Fedora Barbieri sings Princess d'Boullion's aria from Cilea's Adriana
Lecouvreur.
Film, 1955.
Fedora Barbieri sings
"O Don Fatale" from Verdi's Don Carlo
From a 1958 live recording featuring Barbieri, Jon Vickers as Carlo, Gre
Brouwenstijn as Elisabetta, Tito Gobbi as Rodrigo, and Boris Christoff as
Philip. Carlo Maria Giulini conducting.
Frederica von Stade sings the closing aria
from Rossini's Cenerentola. Conducted by Claudio Abbado, from a cinematic
production directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 1981.
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro - Act I "Non so piu"
Frederica von Stade, Cherubino
James Levine , direction
Metropolitan Opera,
1985
Jules
Massenet, Werther (Laisse couler mes larmes)
Maria Ewing in the final scene of Richard
Strauss' Salome. Stage director was Sir Peter Hall, and Sir Edward Downes was
conducting the Orchestra of Royal Opera. This production from 1992
Un Ballo in
Maschera de Giuseppe Verdi, "Re dell'abisso affrettati"
Ulrica, Nell
Rankin
Conductor,
Thomas Schippers
Atlanta,
1967
Verdi, Aida,
Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza ·
Carla Martinis,
Aida
Nell Rankin,
Amnéris
Wiener
Symphoniker
Herbert von Karajan,
director
From a 1954
recording, here is Nell Rankin performing eight songs of Johannes Brahms. She
is accompanied by Coenraad V. Bos on the piano with Carlton Cooley, viola.
O Don Fatale(Don Carlo
G.Verdi)Elena Obraztsova Tóquio 1981
Elena
Obraztsova sings this aria from Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalila.
Tokyo, 1980.
The great
Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova (Charlotte) sings the beautiful aria
"Va! Laisse couler mes larmes" from Act 3 of the opera
"Werther" by Massenet.
Giuseppe Verdi ,Macbeth. La luce langue (in German; Nun sinkt der Abend)
Lady Macbeth - Elisabeth Höngen
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Karl Böhm, conductor
May 31, 1943
Elisabeth Höngen singt "Wesendonck-Lieder" von Richard Wagner
1. Der Engel
2. Stehe still
3. Im Treibhaus
4. Schmerzen
5. Träume
Gerald Moore, Klavier
Elisabeth Höngen sings "Lamento di Arianna" (arr.: Carl Orff) by
Claudio Monteverdi
Ferdinand Leitner & Rolf Reinhardt, Harpsichord
Alfred Graeser, Double-Bass
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth Vegliammo invan due notti ... Una macchia è qui
tuttora (in German; Umsonst wacht' ich zwei Nächte ... Dieser Flecken kommt
immer wieder)
