[Met Concert/Gala] CID:324090
James Levine Gala. Metropolitan Opera House: 04/27/1996., Broadcast / Telecast
(James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Broadcast / Telecast)
Metropolitan Opera House
April 27, 1996 Broadcast / Telecast
In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of James Levine's Metropolitan Opera Debut
JAMES LEVINE 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
Rienzi: Overture
Meropolitan Opera Orchestra
Scenery for Act I of FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
designed by Ezio Frigerio
Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Deborah Voigt
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Vladimir Chernov
Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete
Frederica von Stade
Don Carlo: Restate!...O signor, di Fiandra arrivo
Thomas Hampson
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Louise: Depuis le jour
Renée Fleming
L'Arlesiana: Č la solita storia
Richard Leech
The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I Quartet
Hei-Kyung Hong
Wendy White
Christine Goerke
Hĺkan Hagegĺrd
Un Ballo in Maschera: Fuggi fuggi
Ghena Dimitrova
Franco Farina
Juan Pons
Rusalka: Song to the Moon
Gabriela Benacková
L'Amico Fritz: Suzel buon dě
Angela Gheorghiu
Roberto Alagna
Giuditta: Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss
Ileana Cotrubas [Last appearance]
Don Carlo: O don fatale
Dolora Zajick
Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell
James Morris
Scenery for Act II of ARABELLA
designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Ernani: Final Trio
Deborah Voigt
Plácido Domingo
Roberto Scandiuzzi
Les Pęcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint
Roberto Alagna
Bryn Terfel
Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre
Ruth Ann Swenson
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller
Alfredo Kraus
La Damnation de Faust: D'amour l'ardente flamme
Jessye Norman
Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar
Dawn Upshaw
The Land of Smiles: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Jerry Hadley
Die Fledermaus: Dieser Anstand so manierlich
Karita Mattila
Hĺkan Hagegĺrd
Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria
Sherrill Milnes
Tristan und Isolde: Narrative and Curse
Waltraud Meier
Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti
Mark Oswald
Paul Plishka
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
Carlo Bergonzi
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Sextet
Florence Quivar
Rosalind Elias
Alfredo Kraus [Last Appearance]
Charles Anthony
James Courtney
Paul Plishka
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
La Forza del Destino: Madre, pietosa Vergine
Sharon Sweet
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Turandot: In questa reggia
Gwyneth Jones [Last appearance]
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Nabucco: Va Pensiero
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Nabucco: Del futuro nel buio discerno
Samuel Ramey
Scenery for Act II of TANNHAUSER
designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen
I Lombardi: Act III Prelude and Qual voluttŕ trascorrere
June Anderson
Carlo Bergonzi [Last Appearance]
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Raymond Gniewek, Violin
Eugene Onegin: Final Scene
Catherine Malfitano
Dwayne Croft
Cosě Fan Tutte: Prenderň quel brunettino
Carol Vaness
Susanne Mentzer
Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre ŕ ta voix
Grace Bumbry [Last appearance]
Un Ballo in Maschera: Morrň ma prima in grazia
Aprile Millo
Porgy and Bess: My man's gone now
Maria Ewing
Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene
Jane Eaglen
La Périchole: Ah quel diner je viens de faire
Frederica von Stade
Don Giovanni: Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate
Kiri Te Kanawa
Der Rosenkavalier: Final Trio
Renée Fleming
Anne Sofie von Otter
Heidi Grant Murphy
Faust: Act I Duet
Plácido Domingo
Samuel Ramey
Don Giovanni: Act II Sextet
Renée Fleming
Kiri Te Kanawa
Hei-Kyung Hong
Jerry Hadley
Bryn Terfel
Julien Robbins
Tribute to James Levine
Birgit Nilsson (who concluded her remarks with a few
unaccompanied measures of Brünnhilde's Battle Cry) [Last appearance]
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III Finale
James King [Last appearance]
Bernd Weikl [Last appearance]
John Macurdy
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............James Levine
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
TV Director.............Brian Large
Performance gift of Mrs. Emily Fisher Landau
The James Levine Gala began at 6 PM and ended shortly before 2 AM. After the
Meistersinger finale, the company assembled onstage to honor Maestro Levine.
