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Leontyne Price - Verdi & Puccini Arias


Release Date: 08/12/1997 
Label:  Rca Victor Living Stereo Catalog #: 68883   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi,  Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price,  Laura Londi
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis,  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 0 Hours 46 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
2. Aida: O patria mia by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection begins with "Qui Radamès verrà!..." 
3. Il trovatore: Che più t'arresti? by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Laura Londi (Soprano), Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
4. Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano), Laura Londi (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
5. Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Arturo Basile
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection begins with "Timor di me?..." 
6. Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
7. Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio [Death of Butterfly] by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
8. La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1917; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
9. Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
10. Turandot: Signore, ascolta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 Language: Italian 
11. Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
 Language: Italian 

Sound Samples

Act I: Scene I: Ritorna vincitor!
Act III: Qui Radamès verrà!
Act III: O patria mia
Act I: Scene 2: Che più t'arresti?
Act I: Scene 2: Tacea la notte placida
Act I: Scene 2: Di tale amor che dirsi
Act IV: Scene 1: Timor di me?; D'amor sull'ali rosee
Act II: Piangi? Perchè?; Un bel dì vedremo
Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio! (Morte di Butterfly)
Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Act II: Vissi d'arte
Act I: Signore, ascolta!
Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta

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