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"

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

4:59

No. 5. L'invito

Martina Arroyo, Leonard Hokanson

2:17

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

Zubin Mehta, Grace Bumbry, Franco Corelli, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 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)

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

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestre Philharmonique de Londres, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Zubin Mehta

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

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

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Jessye Norman

5:23

"Gold Is a Fine Thing" (Silver Aria)

Emerson Buckley, Beverly Sills, Opera Orchestra of New York

3:15

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Janos Kulka, Grace Bumbry

5:27

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

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

6:45