Decca: 475 8319 (475 8320--475 8321). Opera in 3 acts. "Gala performance"--Container. Libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée, after Meilhac and Halévy. Program notes by Gordon Stewart, in English with French and German translations, synopsis in the same languages, and libretto with English translation (149 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Hilde Gueden, Erika Köth, sopranos; Regina Resnik, contralto; Giuseppe Zampieri, Waldemar Kmentt, Peter Klein, tenors; Erich Kunz, Eberhard Wächter, baritones; Walter Berry, bass; supporting soloists; Wiener Philharmoniker; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Herbert von Karajan, conductor. Recorded in the Sofiensaal, Vienna, June 1960.
Contents:
Gala. Die lustige Witwe. Vilja-Lied / Lehár (Renata Tebaldi) -- Domino / Ferari (Fernando Corena) -- My fair lady. I could have danced all night / Loewe (Birgit Nilsson) -- Passione / Valente (Mario del Monaco) -- Lullaby / Lavilla (Teresa Berganza) -- Il bacio / Arditi (Joan Sutherland) -- Das Land des Lächelns. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz / Lehár (Jussi Björling) -- Porgy & Bess. Summertime / Gershwin (Leontyne Price) -- Annie get your gun. Anything you can do / Irving Berlin (Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini) -- Wien, Wien, nur du allein / Sieczyński (Ljuba Welitsch).
Series:
The originals : legendary recordings from the Decca catalogue.
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