A program of operatic duets by singers who were married to each other – plus the February "Mystery Voice Quiz."
Mr. & Mrs.
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
- CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
- Release Year: 2000
12:03 pm
- L'amico Fritz: Cherry Duet
- Composer: Pietro Mascagni
- Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Soloists: Angela Gheorghiu, soprano ; Roberto Alagna, tenor
- Conductor: Richard Armstrong
- CD/Album: Alagna & Gheorghiu - Arias & Duets
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 10031
- Release Year: 1996
12:12 pm
- Roméo et Juliette: "Nuit d'hyménée"
- Composer: Charles Gounod
- Ensemble: San Francisco Opera Association Orchestra
- Soloists: Jussi Björling, tenor ; Anna-Lisa Björling, soprano
- Conductor: Gaetano Merola
- CD/Album: Jussi Björling - "L'Ospite Radiofonico"
- Record co./Cat #: Urania 22.120
- Release Year: 1999
12:22 pm
- I barbiere di Siviglia: "Ma bravi! ma benone"
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Soloists: Roberta Peters, soprano ; Robert Merrill, baritone
- Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
- CD/Album: Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6505
- Release Year: 1987
12:30 pm
- Werther: "Dividerci dobbiam"
- Composer: Jules Massenet
- Soloists: Pia Tassinari, soprano ; Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
- CD/Album: Pia Tassinari and Ferruccio Tagliavini in Opera Duets
- Record co./Cat #: Cetra A-50,018 [vinyl]
12:42 pm
- Bluebeard's Castle: Conclusion
- Composer: Béla Bartók
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano ; Walter Berry, bass-baritone
- Conductor: Istvan Kertesz
- CD/Album: Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle
- Record co./Cat #: London OSA 1158 [vinyl]
- Release Year: 1966
12:52 pm
- Porgy and Bess: "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
- Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano ; William Warfield, bass-baritone
- Conductor: Skitch Henderson
- CD/Album: Opera's Greatest Duets
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 62699
- Release Year: 1994