Jerry Hadley (above), Judith Christin, and Alan Titus in a scene from Act III of Puccini’s MADAMA BUTTERFLY. The performance, by the New York City Opera, was televised in 1982 and is conducted by Christopher Keene.
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Tag: Act III
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LOHENGRIN ~ Bridal Chamber Scene
Camilla Nylund and Robert Dean Smith are Elsa and Lohengrin in a concert performance of the opening scene of Act III of LOHENGRIN given by the Royal Concertgebouw in 2010. Iván Fischer conducts.
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The Wanderer Summons Erda
Above: contralto Qiu lin Zhang, basso Yvgeny Nikitin
In this scene from the final act of Wagner’s SIEGFRIED, Wotan (in his guise as The Wanderer) wakens the Earth Mother Erda from her deep slumber. She wearily evades his questions, and it becomes clear that the doom of the gods is at hand.
SIEGFRIED – Act III scene- Evgeny Nikitin – Qiu Lin Zhang – Eschenbach – BBC Proms 2006
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Jaap van Zweden ~ PARSIFAL Act III
Jaap van Zweden conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in a concert performance of Act III of Wagner’s PARSIFAL given at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in 2010. Klaus Florian Vogt is Parsifal, Falk Struckmann is Amfortas, Robert Holl is Gurnemanz, and Katarina Dalayman is Kundry.
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Erda & The Wanderer
Rolf Kühne (above) is the Wanderer and Ortrun Wenkel is Erda in the opening scene of Act III of Wagner’s SIEGFRIED.
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Erda & The Wanderer
Rolf Kühne (above) is the Wanderer and Ortrun Wenkel is Erda in the opening scene of Act III of Wagner’s SIEGFRIED.
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Sharon Sweet as Aida
Sharon Sweet (above) sings Aida, with Michael Sylvester as Radames and Juan Pons as Amonasro, in a scene from Act III of Verdi’s AIDA:
AIDA – Act III scene – Sharon Sweet – Michael Sylvester – Juan Pons – Met 1997 bcast
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Bastianini & Tucci ~ scene from ANDREA CHENIER
Ettore Bastianini is Carlo Gerard (above) and Gabriella Tucci is Maddalena di Coigny in a scene from Act III of Giordano’s ANDREA CHENIER. Listed as being from Torino 1963, this seems to be a studio recording or radio broadcast: the sound quality is amazingly clear. Both singers are at their very finest.
Listen to them here.
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Crespin & Meliciani ~ AIDA Scene
Soprano Régine Crespin and baritone Carlo Meliciani (above) sing the father/daughter duet from Act III of Verdi’s AIDA; the performance is from Mexico City, 1962, with Nicola Rescigno conducting. Jon Vickers is heard as Radames.
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Mr. Meliciani recently passed away at the age of 92. He was a popular star at La Scala, debuting there In 1959 as Ping in TURANDOT and continuing to sing there thru the 1970s, taking on the Verdi baritone roles. He performed at the major opera houses of Italy, where such roles as Scarpia, Tonio in PAGLIACCI, and Carlo Gerard in ANDREA CHENIER supplemented his Verdi list. Mr. Meliciani also appeared at Wiesbaden, Lausanne, in Greece, Mexico, and in the USA (Philadelphia and Hartford).
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Gabriella Reyes ~ Tu che di gel sei cinto
Soprano Gabriella Reyes sings Liu’s poignant aria “Tu che di gel sei cinta” from Act III of Puccini’s TURANDOT; Madeline Tsai conducts the Dallas Opera Orchestra.
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