Author |
Sutherland, Joan, Dame, 1926-2010 |
Title |
La stupenda: the essential Joan / Dame Joan Sutherland [music sound recording] |
Published |
London : The Decca Record Company Ltd., 1996. |
Description |
1 compact disc ; 4 3/4 in., +1 pamphlet (fold out) (10 p.). |
Notes |
Pamphlet contains a song list with credits and a discography of Dame Joan Sutherland. |
Contents |
1. Light as thistledown (Rosina) -- 2. Let the bright Seraphim (Samson) -- 3. Il bacio -- 4. Qui la voce ssua soave...Vien, diletto (I Puritani) -- 5. Vilja (The merry widow) -- 6. Nuns' Chorus (Casanova) -- 7. Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut a la France! (La Fille du regiment - Daughter of the regiment) -- 8. Ah! Ou va la jeune Indoue "Bell Song" (Lakme) -- 9. Viens, Mallika...Dome epais le jasmin "Flower Song" (Lakme) -- 10. Brindisi: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici (La Traviata) -- 11. Barcarolle: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour -- 12. Casta diva (Norma) -- 13. O Dieu! que de bijoux!...Ah! je ris de me voir "Jewel Song" (Faust) -- 14 Il dolce suono mi colpi di sue voce! "Mad Scene" (Lucia di Lammermoor). |
Performers |
Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Jane Berbie, mezzo-soprano ; Huguette Tournageau, mezzo-soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; various orchestras and opera choruses, Richard Bonynge, conductor ; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor ; John Pritchard, conductor. |
Subjects |
Classical music |
Opera excerpts |
Genre |
Classical Music |
Added Names |
Shield, William, 1748-1829 |
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 |
Arditi, Luigi, 1822-1903 |
Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835 |
Lehar, Franz, 1870-1948 |
Strauss, Johann, Junior 1825-1899 |
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848 |
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891 |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 |
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 |
Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893 |