Daniel Barenboim conducts Verdi and Wagner — With Plácido Domingo : A Gala Night with the Staatskapelle Berlin / János Darvas, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Darvas, János, film director.

Tomlinson, John, performer.

Domingo, Plácido, performer.

Polaski, Deborah, performer.

Senders Freies Berlin.

Metropolitan München.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 45 min., 52 sec.)) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Senders Freies Berlin : Metropolitan München, 1993.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

In this extraordinary 1993 gala evening at the Berlin State Opera, the Staatskapelle Berlin and its Music Director (and conductor for life!) Daniel Barenboim invited a host of illustrious soloists to join them in an irresistible program dedicated to two of the biggest names in opera: Wagner and Verdi! The concert opens with excerpts from four of Verdi's major works, featuring one of the foremost experts in the composer's repertoire, Plácido Domingo: the Overture to the Sicilian Vespers, the aria "Ah! Sì, ben moi" from Il Trovatore, the Prelude to Act II and "Lunga da lei" from La Traviata, and — a highlight of the evening — the ballet music and aria "Niun mi tema" from Act IV of Otello, a role that Domingo has sung many times (with more performances recorded on film than any other artist). But the pièce de résistance of this concert is a legendary performance of Act I of Die Walküre, the second part of Wagner's Ring, featuring American soprano Deborah Polaski, a remarkable interpreter of Wagner, and the legendary British bass Sir John Tomlinson.

Contents:

I Vespri Siciliani / Giuseppe Verdi

Il Trovatore / Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata / Giuseppe Verdi

Otello / Giuseppe Verdi

The Valkyrie, WWV 86B / Richard Wagner.

Participant:

John Tomlinson, bass ; Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Deborah Polaski, soprano.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe. I Vespri Siciliani.

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe. Il Trovatore.

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe. La Traviata.

Container of: Verdi, Giuseppe. Otello.

Container of: Wagner, Richard. The Valkyrie, WWV 86B.

OCLC:

1461919647

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Restricted for use by site license.