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1995-96
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Levine, James]
- Gala Performance: [Voigt, Deborah]
- Gala Performance: [Chernov, Vladimir]
- Gala Performance: [Hampson, Thomas]
- Gala Performance: [Scandiuzzi, Roberto]
- Gala Performance: [Fleming, Renée]
- Gala Performance: [Leech, Richard]
- Gala Performance: [Hong, Hei-Kyung]
- Gala Performance: [White, Wendy]
- Gala Performance: [Goerke, Christine]
- Gala Performance: [Hagegard, Hakan]
- Gala Performance: [Dimitrova, Ghena]
- Gala Performance: [Farina, Franco]
- Gala Performance: [Pons, Juan]
- Gala Performance: [Benacková, Gabriela]
- Gala Performance: [Gheorghiu, Angela]
- Gala Performance: [Alagna, Roberto]
- Gala Performance: [Cotrubas, Ileana ]
- Gala Performance: [Zajick, Dolora]
- Gala Performance: [Morris, James]
- Gala Performance: [Domingo, Plácido]
- Gala Performance: [Terfel, Bryn]
- Gala Performance: [Swenson, Ruth Ann]
- Gala Performance: [Kraus, Alfredo]
- Gala Performance: [Norman, Jessye]
- Gala Performance: [Upshaw, Dawn]
- Gala Performance: [Hadley, Jerry]
- Gala Performance: [Mattila, Karita]
- Gala Performance: [Milnes, Sherrill]
- Gala Performance: [Meier, Waltraud]
- Gala Performance: [Oswald, Mark]
- Gala Performance: [Plishka, Paul]
- Gala Performance: [Bergonzi, Carlo]
- Gala Performance: [Quivar, Florence]
- Gala Performance: [Elias, Rosalind]
- Gala Performance: [Anthony, Charles]
- Gala Performance: [Courtney, James]
- Gala Performance: [Sweet, Sharon]
- Gala Performance: [Jones, Gwyneth]
- Gala Performance: [Ramey, Samuel]
- Gala Performance: [Anderson, June]
- Gala Performance: [Furlanetto, Ferruccio]
- Gala Performance: [Malfitano, Catherine]
- Gala Performance: [Croft, Dwayne]
- Gala Performance: [Vaness, Carol]
- Gala Performance: [Mentzer, Susanne]
- Gala Performance: [Bumbry, Grace]
- Gala Performance: [Millo, Aprile]
- Gala Performance: [Ewing, Maria]
- Gala Performance: [Eaglen, Jane]
- Gala Performance: [von Stade, Frederica]
- Gala Performance: [von Otter, Anne Sofie]
- Gala Performance: [Murphy, Heidi Grant ]
- Gala Performance: [Te Kanawa, Kiri]
- Gala Performance: [Robbins, Julien]
- Gala Performance: Remarks [Nilsson, Birgit]
- Gala Performance: [Weikl, Bernd]
- Gala Performance: [King, James]
- Gala Performance: [Macurdy, John]
- Gala Performance: TV Director [Large, Brian]
- 1995-96: James Levine Gala: Telecast
- James Levine Gala: 1995-96: Telecast
- 1995-96: James Levine Gala: Performance gift: Mrs. Emily Fisher Landau
- Landau, Mrs. Emily Fisher: 1995-96: Performance gift: James Levine Gala
- 1995-96: Gala Performance: 1 performance: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- Rienzi: Overture [Levine, James]
- Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Voigt, Deborah/Levine, James]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Chernov, Vladimir/Levine, James]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete [von Stade, Frederica/Levine, James]
- Don Carlo: Restate! O signor, di Fiandra arrivo [Hampson, Thomas/Scandiuzzi, Roberto/Levine, James]
- Louise: Depuis le jour [Fleming, Renée/Levine, James]
- L'Arlesiana: Č la solita storia [Leech, Richard/Levine, James]
- The Ghosts of Versailles: Act I Quartet [Hong, Hei-Kyung/White, Wendy/Goerke, Christine/Hagegard, Hakan/Levine, James]
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Fuggi fuggi [Dimitrova, Ghena/Farina, Franco/Pons, Juan/Levine, James]
- Rusalka: Song to the Moon [Benacková, Gabriela/Levine, James]
- L'Amico Fritz: Suzel buon dě [Gheorghiu, Angela/Alagna, Roberto/Levine, James]
- Giuditta: Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss [Cotrubas, Ileana/Levine, James]
- Don Carlo: O don fatale [Zajick, Dolora/Levine, James]
- Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell [Morris, James/Levine, James]
- Ernani: Final Trio [Voigt, Deborah/Domingo, Plácido/Scandiuzzi, Roberto/Levine, James]
- Les Pęcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint [Alagna, Roberto/Terfel, Bryn/Levine, James]
- Roméo et Juliette: Je veux vivre [Swenson, Ruth Ann/Levine, James]
- Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? [Kraus, Alfredo/Levine, James]
