50 Years at Lincoln Center: A Gala Celebration

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1Overture from the film (West Side Story)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
West Side Story: Overture (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Leonard Bernstein
medley of:
West Side Story: Tonight (Maria, Tony)
medley of:
West Side Story: Maria (Tony)
medley of:
West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym: Mambo
medley of:
West Side Story: Tonight Quintet (Jets, Sharks, Anita, Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo)
part of:
West Side Story
Leonard Bernstein5:30
2From Alexandria, this is the News (Antony and Cleopatra)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live partial recording of:
Antony and Cleopatra, op. 40 (on 2017-05-07)
composed in:
United States (until 1966)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer)
librettist:
Franco Zeffirelli
Samuel Barber2:21
3Nemico della patria (Andrea Chénier)
vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “Nemico della patria?” … “Or io rinnego il santo grido!” (Gérard, L'Incredibile) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto III
Umberto Giordano5:05
4Oh! Fede negar potessi... Quando le sere al placido (Luisa Miller)
vocals:
Piotr Beczała (tenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “Oh! fede negar potessi” / “Quando le sere al placido” (Rodolfo) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Salvadore Cammarano (Italian librettist)
part of:
Luisa Miller: Atto II. “L'intrigo”
Giuseppe Verdi6:12
5Hai giá vinta la causa!... Vedrò mentr'io sospiro (Le Nozze di Figaro)
vocals:
Michael Volle (baritone) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena IV. (no. 18) Aria “Vedrò, mentre io sospiro” (Il Conte) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III
live recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III, Scena IV. (no. 18) Recitativo “Hai già vinta la causa” (Il Conte) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto III
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:24
6Pronta io son (Don Pasquale)
vocals:
Mariusz Kwiecień (baritone) (on 2017-05-07) and Pretty Yende (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Don Pasquale: Atto I, Scena 2. Duetto “Pronta io son, purch’io non manchi” (Norina, Malatesta) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Don Pasquale: Atto I
Gaetano Donizetti7:19
7Visi d'arte (Tosca)
vocals:
Kristine Opolais (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini4:02
8Boris's Mad Scene (Boris Godunov)
vocals:
René Pape (operatic bass) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Boris Godunov: Act II. Hallucination Scene (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (composer)
part of:
Борис Годунов: Act II (1872 version)
Модест Петрович Мусоргский9:22
9Che gelida manina... Sì, mia chiamano Mimì... Ehi! Rodolfo!... O soave fanciulla (La Bohème)
vocals:
Joseph Calleja (tenor) (on 2017-05-07), Dwayne Croft (American operatic baritone) (on 2017-05-07), Sava Vemić (operatic bass) (on 2017-05-07), Yunpeng Wang (on 2017-05-07) and Sonya Yoncheva (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 7. “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” (Mimì) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 8. “Ehi! Rodolfo” (Schaunard, Colline, Marcello, Mimi) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
live recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa (in 1896)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini15:32
10Cortigiana, vil razza dannata (Rigoleto)
vocals:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Russian operatic baritone) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto II. Aria "Cortigiani, vil razza dannata" (Rigoletto) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi6:12
11Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)
vocals:
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Werther : Acte III. « Va ! Laisse couler mes larmes » – « Les larmes qu'on ne pleure pas » (Charlotte) (Air des larmes) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Werther : Acte III (Charlotte et Werther)
Jules Massenet3:13
12Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflöte)
vocals:
Michael Volle (baritone) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Die Zauberflöte: Akt I. No. 2 Arie „Was hör’ ich?” … „Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja” (Papageno) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
librettist:
Emanuel Schikaneder
part of:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Akt I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:06
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1Nuit d'ivresse (Les Troyens)
vocals:
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07) and Matthew Polenzani (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Les Troyens : Acte IV, no. 37. Duo « Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie ! » (Didon, Énée, Mercure) (on 2017-05-07)
composer and librettist:
Hector Berlioz (composer)
part of:
Les Troyens : Acte IV
Hector Berlioz8:00
2Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura (Adriana Lecouvreur)
vocals:
Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto II. “Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura” … “O vagabonda stella d’Oriente” (Adriana) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Francesco Cilea (composer)
part of:
Adriana Lecouvreur: Atto II
Francesco Cilea4:23
3Ah! Mes amis... Pour mon âme! (La Fille du Régiment)
vocals:
Javier Camarena (tenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
La Fille du régiment : Acte I, Scène 11. Final: Cavatina “Ah ! mes amis” (Tonio) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
La Fille du régiment : Acte I
Gaetano Donizetti5:00
4Nel di della vittoria... Vieni, t'affretta... Or tutti sorgete (Macbeth)
vocals:
Anna Netrebko (soprano) (on 2017-05-07) and Christopher Job (bass-baritone) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto I. N°3a Scena “Nel dì della vittoria io le incontrai” … “Ambizioso spirto” (Lady) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
additional librettist:
Andrea Maffei (19th century poet, translator and librettist)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
Macbeth: Atto I
part of:
Macbeth: Atto I
live recording of:
Macbeth: Atto I. N°3b Cavatina “Vieni! t'affretta!” … “Or tutti sorgete” (Lady)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Macbeth: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi11:17
