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Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani

Overture

Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore

III, 2: Scena ed Aria : "Ah! Sì, ben mio"

Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata

III: Preludio

II, 1: "Lunga da lei"

Giuseppe Verdi, Otello

Ballet music

IV: "Niun mi tema"

Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie, WWV 86B

I - Orchestral Prelude

I, 1 - "Wes Herd dies auch sei"

I, 1 "- Kühlende Labung gab mir der Quell"

I, 2 - "Müd am Herd fand ich den Mann"

I, 2 - "Friedmund darf ich nicht heißen"

I, 2 - "Aus dem Wald trieb es mir fort"

I, 2 - "Ich weiß ein wildes Geschlecht"

I, 3 - "Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater"

I, 3 - "Schläfst du, Gast?"

I, 3 - "Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond"

I, 3 - "Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlangte"

I, 3 - "Wehwalt heißt du fürwahr?"

Daniel Barenboim conducts Verdi and Wagner — With Plácido Domingo

A Gala Night with the Staatskapelle Berlin

Concert
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Cast

Plácido Domingo — Tenor

Deborah Polaski — Soprano

John Tomlinson — Bass

Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim — Conductor

Program notes

In this extraordinary 1993 gala evening at the Berlin State Opera, the Staatskapelle Berlin and its Music Director (and conductor for life!) Daniel Barenboim invited a host of illustrious soloists to join them in an irresistible program dedicated to two of the biggest names in opera: Wagner and Verdi! The concert opens with excerpts from four of Verdi's major works, featuring one of the foremost experts in the composer's repertoire, Plácido Domingo: the Overture to the Sicilian Vespers, the aria "Ah! Sì, ben moi" from Il Trovatore, the Prelude to Act II and "Lunga da lei" from La Traviata, and — a highlight of the evening — the ballet music and aria "Niun mi tema" from Act IV of Otello, a role that Domingo has sung many times (with more performances recorded on film than any other artist). But the pièce de résistance of this concert is a legendary performance of Act I of Die Walküre, the second part of Wagner's Ring, featuring American soprano Deborah Polaski, a remarkable interpreter of Wagner, and the legendary British bass Sir John Tomlinson.

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