| Tamerlano - Act I - Cielo e terra - Placido Domingo - 250 sec Placido Domingo (in the red and yellow robe) sings the aria "Cielo e terra armi di sdegno" from Act I of Handel's opera Tamerlano.
From a May 22, 2008 performance.
(Soprano Sarah Coburn is also onstage in the pink dress with Domingo.) Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano Sarah Coburn Washington DC National opera tenor baroque aria  |
| Tamerlano - Act I - Forte, e lieto a morte - Placido Domingo - 471 sec Placido Domingo (in the red and yellow robe) sings the Bajazet's opening aria "Forte, e lieto a morte andrei" and preceding recitative from Act I of Handel's opera Tamerlano.
From a May 22, 2008 performance. (Patricia Bardon also appears in a trouser role.) Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano Washington DC National opera tenor baroque aria Forte lieto morte andrei  |
| Placido Domingo - The First Emperor - Act I Aria (2008) - 449 sec Placido Domingo sings the aria "The Shadow Haunts Me Wherever I Go" from Tan Dun's opera, The First Emperor. This is from the revised version of the opera for the 2007-2008 season (the season following its premiere). Compare this performance with the Met Broadcast version from the previous season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgQVo47IZY
From a May 14, 2008 performance in NY. Bass Hao Jiang Tian and soprano Sarah Coburn also appear in this scene. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo first emperor tan dun tenor aria opera metropolitan new york chinese tenore 1st Hao Jiang Tian  |
| Tamerlano - Act III - A dispetto d'un volto - David Daniels - 298 sec Countertenor David Daniels sings the aria "A dispetto d'un volto ingrato" from Act III of Handel's opera Tamerlano. (Placido Domingo is in the white robe to the right.)
From an April 30, 2008 performance. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Handel Tamerlano David Daniels Washington National Opera DC Baroque countertenor aria dispetto d'un volto ingrato  |
| Salvatore Licitra - Un Ballo in Maschera - Act III aria - 322 sec Salvatore Licitra sings the aria "Ma se m'è forza perderti" from Act III of Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Un Ballo in Maschera.
From a December 2008 performance. (Sorry for such poor picture quality and for it not being focused in the proper direction for much of the time. It does, however, I think give a fairly good impression of what Licitra sounds like in the house. Sorry too for all the extraneous noise toward the beginning of the clip.) Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Salvatore Licitra Un Ballo in Maschera aria metropolitan opera met tenore italiano masked ball Giuseppe Verdi  |
| Tamerlano - Act II - A suoi piedi padre - Placido Domingo - 497 sec Placido Domingo sings the aria "A suoi piedi padre esangue" from Act II of Handel's opera Tamerlano.
From an May 2, 2008 performance. (Sorry that the stage is so far away in the shot.) Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano Washington DC National opera tenor baroque aria suoi piedi padre esangue  |
| Tamerlano - Act III - Duet - Placido Domingo & Sarah Coburn - 172 sec Placido Domingo and Sarah Coburn sing a short duet from the beginning of Act III of Handel's opera Tamerlano.
From an April 30, 2008 performance. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano Sarah Coburn Washington DC National opera tenor baroque aria  |
| Tamerlano - Act III - Final Chorus - David Daniels, et al. - 169 sec The final quartet/chorus "D'atra notte gia mirasi a scorno" from Handel's Tamerlano. From a April 30, 2008 performance. The singers include countertenor David Daniels and Mezzo Patricia Bardon. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Handel Coro Chorus Tamerlano David Daniels Washington National Opera DC Baroque countertenor  |
| Tamerlano (2) - Placido Domingo - Bajazet's Death Scene 2008 - 206 sec Placido Domingo sings the ending of Bajazet's Death Scene from Act III of Handel's opera Tamerlano. (David Daniels as Tamerlano sits on the far left of the stage.)
