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, Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Metropolitan, Renée Fleming

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)

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

5:17

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

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

6:13

"Nessun dorma!"

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

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Jessye Norman, 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"

Janos Kulka, Grace Bumbry, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

5:27

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

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

6:45