Description
Placido Domingo with Angela Gheorghiu: Live in Prague (DVD)
UPC: 5020609005195
Product Features
- Title: Placido Domingo with Angela Gheorghiu: Live in Prague
- Performers:Orchestra: The Czech Symphony Orchestra
- Placido Domingo (Tenor)
- Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
- Conductor: Eugene Kohn
- Running Time: 90 minutes
- Picture Format: PAL, Region Code 0 (Worldwide)
- Audio Format: Stereo Sound
- Produced by: Classic Productions
Overview
This DVD presents a spectacular live performance featuring legendary tenor Placido Domingo and renowned soprano Angela Gheorghiu, accompanied by the Czech Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Eugene Kohn. Filmed live in Prague, this concert brings together a rich selection of operatic arias, duets, and orchestral pieces, spanning from Mozart to Puccini, Verdi, and more.
In this memorable performance, Domingo and Gheorghiu perform a series of 16 complete works, showcasing their vocal brilliance in both solo and duet pieces. The program includes famous arias from Don Giovanni, Tosca, La Traviata, and Otello, among others. The concert also features orchestral interludes like the *Overtures from Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Bernstein's Candide*.
With on-screen notes offering insights into the composers and their music, this DVD provides an engaging experience for opera lovers and newcomers alike.
Track Listing
- Mozart – Don Giovanni – Dalla sua pace
- Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro – Porgi amor qualche ristoro
- Meyerbeer – L'Africaine – O Paradis!
- Catalani – La Wally – Ebbene, ne andrò lontana
- Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – Overture
- Donizetti – L'Elisir d'Amore – Esulti pur la barbara
- Puccini – Tosca – E lucevan le stelle
- Puccini – Turandot – Tu, che di gel sei cinta
- Verdi – Otello – Già nella notte densa (Love Duet)
- Bernstein – Candide – Overture
- Torroba – Maravilla – Amor, vida de mi vida
- Grigoriu – Valurile Dunării – Muzica
- Penella – El Gato Montés – Me llambas, Rafaelljo
- Sorozábal – La Tabernera del Puerto – No puede ser
- Lara – Granada
- Verdi – La Traviata – Drinking Song
Interesting Facts
- Placido Domingo and Angela Gheorghiu are both celebrated as among the greatest operatic performers of their generation, frequently praised for their compelling stage presence and remarkable vocal ability.
- The Czech Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Eugene Kohn, provides a dynamic orchestral backdrop, bringing a refined elegance to the operatic arias and duets.
- The program includes a mix of Italian, Spanish, and French opera, as well as popular orchestral pieces, offering a wide range of emotions and musical styles.
- The performance of Verdi’s "Otello" love duet (Già nella notte densa) is one of the highlights of this DVD, showcasing the chemistry between Domingo and Gheorghiu.
Publishers
- Beckmann Visual Publishing
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