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, The Metropolitan Opera, James Levine

1:56

"Ach Ich Liebte, War So Glücklich"

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

4:59

No. 5. L'invito

Leonard Hokanson, Martina Arroyo

2:17

O terra, addio

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

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!"

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

3:00

Se Quel Guerrier Io Fossi! Celeste Aida (Radamès)

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

4:11

Una Voce Poco Fa

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

6:11

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

Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

5:23

Quand je vous aimerai? . . . L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Risë Stevens, Fritz Reiner

4:54

"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

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

6:45

Dio, che nell'alma infondere

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Franco Corelli, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Justino Diaz, Kurt Herbert Adler, Nicolae Herlea

4:38