METROPOLITAN OPERA UPLOADS

 

Page de titre - Title page

 

For those who are interested, here are links to rapidshare.com for recordings I have uploaded there. You may download them by following the links.

Use HJ Split to join the parts.

This page is dedicated to recordings from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. You will find my other uploads here.

 

Voici les liens pour télécharger certains enregistrements du Metropolitan Opera de New York. Vous trouverez mes autres enregistrements ici.

 

GALA - 25 MARCH 2009

 

The 125th Anniversary Gala

Celebration of Plácido Domingo's 40 Years at the Met.

 

Sunday 25 March 2009

Webcast : Met website, live (128 Kbps)

 

Here is the program of the gala :

 

http://www.opera-collection.net/Met-125thAnniversary-Gala-15-March-2009-Programme.rtf

 

2 parts - 2 files - 118 and 110 minutes

http://rapidshare.com/files/209909952/Met125thGala-15-March-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/209910631/Met125thGala-15-March-2009.zip.002

to be joined with HJSplit

 

The Music (25 files) :

http://rapidshare.com/files/209922283/Met125thGala-15-March-2009-Music.zip

 

The introduction parts for each musical piece (26 files)

http://rapidshare.com/files/209926337/Met125thGala-15-March-2009-Talk.zip

 

The intermission - 33 minutes

http://rapidshare.com/files/209929809/Met125thGala-15-March-2009-Intermission.mp3

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

The first 5 minutes of the spoken introduction are missing

The music is complete

 

 

 

ALPHABETICAL ORDER

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

John Adams : Doctor Atomic, 13 October 2008

John Adams : Doctor Atomic, 08 November 2008

John Adams : Doctor Atomic, 13 November 2008

Vincenzo Bellini : La Sonnambula, 02 March 2009

Vincenzo Bellini : La Sonnambula, 21 March 2009

Vincenzo Bellini : Norma, 04 December 2007

Hector Berlioz : La Damnation de Faust, 07 November 2008

Georges Bizet : Carmen, 04 February 2008

Georges Bizet : Carmen, 23 February 2008

Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes, 28 February 2008

Benjamin Britten : Peter Grimes, 15 March 2008

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 06 February 2009

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 21 February 2009

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 25 February 2009

Gaetano Donizetti : La Fille du régiment, 21 April 2008

Gaetano Donizetti : La Fille du régiment, 26 April 2008

Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, 08 March 2008

Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, 03 October 2008

Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, 07 February 2009

Tan Dun : The First Emperor, 21 December 2006

Tan Dun : The First Emperor, 13 January 2007

Tan Dun : The First Emperor, 25 January 2007

Antonin Dvorak : Rusalka, 14 March 2009

Umberto Giordano : Andrea Chenier, 07 April 2007

Philipp Glass : Satyagraha, 19 April 2008

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Iphigenie en Tauride, 08 December 2007

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice, 05 May 2007

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice, 09 January 2009

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice, 24 January 2009

Charles Gounod : Faust, 17 March 2007

Charles Gounod : Romeo et Juliette, 15 December 2007

Georg Friedrich Haendel : Giulio Cesare, 10 April 2007

Georg Friedrich Haendel : Giulio Cesare, 21 April 2007

Engelbert Humperdinck : Jansel and Gretel, 29 December 2007

Pietro Mascagni : Cavalleria rusticana, 19 March 2009

Jules Massenet : Thais, 08 December 2008

Jules Massenet : Thais, 20 December 2008

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Die Entführung aus dem Serail, 03 May 2008

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Le Nozze di Figaro, 18 October 2007

Sergei Prokofiev : The Gambler, 12 April 2008

Sergei Prokofiev : War and Peace, 10 December 2007

Giacomo Puccini : Il Trittico, 20 April 2007

Giacomo Puccini : Il Trittico, 28 April 2007

Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème, 01 April 2008

Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème, 05 April 2008

Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème, 15 December 2008

Giacomo Puccini : La Rondine, 10 January 2009

Giacomo Puccini : La Rondine, 13 January 2009

Giacomo Puccini : Madama Butterfly, 24 October 2008

Giacomo Puccini : Madama Butterfly, 07 March 2009

Giacomo Puccini : Manon Lescaut, 29 January 2008

Giacomo Puccini : Manon Lescaut, 16 February 2008

Giacomo Puccini : Manon Lescaut, 20 February 2008

Gioacchino Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 24 March 2007

Gioacchino Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 22 January 2008

Gioacchino Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 26 January 2008

Richard Strauss : Salome, 07 October 2008

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski : Eugene Onegin, 30 January 2009

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski : Eugene Onegin, 14 February 2009

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski : The Queen of Spades, 13 December 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Aida, 02 November 2007

Giuseppe Verdi : Ernani, 17 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Ernani, 29 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Il Trovatore, 16 February 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : Il Trovatore, 28 February 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : La Traviata, 31 October 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Macbeth, 12 January 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Otello, 01 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto, 31 January 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto, 12 February 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : Simon Boccanegra, 03 March 2007

Giuseppe Verdi : Un Ballo in maschera, 17 December 2007

Giuseppe Verdi : Un Ballo in maschera, 05 January 2008

Richard Wagner : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 10 March 2007

Richard Wagner : Die Walküre, 02 February 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 22 March 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 28 March 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 28 November 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 06 December 2008

2006 December 21 : Tan Dun, The First Emperor

2007 January 13 : Tan Dun, The First Emperor

2007 January 25 : Tan Dun, The First Emperor

2007 March 03 : Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra

2007 March 10 : Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

2007 March 17 : Charles Gounod, Faust

2007 March 24 : Gioacchino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2007 April 07 : Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chenier

2007 April 10 : Georg Friedrich Haendel, Giulio Cesare

2007 April 20 : Giacomo Puccini, Il Trittico

2007 April 21 : Georg Friedrich Haendel, Giulio Cesare

2007 April 28 : Giacomo Puccini, Il Trittico

2007 May 05 : Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice

2007 October 18 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro

2007 November 02 : Giusepe Verdi, Aida

2007 December 04 : Vincenzo Bellini, Norma

2007 December 08 : Christoph Willibald Gluck, Iphigenie en Tauride

2007 December 10 : Sergei Prokofiev, War and Peace

2007 December 15 : Charles Gounod, Romeo et Juliette

2007 December 17 : Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera

2007 December 29 : Engelbert Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel

2008 January 05 : Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera

2008 January 12 : Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth

2008 January 22 : Gioacchino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2008 January 26 : Gioacchino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

2008 January 29 : Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut

2008 February 02 : Richard Wagner, Die Walküre

2008 February 04 : Georges Bizet, Carmen

2008 February 16 : Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut

2008 February 20 : Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut

2008 February 23 : Georges Bizet, Carmen

2008 February 28 : Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes

2008 March 01 : Giuseppe Verdi, Otello

2008 March 08 : Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

2008 March 15 : Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes

2008 March 17 : Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani

2008 March 22 : Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

2008 March 28 : Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

2008 March 29 : Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani

2008 April 01 : Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème

2008 April 05 : Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème

2008 April 12 : Sergei Prokofiev, The Gambler

2008 April 19 : Philipp Glass, Satyagraha

2008 April 21 : Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du régiment

2008 April 26 : Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du régiment

2008 May 03 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail

2008 October 03 : Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

2008 October 07 : Richard Strauss, Salome

2008 October 13 : John Adams, Doctor Atomic

2008 October 24 : Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly

2008 October 31 : Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata

2008 November 07 : Hector Berlioz, La Damnation de Faust

2008 November 08 : John Adams, Doctor Atomic

2008 November 13 : John Adams, Doctor Atomic

2008 November 28 : Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

2008 December 06 : Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

2008 December 08 : Jules Massenet, Thais

2008 December 13 : Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski, The Queen of Spades

2008 December 15 : Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème

2008 December 20 : Jules Massenet, Thais

2009 January 09 : Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice

2009 January 10 : Giacomo Puccini, La Rondine

2009 January 13 : Giacomo Puccini, La Rondine

2009 January 24 : Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice

2009 January 30 : Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski, Eugene Onegin

2009 January 31 : Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto

2009 February 06 : Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur

2009 February 07 : Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor

2009 February 12 : Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto

2009 February 14 : Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski, Eugene Onegin

2009 February 16 : Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore

2009 February 21 : Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur

2009 February 25 : Francesco Cilea, Adriana Lecouvreur

2009 February 28 : Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore

2009 March 02 : Vincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula

2009 March 07 : Giacomo Puccini : Madama Butterfly

2009 March 14 : Antonin Dvorak, Rusalka

2009 March 19 : Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana

2009 March 21 : Vincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula

 

 

ADAMS - DOCTOR ATOMIC - MET - 13 OCTOBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 13 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

John Adams (1947) : Doctor Atomic (2005)

 

Gerald Finley (barytone) : J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sasha Cooke (soprano) : Kitty Oppenheimer

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Edward Teller

Thomas Glenn (tenor) : Robert Wilson

Earle Patriarco (barytone) : Jack Hubbard

Eric Owens (bass) : General Leslie Groves

Roger Honeywell (tenor) : Captain James Nolan

Meredith Arwady (mezzo) : Pasqualita

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Alan Gilbert

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/153850122/Adams-DoctorAtomic-Met-13-Oct-2008.zip

