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)

James Levine, Renée Fleming, The Metropolitan Opera

1:56

"Ach Ich Liebte, War So Glücklich"

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

4:59

No. 5. L'invito

Leonard Hokanson, Martina Arroyo

2:17

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

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

5:17

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

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

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

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

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

Thy Hand, Belinda -When I Am Laid in Earth

Raymond Leppard, Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra

5:24

"Gold Is a Fine Thing" (Silver Aria)

Opera Orchestra of New York, Emerson Buckley, Beverly Sills

3:15

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Grace Bumbry, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Janos Kulka

5:27

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

Leontyne Price, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Orchestra of the Rome Opera House

6:45