[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351533
Gala Celebration in honor of Joseph Volpe. Metropolitan Opera House: 05/20/2006., Broadcast / Telecast
(Broadcast / Telecast)
Metropolitan Opera House
May 20, 2006 Delayed Broadcast / Telecast
Pension Fund Benefit
GALA CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF JOSEPH VOLPE
Celebrating the 42 Year Career at the Metropolitan Opera of General Manager Joseph Volpe
Scenery for the Prologue of Ariadne auf Naxos
Designed by Michael Yeargan
Ben Moore: We're Very Concerned
Deborah Voigt
Brian Zeger, piano [First appearance]
Russlan and Ludmila: Overture
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Peter Schneider, Conductor
Semiramide: La speranza più soave
Juan Diego Flórez
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
L'Italiana in Algeri: Viva, viva...Oh che muso
Olga Borodina
Ildar Abdrazakov
David Won
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Sorozabal: La Tabernera del Puerto: No puede ser
Plácido Domingo
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Nacio Herb Brown: Je cherche un millionnaire
Frederica von Stade
Brian Zeger, piano
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Bill Irwin
Scenery for Act I of La Traviata
Designed by Franco Zeffirelli
La Sonnambula: Ah! Non credea, mirarti...Ah! Non giunge
Natalie Dessay
Le Nozze di Figaro: Vedrò mentr'io sospiro
Dwayne Croft
Kern: Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man
Denyce Graves
Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Renée Fleming
Conductor...............Patrick Summers
Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
James Morris
Les Troyens: Je vais mourir
Waltraud Meier
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song
Ben Heppner
Die Tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)
Kiri Te Kanawa
Conductor...............Peter Schneider
Video Tribute: Master of the House
Introduced by Jean Volpe
Video produced and directed by Peter Rosen
Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz
Deborah Voigt
Peter Schneider, Conductor
Lara: Granada
Plácido Domingo
Marco Armiliato, Conductor
Moore/Troob: The Audience Song
Susan Graham
Patrick Summers, Conductor
Lohengrin: Act III Prelude
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Ah! que j'aime les militaires!
Stephanie Blythe
Die Tote Stadt: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot's Tanzlied)
Thomas Hampson
Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie
Samuel Ramey
Conductor...............James Conlon
Scenery for Act II of Don Carlo
Designed by David Reppa
Cyrano de Bergerac: Je jette avec grâce mon feutre
Roberto Alagna
Plácido Domingo, Conductor
Don Carlo: Per me giunto
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò
René Pape
La Favorite: O mon Fernand
Dolora Zajick
Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
Waltraud Meier
Wendy White
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............Marco Armiliato
Scenery for Act II of Die Fledermaus
Designed by Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Così Fan Tutte: Ah guarda sorella
Kiri Te Kanawa
Frederica Von Stade
Così Fan Tutte: Soave sia il vento
Renée Fleming
Susan Graham
Thomas Hampson
The Merry Widow: Vilja
Karita Mattila
The Merry Widow: Lippen schweigen
Karita Mattila
Thomas Hampson
Conductor...............Patrick Summers
J. Strauss: Éljen a Magyar Polka
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Robert La Fosse, Choreographer
La Clemenza di Tito: Parto, parto
Susan Graham
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Conductor...............Peter Schneider
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Ramón Vargas
Plácido Domingo, Conductor
Tribute
Mirella Freni
Fidelio: Act II Finale
Karita Mattila
Ben Heppner
René Pape
James Morris
Matthew Polenzani
Rachelle Durkin
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Peter Schneider, Conductor
Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs [Encore]
Renée Fleming
Patrick Summers, piano
Gala photos by Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 2005-06
- Gala Performance: [Voigt, Deborah]
- Gala Performance: Piano [Zeger, Brian]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Gergiev, Valery]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Schneider, Peter]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Armiliato, Marco]
- Gala Performance: [Flórez, Juan Diego]
- Gala Performance: [Borodina, Olga]
- Gala Performance: [Abdrazakov, Ildar]
- Gala Performance: [Won, David]
- Gala Performance: [Domingo, Plácido]
- Gala Performance: [von Stade, Frederica]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Summers, Patrick]
- Gala Performance: [Irwin, Bill]
- Gala Performance: [Dessay, Natalie]
- Gala Performance: [Croft, Dwayne]
- Gala Performance: [Graves, Denyce]
- Gala Performance: [Fleming, Renée]
- Gala Performance: [Morris, James]
- Gala Performance: [Meier, Waltraud]
- Gala Performance: [Heppner, Ben]
- Gala Performance: [Te Kanawa, Kiri]
- Gala Performance: Speaker [Volpe, Jean]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Conlon, James]
- Gala Performance: [Blythe, Stephanie]
- Gala Performance: [Hampson, Thomas]
- Gala Performance: [Ramey, Samuel]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Domingo, Plácido]
- Gala Performance: [Alagna, Roberto]
- Gala Performance: [Hvorostovsky, Dmitri]