5Entrance of the Guests into the Minstrels' Hall in the Wartburg (Tannhäuser)
choir vocals:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Excerpt from Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. Festmarsch (Grand March) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
Richard Wagner7:24
6Bess, you is my woman now (Porgy and Bess)
vocals:
Eric Owens (bass-baritone) (on 2017-05-07) and Pretty Yende (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” (on 2017-05-07)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I
George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin6:23
7Mon Cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
vocals:
Elīna Garanča (Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte II, scène 3. « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Dalila) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
part of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte II
Camille Saint‐Saëns6:21
8Grand Inquisitor Scene (Don Carlo)
vocals:
Günther Groissböck (Austrian operatic bass) (on 2017-05-07) and James Morris (operatic bass-baritone) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Don Carlo: Atto III, scena 1. N°11 “Il Grand’ Inquisitor!” (Lerma, L'inquisitore, Filippo) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry
part of:
Don Carlo: Atto III (IV)
Giuseppe Verdi10:00
9Ah! Lève-toi, soleil (Roméo et Juliette)
vocals:
Vittorio Grigolo (Italian tenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Roméo et Juliette : Acte II. No. 7 Cavatine « L’amour ! l’amour ! » … « Ah ! lève‐toi, soleil ! » (Roméo) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1867)
librettist:
Jules Barbier and Michel Carré (librettist)
publisher:
Choudens
part of:
Roméo et Juliette: Acte II
Charles‐François Gounod5:16
10È strano... Ah, fors' è lui... Sempre libera (La Traviata)
vocals:
Diana Damrau (soprano) (on 2017-05-07) and Matthew Polenzani (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. “Ah, fors’è lui” (Violetta) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I
live recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. “Sempre libera” (Violetta) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I
live recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Recitativo “È strano! è strano!” (Violetta) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi10:31
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1Son nata a lagrimar (Giulio Cesare)
vocals:
Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07) and David Daniels (American countertenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Marco Armiliato (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Atto I, Scena XI, 16. Duetto “Son nata a lagrimar (Son nato a sospirar)” (Cornelia e Sesto) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1724)
librettist:
Nicola Francesco Haym
part of:
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Atto I
George Frideric Handel7:58
2Vanne! La tua meta già vedo... Credo in un Dio crudel (Otello)
vocals:
Željko Lučić (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Otello: Atto II. “Credo in un Dio crudel” (Iago) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto II
live recording of:
Otello: Atto II. “Vanne! La tua meta già vedo” (Iago) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi5:35
3What Was Before (The Tempest)
vocals:
Ben Bliss (tenor) (on 2017-05-07), Dwayne Croft (American operatic baritone) (on 2017-05-07) and Isabel Leonard (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin (conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
live partial recording of:
The Tempest: Act II (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Thomas Adès (in 2003)
librettist:
Meredith Oakes (playwright)
part of:
The Tempest
Thomas Adès8:48
4E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
vocals:
Vittorio Grigolo (Italian tenor) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1896 until 1899)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa (from 1896 until 1899) and Luigi Illica (from 1896 until 1899)
part of:
Tosca: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini4:13
5Porgi, amor (Le Nozze di Figaro)
vocals:
Renée Fleming (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II, Scena I. (no. 11) Cavatina “Porgi, amor qualche ristoro” (La Contessa) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:55
6Baigne d'eau tes mains et tes lèvres (Thaïs)
vocals:
Plácido Domingo (tenor) (on 2017-05-07) and Renée Fleming (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Thaïs: Acte III, Scène I. "Baigne d'eau mes mains et mes lèvres" (Thaïs, Athanaël, Chœur) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Jules Massenet (French Romantic composer)
part of:
Thaïs: Acte III
Jules Massenet5:54
7Qual voluttà trascorrere (I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata)
violin:
David Chan (US violinist/conductor) (on 2017-05-07)
vocals:
Michael Fabiano (tenor) (on 2017-05-07), Günther Groissböck (Austrian operatic bass) (on 2017-05-07) and Angela Meade (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
I Lombardi: Atto III. N°14 Finale. Terzetto "Qual voluttà trascorrere" (Oronte, Pagano, Giselda) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
I Lombardi: Atto III (La conversione)
Giuseppe Verdi13:24
8Bel raggio lusinghier (Semiramide)
vocals:
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Semiramide: Atto I. Cavatina “Bel raggio lusinghier” (Semiramide) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Rossi (librettist)
part of:
Semiramide: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini8:54
9Un bel dì (Madama Butterfly)
vocals:
Anna Netrebko (soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini6:08
10Act II Finale (Aida)
vocals:
Yusif Eyvazov (tenor) (on 2017-05-07), Željko Lučić (on 2017-05-07), Latonia Moore (soprano) (on 2017-05-07), James Morris (operatic bass-baritone) (on 2017-05-07), Sava Vemić (operatic bass) (on 2017-05-07) and Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) (on 2017-05-07)
orchestra:
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (on 2017-05-07)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist) (on 2017-05-07)
live partial recording of:
Aida: Atto II (on 2017-05-07)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida
Giuseppe Verdi4:27

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