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 Close Encounters With Great Singers - Mirella Freni
Release Date: 06/24/2003 
Label:  Vai Audio   Catalog #: 1216   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Georges BizetGiacomo PucciniWolfgang Amadeus MozartFrancesco CilèaGiuseppe Verdi
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Mirella FreniNicolai GeddaLuciano PavarottiJosé CarrerasAgnes Baltsa

Conductor:  R. Frühbeck de BurgosThomas SchippersOtto KlempererAntonino VottoHerbert von Karajan
James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Opera OrchestraRome Opera House OrchestraNew Philharmonia OrchestraMilan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraVienna Philharmonic OrchestraDresden Staatskapelle

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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This selection contains recordings of radio interviews conducted by Jon Tolansky.
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  R. Frühbeck de Burgos
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Paris Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
2.  La Bohème: Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
Conductor:  Thomas Schippers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
3.  Don Giovanni, K 527: Vedrai, carino se sei buonino by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Otto Klemperer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
4.  Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Antonino Votto
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
5.  Otello: Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
6.  Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
7.  Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Tatiana's letter scene by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
8.  Aida: O terra, addio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  José Carreras (Tenor), Mirella Freni (Soprano), Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
Notes: This selection is presented here in excerpted form. 
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