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Encores! - Great Performances at the Met

Metropolitan Opera
Release Date: 02/03/2015 
Label:  Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog #: 002250109  
Composer:  Gaetano Donizetti,  Georges Bizet,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Gioachino Rossini,   ... 
Performer:  Natalie Dessay,  Alessandro Corbelli,  Juan Diego Flórez,  Joyce DiDonato,   ... 
Conductor:  James Levine,  Marco Armiliato,  Maurizio Benini,  Yannick Nézet-Séguin,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

This special Metropolitan Opera Encores! DVD features 18 dazzling performances by some of the greatest stars in opera. These extraordinary moments were initially seen as part of the Met's global Live in HD movie-theater transmissions and later shared with PBS audiences on Great Performances at the Met. Includes scenes from Carmen, The Magic Flute, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Tristan und Isolde and many more operas. This special Metropolitan Opera Encores! DVD features 18 dazzling performances by some of the greatest stars in opera. These extraordinary moments were initially seen as part of the Met's global Live in HD movie-theater transmissions and later shared with PBS audiences on Great Performances at the Met. Includes scenes from Carmen, The Magic Flute, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Tristan und Isolde and many more operas. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Don Pasquale: Overture by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
2.
La fille du régiment: Chacun le sait by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Alessandro Corbelli (Baritone)
Conductor:  Marco Armiliato
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Italy 
3.
La fille du régiment: Ah, mes amis...Pour mon âme by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
Conductor:  Marco Armiliato
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Italy 
4.
Maria Stuarda: Figlia impura di Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano), Elza van den Heever (Soprano)
Conductor:  Maurizio Benini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1835; Italy 
5.
Carmen: Finale by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano), Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor:  Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
6.
Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtů by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
7.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: How soft and sweet your magic tone by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Matthew Polenzani (Tenor)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
8.
Le Comte Ory: En proie ŕ la tristesse... by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Diana Damrau (Soprano)
Conductor:  Maurizio Benini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1828; Italy 
9.
Simon Boccanegra: Plebe! Patrizi! Polopo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
10.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Finale by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Baritone), Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
11.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Peter Mattei (Baritone)
Conductor:  Maurizio Benini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1816; Italy 
12.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Finch' han dal vino [Brindisi] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Mariusz Kwiecien (Baritone)
Conductor:  Fabio Luisi
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ 
13.
Il trovatore: D'amor sull' ali rosee by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Sondra Radvanovsky (Soprano)
Conductor:  Marco Armiliato
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
14.
Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise "Liebestod" by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Deborah Voigt (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Germany 
15.
Rigoletto: Questa o quella by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Piotr Beczala (Tenor)
Conductor:  Michele Mariotti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Italy 
16.
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Patricia Racette (Soprano)
Conductor:  Patrick Summers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
17.
Boris Godunov: Farewell, my son, I am dying "Death of Boris" by Modest Mussorgsky
Performer:  René Pape (Bass)
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1873; Russia 
18.
La Bohčme: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Kristine Opolais (Soprano), Vittorio Grigolo (Tenor)
Conductor:  Stefano Ranzani
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
19.
Die Walküre: Loge, hör! by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
 Sharp Spotlight on Metropolitan Opera's LIVE in H March 10, 2015 By Douglas B. (Pacific Palisades, CA) See All My Reviews "Basically, I have only one criticism of "Encores! - Great Performances at the Met" on DVD. It should have been at least two DVD's because (a) the excerpts selected should each have been accorded more time and (b) additional excerpts from several of the other telecast operas should have been included. The Metropolitan Opera has had surprisingly few "clinkers" in its Live in HD series which was initiated in 2006, and I definitely think that a Volume 2 and a Volume 3 are in order. For starters, the spectacular "red poppies" scene(s) from Borodin's "Prince Igor" and one of Jonas Kaufmann's stellar arias/scenas from "Faust" and "Parsifal." The 80 minutes allotted to this disc is a mere spit in the punchbowl as far as I am concerned, so come on, Peter Gelb, find some sponsorship for additional DVDs pronto!" Report Abuse
 Fantastic March 5, 2015 By S. Wolfe (Dunwoody, GA) See All My Reviews "Arkivmusic brings us the best in classic musical selections. I would probably not have the wonderful collection of great opera music without them. The 'Encores' DVD is a terrific gathering of some of the best opera arias." Report Abuse
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