Anna Moffo: A Tribute | VAI DVDVAI4383

Anna Moffo: A Tribute

£24.65

Currently out of stock at the UK suppliers. Available to order, but is likely to take longer than usual to despatch

Label: VAI

Cat No: DVDVAI4383

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 5th January 2009

Contents

Works

Donizetti, Gaetano

Lucia di Lammermoor
» Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce! ... Spargi d'amaro pianto

Gounod, Charles

Romeo et Juliette
» Helas! Moi, le hair

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» La ci darem la mano

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme
» Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (Act 1)
» O soave fanciulla (Act 1)
» Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Act 1)

Verdi, Giuseppe

La Traviata
» Dite alla giovine
» E strano, e strano ...Ah, fors'e lui
» Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) (Act 1)
» Madamigella Valery
» Pura siccome un angelo
» Sempre libera
» Un di felice, eterea (Act 1)

Artists

Anna Moffo (soprano)
Richard Tucker
Nicolai Gedda
George London
Sandor Konya
Gino Bechi
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus
Orchestra of the Rome Opera House
Rome Symphony Orchestra
RAI Chorus

Conductors

Donald Voorhees
Giuseppe Patane
Carlo Felice Cillario

Works

Donizetti, Gaetano

Lucia di Lammermoor
» Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce! ... Spargi d'amaro pianto

Gounod, Charles

Romeo et Juliette
» Helas! Moi, le hair

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» La ci darem la mano

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme
» Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (Act 1)
» O soave fanciulla (Act 1)
» Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Act 1)

Verdi, Giuseppe

La Traviata
» Dite alla giovine
» E strano, e strano ...Ah, fors'e lui
» Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) (Act 1)
» Madamigella Valery
» Pura siccome un angelo
» Sempre libera
» Un di felice, eterea (Act 1)

Artists

Anna Moffo (soprano)
Richard Tucker
Nicolai Gedda
George London
Sandor Konya
Gino Bechi
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus
Orchestra of the Rome Opera House
Rome Symphony Orchestra
RAI Chorus

Conductors

Donald Voorhees
Giuseppe Patane
Carlo Felice Cillario

About

Anna Moffo (1932-2006) was one of the most beloved American sopranos of her time, acclaimed for a voice and style which combined beauty and glamour with compelling emotional expression.

This DVD compilation includes her complete operatic performances on the Bell Telephone Hour, plus excerpts from two of her operatic films, La Traviata and Lucia. She is joined in the Bell Telephone Hour selections by Richard Tucker, Nicolai Gedda, George London and Sándor Kónya.

Contents:
PART ONE: BELL TELEPHONE HOUR
Telecast of September 29, 1961
La Boheme (Puccini) Act I Finale
- Che gelida manina
- Sì, mi chiamano Mìmì
- O soave fanciulla
with Richard Tucker

Telecast of April 27, 1962
La Traviata (Verdi)
- Brindisi: Libiamo, libiamo
- Un dì felice
with Nicolai Gedda and Chorus

Telecast of February 16, 1962
La Traviata (Verdi)
- È strano! È strano! . . . Ah, fors’è lui
- Sempre libera!

Don Giovanni (Mozart)
- Là ci darem la mano
with George London

Telecast of October 8, 1963 (black & white)
La Boheme (Puccini)
- Che gelida manina
- Si, mi chiamano Mimì
- O soave fanciulla
with Richard Tucker

Telecast of September 22, 1967
Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)
- Hélas! Moi, le haïr!
with Sandor Konya

PART TWO: OPERATIC FILMS
La Traviata (Verdi)
Directed by Mario Lanfranchi (1968)
- Madamigella Valéry?… Pura siccome un angelo
- Dite alla giovine
with Gino Bechi

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Directed by Mario Lanfranchi (1971)
- Mad Scene (part 1): Oh, giusto cielo!… Il dolce suono
- Mad Scene (part 2): Ardon gl’incensi… Spargi d’amaro pianto

82 minutes, Colour/B&W

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here