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)

The Metropolitan Opera, James Levine, Renée Fleming

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)

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

5:17

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

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

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

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

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

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

Jessye Norman, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra

5:23

"Gold Is a Fine Thing" (Silver Aria)

Opera Orchestra of New York, Beverly Sills, Emerson Buckley

3:15

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Janos Kulka, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Grace Bumbry

5:27

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

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

6:45