Simon Boccanegra with Plácido, Peter and Cheryl

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This weekend Plácido Domingo makes his much-anticipated baritone debut
in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s politically-charged Simon Boccanegra.
Peter Fox Smith and Cheryl Willoughby host the opera, and share an
afternoon of their new and favorite operatic recordings.

Playlist:
3:13 am
  • The Tales of Hoffmann: C'est l'amour
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra & Chorus
  • Soloists: Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Fabio Luisi
  • CD/Album: Aria Cantilena
  • Record co./Cat #: DG 8235
3:18 am
  • The Grande Duchess of Gerolstein: Ah, que j'aime les militaires (aria: Oh! How I love soldiers!)
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Ensemble: Dresden State Orchestra & Chorus
  • Soloists: Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Fabio Luisi
  • CD/Album: Aria Cantilena
  • Record co./Cat #: DG 8235
4:44 am
  • La Boheme: Musetta's Waltz
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Soloists: Marta Eggerth
  • CD/Album: My Life My Song
  • Record co./Cat #: Patria 3000
4:52 am
  • Trubaduren: Di quella pira
  • Composer: Guisseppi Verdi
  • Soloists: Jussi Bjorling
  • CD/Album: Rare & Alternative Recordings: 1933-1949
  • Record co./Cat #: Bluebell 16
12:04 pm
  • Auf Flugeln des Gesanges , Opus 34/2
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  • Soloists: Elly Ameling, soprano ; Rudolf Jansen, piano
  • CD/Album: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges: On Wings of Song
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 422-333
12:08 pm
  • Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
  • Soloists: Renee Fleming
  • Conductor: Marco Armiliato
  • CD/Album: Verismo
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:12 pm
  • La Boheme: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Coro E Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi
  • Soloists: Renee Fleming
  • Conductor: Marco Armiliato
  • CD/Album: Verismo
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:18 pm
  • Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata!
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: Coro e orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
  • Soloists: Renee Fleming
  • Conductor: Marco Armiliato
  • CD/Album: Verismo
  • Record co./Cat #: Decca 13279
12:34 pm
  • The New Moon: Lover, Come Back to Me
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett ; Stewart Wille, piano
  • CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
  • Record co./Cat #: MET 219
12:37 pm
  • Music in the Air: The Song is You
  • Composer: Jerome Kern
  • Soloists: Lawrence Tibbett
  • Conductor: Nathaniel Shilkret
  • CD/Album: Portraits in Memory
  • Record co./Cat #: MET 219
12:38 pm
  • Madame Butterfly: Un bel di, vedremo
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Licia Albanese, soprano
  • Conductor: Frieder Weissmann
  • CD/Album: Licia Albanese: Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 60384
12:40 pm
  • Suspiros de Espana (Longing for Spain)
  • Composer: Antonio Alvarez Alonso
  • Ensemble: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
  • Soloists: Placido Domingo, tenor
  • Conductor: Miguel Roa
  • CD/Album: Pasion Espanola
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 10989
12:44 pm
  • Ojos verdes (Green Eyes)
  • Composer: Manuel Lopez-Quiroga Y Miquel
  • Ensemble: Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid
  • Soloists: Placido Domingo, tenor ; Jose Maria Gallardo del Rey, guitar
  • Conductor: Miguel Roa
  • CD/Album: Pasion Espanola
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 10989
12:50 pm
  • Madama Butterfly: Morte di Butterfly
  • Composer: Giacomo Puccini
  • Ensemble: RCA Victor Orchestra
  • Soloists: Licia Albanese
  • Conductor: Victor Trucco
  • CD/Album: Licia Albanese: Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 60384

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