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 78 and 84 minutes

 

 

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ADAMS - DOCTOR ATOMIC - MET - 08 NOVEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 08 November 2008

Broadcast : Saturday 17 January 2009

 

John Adams (1947) : Doctor Atomic (2005)

 

Gerald Finley (barytone) : J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sasha Cooke (soprano) : Kitty Oppenheimer

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Edward Teller

Thomas Glenn (tenor) : Robert Wilson

Earle Patriarco (barytone) : Jack Hubbard

Eric Owens (bass) : General Leslie Groves

Roger Honeywell (tenor) : Captain James Nolan

Meredith Arwady (mezzo) : Pasqualita

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Alan Gilbert

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/200030727/Adams-DoctorAtomic-Met-08-Nov-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/200042601/Adams-DoctorAtomic-Met-08-Nov-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbs

2 acts, 2 files : 77 and 82 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

no internet involved in recording

very good sound

 

 

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ADAMS - DOCTOR ATOMIC - MET - 13 NOVEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 13 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

John Adams (1947) : Doctor Atomic (2005)

 

Gerald Finley (barytone) : J. Robert Oppenheimer

Sasha Cooke (soprano) : Kitty Oppenheimer

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Edward Teller

Thomas Glenn (tenor) : Robert Wilson

Earle Patriarco (barytone) : Jack Hubbard

Eric Owens (bass) : General Leslie Groves

Roger Honeywell (tenor) : Captain James Nolan

Meredith Arwady (mezzo) : Pasqualita

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Alan Gilbert

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/165678670/Adams-DoctorAtomic-Met-13-Nov-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 77 and 82 minutes

 

 

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BELLINI - LA SONNAMBULA - MET - 02 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 02 March 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) : La Sonnambula (1831)

 

Natalie Dessay (soprano) : Annina

Juan Diego Florez (tenor) : Elvino

Michele Pertusi (bass) : Il conte Rodolfo

Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) : Teresa

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Lisa

Jeremy Galyon (bass) : Alessio

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Un notaro

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Evelino Pido

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/204732997/Bellini-Sonnambula-Met-02-Mar-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 77 and 56 minutes

no drop-outs

 

 

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BELLINI - LA SONNAMBULA - MET - 21 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 21 March 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) : La Sonnambula (1831)

 

Natalie Dessay (soprano) : Annina

Juan Diego Florez (tenor) : Elvino

Michele Pertusi (bass) : Il conte Rodolfo

Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) : Teresa

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Lisa

Jeremy Galyon (bass) : Alessio

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Un notaro

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Evelino Pido

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/225998747/Bellini-LaSonnambula-Met-21Mar2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/226005373/Bellini-LaSonnambula-Met-21Mar2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 76 and 55 minutes

very good quality

no drop-outs

 

to be joined with HJSplit

no internet involved in recording

 

 

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BELLINI - NORMA - MET - 04 DECEMBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 04 December 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) : Norma (1831)

 

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Norma

Dolora Zajick (soprano) : Adalgisa

Franco Farina (tenor) : Pollione

Vitalij Kowaljow (bass) : Oroveso

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Flavio

Julianna Di Giacomo (mezzo-soprano) : Clotilde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/160066081/Bellini-Norma-Met-04-Dec-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts, 4 files : 59, 25, 22 and 42 minutes

 

 

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BERLIOZ - LA DAMNATION DE FAUST - MET - 07 NOVEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 07 November 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) : La Damnation de Faust (1846)

 

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Faust

John Relyea (bass-barytone) : Mephistopheles

Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) : Marguerite

Patrick Carfizzi (bass) : Brander

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/165688089/Berlioz-DamnationDeFaust-Met-07-Nov-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 files : 56 and 70 minutes

 

 

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BIZET - CARMEN - MET - 04 FEBRUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 04 February 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Georges Bizet (1837-1875) : Carmen (1875)

 

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) : Carmen

Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) : Don Jose

Maija Kovalevska (soprano) : Micaela

Lucio Gallo (barytone) : Escamillo

John Hancock (tenor) : Le Dancaire

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor) : Le Remendado

Jeffrey Wells (bass) : Zuniga

Stephen Gaertner (barytone) : Morales

Rachelle Durkin (soprano) : Frasquita

Edyta Kulczak (soprano) : Mercedes

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Emmanuel Villaume

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155954040/Bizet-Carmen-Met-04-Feb-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 50, 40, 38 and 21 minutes

 

 

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BIZET - CARMEN - MET - 23 FEBRUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 23 February 2008

Webcast : NPS Radio 4 (384 Kbps), live

 

Georges Bizet (1837-1875) : Carmen (1875)

 

Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo-soprano) : Carmen

Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) : Don Jose

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) : Micaela

Lucio Gallo (barytone) : Escamillo

John Hancock (tenor) : Le Dancaire

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor) : Le Remendado

Jeffrey Wells (bass) : Zuniga

Stephen Gaertner (barytone) : Morales

Rachelle Durkin (soprano) : Frasquita

Edyta Kulczak (soprano) : Mercedes

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Emmanuel Villaume

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155839654/Bizet-Carmen-Met-23-Feb-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/155847270/Bizet-Carmen-Met-23-Feb-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 50, 41, 38 and 21 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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BRITTEN - PETER GRIMES - MET - 28 FEBRUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 28 February 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) : Peter Grimes

Patricia Racette (soprano) : Ellen Orford

Anthony Michaels-Moore (barytone) : Captain Balstrode

Jill Grove (contralto) : Auntie

Leah Partridge (soprano) : First Niece

Erin Morley (soprano) : Second Niece

Greg Fedderly (tenor) : Bob Boles

John del Carlo (bass) : Swallow

Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) : Mrs. Sedley

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Rev. Horace Adams

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (barytone) : Ned Keene

Dean Peterson (bass) : Hobson

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Donald C. Runnicles

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155824245/Britten-PeterGrimes-Met-28-Feb-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 52, 48, 41 minutes

 

 

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BRITTEN - PETER GRIMES - MET - 15 MARCH 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 15 March 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor) : Peter Grimes

Patricia Racette (soprano) : Ellen Orford

Anthony Michaels-Moore (barytone) : Captain Balstrode

Jill Grove (contralto) : Auntie

Leah Partridge (soprano) : First Niece

Erin Morley (soprano) : Second Niece

Greg Fedderly (tenor) : Bob Boles

John del Carlo (bass) : Swallow

Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) : Mrs. Sedley

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Rev. Horace Adams

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (barytone) : Ned Keene

Dean Peterson (bass) : Hobson

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Donald C. Runnicles

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154695140/Britten-PeterGrimes-Met-15-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154698144/Britten-PeterGrimes-Met-15-March-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 51, 47, 39 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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CILEA - ADRIANA LECOUVREUR - MET - 06 FEBRUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 06 February 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur (1902)

 

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Adriana Lecouvreur

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Maurizio

Roberto Frontali (barytone) : Michonnet

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) : La Principessa di Bouillon

John del Carlo (bass) : Il Principe di Bouillon

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : L’Abate di Chazeuil

Jennifer Black (soprano) : La Jouvenot

Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (mezzo-soprano) : La Dangeville

Brian Frutiger (tenor) : Poisson

Philip Cokorinos (bass) : Quinault

Joseph Turi (tenor) : Il Maggiordomo

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199255390/Cilea-AdrianaLecouvreur-Met-06-Feb-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 36, 34, 26 and 36 minutes

 

1 minute dropout 9 minutes after beginning of Act 2

 

 

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CILEA - ADRIANA LECOUVREUR - MET - 21 FEBRUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 21 February 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur (1902)

 

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Adriana Lecouvreur

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Maurizio

Roberto Frontali (barytone) : Michonnet

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) : La Principessa di Bouillon

John del Carlo (bass) : Il Principe di Bouillon

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : L’Abate di Chazeuil

Jennifer Black (soprano) : La Jouvenot

Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (mezzo-soprano) : La Dangeville

Brian Frutiger (tenor) : Poisson

Philip Cokorinos (bass) : Quinault

Joseph Turi (tenor) : Il Maggiordomo

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/226017843/Cilea-AdrianaLecouvreur-Met-21Feb2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/226024356/Cilea-AdrianaLecouvreur-Met-21Feb2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 36, 34, 26 and 36 minutes

 

very good quality

no drop-outs

 

to be joined with HJSplit

no internet involved in recording

 

 

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CILEA - ADRIANA LECOUVREUR - MET - 25 FEBRUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Wednesday 25 February 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) : Adriana Lecouvreur (1902)

 

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Adriana Lecouvreur

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Maurizio

Roberto Frontali (barytone) : Michonnet

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) : La Principessa di Bouillon

John del Carlo (bass) : Il Principe di Bouillon

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : L’Abate di Chazeuil

Jennifer Black (soprano) : La Jouvenot

Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (mezzo-soprano) : La Dangeville

