Saturday's broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera is an archive performance of Verdi's La forza del destino with Leontyne Price, Placido Domingo, and Martti Talvela; and on A Passion for Opera we'll hear recordings by these three superb singers.
Playlist
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Record Label Telarc
Madama Butterfly: "Bimba, bimba, non piangere"
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Ensemble New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Nello Santi
Album Leontyne Price: Puccini Heroines
Record Label MHS
Boris Godunov: "I have won supreme power"
Composer Modest Mussorgsky
Ensemble Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jerzy Semkow
Album Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Semkow
Record Label EMI
Boris Godunov: Clock Scene
Composer Modest Mussorgsky
Ensemble Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Jerzy Semkow
Album Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Semkow
Record Label EMI
Boris Godunov: Farewell and Death of Boris
Composer Modest Mussorgsky
Ensemble Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra; Polish Radio Chorus of Karkow
Conductor Jerzy Semkow
Album Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Semkow
Record Label EMI
Il trovatore: "Tacea la notte placida"
Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Ensemble New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Album Verdi - Il trovatore
Record Label RCA
L'italiana in Algeri: "Concedi, amor pietoso"
Composer Gioachino Rossini
Ensemble Orchestra Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Riccardo Chailly
Album Juan Diego Flórez - Rossini Arias
Record Label Decca
