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STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.1 · Picture Format: 4:3
Subtitles: Italian/German/English/French/Spanish/Chinese
A production of Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
The Metropolitan Opera
Centennial Gala

Beethoven · Debussy · Donizetti · Giordano
Gounod · Mascagni · Mozart · Puccini · Rossini
Saint-Saëns · Smetana · R. Strauss · Wagner · Verdi

Battle · Bumbry · Caballé · Carreras · Cotrubas
Domingo · Freni · Gedda · Horne · Te Kanawa
Nilsson · Price · Pavarotti · Raimondi · von Stade
Sutherland · Tomowa-Sintow · The Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra · James Levine a.o.

Int. Release 01 Sep. 2009
2 DVD-Videos
The Metropolitan Opera “Centennial Gala

Track List
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
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
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
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.
Giŕ nella notte densa (Love Duet)
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 č il trionfo dell´amor
10:09
Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
L´enfant prodigue - scčne lyrique (1884)
4.
Air de Lia
6:34
Ileana Cotrubas, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, John Pritchard
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Samson et Dalila
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
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
Act 2
10.
"Mon coeur s´ouvre ŕ ta voix"
8:49
Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Tristan und Isolde
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