Honors Masterworks - Opera

Honors Masterworks - Opera

The Kennedy Center

Listen to extraordinary performances by opera artists celebrated throughout the 45-year history of the Kennedy Center Honors. These works are a sampling of the Honorees' talents, intended to inspire deeper exploration. Honorees in this playlist include Martina Arroyo, Grace Bumbry, Justino Díaz, Renée Fleming, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Marilyn Horne, Jessye Norman, Rise Stevens, Beverly Sills, and Leontyne Price.

E Susanna non vien! (Live)

Renée Fleming, James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera

1:56

"Ach Ich Liebte, War So Glücklich"

Renée Fleming, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Sir Charles Mackerras

4:59

No. 5. L'invito

Leonard Hokanson, Martina Arroyo

2:17

O terra, addio (Aida, Radames, Priests, Priestesses, Amneris)

Grace Bumbry, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gianni Lazzari, Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Zubin Mehta, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

5:17

Ah! Tardai troppo… O luce di quest anima (from Linda di Chamounix)

Nello Santi, Joan Sutherland, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Zubin Mehta, London Philharmonic Orchestra

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

Terry Cook, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, James Morris, Dolora Zajick, James Levine, Plácido Domingo, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Aprile Millo

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

Riccardo Chailly, Marilyn Horne, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Romano Gandolfi, Samuel Ramey, Paolo Barbacini, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Leo Nucci, Silvestro Sammaritano, Enzo Dara

6:11

"Thy Hand, Belinda.When I Am Laid in Earth"

Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

5:23

"Gold Is a Fine Thing" (Silver Aria)

Beverly Sills, Emerson Buckley, Opera Orchestra of New York

3:15

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Grace Bumbry, Janos Kulka, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

5:27

Act III: Qui Radamès verrà!....O patria mia

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Leontyne Price

6:45

Dio, che nell'alma infondere

Franco Corelli, Justino Diaz, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Nicolae Herlea, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Kurt Herbert Adler

4:38