| Included Work | Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orfeo ed Euridice. Selections. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Puritani. Selections. |
| Included Work | Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835. Sonnambula. Selections. |
| Included Work | Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Don Pasquale. Selections. |
| Included Work | Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Lucia di Lammermoor. Selections. |
| Included Work | Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia. Selections. |
| Included Work | Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Rigoletto. Selections. |
| Included Work | Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893. Faust. Selections. |
| Included Work | Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Liederkreis, op. 39. Mondnacht. |
| Included Work | Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Lieder, op. 27. Morgen. |
| Included Work | Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Rose-Marie. Indian love call. |
| Included Work | Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Kiss me, Kate. So in love. |
| Series |
Met legends
Met legends. ^A707132
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| Contents |
Orfeo ed Euridice. Amore assisterà l'infelice consorte ... Ah! Se il dolce suon de la tua lire ... Gli sguardi trattieni / Gluck (Risë Stevens ; Rome Opera House Orchestra ; Pierre Monteux) (5:40) -- I Puritani. O rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce sua soave ... Vien diletto / Bellini (RCA Victor Orchestra ; Renato Cellini) (10:52) -- La Sonnambula. L'anello mio ... Ah! Non credea mirarti / Bellini (RCA Victor Orchestra ; Renato Cellini) (6:28) -- Don Pasquale. "Quel guardo il cavaliere" ... So anch'io la vertù magica / Donizetti (Rome Opera House Orchestra ; Vincenzo Bellezza) (5:25) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Il dolce suono ... Ardon gl'incensi ... Spargi d'amaro pianto (Mad Scene) / Donizetti (Vincenzo Preziosa, Andrea Mineo ; Rome Opera House Chorus and Orchestra ; Vincenzo Bellezza) (17:30) -- Il Barbiere di Siviglia. "Contro un cor che accende amore" ... Cara immagine ridente / Rossini (Cesare Valletti ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Erich Leinsdorf) (6:20) -- Rigoletto. Tutte le feste al tempio ... Schiudete! ... Si, vendetta, tremenda vendetta / Verdi (Robert Merrill, Vittorio Tatozzi, Andrea Mineo ; Rome Opera Orchestra ; Jonel Perlea) (10:09) -- Faust. Alerte, alerte, ou vous êtes perdus! (Trio) / Gounod (Jan Peerce, Ezio Pinza ; Twentieth Century Fox Symphony ; Alfred Newman) (2:30) -- Mondnacht, op. 39, no. 5 / Schumann (George Trovillo, piano) (3:20) -- Morgen, op. 27, no. 4 / Strauss (George Trovillo, piano) (3:42) -- Rose-Marie. Indian love call / Friml (Robert Merrill ; orchestra, Charles Sanford) (2:47) -- Kiss me, Kate. So in love / Porter (Robert Merrill ; orchestra, Charles Sanford) (2:14). |
| General note | Original issue nos.: RCA Victor LM-6136 (selection 1) ; LM 1786 (selections 2-4) ; LM 2031 (selections 5-8) ; LSC-6143 (selection 9) ; LM-6051 (selections 10-12) ; LM 7016 (selection 13) ; LSC 2379 (selections 14-15) ; 10-3786 (E2RB-o444) (selections 16-17). |
| General note | Program notes by Paul Gruber, and texts in Italian (selections 1-12), French (selection 13), or German (selections 14-15) with English translations inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Roberta Peters, soprano ; with various supporting artists, orchestras, conductors, or accompanists. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Digitally remastered from analog recordings made 1952-Sept. 1958. |
| Technical details | Compact disc. |
| UPC |
045000629004 |
| Publisher number | MET 230 Metropolitan Opera Guild |
| Publisher number | LM-6136, LM 1786, LM 2031, LSC-6143, LM-6051, LM 7016, LSC 2379, 10-3786, E2RB-o444 RCA Victor |
