Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen. Habanera.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Trovatore. D'amor sull' ali rosee.
Container of (work): Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. Vissi d'arte.
Container of (work): Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ernani. Ernani, Ernani, involami.
Container of (work): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro. Deh vieni, non tardar.
Container of (work): Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Dich, teure Halle.
Container of (work): Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Rosenkavalier (Opera). Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren.
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. My man's gone now.
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Bess, you is my woman.

Notes:

Various singers ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus (1st, 3rd, 7th, 10th,14th tracks) and Orchestra ; various conductors. Opera arias and duets. Title from disc label. Booklet with foreword by Bobby McFerrin, program notes by Maurice Wheeler, and biographical notes on the singers in English (26 unnumbered pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Contents:

Un ballo in maschera. "Zitti ... l'incanto non dèssi turbare--Re dell'abisso, affrettati" / Verdi (Marian Anderson, Jan Peerce ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor) (December 10, 1955) (6:20) -- Rigoletto. "Pari siamo!" / Verdi (Robert McFerrin ; Fausto Cleva, conductor) (February 1956) (3:46) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. "Les oiseaux dans la charmille" / Offenbach (Mattiwilda Dobbs ; Jean Morel, conductor) (February 7, 1959) (5:32) -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. "Una voce poco fa" / Rossini (Reri Grist ; Silvio Varviso, conductor) (March 19, 1966) (6:26) -- Aida. "Qui Radamès verrà! ... O patria mia" / Verdi (Leontyne Price ; Thomas Schippers, conductor) (February 25, 1967) (6:43) -- Die Zauberflöte. "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" / Mozart (George Shirley ; Josef Krips, conductor) (March 4, 1967) (3:45) -- Carmen. "Quant je vous aimerai? ... L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (habanera) / Bizet (Grace Bumbry ; Alain Lombard, conductor) (April 20, 1968) (5:02) -- Il trovatore. "D'amor sull'ali rosee" / Verdi (Martina Arroyo ; Zubin Mehta, conductor) (March 13, 1971) (4:23) -- Tosca. "Vissi d'arte" / Puccini (Shirley Verrett ; James Conlon, conductor) (January 6, 1979) (3:56) -- Ernani. "Surta è la notte ... Ernani! Ernani, involami" / Verdi (Leona Mitchell ; James Levine, conductor) (December 17, 1983) (4:30) -- Le nozze di Figaro. "Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni non tardar" / Mozart (Kathleen Battle ; James Levine, conductor) (December 14, 1985) (5:47) -- Tannhäuser. "Dich, teure Halle" / Wagner (Jessye Norman ; James Levine, conductor) (January 24, 1987) (5:20) -- Der Rosenkavalier. "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" / Strauss (Brigitte Fassbaender, Barbara Hendricks ; James Levine, conductor) (February 21, 1987) (6:43) -- Porgy and Bess. "My man's gone now" / the Gershwins (Florence Quivar ; James Levine, conductor) (March 23, 1985) (4:06) -- Porgy and Bess. "Bess, you is my woman now" / the Gershwins (Simon Estes, Roberta Alexander ; James Levine, conductor) (March 23, 1985) (5:17).

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122566261

UPC:

810004201057

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)