Brian Frutiger (tenor) : Poisson

Philip Cokorinos (bass) : Quinault

Joseph Turi (tenor) : Il Maggiordomo

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/204774900/Cilea-AdrianaLecouvreur-Met-25-Feb-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 36, 33, 27 and 36 minutes

 

no dropouts

 

 

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DONIZETTI - LA FILLE DU REGIMENT - MET - 21 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 21 April 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : La Fille du régiment (1840)

 

Natalie Dessay (soprano) : Marie

Juan Diego Florez (tenor) : Tonio

Alessandro Corbelli (bass): Le sergent Sulpice

Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano) : La Marquise de Berkenfield

Marian Seldes (mezzo-soprano) : La Duchesse de Crakentorp

Donald Maxwell (bass) : Hortensius

Roger Andrews (tenor) : Un caporal

David Frye (tenor) : Un paysan

Jack Wetherall (spoken part) : Un notaire

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154292641/Donizetti-FilleDuRegiment-Met-21-April-2008.zip

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 81 and 48 minutes

 

 

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DONIZETTI - LA FILLE DU REGIMENT - MET - 26 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 26 April 2008

Broadcast : live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : La Fille du régiment (1840)

 

Natalie Dessay (soprano) : Marie

Juan Diego Florez (tenor) : Tonio

Alessandro Corbelli (bass): Le sergent Sulpice

Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano) : La Marquise de Berkenfield

Marian Seldes (mezzo-soprano) : La Duchesse de Crakentorp

Donald Maxwell (bass) : Hortensius

Roger Andrews (tenor) : Un caporal

David Frye (tenor) : Un paysan

Jack Wetherall (spoken part) : Un notaire

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/110796831/Donizetti_Fille_Met_26_April_2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/110801649/Donizetti_Fille_Met_26_April_2008.zip.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/110807083/Donizetti_Fille_Met_26_April_2008.zip.003

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 79 and 48 minutes

very good sound, complete from beginning to end

to be joined with HJ Split

no internet involved in recording

 

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DONIZETTI - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - MET - 08 MARCH 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 08 March 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

 

Natalie Dessay (soprano) : Miss Lucia

Giuseppe Filianoti (tenor) : Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood

Mariusz Kwiecien (barytone) : Lord Enrico Ashton

Stephen Costello (tenor) : Lord Arturo Bucklaw

John Relyea (bass) : Raimondo Bidebent

Michaela Martens (mezzo-soprano) : Alisa

Michael Myers (tenor) : Normanno

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Joseph Colaneri

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154712523/Donizetti-Lucia-Met-08-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154715299/Donizetti-Lucia-Met-08-March-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 41, 40 and 56 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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DONIZETTI - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - MET - 03 OCTOBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 03 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

 

Diana Damrau (soprano) : Miss Lucia

Piotr Beczala (tenor) : Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood

Vladimir Stoyanov (barytone) : Lord Enrico Ashton

Sean Panikkar (tenor) : Lord Arturo Bucklaw

Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) : Raimondo Bidebent

Michaela Martens (mezzo-soprano) : Alisa

Ronald Naldi (tenor) : Normanno

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154278459/Donizetti-Lucia-Met-03-Oct-2008.zip

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 41, 41 and 58 minutes

 

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DONIZETTI - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - MET - 07 FEBRUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 07 February 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : Lucia di Lammermoor (1835)

 

Anna Netrebko (soprano) : Miss Lucia

Piotr Beczala (tenor) : Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood

Mariusz Kwiecien (barytone) : Lord Enrico Ashton

Colin Lee (tenor) : Lord Arturo Bucklaw

Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) : Raimondo Bidebent

Michaela Martens (mezzo-soprano) : Alisa

Michael Myers (tenor) : Normanno

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199205541/Donizetti-Lucia-Met-07-Feb-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/199212987/Donizetti-Lucia-Met-07-Feb-2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 40, 40 and 55 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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DUN - THE FIRST EMPEROR - MET - 21 DECEMBER 2006

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 21 December 2006

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Tan Dun (1957) : The First Emperor (2006)

 

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Emperor Qin

Elizabeth Futral (soprano) : Princess Yueyang

Paul Groves (tenor) : Gao Jianli

Haijing Fu (barytone) : Chief Minister

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Shaman

Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) : Mother of Yueyang

Hao Jiang Tian (bass) : General Wang Jong

Danrell Williams (bass) : Guard

Wu Hsing-Kuo (chinese opera performer) : Yin-Yang Master

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Tan Dun

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171842440/Dun-TheFirstEmperor-Met-21-Dec-2006.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 77 and 79 minutes

 

 

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DUN - THE FIRST EMPEROR - MET - 13 JANUARY 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 13 January 2007

Broadcast : live

 

Tan Dun (1957) : The First Emperor (2006)

 

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Emperor Qin

Elizabeth Futral (soprano) : Princess Yueyang

Paul Groves (tenor) : Gao Jianli

Haijing Fu (barytone) : Chief Minister

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Shaman

Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) : Mother of Yueyang

Hao Jiang Tian (bass) : General Wang Jong

Danrell Williams (bass) : Guard

Wu Hsing-Kuo (chinese opera performer) : Yin-Yang Master

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Tan Dun

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171854086/Dun-TheFirstEmperor-Met-13-Jan-2007.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/171862421/Dun-TheFirstEmperor-Met-13-Jan-2007.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 74 and 75 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

very good sound - no internet involved in recording

 

 

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DUN - THE FIRST EMPEROR - MET - 25 JANUARY 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 25 January 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Tan Dun (1957) : The First Emperor (2006)

 

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Emperor Qin

Sara Coburn (soprano) : Princess Yueyang

Marc Heller (tenor) : Gao Jianli

Haijing Fu (barytone) : Chief Minister

Ning Liang (mezzo-soprano) : Shaman

Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) : Mother of Yueyang

Hao Jiang Tian (bass) : General Wang Jong

Danrell Williams (bass) : Guard

Wu Hsing-Kuo (chinese opera performer) : Yin-Yang Master

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Tan Dun

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171870171/Dun-TheFirstEmperor-Met-25-Jan-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 73 and 76 minutes

 

 

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DVORAK - RUSALKA - MET - 14 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 14 March 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) : Rusalka (1901)

 

Renee Fleming (soprano) : Rusalka

Aleksander Antonenko (tenor) : Prince

Christine Goerke (soprano) : The Foreign Princess

Kristin Sigmundsson (bass) : The Water Spirit

Stephanie Blythe (mezzo) : Jezibaba

David Won (tenor) : Voice of a Hunter

Kate Lindsey (mezzo) : Kitchen Boy

Kathleen Kim (soprano) : First Nymph

Brenda Patersson (soprano) : Second Nymph

Edyta Kulczak (contralto) : Third Nymph

James Courtney (barytone) : Gamekeeper

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

 

  

http://rapidshare.com/files/226037914/Dvorak-Rusalka-Met-14Mar2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/226047222/Dvorak-Rusalka-Met-14Mar2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 55, 42 and 51 minutes

 

very good quality

no internet involved in recording

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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GIORDANO - ANDREA CHENIER - MET - 07 APRIL 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 07 April 2007

Broadcast : live

 

Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) : Andrea Chenier (1896)

 

Ben Heppner (tenor) : Andrea Chenier

Violeta Urmana (soprano) : Maddalena de Coigny

Mark Delavan (barytone) : Carlo Gerard

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Bersi

Irina Mishura (mezzo-soprano) : Madelon

Micaela Martens (mezzo-soprano) : La Contessa de Coigny

Charles Taylor (barytone) : Roucher

Patrick Carfizzi (barytone) : Pietro Fleville

Peter Volpe (barytone) : Fouquier-Tinville

John del Carlo (bass) : Mathieu

David Cangelosi (tenor) : L’Incroyable

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Abbe

LeRoy Lehr (bass) : Schmidt

Brian Davis (bass) : Majordome

James Courtney (bass) : Dumas

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171815046/Giordano-AndreaChenier-Met-07-Apr-2007.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/171819139/Giordano-AndreaChenier-Met-07-Apr-2007.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts - 4 files : 30, 28, 42 and 16 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

very good sound - no internet involved in recording

 

 

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GLASS - SATYAGRAHA - MET - 19 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 19 April 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Philipp Glass (1937) : Satyagraha (1980)

 

Richard Croft (tenor) : M. K. Gandhi

Bradley Garvin (bass) : Prince Arjuna

Richard Bernstein (bass) : Lord Krishna

Rachelle Durkin (soprano) : Miss Schlesen

Ellie Dehn (soprano) : Mrs. Naidoo

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Kasturbai

Earle Patriarco (barytone) : Mr. Kallenbach

Alfred Walker (bass-barytone) : Parsi Rustomji

Mary Phillips (mezzo-soprano) : Mrs. Alexander

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Dante Anzolini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154398008/Glass-Satyagraha-Met-19-April-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154403499/Glass-Satyagraha-Met-19-April-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 50, 54, 62 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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GLUCK - IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE - MET - 08 DECEMBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 08 December 2007

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) : Iphigenie en Tauride (1779)

 

Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) : Iphigenie

Placido Domingo (tenor) : Oreste

Paul Groves (tenor) : Pylade

William Shimell (barytone) : Thoas

Michele Losier (soprano) : Diane

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Premiere pretresse

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) : Seconde pretresse

David Won (barytone) : Un Scythe

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Louis Langrée

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/158086965/Gluck-IphigenieEnTauride-Met-08-Dec-2007.zip

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

4 acts, 2 files : 58 and 48 minutes

 

 

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GLUCK - ORFEO ED EURIDICE - MET - 05 MAY 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 05 May 2007

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) : Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)

 

David Daniels (countertenor) : Orfeo

Maija Kovalevska (soprano) : Euridice

Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) : Amore

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/160073527/Gluck-OrfeoEdEuridice-Met-05-May-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 files : 68 and 23 minutes

 

  

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GLUCK - ORFEO ED EURIDICE - MET - 09 JANUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 09 January 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) : Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)

 

Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) : Orfeo

Danielle de Niese (soprano) : Euridice

Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) : Amore

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/183147640/Gluck-OrfeoEdEuridice-Met-09-Jan-2009.mp3

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

1 file : 87 minutes

 

 

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GLUCK - ORFEO ED EURIDICE - MET - 24 JANUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 24 January 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) : Orfeo ed Euridice (1762)

 

Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) : Orfeo

Danielle de Niese (soprano) : Euridice

Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) : Amore

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/200008752/Gluck-OrfeoEdEuridice-Met-24-Jan-2009.mp3.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/200009671/Gluck-OrfeoEdEuridice-Met-24-Jan-2009.mp3.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

1 file : 87 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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GOUNOD - FAUST - 17 MARCH 2007

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 17 March 2007

Webcast : KUAF, live (128 Kbps)

 

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) : Faust (1859)

 

Ramon Vargas (tenor) : Faust

Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano) : Marguerite

Ildar Abdrasakov (bass) : Mephistopheles

Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano) : Siebel

Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) : Dame Marthe

Hung Yun (barytone) : Valentin

Keith Miller (bass) : Wagner

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175488396/Gounod-Faust-Met-17-Mar-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

5 acts, 6 files : 24, 25, 52, 9, 20 and 18 minutes

 

 

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GOUNOD - ROMEO ET JULIETTE - 15 DECEMBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 15 December 2007

Broadcast : live

 

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) : Romeo et Juliette (1867)

 

Anna Netrebko (soprano) : Juliette

Roberto Alagna (tenor) : Romeo

Isabel Leonard (soprano) : Stephano

Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) : Gertrude

Marc Heller (tenor) : Tybalt

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Benvolio

Nathan Gunn (barytone) : Mercutio

Louis Otey (barytone) : Le Comte Paris

David Won (barytone) : Gregorio

Charles Taylor (bass) : Le Comte Capulet

Robert Lloyd (bass) : Frere Laurent

Dean Peterson (bass) : Le duc de Verone

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Placido Domingo

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/158045002/Gounod-RomeoEtJuliette-Met-15-Dec-2007.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/158054077/Gounod-RomeoEtJuliette-Met-15-Dec-2007.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

very good sound - no internet involved in recording

to be joined with HJSplit

5 acts, 5 files : 41, 26, 11, 23 and 59 minutes

Act III cut in two scenes - no pause between Acts IV-V

 

 

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HAENDEL - GIULIO CESARE - MET - 10 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 10 April 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) : Giulio Cesare (1724)

 

David Daniels (countertenor) : Giulio Cesare

Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano) : Cleopatra

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) : Tolomeo

Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) : Cornelia

Alice Coote (soprano) : Sesto

Wayne Tigges (bass) : Achilla

Michael Maniaci (countertenor) : Nireno

Trevor Scheunemann (bass) : Curio

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Harry Bicket

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171742228/Haendel-GiulioCesare-Met-10-Apr-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 89, 55 and 49 minutes

 

 

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HAENDEL - GIULIO CESARE - MET - 21 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 21 April 2008

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759) : Giulio Cesare (1724)

 

David Daniels (countertenor) : Giulio Cesare

Ruth Ann Swenson (soprano) : Cleopatra

Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor) : Tolomeo

Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) : Cornelia

Alice Coote (soprano) : Sesto

Wayne Tigges (bass) : Achilla

Michael Maniaci (countertenor) : Nireno

Trevor Scheunemann (bass) : Curio

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Harry Bicket

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175498322/Haendel-GiulioCesare-Met-21-Apr-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 86, 55 and 49 minutes

 

 

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HUMPERDINCK - HANSEL AND GRETEL - 29 DECEMBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 29 December 2007

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) : Hänsel und Gretel (1893)

 

Christine Schäfer (soprano) : Gretel

Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) : Hänsel

Philip Langridge (tenor) : Die Knusperhexe

Rosalind Plowright (soprano) : Gertrud

Alan Held (barytone) : Peter

Sasha Cooke (soprano) : Sandmännchen

Lisette Oropresa (soprano) : Taumännchen

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Vladimir Jurowski

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/158029639/Humperdinck-HanselAndGretel-Met-29-Dec-2007.zip

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts, 2 files - Acts I and II (62 minutes), Act III (42 minutes)

 

 

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MASCAGNI - CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA - MET - 19 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 19 March 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) : Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

 

Waltraud Meier (soprano) : Santuzza

Roberto Alagna (tenor) : Turiddu

Alberto Mastromarino (barytone) : Alfio

Jane Bunnell (alto) : Mamma Lucia

Ginger Costa Jackson (mezzo) : Lola

Linda Mays (soprano) : Una paesana

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Pietro Rizzo

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/226051995/Mascagni-CavalleriaRusticana-Met-19Mar2009.mp3

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

1 file : 75 minutes

 

no dropout

 

 

 

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MASSENET - THAIS - MET - 08 DECEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 08 December 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) : Thais (1894)

 

Renee Fleming (soprano) : Thais

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Athanael

Michael Schade (tenor) : Nicias

Alain Vernhes (bass) : Palémon

Alyson Cambridge (soprano) : Crobyle

Maria Zifchak (alto) : Albine

Leah Partridge (soprano) : La Charmeuse

Ginger Costa-Jackson (mezzo-soprano) : Myrtale

Trevor Scheunemann (barytone) : Un guarde

Kurt Phinney (tenor) : Premier Cenobite

Daniel Clark Smith (tenor) : Deuxième Cenobite

Marty Singleton (tenor) : Troisieme Cenobite

Roger Andrews (bass) : Quatrieme Cenobite

Richard Pearson (bass) : Cinquieme Cenobite

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171705547/Massenet-Thais-Met-08-Dec-2008.zip

 

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts - 5 files (Acts 1 and 3 cut in two) : 19, 26, 44, 19 and 23 minutes

 

4 dropouts 2 minutes before end of act 1 : 11, 23, 12 and 2 seconds

 

 

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MASSENET - THAIS - MET - 20 DECEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 20 December 2008

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

  

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) : Thais (1894)

 

Renee Fleming (soprano) : Thais

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Athanael

Michael Schade (tenor) : Nicias

Alain Vernhes (bass) : Palémon

Alyson Cambridge (soprano) : Crobyle

Maria Zifchak (alto) : Albine

Leah Partridge (soprano) : La Charmeuse

Ginger Costa-Jackson (mezzo-soprano) : Myrtale

Trevor Scheunemann (barytone) : Un guarde

Daniel Clark Smith (tenor) : Premier Cenobite

Roger Andrews (tenor) : Deuxième Cenobite

Kurt Phinney (tenor) : Troisieme Cenobite

Richard Pearson (bass) : Quatrieme Cenobite

 Craig Montgomery (bass) : Cinquieme Cenobite

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Jesus Lopez-Cobos

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175407454/Massenet-Thais-Met-20-Dec-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/175415590/Massenet-Thais-Met-20-Dec-2008.zip.002

 

to be joined with HJSplit

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts - 5 files (Acts 1 and 3 cut in two) : 19, 26, 43, 19 and 23 minutes

 

 

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MOZART - DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL - MET - 03 MAY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 03 May 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782)

 

Matthias von Stegmann (spoken part) : Bassa Selim

Diana Damrau (soprano) : Konstanze

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) : Blonde

Matthew Polenzani (tenor) : Belmonte

Steve Davislim (tenor) : Pedrillo

Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass) : Osmin

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : David Robertson

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154379649/Mozart-Entfuhrung-Met-03-May-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154382586/Mozart-Entfuhrung-Met-03-May-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 40, 60, 34 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

two little dropouts toward end of act III (14 and 2 seconds)

 

 

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MOZART - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - MET - 18 OCTOBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 18 October 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) : Le Nozze di Figaro (1786)

 

Erwin Schrott (bass) : Figaro

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Susanna

Michele Pertusi (barytone) : Il Conte di Almaviva

Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano) : La Contessa di Almaviva

Anke Vondung (soprano) : Cherubino

Maurizio Muraro (bass) : Bartolo

Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) : Marcellina

Robin Leggate (tenor) : Basilio

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Don Curzio

Patrick Carfizzi (bass) : Antonio

Kathleen Kim (soprano) : Barbarina

Ashley Emerson (soprano) : Prima contadina

Leah Wool (soprano) : Seconda contadina

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Philippe Jordan

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/160081708/Mozart-LeNozzeDiFigaro-Met-18-Oct-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 3 files : 46, 50 and 76 minutes

