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Summary:

Coinciding with the landmark new production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess during the 2019-20 season, the Met released a compilation celebrating the stellar artistry of black singers on the company's famous stage. Black Voice Rise: African American Artists at the Met, 1955-1985 showcases live performances by some of the nation's most celebrated and history-making singers, including Marian Anderson, who broke the Met's color barrier with her debut in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera in 1955. Other notable artists featured include Leontyne Price, Grace Bumbry, Shirley Verrett, Kathleen Battle, Robert McFerrin, and George Shirley, among many others. The collection also includes rare excerpts from the 1985 company-premiere production of Porgy and Bess, starring Simon Estes and Roberta Alexander in the title roles.

Table of Contents:

• Un ballo in maschera. Zitti...l'incanto non dèssi turbare...Re dell'abisso, affrettati (December 10, 1955) ; Rigoletto. Pari siamo! (February, 1956) / Giuseppe Verdi
• Les contes d'Hoffmann. Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Chanson d'Olympia) (February 7, 1959) / Jacques Offenbach
• Il barbiere di Siviglia. Una voce poco fa (March 19, 1966) / Gioacchino Rossini
• Aida. Qui Radamès verrà!..O patria mia (February 25, 1967) / Gisueppe Verdi
• Die Zauberflöte. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (March 4, 1967) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Carmen. Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (April 20, 1968) / George Bizet
• Il trovatore. D'amor sull'ali rosee (March 13, 1971) / Giuseppe Verdi
• Tosca. Vissi d'arte (January 6, 1979) ; Ernani. Surta è la notte.. .Ernani! Ernani, involami (December 17, 1983) / Giuseppe Verdi
• Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni non tardar (December 14, 1985) / Wolgang Amadeus Mozart
• Tannhäuser. Dich, teure halle, grüss ich wieder (January 24, 1987) / Richard Wagner
• Der Rosenkavalier. Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (February 21, 1987) / Johann Strauss II
• The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess. My man's gone now (March 23, 1985) ; Bess, you is my woman now (March 23, 1985) / George Gershwin.

Contributors:

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English
German
Italian

Language Notes:

Sung in English, German and Italian.

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Live sound recordings — New York (State) — New York

Live sound recordings

New York (State) — New York

Genres:

Operas

Excerpts

Performers:

Various musicians ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

General Notes:

Recorded live the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Description based on: Vendor-supplied metadata.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 32 min., 57 sec.))

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900840
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900841
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900842
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900843
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900844
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900845
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900846
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900847
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900848
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900849
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900850
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900851
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900852
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900853
International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1900854
Universal Product Code: 810004201293

OCLC Numbers:

1379067248