- La Damnation de Faust: D'amour l'ardente flamme [Norman, Jessye/Levine, James]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar [Upshaw, Dawn/Levine, James]
- The Land of Smiles: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz [Hadley, Jerry/Levine, James]
- Die Fledermaus: Dieser Anstand so manierlich [Mattila, Karita/Hagegard, Hakan/Levine, James]
- Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria? [Milnes, Sherrill/Levine, James]
- Tristan und Isolde: Narrative and Curse [Meier, Waltraud/Levine, James]
- Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente [Oswald, Mark/Plishka, Paul/Levine, James]
- Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido [Bergonzi, Carlo/Levine, James]
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Sextet [Quivar/Elias/Kraus/Anthony/Courtney/Plishka/Levine]
- La Forza del Destino: Madre, pietosa Vergine [Sweet, Sharon/Levine, James]
- Turandot: In questa reggia [Jones, Gwyneth/Levine, James]
- Nabucco: Va, pensiero [Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Levine, James]
- Nabucco: Del futuro nel buio discerno [Ramey, Samuel/Levine, James]
- I Lombardi: Act III Prelude and Qual voluttŕ trascorrere [Gniewek, Raymond/Anderson, June/Bergonzi, Carlo/Furlanetto, Ferruccio/Levine, James]
- Eugene Onegin: Final Scene [Malfitano, Catherine/Croft, Dwayne/Levine, James]
- Cosě Fan Tutte: Prenderň quel brunettino [Vaness, Carol/Mentzer, Susanne/Levine, James]
- Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre ŕ ta voix [Bumbry, Grace/Levine, James]
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Morrň, ma prima in grazia [Millo, Aprile/Levine, James]
- Porgy and Bess: My man's gone now [Ewing, Maria/Levine, James]
- Götterdämmerung: Immolation Scene [Eaglen, Jane/Levine James]
- La Périchole: Ah quel diner je viens de faire [von Stade, Frederica/Levine, James]
- Don Giovanni: Mi tradě quell'alma ingrata [Te Kanawa, Kiri/Levine, James]
- Der Rosenkavalier: Final Trio [von Otter, Anne Sofie/Fleming, Renée/Murphy, Heidi Grant/Levine, James]
- Faust: Act I Duet [Domingo, Plácido/Ramey, Samuel/Levine, James]
- Don Giovanni: Act II Sextet [Fleming, Renée/Te Kanawa, Kiri/Hong, Hei-Kyung/Terfel, Bryn/Robbins, Julien/Levine, James]
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III Finale [Weikl, Bernd/King, James/Macurdy, John/Levine, James]
Met Careers
- Alagna, Roberto [Tenor]
- Anderson, June [Soprano]
- Anthony, Charles [Tenor]
- Benacková, Gabriela [Soprano]
- Bergonzi, Carlo [Tenor]
- Bumbry, Grace [Soprano]
- Chernov, Vladimir [Baritone]
- Cotrubas, Ileana [Soprano]
- Courtney, James [Bass Baritone]
- Croft, Dwayne [Baritone]
- Dimitrova, Ghena [Soprano]
- Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
- Eaglen, Jane [Soprano]
- Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
- Ewing, Maria [Mezzo Soprano]
- Farina, Franco [Tenor]
- Fleming, Renée [Soprano]
- Furlanetto, Ferruccio [Bass]
- Gheorghiu, Angela [Soprano]
- Goerke, Christine [Soprano]
- Hadley, Jerry [Tenor]
- Hagegard, Hakan [Baritone]
- Hampson, Thomas [Baritone]
- Hong, Hei-Kyung [Soprano]
- Jones, Gwyneth [Soprano]
- King, James [Tenor]
- Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor]
- Large, Brian [TV Director]
- Leech, Richard [Tenor]
- Levine, James [Conductor]
- Macurdy, John [Bass]
- Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano]
- Mattila, Karita [Soprano]
- Meier, Waltraud [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
- Mentzer, Susanne [Mezzo Soprano]
- Millo, Aprile [Soprano]
- Milnes, Sherrill [Baritone]
- Morris, James [Bass]
- Murphy, Heidi Grant [Soprano]
- Nilsson, Birgit [Speaker]
- Norman, Jessye [Soprano]
- Oswald, Mark [Baritone]
- Plishka, Paul [Bass]
- Pons, Juan [Baritone]
- Quivar, Florence [Mezzo Soprano]
- Ramey, Samuel [Bass]
- Robbins, Julien [Bass]
- Scandiuzzi, Roberto [Bass]
- Sweet, Sharon [Soprano]
- Swenson, Ruth Ann [Soprano]
- Te Kanawa, Kiri [Soprano]
- Terfel, Bryn [Bass Baritone]
- Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano]
- Vaness, Carol [Soprano]
- Voigt, Deborah [Soprano]
- von Otter, Anne Sofie [Mezzo Soprano]
- von Stade, Frederica [Mezzo Soprano]
- Weikl, Bernd [Baritone]
- White, Wendy [Mezzo Soprano]
- Zajick, Dolora [Mezzo Soprano]
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