Opera excerpts sung in English, French, German, Italian or Russian; with English, German, French, Italian (only if orig. language) and Spanish subtitles. Biographical and historical notes by Kenneth Chalmers (8 p. : port.) inserted in container. Highlights from: Les pêcheurs de perles; Louise; The ghosts of Versailles; Don Pasquale; Rusalka Andrea Chénier; Faust, Roméo et Juliette; Giuditta; L'amico Fritz; Così fan tutte; Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Les Contes d'Hoffmann; La Périchole; Die Fledermaus; Der Rosenkavalier; Samson et Dalila; Eugene Onegin; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Ernani; I lombardi; Luisa Miller; Rienzi; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Special features: picture gallery; interview with James Levine by Garrick Utley. Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor ; featured artists (in alphabetical order): Roberto Alagna ; Carlo Bergonzi ; Grace Bumbry ; Ileana Cotrubas ; Dwayne Croft ; Plácido Domingo ; Renée Fleming ; Angela Gheorghiu ; Jerry Hadley ; Håkan Hagegård ; Thomas Hampson ; Hei-Kyung Hong ; Catherine Malfitano ; Karita Mattila ; Waltraud Meier ; Heidi Grant Murphy ; Samuel Ramey ; Julien Robbins ; Roberto Scandiuzzi ; Ruth Ann Swenson ; Kiri Te Kanawa ; Bryn Terfel ; Deborah Voigt ; Anne Sofie von Otter ; Frederica von Stade ; Dolora Zajick. Videotaped live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, April 27, 1996.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)63762786
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)
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