 

2 cuts (28 and 17 seconds) in the overture, between 1 and 3 minutes after beginning

 

 

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PROKOFIEV - THE GAMBLER - MET - 12 APRIL 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 12 April 2008

Broadcast : live

 

Olga Guryakova (soprano) : Polina

Olga Savova (contralto) : Blanche

Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano) : Grammy

Vladimir Galouzine (tenor) : Alexei

Nikolai Gassiev (tenor) : Marquis

John Hancock (barytone) : Mr. Astley

Sergei Alexachkine (bass) : General

John Easterlin (tenor) : Prince Nilsky

Diego Matamoros (barytone) : Potapich

Paul Plishka (bass) : Director

James Courtney (bass) : Baron Wurmerhelm

Ronald Naldi (tenor) : First Croupier

Jeremy Little (tenor) : Second croupier

LeRoy Lehr (bass) : Fat Englishman

Michael Devlin (bass) : Tall Englishman

Katherine Whyte (soprano) : Garish Lady

Yvonne Gonzales Redmann (mezzo-soprano) : Pale Lady

Jane Shaulis (mezzo-soprano) : Venerable Lady

Kathryn Day (contralto) : Suspicious Old Lady

Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Lady « Comme ci, comme ca »

Vladimir Grishko (tenor) : Reckless Gambler

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Sickly Gambler

Anthony Laciura (tenor) : Hunchback Gambler

David Won (barytone) : Unlucky Gambler

Philip Cokorinos (bass) : Old Gambler

Michael Forest (tenor) : First Gambler

Iosef Shalamayev (tenor) : Second Gambler

Kirk Eichelberger (barytone) : Third Gambler

Philip Horst (barytone) : Fourth Gambler

Kurt Link (bass) : Fifth Gambler

Ricardo Lugo (bass) : Sixth Gambler

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Valery Gergiev

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154550197/Prokofiev-Gambler-Met-12-April-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154553027/Prokofiev-Gambler-Met-12-April-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts, 2 files : 53 and 61 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 no internet involved in recording

 

 

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PROKOFIEV - WAR AND PIECE- MET - 10 DECEMBER 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 10 December 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Sergueï Prokofiev (1891-1953) : Guerre et Paix (1945)

 

Alexej Markov (barytone) : Prince Andrei Bolkonsky

Marina Poplavskaya (soprano) : Natasha Rostova

Elizabeth Bishop (mezzo) : Maria Bolkonskaya

Vladimir Ognovenko (bass) : Prince Nikolai Bolkonsky / Matveyev

Larisa Shevchenko (mezzo) : Madame Akhrosimova

Kim Begley (tenor) : Count Pierre Bezukhov

Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) : Helène Bezukhova

Oleg Balashov (tenor) : Prince Anatol Kuragin

Alexander Morozov (bass) : Lieutenant Dolokhov

Mikhail Kit (bass) : Count Ilya Rostov

Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo) : Sonya

Vassily Gerello (barytone) : Napoleon Bonaparte

Claudia Waite (mezzo) : Madame Peronskaya / Shopkeeper

Samuel Ramey (bass) : Field Marshal Kutuzov

Gennady Bezzubenkov (bass) : Balaga / General Bennigsen

Iosef Shalamayev (tenor) : General Barclay de Tolly

Louis Otey (bass) : General Yermolov

Thomas Hammons (bass) : French Officer

Todd Thomas (barytone) : Métivier

Lucas Meachem (barytone) : General Rayevsky

Vitaliy Bilyy (barytone) : Colonel Vaska Denisov

Keith Jameson (tenor) : Footman / Staff Officer

Michael Devlin (barytone) : Staff Officer

Keith Miller (tenor) : German General / Madman

Richard Bernstein (barytone) : German General

LeRoy Lehr (barytone) : Valet

Ronald Naldi (tenor) : General Konovnitsin / Host / Adjutant

Dean Peterson (barytone) : Tikhon Shcherbaty / Marshal Davout

Jeffrey Wells (bass) : Marshal Berthier / Lackey

Christopher Schaldenbrand (barytone) : General Belliard

Joel Sorensen (tenor) : Monsieur de Beausset

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : French Abbe / Lieutenant Bonnet

Dennis Petersen (tenor) : Ivanov / Adjutant

Adam Klein (bass) : Fyodor

James Courtney (bass) : Captain Ramballe

Peter Volpe (barytone) : Captain Jacqeau

Vladimir Grishko (tenor) : Gerard

Samuel Dylan Rosner (boy) : Trishka

Nikolai Gassiev (tenor) : Platon Karatayev

Michael Forest (tenor) : Madman

Anita Johnson (soprano) : Actress

Jennifer Zetlan (soprano) : Actress

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Adjutant / Orderly / Factory Worker

Kathryn Day (soprano) : Housemaid

Tamara Mumford (contralto) : Matryosha / Mavra Kuzminichna

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Offstage Voice

David Won (barytone) : Offstage Voice

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Dunyasha

Stefan Szkafarowsky (bass) : Gavrila

Jan Opalach (bass-barytone) : Adjutant

Leah Wool (soprano) : Adjutant

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Valery Gergiev

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/158072214/Prokofiev-WarAndPeace-Met-10-Dec-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 parts : 100, 78 and 29 minutes

 

2 dropouts (2 and 3 seconds) at end of file 2 and beginning of file 3

 

 

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PUCCINI - IL TRITTICO - MET - 20 APRIL 2007

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 20 April 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

 

I. Il Tabarro

 

Frederick Burchinal (barytone) : Michele

Salvatore Licitra (tenor) : Luigi

David Cangelosi (tenor) : Tinca

Paul Plishka (bass) : Talpa

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Giorgetta

Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) : Frugola

John Nuzzo (tenor) : Un venditore di canzonette

Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) : Amante

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Amante

 

 

II. Suor Angelica

 

Barbara Frittoli (soprano) : Suor Angelica

Stephanie Blythe (alto) : La zia principessa

Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano) : La badessa

Wendy White (mezzo-soprano) : La suora zelatrice

Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano) : La maestra delle novizie

Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) : Suor Genovieffa

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : La suor infermiera

Sara Wiedt (soprano) : Suor Osmina

Jennifer Check (soprano) : Suor Dolcina

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Prima conversa

Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Seconda conversa

Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) : Prima novize

Leah Wool (soprano) : Seconda novize

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Prima cercatrice

Jane Gilbert (soprano) : Seconda cercatrice

 

 

III. Gianni Schicchi

 

Alessandro Corbelli (barytone) : Gianni Schicchi

Olga Mykytenko (soprano) : Lauretta

Stephanie Blythe (contralto) : Zita

Massimo Giordano (tenor) : Rinuccio

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Gherardo

Jennifer Cheek (soprano) : Nella

Patrick Carfizzi (bass) : Betto di Signa

Donato Di Stefano (bass) : Simone

Jeff Mattsey (barytone) : Marco

Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano) : La Ciesca

Jacob Wade (child) : Gherardino

Paul Plishka (bass) : Spinelloccio

Dale Travis (bass barytone) : Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Peter Volpe (barytone) : Pinellino

Keith Miller (bass) : Guccio

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/171724351/Puccini-IlTrittico-Met-20-Apr-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 files : 55, 59 and 55 minutes

 

 

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PUCCINI - IL TRITTICO - MET - 28 APRIL 2007

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 28 April 2007

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

 

I. Il Tabarro

 

Juan Pons (barytone) : Michele

Salvatore Licitra (tenor) : Luigi

David Cangelosi (tenor) : Tinca

Paul Plishka (bass) : Talpa

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Giorgetta

Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) : Frugola

John Nuzzo (tenor) : Un venditore di canzonette

Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) : Amante

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Amante

 

 

II. Suor Angelica

 

Barbara Frittoli (soprano) : Suor Angelica

Stephanie Blythe (alto) : La zia principessa

Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano) : La badessa

Wendy White (mezzo-soprano) : La suora zelatrice

Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano) : La maestra delle novizie

Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano) : Suor Genovieffa

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : La suor infermiera

Sara Wiedt (soprano) : Suor Osmina

Jennifer Check (soprano) : Suor Dolcina

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Prima conversa

Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Seconda conversa

Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) : Prima novize

Leah Wool (soprano) : Seconda novize

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Prima cercatrice

Jane Gilbert (soprano) : Seconda cercatrice

 

 

III. Gianni Schicchi

 

Alessandro Corbelli (barytone) : Gianni Schicchi

Olga Mykytenko (soprano) : Lauretta

Stephanie Blythe (contralto) : Zita

Massimo Giordano (tenor) : Rinuccio

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Gherardo

Jennifer Check (soprano) : Nella

Patrick Carfizzi (bass) : Betto di Signa

Donato di Stefano (bass) : Simone

Jeff Mattsey (barytone) : Marco

Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano) : La Ciesca

Jacob Wade (child) : Gherardino

Paul Plishka (bass) : Spinelloccio

Dale Travis (bass-barytone) : Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Peter Volpe (barytone) : Pinellino

