Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne - Live At The Sydney Opera House (DVD 2 DISC SET)

Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne - Live At The Sydney Opera House (DVD 2 DISC SET)

Re-live two magical evenings when Joan Sutherlandsang first with Luciano Pavarotti, then with Marilyn Horne under the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Recorded in 1983 and 1985, these gala concerts are conducted by Richard Bonynge, and feature three of the greatest voices of all time singing arias and duets from their signature opera roles.

Joan Sutherland, 'La Stupenda', is sublime in some of her best-loved arias –'Les oiseauxdans la charmille' from The Tales of Hoffmann, Verdi's 'Addiodel passato', Cilea's'Io son l'umileancella' and Handel's 'Tornamia vagheggiar' –including many of the jewels of the bel cantorepertoire that was her speciality. Luciano Pavarotti performs some of the great tenor arias, including 'Vestila giubba' from Pagliacci, 'Una furtiva lagrima' from Donizetti's L'elisird'amore, and 'Reconditaarmonia' from Tosca. Marilyn Horne shines in spectacular, passionate arias by Handel, Rossini and Meyerbeer, as well as the lush beauty of 'Mon coeurs'ouvreà ta voix' from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila.

And Sutherland comes together with Pavarotti and Horne for duet performances shaped and perfected by their many years appearing alongside each other on stage and recordings: 'Brindisi' and 'Parigi, o cara' from La Traviata, 'Prendi: l'aneltidono' from Bellini's La Sonnambula, 'Sulla tombacherinserra' from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the Flower Duet ('Sous le dômeépais') from Lakméand the Barcarolle ('Belle nuit, ô nuitd'amour') from The Tales of Hoffmann.

This double DVD restores to the catalogue two landmark events, and performances never to be forgotten.

Tracklistings:

DISC 1: Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti

1.I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI (Bellini) Sinfonia

2.LA TRAVIATA (Verdi) Brindisi

3.TOSCA (Puccini) Recondita armonia

4.LA TRAVIATA Addio, del passato

5.I LOMBARDI ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA (Verdi) La mia letiziainfondere

6.I PURITANI (Bellini) Qui la voce sua soave

7.LA SONNAMBULA (Bellini) Prendi: l'aneltidono

8.ADRIANA LECOUVREUR (Cilea) Io son l'umile ancella

9.WERTHER (Massenet) Pourquoime réveiller

10.THAÏS (Massenet) Méditation

11.HAMLET (Thomas) A vos jeux, mes amis...Pâleet blonde

12.PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) Vestila giubba

13.LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Donizetti) Sulla tomba che rinserra

14.L'ELISIR D'AMORE (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima

15.CRISPINO E LA COMARE (Ricci) Io non sono più l'Annetta

16.LA TRAVIATA Parigi, o cara

DISC 2: Joan Sutherland & Marilyn Horne

1.RADAMISTO (Handel) Overture

2.SEMELE (Handel) Iris, hence away

3.ALCINA (Handel) Tornami a vagheggiar

4.LA DONNA DEL LAGO (Rossini) Mura felici ove il mio ben s'aggira

5.LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO (Rossini) Vorreispiegarvi

6.SEMIRAMIDE (Rossini) Serbamiognorsifido

7.LAKMÉ (Delibes) Sous le dômeépais

8.ZAMPA (Hérold) Overture

9.THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (Offenbach) Les oiseaux dans la charmille

10.SAMSON ET DALILA (Saint-Saëns) Mon coeurs'ouvre à ta voix

11.FRA DIAVOLO (Auber) Non temete, milord

12.LES HUGUENOTS (Meyerbeer) Non, non, non, vous n'avez jamais, je gage

13.DON PASQUALE (Donizetti) Overture

14.NORMA (Bellini) Mira, o Norma

15.The Gypsy and the Bird (Benedict)

16.Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)

17.THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Belle nuit, ô nuitd'amour (Barcarolle)

Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Richard Bonyngeconductor