Tchaikovsky’s opera The Queen of Spades is heard live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera – followed by our monthly Name-That-Singer Opera Quiz.
The Queen of Spades
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Playlist:
12:58 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983
1:06 pm
- The Queen of Spades: Act I
- Composer: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Karita Mattila, soprano ; Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano ; Vladimir Galouzine, tenor ; Peter Mattei, baritone ; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano ; Alexey Markov, baritone
- Conductor: Andris Nelsons
- Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
- Release Year: 2011
2:41 pm
- The Queen of Spades: Acts II & III
- Composer: Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Karita Mattila, soprano ; Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano ; Vladimir Galouzine, tenor ; Peter Mattei, baritone ; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano ; Alexey Markov, baritone
- Conductor: Andris Nelsons
- Record co./Cat #: Met Broadcast
- Release Year: 2011
4:37 pm
- Cäcilie , Op. 27, No. 2
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Soloists: Karita Mattila, soprano
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Strauss: Four Last Songs - Orchestral Songs
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445182
- Release Year: 1999
4:40 pm
- Waldseligkeit , Op. 49, No. 1
- Composer: Richard Strauss
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Soloists: Karita Mattila, soprano
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Strauss: Four Last Songs - Orchestral Songs
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 445182
- Release Year: 1999
4:42 pm
- Demanten på marssnön , Op. 36, No. 6
- Composer: Jean Sibelius
- Soloists: Karita Mattila, soprano ; Ilmo Ranta, piano
- CD/Album: Sibelius: Songs
- Record co./Cat #: Ondine 856
- Release Year: 1995
4:47 pm
- Das Rheingold (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor ; James Morris, bass-baritone ; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano ; Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano ; Diane Kesling, mezzo-soprano ; Meredith Parsons, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: James Levine
- CD/Album: Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 427607
- Release Year: 1989
4:57 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983