From an April 30, 2008 performance. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano David Daniels Washington DC National opera tenor baroque aria  |
| Tamerlano (1) - Placido Domingo - Figlia mia - April 2008 - 272 sec Placido Domingo (in the white robe) sings Bajazet's arioso "Figlia mia, non pianger, no" from Act III of Handel's opera Tamerlano. Sarah Coburn plays Bajazet's daughter Asteria. (David Daniels as Tamerlano sits on the far left of the stage.)
From an April 30, 2008 performance. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Handel Haendel Tamerlano David Daniels Bajazet opera tenor baroque aria Washington National DC tenore  |
| Placido Domingo - Mignon - Elle ne croyait pas - 247 sec Sound only -- Placido Domingo sings the aria "Elle ne croyait pas" from Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. Conducted by Eugene Kohn, 1996. (The photograph is from August 2006.) Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Elle ne croyait pas French opera comique aria Spanish tenor oper tenore Francaise Ambroise Thomas  |
| Leopold Simoneau - Mignon - Adieu, Mignon - 189 sec Sound only -- French-Canadian tenor Leopold Simoneau sings the aria "Adieu, Migon" from Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Leopold Simoneau Adieu Mignon French opera comique aria quebequoise tenor oper tenore Francaise Ambroise Thomas  |
| Placido Domingo - Mignon - Adieu, Mignon - 295 sec Sound only -- Placido Domingo sings the second-act aria "Adieu, Migon" from Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. Conducted by Eugene Kohn, 1996. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo Adieu Mignon French opera comique aria Spanish tenor oper tenore Francaise Ambroise Thomas  |
| Jonas Kaufmann - Mignon - Adieu, Mignon - 189 sec Jonas Kaufmann sings the aria "Adieu, Migon" from Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon. Toulouse, 2001. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Jonas Kaufmann Adieu Mignon French opera comique aria German tenor oper tenore Francaise Ambroise Thomas  |
| Placido Domingo - Otello - Dio Mi Potevi - 217 sec Plácido Domingo sings "Dio Mi Potevi" from Verdi's opera Otello. Conducted by James Levine. Vienna, 1982. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Placido Domingo opera aria tenor Giuseppe Verdi Otello Othello Shakespeare James Levine Wiener Staatsoper Oper tenore  |
| Nicolai Gedda - Aleko - The Song of the Young Gypsy - 103 sec Sound only -- Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda sings the aria "The Song of the Young Gypsy" from the one-act opera Aleko (Алеко) by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Сергей Рахманинов). Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Nicolai Gedda Russian opera tenor aria Sergei Rachmaninoff Rachmaninov Rachmaninof Рахманинов Алеко опера tenore  |
| Nicolai Gedda - Mussorgsky - Where are You, Little Star? - 204 sec Sound only -- Tenor Nicolai Gedda sings the Russian song "Where are You, Little Star?" by Modest Mussorgsky. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Nicolai Gedda Nikolai Where are You Little Star Mussorgsky Musorgsky Swedish opera Моде́ст Му́соргский Russian song  |
| Giuseppe di Stefano - E Lucevan le Stelle (Live + Encore) - 519 sec Sound only -- Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano sings "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's opera Tosca in a 1952 live performance. The enthusiastic audience demands an encore after this moving rendition. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Giuseppe di Stefano Tosca aria Giacomo Puccini Italian song tenor opera de tenore live Pippo lucean  |
| Giuseppe di Stefano & Leonard Warren - La Boheme duet - 256 sec Sound only -- Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano and American baritone Leonard Warren sing the duet, "In un coupe...O Mimi tu piu non torni" from the fourth act of Puccini's opera La Boheme.
R.I.P., Pippo. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Giuseppe di Stefano Leonard Warren La Boheme Giacomo Puccini Italian song tenor baritone opera de duet tenore baritono  |
| Giuseppe di Stefano - Visione Veneziana - 136 sec Sound only -- Legendary tenor Giuseppe di Stefano sings the Italian song, "Visione Veneziana."
Addio, Pippo. R.I.P. Auteur : rmm413b Tags: Giuseppe di Stefano Visione Veneziana Italian song tenor opera Pippo de Neapolitan Sicilian Venetian Vision young tenore  |