[Met Concert/Gala] CID:306000
Gala Performance. Metropolitan Opera House: 09/23/1991., Broadcast / Telecast

(Opening Night {107}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager

25th Anniversary of Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center
Broadcast / Telecast)


Metropolitan Opera House
September 23, 1991 Broadcast / Telecast
Opening Night {107}

Joseph Volpe, General Director

In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Metropolitan Opera House
at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts


GALA PERFORMANCE

Rigoletto: Act III

Rigoletto...............Leo Nucci
Gilda...................Cheryl Studer
Duke....................Luciano Pavarotti
Maddalena...............Birgitta Svendén
Sparafucile.............Nicolai Ghiaurov

Production..............Otto Schenk
Stage Director..........Sharon Thomas
Designer................Zack Brown
TV Director.............Brian Large


Otello: Act III

Otello..................Plácido Domingo
Desdemona...............Mirella Freni
Iago....................Justino Díaz
Emilia..................Sondra Kelly
Cassio..................Uwe Heilmann
Lodovico................Paul Plishka
Roderigo................Charles Anthony
Herald..................Dwayne Croft

Production..............Franco Zeffirelli
Stage Director..........Fabrizio Melano
Set designer............Franco Zeffirelli
Costume designer........Peter J. Hall
TV Director.............Brian Large


Die Fledermaus: Act II

Rosalinde...............Barbara Daniels
Gabriel.................Hermann Prey
Adele...................Barbara Kilduff
Orlofsky................Anne Sofie von Otter
Falke...................Dwayne Croft
Frank...................Gottfried Hornik
Ida.....................Grace Millo
Ivan....................Andrij Dobriansky

Surprise Guest Artists appearing at Prince Orlofsky's party:

Die Zauberflöte: Papageno Aria
Hermann Prey

La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Ah! que j'aime les militaires
Frederica von Stade

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Thomas Hampson

Mignon: Je suis Titania
June Anderson

West Side Story: Maria
Sherrill Milnes

Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta
Aprile Millo

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Ferruccio Furlanetto

Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Kathleen Battle

Man of La Mancha: The Impossible Dream
Samuel Ramey

Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella
Mirella Freni

La Bohème: O Mimì tu più non torni
Luciano Pavarotti
Plácido Domingo

Production..............Otto Schenk
Stage Director..........Paul Mills
Set designer............Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer........Peter J. Hall
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
TV Director.............Brian Large

Conductor...............James Levine

Telecast: Metropolitan Opera Presents

This performance was transmitted live over cable television systems as the company's first home pay-per-view presentation.


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