The Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) feat. Leontyne Price

Tue, Oct 10, 2023

Today we hear highlights from Verdi’s 1871 grand opera ‘Aida’…also arias and songs by Puccini, Bellini, with performances by Anna Moffo, Anna Netrebko, and Rosa Ponselle.

[Illustration of Verdi By Théobald Chartran – Vanity Fair, 15 February 1879. Photo of Leontyne Price By John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA – LEOTYNE PRICE, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75843377]

Leontyne Price’s final opera performance, from The Met in 1985:

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Playlist

    Time: October 10 - 3:00:00 pm
  • Verdi and Sibelius Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet, “String Quartet in E Minor (e-moll/mi mineur/mi minore): IV. Scherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mosso”

    from Verdi and Sibelius Quartets

    Sony Classical - 1992

    • Time: October 10 - 3:04:00 pm

  • Arturo Toscanini & NBC Symphony Orchestra, “Aida, IGV 1: Overture”

    from Verdi & Castelnuovo-Tedesco

    RCA - 1981

    • Time: October 10 - 3:14:00 pm
  • Verdi: Aïda

    Leontyne Price, Sir Georg Solti & Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, “Aïda, Act I: Ritorna vincitor!”

    from Verdi: Aïda

    Decca - 1962

    • Time: October 10 - 3:22:00 pm

  • Bruna Rizzoli, with Jonel Perlea and Rome Opera Orchestra And Chorus, “Aida: Act I, Scene 2”

    from Verdi: Aida

    RCA - 1955

    • Time: October 10 - 3:35:07 pm
  • Opera Arias

    Renata Scotto, “Otello: Ave Maria”

    from Opera Arias

    Sony Essential Classics - 1991

    • Time: October 10 - 3:39:00 pm
  • Verdi and Sibelius Quartets

    Juilliard String Quartet, “String Quartet in E Minor (e-moll/mi mineur/mi minore): II. Andantino”

    from Verdi and Sibelius Quartets

    Sony Classical - 1992

    • Time: October 10 - 3:47:00 pm
  • Verdi: Messa da Requiem

    Sir Georg Solti, Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José Van Dam, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis & Chicago Symphony Orchestra, “Requiem: Libera Me”

    from Verdi: Messa da Requiem

    RCA Red Seal - 2004

    • Time: October 10 - 4:02:00 pm
  • Rosa Ponselle

    Rosa Ponselle, “Bellini: Norma: Casta Diva”

    from Rosa Ponselle

    Everest Records - 1972

    • Time: October 10 - 4:06:00 pm

  • Anna Moffo, “Bellini: I Puritani: Vien, diletto”

    from La Bellissima: The Debut Recordings: 1956-1959

    EMI - 1990

    • Time: October 10 - 4:12:00 pm

  • Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge, “Act III, Scene 3: Deh! non volerli vittime”

    from Bellini: Norma

    London - 1965

    • Time: October 10 - 4:18:00 pm

  • Carlos Kleiber, “Prelude & Introduction”

    from Verdi: La Traviata

    Deautsche Grammophon - 1977

    • Time: October 10 - 4:24:00 pm

  • Anna Netrebko, “La Traviata: No. 3 Scene ed Aria: "Sempre libera"”

    from Sempre Libera

    Deutsche Grammophon - 2004

    • Time: October 10 - 4:36:00 pm

  • Renata Scotto & Placid Domingo, “Puccini: Bimba dagli occhi (Madame Butterfly)”

    from Opera Arias

    Sony Essential Classics - 1991

    • Time: October 10 - 4:48:00 pm

  • Leontyne Price, Sir Georg Solti & Orchestra of the Rome Opera House, “Aïda, Act IV: Scene 2”

    from Verdi: Aïda

    Decca - 1962