Keith Miller (bass) : Guccio

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/160089629/Puccini-IlTrittico-Met-28-April-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 files : 53, 56 and 53 minutes

 

 

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PUCCINI - LA BOHEME - MET - 01 APRIL 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 01 April 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : La Boheme (1896)

 

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Mimi

Ramon Vargas (tenor) : Rodolfo

Ludovic Tézier (barytone) : Marcello

Oren Gradus (bass) : Colline

Quinn Kelsey (barytone) : Schaunard

Paul Plishka (bass) : Benoit / Alcindoro

Ainhoa Arteta (soprano) : Musetta

Meredith Derr (tenor) : Parpignol

Richard Pearson (bass) : Sergente dei Doganieri

Robert Maher (bass) : Doganiere

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Nicola Luisotti

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154305825/Puccini-Boheme-Met-01-04-2008.zip

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files

36, 19, 26 and 29 minutes

 

1 minute drop out 18 minutes after beginning of act 1

 

 

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PUCCINI - LA BOHEME - MET - 05 APRIL 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 05 April 2008

Broadcast : live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : La Boheme (1896)

 

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Mimi

Ramon Vargas (tenor) : Rodolfo

Ludovic Tézier (barytone) : Marcello

Oren Gradus (bass) : Colline

Quinn Kelsey (barytone) : Schaunard

Paul Plishka (bass) : Benoit / Alcindoro

Ainhoa Arteta (soprano) : Musetta

Meredith Derr (tenor) : Parpignol

Richard Pearson (bass) : Sergente dei Doganieri

Robert Maher (bass) : Doganiere

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Nicola Luisotti

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154570470/Puccini-Boheme-Met-05-April-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154573588/Puccini-Boheme-Met-05-April-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files

35, 20, 26 and 29 minutes

 no internet involved in recording

 

 

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PUCCINI - LA BOHEME - MET - 15 DECEMBER 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 05 December 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : La Boheme (1896)

 

Maija Kovalevska (soprano) : Mimi

Ramon Vargas (tenor) : Rodolfo

Mariusz Kwiecien (barytone) : Marcello

Oren Gradus (bass) : Colline

Tommi Hakala (barytone) : Schaunard

Paul Plishka (bass) : Benoît / Alcindoro

Susanna Phillips (soprano) : Musetta

Daniel Clark Smith (tenor) : Parpignol

John Shelhart (bass) : Sergente dei Doganieri

Joseph Turi (bass) : Doganiere

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Frédéric Chaslin

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/173925222/Puccini-Boheme-Met-15-Dec-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 35, 20, 25 and 30 minutes

3 dropouts (34, 16 and 2 seconds) between 10:00 and 11:30 of Act 2

 

 

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PUCCINI - LA RONDINE - MET - 10 JANUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 10 January 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : La Rondine (1917)

 

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Magda de Civry

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Lisette

Roberto Alagna (tenor) : Ruggero Lastouc

Marius Brenciu (tenor) : Prunier

Samuel Ramey (barytone) : Rambaldo Fernandez

David Won (bass) : Périchaud

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Gobin

David Crawford (bass) : Crébillon

Monica Yunus (soprano) : Yvette

Alyson Cambridge (soprano) : Bianca

Elizabeth de Shong (mezzo-soprano) : Suzy

Jason Hendrix (basse) : Un maître d’hôtel

Ashley Emerson () : Un chanteur

Anne Nonnemacher () : Georgette

Belinda Oswald () : Gabriele

Mary Hughes () : Lolette

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/183089231/Puccini-Rondine-Met-10-Jan-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/183091512/Puccini-Rondine-Met-10-Jan-2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 41, 30 and 36 minutes

 

 

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PUCCINI - LA RONDINE - MET - 13 JANUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 13 January 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : La Rondine (1917)

 

Maureen O'Flynn (soprano) : Magda de Civry

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Lisette

Roberto Alagna (tenor) : Ruggero Lastouc

Marius Brenciu (tenor) : Prunier

James Courtney (barytone) : Rambaldo Fernandez

David Won (bass) : Périchaud

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Gobin

David Crawford (bass) : Crébillon

Monica Yunus (soprano) : Yvette

Alyson Cambridge (soprano) : Bianca

Elizabeth de Shong (mezzo-soprano) : Suzy

Roger Andrews (basse) : Un maître d’hôtel

Ashley Emerson () : Un chanteur

Anne Nonnemacher () : Georgette

Belinda Oswald () : Gabriele

Mary Hughes () : Lolette

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Marco Armiliato

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/183075006/Puccini-Rondine-Met-13-Jan-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 41, 29 and 35 minutes

 

 

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PUCCINI - MADAMA BUTTERFLY - MET - 24 OCTOBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 24 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : Madama Butterfly (1904)

 

Patricia Racette (soprano) : Cio-Cio-San

Roberto Aronica (ténor) : F. B. Pinkerton

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Suzuki

Dwayne Croft (baryton) : Sharpless

Greg Fedderly (ténor) : Goro

Keith Miller (bass) : Lo zio bonzo

David Won (ténor) : Il Principe Yamadori

Edita Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Kate Pinkerton

Stephen Paynter (bass) : Yakuside

David Crawford (bass) : Il Commissario Imperiale

Christian Jeong (bass) : L’Ufficiale dello Stato Civile

Linda Mays (mezzo-soprano) : La madre

Jean Braham (soprano) : La zia

Laura Fried (soprano) : La cugina

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Patrick Summers

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/157856406/Puccini-MadamaButterfly-Met-24-Oct-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 50, 50 and 32 minutes

3 dropouts in Act 1, between 02 : 50 : 48 and 02 : 51 : 35

 

 

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PUCCINI - MADAMA BUTTERFLY - MET - 07 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 07 March 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : Madama Butterfly (1904)

 

Patricia Racette (soprano) : Cio-Cio-San

Marcello Giordani (ténor) : F. B. Pinkerton

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Suzuki

Dwayne Croft (baryton) : Sharpless

Greg Fedderly (ténor) : Goro

Dean Peterson (bass) : Lo zio bonzo

David Won (ténor) : Il Principe Yamadori

Edita Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Kate Pinkerton

Stephen Paynter (bass) : Yakuside

Keith Miller (bass) : Il Commissario Imperiale

Christian Jeong (bass) : L’Ufficiale dello Stato Civile

Linda Mays (mezzo-soprano) : La madre

Jean Braham (soprano) : La zia

Laura Fried (soprano) : La cugina

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Patrick Summers

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/226065851/Puccini-MadamaButterfly-Met-07Mar2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/226074064/Puccini-MadamaButterfly-Met-07Mar2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 51, 53 and 34 minutes

 

to be joind with HJSplit

very good quality

no dropout

no internet involved in recording

 

 

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PUCCINI - MANON LESCAUT - MET - 29 JANUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 29 January 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : Manon Lescaut (1893)

 

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Manon Lescaut

Dwayne Croft (barytone) : Lescaut

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Des Grieux

Dale Travis (bass) : Geronte

Keith Miller (bass) : Commandante

Sean Panikkar (tenor) : Edmondo

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Il maestro di ballo

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Lampionaio

Paul Plishka (bass) : L’oste

James Courtney (bass) : Il sergente

Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano) : Solo Madrigalist

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Madrigalist

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Madrigalist

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) : Madrigalist

Ellen Rabiner (alto) : Madrigalist

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156185629/Puccini-ManonLescaut-Met-29-Jan-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts - 4 files : 35, 40, 22 and 22 minutes

 

2 dropouts in act 1 : from 11:50 to 12:09 and from 12:14 to 12:30

 

 

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PUCCINI - MANON LESCAUT - MET - 16 FEBRUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 16 February 2008

Broadcast : live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : Manon Lescaut (1893)

 

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Manon Lescaut

Dwayne Croft (barytone) : Lescaut

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Des Grieux

Dale Travis (bass) : Geronte

Richard Bernstein (bass) : Commandante

Sean Panikkar (tenor) : Edmondo

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Il maestro di ballo

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Lampionaio

Paul Plishka (bass) : L’oste

James Courtney (bass) : Il sergente

Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano) : Solo Madrigalist

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Madrigalist

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Madrigalist

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) : Madrigalist

Ellen Rabiner (alto) : Madrigalist

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155873636/Puccini-ManonLescaut-Met-16-Feb-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/155878312/Puccini-ManonLescaut-Met-16-Feb-2008.zip.002

 

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 35, 41, 23 and 23 minutes

 

to be joined with HJSplit

No internet involved in recording

very good sound

 

 

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PUCCINI - MANON LESCAUT - MET - 20 FEBRUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Wednesday 20 February 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) : Manon Lescaut (1893)

 

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Manon Lescaut

Dwayne Croft (barytone) : Lescaut

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Des Grieux

Dale Travis (bass) : Geronte

Keith Miller (bass) : Commandante

Sean Panikkar (tenor) : Edmondo

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Il maestro di ballo

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Lampionaio

Paul Plishka (bass) : L’oste

James Courtney (bass) : Il sergente

Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) : Solo Madrigalist

Erin Morley (soprano) : Madrigalist

Jennifer Black (soprano) : Madrigalist

Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano) : Madrigalist

Ellen Rabiner (alto) : Madrigalist

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Donald Runnicles

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155859844/Puccini-ManonLescaut-Met-20-Feb-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts - 4 files : 33, 40, 23 and 23 minutes

