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"

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

5:17

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

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

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

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

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

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

Raymond Leppard, Jessye Norman, 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"

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Grace Bumbry, Janos Kulka

5:27

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

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

6:45