San Francisco Opera Gala - Williams, Ramey, Hadley, Morris, Swenson, Domingo, Voight etc.

San Francisco Opera Gala
Beverly Sills, Host
Derek Jacobi, Master of Ceremonies
Puccini: La Bohème -- Che gelida manina 2:00 Mi chiamano Mimì 6:42; O soave fanciulla 12:05
Patricia Racette, soprano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Puccini: Tosca -- Vissi d'arte 19:03
Carol Vaness, soprano
Puccini: Tosca -- Tre sbirri, una carozza … Te Deum 23:00
James Morris, bass-baritone
Bellini: I Puritani -- Qui la voce sua soave¹ 30:52
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov -- Boris's Monologue 40:28
Samuel Ramey, bass
Puccini: Turandot -- Nessun dorma 47:35
Richard Margison, tenor
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette -- Je veux vivre 53:57
Janet Williams, soprano
Wagner: Die Walküre -- Winterstürme 58:40 …Du bist der Lenz 1:01:25 to end of Act I
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Bizet: Carmen - Habanera 1:14:25
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Wagner: Tannhäuser -- Dich, teure Halle 1:20:06
Deborah Voigt, soprano
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus -- Ensemble 1:23:55
Including: Stuart Skelton, tenor and John Relyea, bass-baritone
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Richard Bonynge, conductor

[@claudiasiefer8495]

Miss Vaness is STUPENDOUS here

[@Lindow]

Damn, Ruth-Ann Swenson was good!

[@drnivek]

Yes...at that time she was great.

[@papagen00]

sadly her career fizzled out due to health issues.

[@asdfopera5210]

​@@papagen00I think she waz still singing well. But for some reason she wasn't getting hired as much.

[@JorgeCutolo]

Q1q11 lo llamo lo​@@drnivek

[@stephenfletcher6801]

I had the great pleasure of meeting her in Princeton, NJ. She was absolutely adorable and lovable. For many years I have considered her a great artist, and meeting her was such a wonderful experience.

[@papagen00]

I was there. Thanks for the memories!

[@user-pk1cf3pu1c]

Dr.Conchas.

[@user-pk1cf3pu1c]

🎉

[@boristemkin]

James Morris sounds very well with choir. It's dark here, I can't see what is choir's real size, but Scarpia doesn't squeeze through choir, he almost covers it:

[@JuancitoCanarias]

Thank you so much! Great artists! What a shame Flicka didn't record Carmen!

[@dorothywillis1]

I appreciate having information about the songs and the names of the singers in the notes.

[@MattPozdoltheVoice]

😉

[@rosekokose2031]

❤❤ ❤😊😊😊🎉 🎉. 🎉

[@Twentythousandlps]

1997.

[@user-en4zo9qy1h]

ПУЧИННИ, ВЕРДИ, БЕЛЛИНИ ВСЕМИРНОЕ НАСЛЕДИЕ...БЕЗ ГРАНИЦ, ЯЗЫКОВ, СОЦИАЛЬНОГО ПРОИСХОЖД. И СОСТОЯРИЯ..КАКОЕ СЧАСТЬЕ!!СКВОЗЬ ВЕКА...

[@milkchocolate7575]

Сэмюэль Рэйми очень чисто поет по русски, практически без акцента!

[@boristemkin]

Да, на уровне Гяурова (почти, буква Ы не получается, а так у болгар тоже русский на 95-99%, не на 100). Интересно, что в более поздних записях Бориса у Рэми русский - похуже (ну хотя я монолог не слышал, но в сцене с Шуйским где-то в 2008-м году точно по-хуже было).

[@boristemkin]

Ramey's Russian is perfect here. It's almost at the same level as famous Bulgarians (Christoff and Ghiaurov). There are some issues (for example "ы" vowel is more like "и"), but only native speakers can here it, and only if they will listen this carefully.

[@user-ri8rk1jl1e]

Beautiful✨✨✨❤❤❤

[@claudiasiefer8495]

At least spell Miss Voigt's name correctly . There is no "h"