SUPREME SOPRANOS (DVD)

A stellar collection of live performances by some of the most celebrated sopranos of the twentieth century including Birgit Nilsson, Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Scotto, and more, in opera arias and scenes. Includes Sutherland’s 1961 American TV debut, singing arias from Hamlet and Otello, newly re-mastered and released for the first time in color. Color/B&W, (Mono/Stereo), 98 minutes, English subtitles.

Program:

BIRGIT NILSSON
1. Puccini: turandot - In questa reggia (5:12) (1967)

EILEEN FARRELL
2. Wagner: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - Liebestod (5:54) (1959)

RENATA TEBALDI
3. - 4. Puccini: MADA MA BUTTERFLY - Un bel dì (3:53); Con onor muore (3:42) (1961)

VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES (with Brian Sullivan, tenor)
5. - 6. Puccini: La Bohème - Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (4:32); O soave fanciulla (3:19) (1960)

RENATA SCOTTO
7. Puccini: GIANNI SCHICCHI - O mio babbino caro (2:28) (1991)

BEVERLY SILLS
8. Donizetti: THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT Salut à la France [Sung in English] (3:37) (1974)

ROBERTA PETERS
9. Rossini: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - Una voce poco fa (4:22) (1962)

MONTSERRAT CABALLE
10. Bellini: NORMA - Casta diva (6:32) (1971)

LISA DELLA CASA
(with Nicolai Gedda, tenor, and Cesare Siepi, bass) 11. Gounod: FAU ST - Prison Scene (11:22) (1963)

JOAN SUTHERLAND
12. Thomas: HAMLET - Mad Scene (6:34) 13. Verdi: OTELLO - Willow Song (4:40) (Sutherland’s American television debut, 1961)

ANNA MOFFO
14. Verdi: LA TRAVIATA - È strano... Ah fors’è lui... Sempre libera (6:09) (1962)

MIRELLA FRENI
15. Verdi: DON CARLO - Tu che le vanità (11:10) (1985)

LEONTYNE PRICE
16. Verdi: AIDA - Ritorna vincitor! (6:25) (1966) 17. Verdi: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO - Pace, pace, mio Dio (5:20) (1967)