 

Marcello Giordani is "suffering with a cold"

 

 

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ROSSINI - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - MET - 24 MARCH 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 24 March 2007

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) : Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)

 

Peter Mattei (barytone) : Figaro

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) : Rosina

Juan Diego Florez (tenor) : Il Conte Almaviva

John Del Carlo (bass) : Dottore Bartolo

John Relyea (bass) : Don Basilio

Claudia Waite (soprano) : Berta

Brian Davis (barytone) : Fiorello

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Un ufficiale

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175527777/Rossini-BarbiereDiSiviglia-Met-24-Mar-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts 3 files : 58, 36 and 63 minutes

 

 

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ROSSINI - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - MET - 22 JANUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 22 January 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) : Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)

 

Franco Vassallo (barytone) : Figaro

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) : Rosina

José Manuel Zapata (tenor) : Il Conte Almaviva

Bruno Pratico (bass) : Dottore Bartolo

Peter Rose (bass) : Don Basilio

Jennifer Check (soprano) : Berta

John Michael Moore (barytone) : Fiorello

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Un ufficiale

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Frédéric Chaslin

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156222899/Rossini-BarbiereDiSiviglia-Met-22-Jan-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

2 acts - 2 files : 94 and 57 minutes

 

 

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ROSSINI - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - MET - 26 JANUARY 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 26 January 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) : Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)

 

Franco Vassallo (barytone) : Figaro

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) : Rosina

José Manuel Zapata (tenor) : Il Conte Almaviva

Bruno Pratico (bass) : Dottore Bartolo

Peter Rose (bass) : Don Basilio

Jennifer Check (soprano) : Berta

John Michael Moore (barytone) : Fiorello

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Un ufficiale

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Frédéric Chaslin

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156205359/Rossini-BarbiereDiSiviglia-Met-26-Jan-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/156210365/Rossini-BarbiereDiSiviglia-Met-26-Jan-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 94 and 57 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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STRAUSS - SALOME - MET - 07 OCTOBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 07 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Richard Strauss 1864-1949 : Salome (1905)

 

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Salome

Ildiko Komlosi (mezzo-soprano) : Herodias

Kim Begley (tenor) : Herodes

Joseph Kaiser (tenor) : Narraboth

Juha Uusitalo (barytone) : Jochanaan

Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano) : Ein Page

Reveka Evangelia Mavrovitis (mezzo-soprano) : Ein Sklave

Allan Glassman (tenor) : Erster Jude

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Zweiter Jude

Adam Klein (tenor) : Dritter Jude

John Easterlin (tenor) : Vierter Jude

James Courtney (bass) : Fünfter Jude

Keith Miller (bass) : Erster Soldat

Richard Bernstein (bass-barytone) : Zweiter Soldat

David Won (bass) : Ein Cappadocier

Morris Robinson (bass) : Erster Nazarener

Donovan Singletary (barytone) : Zweiter Nazarener

 

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Conductor : Patrick Summers

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/153867315/Strauss-Salome-Met-07-Oct-2008.mp3

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

1 file

98 minutes

 

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TCHAIKOVSKI - EUGENE ONEGIN - MET - 30 JANUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 30 January 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893) : Eugene Onegin (1879)

 

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Eugene Onegin

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Tatiana

Piotr Beczala (tenor) : Lensky

Ekaterina Semenchuk (contralto) : Olga

Sergei Alexashkin (bass) : Prince Gremin

Wendy White (mezzo-soprano) : Larina

Jane Shaulis (mezzo-soprano) : Filippyevna

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Triquet

Richard Bernstein (bass) : Zaretsky

David Crawford (bass) : Captain

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199967241/Tchaikovski-EugeneOnegin-Met-30-Jan-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 4 files : 76, 41, 21 and 14 minutes

 

4 dropouts 23 minutes after beginning of act 1 (7, 7, 11 and 2 seconds)

 

 

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TCHAIKOVSKI - EUGENE ONEGIN - MET - 14 FEBRUARY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 14 February 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893) : Eugene Onegin (1879)

 

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Eugene Onegin

Karita Mattila (soprano) : Tatiana

Piotr Beczala (tenor) : Lensky

Ekaterina Semenchuk (contralto) : Olga

James Morris (bass) : Prince Gremin

Wendy White (mezzo-soprano) : Larina

Barbara Dever (mezzo-soprano) : Filippyevna

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Triquet

Richard Bernstein (bass) : Zaretsky

David Crawford (bass) : Captain

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Jiri Belohlavek

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199156375/Tchaikovski-EugeneOnegin-Met-14-Feb-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/199166900/Tchaikovski-EugeneOnegin-Met-14-Feb-2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 4 files : 75, 41, 21 and 14 minutes

 

to be joined with HJSplit

No internet involved in recording

very good sound

 

 

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TCHAIKOVSKI - THE QUEEN OF SPADES - MET - 13 DECEMBER 2008

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 13 December 2008

Webcast : WUFT, live (320 Kbps)

 

Piotr Illitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893) : The Queen of Spades(1890)

 

Ben Heppner (tenor) : Gherman

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Lisa

Felicity Palmer (soprano) : The Countess

Mark Delavan (barytone) : Tomsky / Plutus

Vladimir Stoyanov (tenor) : Yeletsky

Alan Oke (tenor) : Chekalinsky

Paul Plishka (bass) : Surin

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Chaplitsky

LeRoy Lehr (bass) : Narumov

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Master of Ceremonies

Ekaterina Sementchuk (contralto) : Pauline / Daphnis

Kathryn Day (mezzo) : Governess

Erin Morley (soprano) : Masha

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Chloe

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Seiji Ozawa

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/173113571/Tchaikovski-PiqueDame-Met-13-Dec-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/173121516/Tchaikovski-PiqueDame-Met-13-Dec-2008.zip.002

 

to be joined with HJSplit

MP3, 320 Kbps

very good sound - no dropouts

7 files : 33, 30, 31, 23, 10, 15 and 18 minutes (2 for act 1, 2 for act 2 and 3 for act 3)

 

« Mr Heppner is not feeling as well as he might today […] and asks for your understanding »

(announcement at the beginning of act 2)

 

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VERDI - AIDA - MET - 02 NOVEMBER 2007

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 02 November 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Aida (1871)

 

Angela M. Brown (soprano) : Aida

Franco Farina (tenor) : Radamès

Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) : Amneris

Mark Delavan (barytone) : Amonasro

Vitalij Kowaljow (bass) : Ramfis

Dimitri Kavrakos (bass) : Il Re

Jennifer Check (soprano) : La sacerdotessa

Michael Myers (tenor) : Un messaggiero

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Kazushi Ono

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/160095964/Verdi-Aida-Met-02-Nov-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 39, 43, 32 and 33 minutes

 

 

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VERDI - ERNANI - MET - 17 MARCH 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 17 March 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Ernani (1844)

 

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Ernani

Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) : Elvira

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Don Carlo

Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) : Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Wendy White (soprano) : Giovanna

Ryan Smith (tenor) : Don Riccardo

Keith Miller (bass) : Jago

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Roberto Abbado

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154325080/Verdi-Ernani-Met-17-March-2008.zip

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

4 acts, 5 files (2scenes in act 1)

14, 35, 40, 25, 19 minutes

 

Sondra Radvanovsky is "suffering from a virus"

 

 

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VERDI - ERNANI - MET - 29 MARCH 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 29 March 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Ernani (1844)

 

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Ernani

Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) : Elvira

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Don Carlo

Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) : Don Ruy Gomez de Silva

Wendy White (soprano) : Giovanna

Ryan Smith (tenor) : Don Riccardo

Keith Miller (bass) : Jago

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Roberto Abbado

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154590256/Verdi-Ernani-Met-29-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154592859/Verdi-Ernani-Met-29-March-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

4 acts, 5 files (2scenes in act 1)

14, 35, 40, 25, 19 minutes

 to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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VERDI - IL TROVATORE- MET - 16 FEBRUARY 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 16 February 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Il Trovatore (1853)

 

Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) : Manrico

Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) : Leonora

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone) : Il Conte di Luna

Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) : Azucena

Kwangchul Youn (bass) : Ferrando

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Ines

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Ruiz

Robert Maher (bass) : Un vecchio Zingaro

David Lowe () : Un Messagero

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Gianandrea Noseda

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199138136/Verdi-Trovatore-Met-16-Feb-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

4 acts - 2 files : 71 and 63 minutes

 

complete recording, no drop-outs

 

 

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VERDI - IL TROVATORE- MET - 28 FEBRUARY 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday, 28 February 2009

Broadcast : live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Il Trovatore (1853)

 

Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) : Manrico

Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano) : Leonora

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone) : Il Conte di Luna

Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano) : Azucena

Kwangchul Youn (bass) : Ferrando

Maria Zifchak (mezzo-soprano) : Ines

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Ruiz

Robert Maher (bass) : Un vecchio Zingaro

David Lowe () : Un Messagero

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Gianandrea Noseda

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/204753276/Verdi-Trovatore-Met-28-Feb-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/204759937/Verdi-Trovatore-Met-28-Feb-2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

