Highlights from the legendary Bell Telephone Hour. This magnificent collection features performances by some of opera's best loved stars.
BERGANZA, CORELLI, CURTIN, DELLA, CASA DI STEFANO, GEDDA, LONDON, MERRILL, MOFFO, TOZZI, NILSSON PRICE, RESNIK, STRATAS, TEBALDI, TUCKER, UPPMAN
The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra & Chorus
DONALD VOORHEES, conductor
BIRGIT NILSSON (1963/1964/1967)
*Turandot (Puccini) In questa reggia (5:14) Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dich, teure Halle (3:26) Tannhäuser (Wagner) Almächt 'ge Jungfrau (6:10) Macbeth (Verdi) Vieni, t'affretta (7:56)
GEORGE LONDON (1962) Otello (Verdi) Credo in un Dio crudel (4:40)
FRANCO CORELLI & LISA DELLA CASA (1962) Tosca (Puccini) Amaro sol per te (4:37)
RENATA TEBALDI (1961/1967)
Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d'arte (4:37) Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilèa) lo son l'umile ancella (4:07) Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete (3:23) La Gioconda (Ponchielli) Suicidio! (4:06)
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO & TERESA STRATAS (1963) Manon (Massenet) Pardonnez-moi, Dieu de toute puissance (8:15)
REGINA RESNIK & ROBERT
MERRILL (1965)
Carmen (Bizet) Gypsy Song (3:00) Toreador Song (4:17). Si tu m'aimes, Carmen (1:37)
NICOLAI GEDDA & GIORGIO TOZI (1959)
The Bartered Bride (Smetana) May I have your ear...? (7:40)
PHYLLIS CURTIN, NICOLAI GEDDA, & THEODOR UPPMAN (1961)
Die Fledermaus (Strauss) Act I Trio (7:26)
TERESA BERGANZA (1964) La Cenerentola (Rossini) Nacqui all'affanno (5:22)
ANNA MOFFO & GEORGE LONDON (1962) Don Giovanni (Mozart) Là ci darem la mano (3:00)
ANNA MOFFO (1962) La Traviata (Verdi) Ah, fors'è lui (6:03)
RICHARD TUCKER & ROBERT MERRILL (1965)
La Forza del Destino (Verdi) O tu che in seno (3:22) Solenne in quest'ora (4:10) Egli è salvo (1:57)
LEONTYNE PRICE (1963/1967)
La Forza del Destino (Verdi) Pace, pace, mio Dio! (5:17). Il Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte (5:54)
Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilèa) lo son l'umile ancella (3:00)
The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of DONALD VOORHEES
DVD bonus selections feature Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, and Renata Tebaldi in conversation with Donald Voorhees
A Production of Henry Jaffe Enterprises, Inc. © 2003 Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership (All Rights Reserved)
All selections originally produced for the Bell Telephone Hour television series
*Note: this performance of Nilsson singing In questa reggia is different from
the one included in the first volume of "Great Stars of Opera" (VAI DVD 4201)
