Prologues - Part I
11/10/12 12:00PM
In the first of two programs of operatic prologues, we hear the Prologue to Monteverdi's Orfeo, the Prologue to Pagliacci, and the Prologue to Götterdämmerung.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:02pm
L'Orfeo: Toccata; Prologo
| Composer | Claudio Monteverdi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Baroque Soloists |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| Soloists | Lynne Dawson, soprano |
| CD/Album | Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo |
| Record co./Cat # | Archiv 419250 |
| Release Year | 1987 |
12:10pm
Pagliacci: Prologue
| Composer | Ruggero Leoncavallo |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Rosario Bourdon |
| Soloists | Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
| CD/Album | Lawrence Tibbett Gershwin - Rossini - Verdi - Bizet |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 7808 |
| Release Year | 1989 |
12:19pm
Götterdämmerung: Prologue
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Georg Solti |
| Soloists | Birgit Nilsson, soprano ; Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor ; Helen Watts, contralto ; Grace Hoffman, mezzo-soprano ; Anita Välkki, soprano |
| CD/Album | Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung |
| Record co./Cat # | London 414115 |
| Release Year | 1965 |