[Met Concert/Gala] CID:333360
Plácido Domingo 60th Birthday Concert. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/21/2001.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 21, 2001


PLÁCIDO DOMINGO 60TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT

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


La Forza del Destino: Overture
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Maravilla (Torroba): Romanza de Rafael
Plácido Domingo

La Périchole: Tu n'es pas beau
Frederica von Stade


Don Carlo: Act IV, Scene 1

Elizabeth of Valois.....Sondra Radvanovsky
Princess Eboli..........Olga Borodina
Philip II...............Samuel Ramey
Rodrigo.................Thomas Hampson
Grand Inquisitor........Sergei Koptchak
Count of Lerma..........Mariusz Kwiecien


Macbeth: Vieni t'affretta
Deborah Voigt

Otello: Niun mi tema
Plácido Domingo

William Tell: Overture
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Rigoletto: La donna e mobile
Luciano Pavarotti

Montsalvage: Madrigal sobre un tema populaire
Frederica von Stade


Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2

Leonora.................Deborah Voigt
Manrico.................Plácido Domingo
Azucena.................Elena Zaremba
Count Di Luna...........Mariusz Kwiecien

Presentation:
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Joseph Volpe

[Note: The Operatic scenes were not staged. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani presented Plácido Domingo with a proclamation and keys to the city; General Manager Joseph Volpe presented him with a crystal replica of the Metropolitan Opera house.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 2000-01
• Concert: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Concert: [Domingo, Plácido]
• Concert: [von Stade, Frederica]
• Concert: [Radvanovsky, Sondra]
• Concert: [Borodina, Olga]
• Concert: [Ramey, Samuel]
• Concert: [Hampson, Thomas]
• Concert: [Koptchak, Sergei]
• Concert: [Kwiecien, Mariusz]
• Concert: [Voigt, Deborah]
• Concert: [Pavarotti, Luciano]
• Concert: [Zaremba, Elena]
Selection/Excerpt
• La Forza del Destino: Overture [Levine, James]
• Maravilla (Torroba): Romanza de Rafael [Domingo, Plácido/Levine, James]
• La Périchole: Tu n'es pas beau [von Stade, Frederica/Levine, James]
• Don Carlo: Act IV, Scene 1 [Radvanovsky, Sondra/Borodina, Olga/Ramey, Samuel/Hampson, Thomas/Kwiecien, Mariusz/Koptchack, Sergei/Levine, James]
• Macbeth: Vieni t'affretta [Voigt, Deborah/Levine, James]
• Otello: Niun mi tema [Domingo, Plácido/Levine, James]
• William Tell: Overture [Levine, James]
• Rigoletto: La donna e mobile [Pavarotti, Luciano/Levine, James]
• Montsalvage: Madrigal sobre un tema populaire [von Stade, Frederica/Levine, James]
• Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2 [Domingo, Plácido/Voigt, Deborah/Zaremba, Elena/Kwiecien, Mariusz/Levine, James]
Met Careers
• Borodina, Olga [Mezzo Soprano]
• Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
• Giuliani, Rudolph [Speaker]
• Hampson, Thomas [Baritone]
• Koptchak, Sergei [Bass]
• Kwiecien, Mariusz [Baritone]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Pavarotti, Luciano [Tenor]
• Radvanovsky, Sondra [Soprano]
• Ramey, Samuel [Bass]
• Voigt, Deborah [Soprano]
• Volpe, Joseph [Speaker]
• von Stade, Frederica [Mezzo Soprano]
• Zaremba, Elena [Mezzo Soprano]