Various: Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances - COMPACT DISCS

Various: Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances Artist: Various Label: Metropolitan Opera Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 811357018224 Genre: Classical, Opera Operetta Release Date: 2016 12 16 Number of Discs: 22 Additional Details: BOXED SET METROPOLITAN OPERA INAUGURAL SEASON: EXTRAORDINARY MET PERFORMANCES On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and

Title: Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances
Artist: Various
Label: Metropolitan Opera
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 811357018224
Genre: Classical, Opera/Operetta
Release Date: 2016-12-16
Number of Discs: 22
Additional Details: BOXED SET

METROPOLITAN OPERA / INAUGURAL SEASON: EXTRAORDINARY MET PERFORMANCES - On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, with Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz in the title roles. That first season in the Met's new home not only ushered in a new age of theatrical possibility, it also featured an embarrassment of vocal riches, with such incomparable artists as Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli facing off in an unforgettable Turandot; Joan Sutherland delivering a Lucia di Lammermoor mad scene for the ages; and Jon Vickers making a historic role debut in Peter Grimes. Now, ten performances from that inaugural season-plus a bonus CD of highlights-have been collected and remastered in this essential milestone set, also featuring such legends as Grace Bumbry, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Anna Moffo, Roberta Peters, Leonie Rysanek, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merrill, and Richard Tucker, among others.

Tracks:
1.1 Barber: Antony and Cleopatra
2.1 Schippers; Price, Díaz, Thomas
3.1 Puccini: Turandot
4.1 Mehta; Nilsson, Corelli, Freni, Giaiotti
5.1 R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten
6.1 BÖHM; Rysanek, Ludwig, Dalis, King, Berry
7.1 Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor
8.1 Bonynge; Sutherland, Tucker, Colzani, Ghiuselev
9.1 Britten: Peter Grimes
10.1 Davis; Vickers, Amara, Evans
11.1 Verdi: Aida
12.1 Schippers; Price, Bergonzi, Bumbry, Merrill
13.1 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
14.1 Krips; Raskin, Peters, Shirley, Uppman, MacUrdy
15.1 Verdi: Otello
16.1 Mehta; McCracken, Caballé, Gobbi
17.1 Puccini: Madama Butterfly
18.1 Molinari-Pradelli; Scotto, Casei, Shirley, Bottcher
19.1 Verdi: Rigoletto
20.1 Gardelli; MacNeil, Peters, Gedda, Giaiotti
21.1 Bonus Disc:
22.1 Highlights of the Met's 1966-67 Season