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opera Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera The star soprano's favorite moments from the opera stage — With Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Ileana Cotrubas...

The star soprano's favorite moments from the opera stage — With Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Ileana Cotrubas...

Kiri Te Kanawa: My World of Opera The star soprano's favorite moments from the opera stage — With Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Ileana Cotrubas...

About

One of the greatest voices and stage presences of the twentieth century, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa accompanies us on a journey through some of her favorite opera moments, adding her own recollections of famous venues, her thoughts on beloved operatic repertoire, and her admiration for her esteemed colleagues. Relive Dame Kiri's star turn as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier under Sir Georg Solti—one of her most iconic roles with one of her most frequent collaborators—as well as her acclaimed Desdemona in Verdi's Otello and Rosalinde in Strauss's Die Fledermaus. Feel the emotion as Riccardo Muti conducts the immortal "Va, pensiero" from Nabucco at La Scala; get a taste of bohemian life with the marvelous Ileana Cotrubas and a stellar lineup in Puccini's La Bohème; marvel at the great José Carreras in the title role of Andrea Chénier; and enjoy Plácido Domingo's storied tenor voice in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman and Verdi's Ernani!

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Cast

  • Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
  • Riccardo Muti | Conductor
  • Kiri Te Kanawa | Desdemona
  • Vladimir Atlantov | Otello
  • Zoltán Peskó | Conductor
  • Kathleen Kuhlmann | Cinderella
  • Laurence Dale | Ramiro
  • Marta Taddei | Clorinda
  • Laura Zannini | Tisbe
  • Claudio Desderi | Don Magnifico
  • Roderick Kennedy | Alidoro
  • Alberto Rinaldi | Dandini
  • Donato Renzetti | Conductor
  • Dame Janet Baker | Orfeo
  • Raymond Leppard | Conductor
  • Ileana Cotrubas | Mimi
  • Neil Shicoff | Rodolfo
  • Thomas Allen | Marcello
  • Gwynne Howell | Colline
  • John Rawnsley | Schaunard
  • Lamberto Gardelli | Conductor

Program

  • Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier
    • Act III
  • Jacques Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann
    • Act I (Prologue)
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani
    • Act II
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco
    • Act III
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Otello
    • I: "Fuoco di gioia!"
  • Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola
    • 1st Part
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice
    • III, 1: Aria "Che farò senza Euridice" (Orfeo)
  • Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier
    • Act III
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo
    • Act IV, Scene 1
  • Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème
    • Act II
  • Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus
    • II: "Csárdás - Klänge der Heimat"

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Keith Cheetham
  • Production date: 1991
  • Duration: 58 min
  • Production: © NVC Arts
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