Risë Stevens Remembered

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We celebrate the artistry of the American mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens.

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
12:04 pm
  • Carmen: Habanera
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
  • Release Year: 1951
12:08 pm
  • Carmen: Seguidilla
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
  • Release Year: 1951
12:12 pm
  • Carmen: "Les tringles des sistres tinaient"
  • Composer: Georges Bizet
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Paula Lenchner, soprano ; Margaret Roggero, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: Bizet - Carmen
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 7981
  • Release Year: 1951
12:17 pm
  • Porgy and Bess: "My Man's Gone Now"
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
  • CD/Album: A Collector's Porgy and Bess
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA AVM1-1742 [vinyl]
  • Release Year: 1978
12:21 pm
  • Il trovatore: "Ai nostri monti"
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; James Melton, tenor
  • Record co./Cat #: Private recording
12:25 pm
  • Orfeo ed Euridice: "Chiamo il mio ben"
  • Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Lisa Della Casa, soprano
  • Conductor: Pierre Monteux
  • CD/Album: Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2253 [vinyl]
  • Release Year: 1958
12:33 pm
  • Orfeo ed Euridice: "Che fiero momento; Che farò seza Euridice"
  • Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
  • Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Pierre Monteux
  • CD/Album: Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA LM-2253 [vinyl]
  • Release Year: 1958
12:47 pm
  • The Merry Widow: Waltz
  • Composer: Franz Lehár
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Dennis Morgan, tenor
  • Conductor: Max Rudolf
  • CD/Album: The Merry Widow
  • Record co./Cat #: Columbia ML 2064 [vinyl]
12:50 pm
  • Der Rosenkavalier: "Ist ein Traum"
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Risë Stevens, mezzo-soprano ; Erna Berger, soprano
  • Conductor: Fritz Reiner
  • CD/Album: RCA Met 100 Singers 100 Years
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 61580
  • Release Year: 1984

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