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The Metropolitan OperaCentennial Gala
Beethoven · Debussy · Donizetti · GiordanoGounod · Mascagni · Mozart · Puccini · RossiniSaint-Saëns · Smetana · R. Strauss · Wagner · Verdi
Battle · Bumbry · Caballé · Carreras · CotrubasDomingo · Freni · Gedda · Horne · Te KanawaNilsson · Price · Pavarotti · Raimondi · von StadeSutherland · Tomowa-Sintow · The MetropolitanOpera Orchestra · James Levine
 
DVD 1: Centennial Gala
1. Opening Credits / MET Centennial Gala 0:44
Bedrich Smetana (1824 1884) 2. Overture The Bartered Bride 7:21
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giacomo Puccini (1858 1924) Turandot
Act 2
3. In questa reggia 6:57
Eva Marton, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 1791) Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Act 3
4. "Dove sono i bei momenti" 7:24
Kiri Te Kanawa, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Otello
Act 3
5. "Dio! mi potevi scagliar" 5:04
James McCracken, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) Il barbiere di Siviglia
Act 1
6. No.6 Aria: "La calunnia" (Var. di M. Pierre Rode) 5:13
Ruggero Raimondi, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 1848) Lucia di Lammermoor
Act 2
7. "Chi mi frena in tal momento" 5:13
Roberta Peters, Loretta di Franco, Brian Schexnayder, Robert Nagy, dano raffanti, Julien Robbins, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) Semiramide
Act 1
8. Bel raggio lusinghier 8:27
Joan Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge
Pietro Mascagni (1863 1945) Iris
Act 1
9. Son io! Son io la Vita! 10:40
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, David Stivender
Richard Strauss (1864 1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59, TrV 227
Act 2
10. Presentation of the Rose 7:56
Judith Blegen, Frederica von Stade, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Charles Gounod (1818 1893) Roméo et Juliette, CG 9
Act 4
11. Va! je t'ai pardonné 13:18
Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 1848) L'elisir d'amore
Edited Alberto Zedda
Act 2
12. "Una furtiva lagrima" 5:49
Nicolai Gedda, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Ernani
Part 1
13. Ernani! Ernani, involami 7:54
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Richard Strauss (1864 1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59, TrV 227
Act 3
14. Hab mir's gelobt 6:17
Kathleen Battle, Elisabeth Söderström, Frederica von Stade, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Otello
Act 1
15. "Già nella notte densa" 13:30
Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Total Playing Time 1:51:47
 
DVD 2: Centennial Gala
1. Opening / MET Centennial Gala 0:25
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 1827) Fidelio, Op. 72
Act 2
2. Ouvertüre "Leonore III" op. 72a 15:59
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Umberto Giordano (1867 1948) Andrea Chénier
Act 4
3. La nostra morte è il trionfo dell'amor 10:09
Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Claude Debussy (1862 1918) L'enfant prodigue scène lyrique, L.57
4. Air de Lia 6:34
Ileana Cotrubas, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, John Pritchard
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 1921) Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288
Act 3
5. Bacchanale 8:23
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Nabucco
Act 3
6. Donna, chi sei? 13:37
Grace Bumbry, Renato Bruson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Thomas Fulton
Charles Gounod (1818 1893) Faust, CG 4
Act 5
7. No.31 "Alerte, alerte!" 4:00
Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Giacomo Puccini (1858 1924) Madama Butterfly
Act 1
8. Viene la sera 11:54
Leona Mitchell, giuliano ciannella, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 1868) L'italiana In Algeri
Act 1
9. "Va sossopra il mio cervello" 10:11
Edda Moser, Diane Kesling, Gail Dubinbaum, David Rendall, John Darrenkamp, Sesto Bruscantini, Ara Berberian, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 1921) Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288
Act 2
10. "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" 8:49
Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Richard Wagner (1813 1883) Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Act 1
11. "Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen" 11:06
Birgit Nilsson, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Traditional 12. Fjorton ar tror jag (When I was seventeen) 3:29
Birgit Nilsson
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) Un ballo in maschera
Act 2
13. "Teco io sto" "Grand Dio!" (Gustavo, Amelia) 10:37
Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Traditional 14. Happy Birthday To You 1:28
Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Grace Bumbry, Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Total Playing Time 1:56:41