- Gala Performance: [Pape, René]
- Gala Performance: [Zajick, Dolora]
- Gala Performance: [White, Wendy]
- Gala Performance: [Mattila, Karita]
- Gala Performance: [Vargas, Ramón]
- Gala Performance: Speaker [Freni, Mirella]
- Gala Performance: [Polenzani, Matthew]
- Gala Performance: [Durkin, Rachelle]
- Gala Performance: Piano [Summers, Patrick]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Volpe, Joseph]
- Gala Performance: TV Director [Large, Brian]
- Volpe Gala: 2005-06: photos
- 2005-06: Volpe Gala: Telecast
- Volpe Gala: 2005-06: Telecast
Selection/Excerpt
- Moore: We're very concerned [Voigt, Deborah/Zeger, Brian]
- Russlan and Ludmila: Overture [Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Gergiev, Valery]
- Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests [Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Schneider, Peter]
- Semiramide: La speranza più soave [Flórez, Juan Diego/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Armiliato, Marco]
- L'Italiana in Algeri: Viva, viva...Oh, che muso [Borodina, Olga/Abdrazakov, Ildar/Won, David/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Armiliato, Marco]
- Sorozabel: La Tabernera del Puerto: No puede ser [Domingo, Plácido/Armiliato, Marco]
- Brown: Je cherche un millionnaire [von Stade, Frederica/Zeger, Brian]
- Eugene Onegin: Polonaise [Metropolitan Opera Ballet/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Irwin, Bill/Summers, Patrick]
- La Sonnambula: Ah! Non credea, mirarti...Ah! Non giunge [Dessay, Natalie/Summers, Patrick]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Vedrò mentr'io sospiro [Croft, Dwayne/Summers, Patrick]
- Show Boat: Can't help lovin' dat man [Graves, Denyce/Summers, Patrick]
- Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida [Fleming, Renée/Summers, Patrick]
- Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um [Morris, James/Schneider, Peter]
- Les Troyens: Je vais mourir [Meier, Waltraud/Schneider, Peter]
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song [Heppner, Ben/Schneider, Peter]
- Die Tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) [Te Kanawa, Kiri/Schneider, Peter]
- Video Tribute: Master of the House [Rosen, Peter]
- Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz [Voigt, Deborah/Schneider, Peter]
- Lara: Granada [Domingo, Plácido/Armiliato, Marco]
- Moore: The Audience Song [Graham, Susan/Summers, Patrick]
- Lohengrin: Act III Prelude [Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Conlon, James]
- La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Ah! que j'aime les militaires! [Blythe, Stephanie/Conlon, James]
- Die Tote Stadt: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot's Tanzlied) [Hampson, Thomas/Conlon, James]
- Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Ramey, Samuel/Conlon, James]
- Cyrano de Bergerac: Je jette avec grâce mon feutre [Alagna, Roberto/Domingo, Plácido]
- Don Carlo: Per me giunto [Hvorostovsky, Dmitri/Gergiev, Valery]
- Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [Pape, René/Armiliato, Marco]
- La Favorite: O mon Fernand [Zajick, Dolora/Armiliato, Marco]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn [Meier, Waltraud/White, Wendy/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Armiliato, Marco]
- Così Fan Tutte: Ah guarda, sorella [Te Kanawa, Kiri/von Stade, Frederica/Summers, Patrick]
- Così Fan Tutte: Soave sia il vento [Fleming, Renée/Graham, Susan/Hampson, Thomas/Summers, Patrick]
- The Merry Widow: Vilja [Mattila, Karita/Summers, Patrick]
- The Merry Widow: Lippen schweigen [Mattila, Karita/Hampson, Thomas/Summers, Patrick]
- J. Strauss: Éljen a Magyar Polka [Metropolitan Opera Ballet/Summers, Patrick]
- La Clemenza di Tito: Parto, parto [Graham, Susan/McGill, AnthonySummers, Patrick]
- L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima [Vargas, Ramón/Domingo, Plácido]
- Fidelio: Act II Finale [Mattila, Karita/Heppner, Ben/Pape, René/Morris, James/Polenzani, Matthew/Durkin, Rachelle/Schneider, Peter]
- Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs [Fleming, Renée/Summers, Patrick]
Met Careers
- Abdrazakov, Ildar [Bass Baritone]
- Alagna, Roberto [Tenor]
- Armiliato, Marco [Conductor]
- Blythe, Stephanie [Mezzo Soprano]
- Borodina, Olga [Mezzo Soprano]
- Conlon, James [Conductor]
- Croft, Dwayne [Baritone]
- Dessay, Natalie [Soprano]
- Domingo, Plácido [Conductor]
- Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
- Durkin, Rachelle [Soprano]
- Fleming, Renée [Soprano]
- Flórez, Juan Diego [Tenor]
- Freni, Mirella [Speaker]
- Gergiev, Valery [Conductor]
- Graham, Susan [Mezzo Soprano]
- Graves, Denyce [Mezzo Soprano]
- Hampson, Thomas [Baritone]
- Heppner, Ben [Tenor]
- Hvorostovsky, Dmitri [Baritone]
- Irwin, Bill [Actor]
- Large, Brian [TV Director]
- Mattila, Karita [Soprano]
- McGill, Anthony [Clarinet]
- Meier, Waltraud [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
- Morris, James [Bass]
- Pape, René [Bass]
- Polenzani, Matthew [Tenor]
- Ramey, Samuel [Bass]
- Schneider, Peter [Conductor]
- Summers, Patrick [Conductor]
- Summers, Patrick [Piano]
- Te Kanawa, Kiri [Soprano]
- Vargas, Ramón [Tenor]
- Voigt, Deborah [Soprano]
- Volpe, Jean [Speaker]
- Volpe, Joseph [Guest]
- von Stade, Frederica [Mezzo Soprano]
- White, Wendy [Mezzo Soprano]
- Won, David [Baritone]
- Zeger, Brian [Piano]
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