Great opera singers Gundula Janowitz, Rita Streich, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff

Title:

Author:

Janowitz, Gundula.

Edition:

Classic archive.

Publication Information:

[S.l.] : EMI Classics, 2004.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

"This DVD contains an electronic booklet in pdf form with authoritative essay and archive photographs which can be accessed from any computer equipped with DVD-ROM and Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0"--Container.

Contents:

Gundula Janowitz: Der Freischütz. Wie nahte mir der Schlummer ... Leise, leise (Peter Maag, condutor) ; Tannhèauser. Dich, teure Halle, grüss ich wieder / Richard Wagner (Alain Lombard, conductor) -- Rita Streich: Oh! mio babbino caro / Giacomo Puccini ; Linda di Chamounix. Ah! tardai troppo / Gaetano Donizetti ; Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh, vieni, non tardar / Wolfang Amadeus Mozart ; Rusalka. Mesicku na nebi hlubokem / Antonin Dvorak (Hans Wallat, conductor) -- Tito Gobbi: Falstaff. Ehi! taverniere! ; Otello. Vanne ... Credo in un Dio crudel / Giuseppe Verdi ; Gianni Schicchi. La vedete Firenze? ; Tosca. Tre sbirri .. Va', Tosca / Giacomo Puccini (Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Boris Christoff: Oj! dushno! dushno! svetu! : Boris's death / Modest Mussorgsky (Eric Robinson, conductor) -- Bonus: Elizabeth Grümmer, Isabel Strauss and Ernest Blanc sing an excerpt from Lohengrin: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen ; Elsa! Wer ruft? (Richard Kraus, conductor) -- Wolfgang Windgassen and Gottlob Frick sing excerpts from Parsifal: Amfortas! Die Wunde ; So ward es uns verhiessen ; Du siehst, das ist nich so ... Mittag. Die Stund' ist da ; Nur eine Waffe taugt ... Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (Georges Sebastian, conductor).

Abstract:

Important twentieth century opera singers perform arias and scenes by Wagner, Puccini, Verdi, and more.

Subject Term:

Operas -- Excerpts.

Genre:

Operas.

Added Author:

Janowitz, Gundula.

Streich, Rita, 1920-1987.

Gobbi, Tito.

Christoff, Boris.

Grümmer, Elisabeth.