Pilar Lorengar in Recital
DVD 4476 $29.95

The Spanish soprano Pilar Lorengar (1928-1996) graced the world’s operatic stages with her bright, gleaming voice and captivating presence in a wide variety of roles, particularly the heroines of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini. This DVD tribute presents Lorengar in a live 1988 recital in her native city of Zaragoza, with Miguel Zanetti at the piano, plus bonus selections: performances of arias from opera films of Così fan tutte, Lohengrin, Manon Lescaut, and Don Carlo; and live performances of the Libera me” section of the Verdi Requiem and the Zarzuela aria “Canción de la Paloma” from El Barberillo de Lavapies. 110 min., Color, mono, All regions.

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904): Zigeunermelodien, Op. 55
1. Mein Lied ertönt
2. Ei, wie mein Triangel
3. Rings ist der Wald
4. Als die alte Mutter
5. Reingestimmt die Seiten
6. In dem weiten, breiten, luft’gen Leinenkleide
7. Darf des Falken SchwingeOttorino Respighi (1879-1936)
8. E se un giorno tornasse
9. Abbandono
10. Bella porta di rubini
11. Nebbie

Frederic Mompou (1893-1987)
12. Cántico de la esposa
13. Pastoral
14. Aureana do SilFernando Obradors (1897-1945)
15. En el pinar
16. Aquel sombrero de monteEnrique Granados (1867-1916)
17. Ah, muerte cruel
18. El majo tímido
19. Mañanica era
20. Lloraba la niña
21. No lloréis, ojuelosEncores
22. Alfredo Catalani (1854-1993): LA WALLY – Ebben, ne andro lontana
23. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): MADAMA BUTTERFLY – Tu, piccolo iddio

Pilar Lorengar, soprano
Miguel Zanetti, piano

Teatro Principal de Zaragoza
February 18, 1988

BONUS SELECTIONS:
1. W. A. Mozart (1756-1791): COSÌ FAN TUTTE – Come scoglio immoto resta
2. Richard Wagner (1813-1887): LOHENGRIN – Seht hin!... Einsam in trüben Tagen (König Heinrich: Juan Pons)
3. Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): MANON LESCAUT – In quelle trine morbide
4. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): DON CARLO – Tu che le vanità (Luis Antonio García Navarro, conductor)
5. Verdi: REQUIEM – Libera me (Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, conductor)
6. Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-1894): EL BARBERILLO DE LAVAPIES – Canción de la Paloma

Pilar Lorengar, soprano
Orchestra and Chorus of RTVE