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Highlights from The Royal Opera Jacques OFFENBACH (1819 – 1880) Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Olympia’s Aria: Barcarolle Luciana Serra (soprano) – Olympia; Robert Tear (tenor) – Spalanzani); Claire Powell (mezzo) – Nicklaus; Agnes Baltsa (mezzo) – Giulietta Conductor: Georges Prêtre Director: John Schlesinger rec. January 1981 Giacomo PUCCINI (1858 – 1924) La Bohème: Quando m’en vo’ Marilyn Zschau (soprano) – Musetta; Thomas Allen (baritone) – Marcello; Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) – Mimi; Neil Shicoff (tenor) – Rodolfo; Gwynne Howell (bass) – Colline; John Rawnsley (baritone) – Schaunard; John Gibbs (bass) – Alcindoro Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli Director: John Copley rec. February 1982 Richard STRAUSS (1864 – 1949) Der Rosenkavalier: Hab’ mir’s gelobt Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) – The Marschallin; Anne Howells (mezzo) – Octavian; Barbara Bonney (soprano) – Sophie Conductor: Georg Solti Director: John Schlesinger rec. February 1985 Giuseppe VERDI (1813 – 1901) Don Carlo: Dio che nell’alma infondere amor volesti; Ella giammai m’amò! Luis Lima (tenor) – Don Carlo; Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone) – Rodrigo; Robert Lloyd (bass) – Philip II Conductor: Bernard Haitink Director: Luchino Visconti rec. April 1985 Giuseppe VERDI Falstaff: Bocca baciata non perde ventura; Alfin t’ho colto Barbara Hendricks (soprano) – Nannetta; Dalmacio Gonzales (tenor) – Fenton; Renato Bruson (baritone) – Falstaff; Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini Director: Ronald Eyre rec. July 1982 Giacomo PUCCINI Manon Lescaut: Ah, non vi avvicinate; Gelo di morte! Placido Domingo (tenor) Des Grieux; Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) – Manon Lescaut Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli Director: Götz Friedrich rec. May 1983 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden WARNER 50-51011-2324-2-8 [61:00] |
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