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Roméo et Juliette / Charles Gounod.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, composer, composer.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Live sound recordings.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 34 min., 31 sec.))
- Other Title:
- Met Opera on Demand.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1974]
- Language Note:
- Sung in French.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- digital
- audio file streaming audio file
- Summary:
- No one ever doubted the handsome, charismatic Italian tenor Franco Corelli was the personification of the romantic hero. So what better role for him than Roméo, the impetuous youth who defies his family, and his city, to follow where his heart leads? Corelli's ardor knows no bounds in his quest for Juliette (the sparkling Judith Blegen). This performance leaves no doubt that even though Roméo and Juliette are young, they are truly, profoundly in love.
- Contents:
- Overture
- Vérone vit jadis deux familes rivales
- L'heure s'envole joyeuse et folle
- Eh bien? cher Pŕis!
- Ah! Qu'elle est belle! ; Écoutez! écoutez!
- Allons! jeunes gens! Allons! belles dames!
- Ballet
- Enfin la place est libre
- Mab, la reine des mensonges
- Voyons nourice
- Je veux vivre dans le rêve (Juliet's waltz)
- Le nom de cette belle enfant? Ange adorable
- Quel qu'un! C'est mon cousin Tybalt! Que la fête recommence!
- Entr'acte
- Ô nuit! sous tes ailes obscure
- L'amour! L'amour! Ah! lève-toi soleil!
- Hélas! Moi, le haïr!
- Écoute! On vient! Personne! Personne!
- Ô nuit divine!
- Ah! ne fuis pas encore!
- Mon père! Dieu vous garde!
- Dieu, qui fis l'homme à ton image
- Depuis hier je cherche ; Que fais-tu blanche tourterelle
- Ah! Ah! Voici nos gens!
- Allons! Tu ne me connais pas
- Qu'est-ce donc? C'est Tybalt! Ô jour de deuil!
- Eh quoi? Tou-jours du sang! Ah! Jour de deuil et d'horreur
- Va! Je t'ai pardonné
- Nuit d'hyménée
- Ah! tu dis vrai, c'est le jour!
- Juliette! Ah! Le ciel soit loué!
- Mon père! Tout m'accable! Buvez donc ce breuvage
- Ma fille, cède aux vœux du fiance qui t'aime!
- Juliet's slumber
- C'est la! Salut! Ô ma femme!
- À toi, ma Juliette!
- Console-toi, pauvre ḿe.
- Participant:
- Judith Blegen ; Franco Corelli ; Lenus Carlson ; Richard T. Gill ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Henry Lewis, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded live in 1974 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Duration: 2 hr., 34 min., 31 sec.
- Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 859396905
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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