 

4 acts - 2 files : 72 and 64 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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VERDI - LA TRAVIATA- MET - 31 OCTOBER 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 31 October 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : La Traviata (1853)

 

Anja Harteros (soprano) : Violetta Valéry

Massimo Giordano (tenor) : Alfredo Germont

Zeljko Lucic (barytone) : Giorgio Germont

Theodora Henslowe (mezzo-soprano) : Flora Bervoix

Kathryn Day (soprano) : Annina

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Gaston de Letorières

John Hancock (barytone) : Barone Douphol

Louis Otey (bass) : Marchese d’Obigny

Paul Plishka (bass) : Dottore Grenvil

Juhwan Lee (tenor) : Giuseppe

John Shelhart (bass) : Commissionario

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Paolo Carignani

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/159767152/Verdi-Traviata-Met-31-Oct-2008.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts - 4 files : 30, 41, 21 and 30 minutes

 

 

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VERDI - MACBETH - MET - 12 JANUARY 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 12 January 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Macbeth (1847)

 

Maria Guleghina (soprano) : Lady Macbeth

Zeljko Lucic (barytone) : Macbeth

Dimitri Pittas (tenor) : Macduff

John Relyea (bass) : Banco

Russell Thomas (tenor) : Malcolm

Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs (mezzo-soprano) : Dama di Lady Macbeth

Keith Miller (bass) : Sicario

James Courtney (bass) : Medico

David Crawford (bass) : Prima apparizioni

Ashley Emerson (soprano) : Seconda apparizioni

Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano) : Terza apparizioni

Richard Hobson (bass) : Domestico di Macbeth

Joseph Turi (bass) : Un araldo

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156280602/Verdi-Macbeth-Met-12-Jan-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/156283447/Verdi-Macbeth-Met-12-Jan-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

 

4 acts - 5 files : 49, 31, 19, 13 and 25 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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VERDI - OTELLO - MET - 01 MARCH 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 01 March 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Otello (1887)

 

Johan Botha (tenor) : Otello

Renée Fleming (soprano) : Desdemona

Carlo Guelfi (barytone) : Iago

Garrett Sorenson (tenor) : Cassio

Ronald Naldi (tenor) : Roderigo

Kristinn Sigmundsson (bass) : Lodovico

Charles Taylor (bass) : Montano

Wendy White (mezzo-soprano) : Emilia

David Won (tenor) : Un araldo

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Semyon Bychkov

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154728877/Verdi-Otello-Met-01-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154731234/Verdi-Otello-Met-01-March-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

4 acts, 4 files : 32, 34, 38, 33 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

  

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VERDI - RIGOLETTO- MET - 31 JANUARY 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 31 January 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Rigoletto (1851)

 

George Gagnidze (barytone) : Rigoletto

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) : Gilda

Giuseppe Filianoti (tenor) : Il Duca di Mantova

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Matteo Borsa

Mikhail Petrenko (bass) : Sparafucile

Viktoria Vizin (contralto) : Maddalena

James Courtney (bass) : Il Conte di Ceprano

Grazia Doronzio (mezzo-soprano) : La Contessa di Ceprano

Keith Miller (barytone) : Il Conte di Monterone

Kathryn Day (mezzo-soprano) : Giovanna

Sebastian Catana (barytone) : Marullo

Patricia Steiner (mezzo-soprano) : Paggio della Duchessa

Roger Andrews (bass) : Usciere di corte

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Riccardo Frizza

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199946301/Verdi-Rigoletto-Met-31-Jan-2009.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/199952639/Verdi-Rigoletto-Met-31-Jan-2009.zip.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 4 files : 15, 38, 29 and 31 minutes

no drop outs

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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VERDI - RIGOLETTO- MET - 12 FEBRUARY 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Thursday 12 February 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Rigoletto (1851)

 

George Gagnidze (barytone) : Rigoletto

Aleksandra Kurzak (soprano) : Gilda

Piotr Beczala (tenor) : Il Duca di Mantova

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Matteo Borsa

Mikhail Petrenko (bass) : Sparafucile

Viktoria Vizin (contralto) : Maddalena

James Courtney (bass) : Il Conte di Ceprano

Grazia Doronzio (mezzo-soprano) : La Contessa di Ceprano

Keith Miller (barytone) : Il Conte di Monterone

Kathryn Day (mezzo-soprano) : Giovanna

Sebastian Catana (barytone) : Marullo

Patricia Steiner (mezzo-soprano) : Paggio della Duchessa

Roger Andrews (bass) : Usciere di corte

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Riccardo Frizza

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/199185020/Verdi-Rigoletto-Met-12-Feb-2009.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 4 files : 15, 39, 30 and 32 minutes

no drop outs

 

 

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VERDI - SIMON BOCCANEGRA - MET - 03 MARCH 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 03 March 2007

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Simon Boccanegra (1881)

 

Thomas Hampson (barytone) : Simon Boccanegra

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Amelia

Marcello Giordani (tenor) : Gabriele Adorno

Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) : Iacopo Fiesco

Vassily Gerello (barytone) : Paolo Albiani

Richard Bernstein (bass) : Pietro

Roy Cornelius Smith (tenor) : Un Araldo

Rosemary Nencheck (soprano) : Un’ ancella d’Amelia

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Fabio Luisi

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175534403/Verdi-SimonBoccanegra-Met-03-Mar-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

1 prologue and 3 acts : 5 files (act 1 cut in two) : 25, 31, 20, 29 and 25 minutes

 

 

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VERDI - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA - MET - 17 DECEMBER 2007

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 17 December 2007

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Un Ballo in maschera (1887)

 

Salvatore Licitra (tenor) : Riccardo

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone) : Renato

Michele Crider (soprano) : Amelia

Stephanie Blythe (contralto) : Ulrica

Ofelia Sala (soprano) : Oscar

Hao Jiang Tian (bass) : Samuel

Jeff Mattsey (bass) : Silvano

Andrew Gangestad (bass) : Tom

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Un giudice

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Gianandrea Noseda

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156302212/Verdi-UnBalloInMaschera-Met-17-Dec-2007.zip

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 5 files : 20, 29, 31, 28 and 22 minutes

 

 

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VERDI - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA - MET - 05 JANUARY 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 05 January 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) : Un Ballo in maschera (1887)

 

Salvatore Licitra (tenor) : Riccardo

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (barytone) : Renato

Michele Crider (soprano) : Amelia

Stephanie Blythe (contralto) : Ulrica

Ofelia Sala (soprano) : Oscar

Hao Jiang Tian (bass) : Samuel

Jeff Mattsey (bass) : Silvano

Andrew Gangestad (bass) : Tom

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Un giudice

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Gianandrea Noseda

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/156291970/Verdi-UnBalloInMaschera-Met-05-Jan-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/156294068/Verdi-UnBalloInMaschera-Met-05-Jan-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

to be joined with HJSplit

3 acts - 5 files : 21, 29, 31, 28 and 23 minutes

 

 

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WAGNER - DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG- MET - 10 MARCH 2007

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 03 March 2007

Webcast : KUAF (128 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868)

 

James Morris (bass) : Hans Sachs

Evgeny Nikitine (bass) : Veit Pogner

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (bass) : Sixtus Beckmesser

Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano) : Eva

Matthew Polenzani (tenor) : David

John Del Carlo (bass) : Fritz Kothner

Bernard Fitch (tenor) : Augustin Moser

Johan Botha (tenor) : Walther von Stolzing

Eduardo Valdes (tenor) : Kunz Vogelgesang

David Won (bass) : Konrad Nachtigall

Ronald Naldi (tenor) : Balthasar Zorn

Roy Cornelius Smith (tenor) : Ulrich Eisslinger

Patrick Carfizzi (bass) : Hermann Ortel

LeRoy Lehr (bass) : Hans Schwarz

Michael Devlin (bass) : Hans Foltz

Maria Zifchak (soprano) : Magdalena

John Relyea (bass) : Ein Nachtwächter

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/175545664/Wagner-Meistersinger-Met-10-Mar-2007.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/175548902/Wagner-Meistersinger-Met-10-Mar-2007.zip.002

 

to be joined with HJSplit

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 88, 62 and 128 minutes

 

 

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WAGNER - DIE WALKURE - MET - 02 FEBRUARY 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 02 February 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Die Walküre (1870)

 

Clifton Forbis (tenor) : Siegmund

Deborah Voigt (soprano) : Sieglinde

Lisa Gasteen (soprano) : Brunnhilde

James Morris (bass-barytone) : Wotan

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Fricka

Mikhail Petrenko (bass) : Hunding

Laura Vlasak Nolen (mezzo-soprano) : Waltraute

Claudia Waite (soprano) : Helmwige

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Ortlinde

Kelly Cae Hogan (soprano) : Gerhilde

Jane Bunnell (contralto) : Schwertleite

Leann Sandel-Pantaleo (mezzo-soprano) : Siegrune

Mary Phillips (mezzo-soprano) : Rossweisse

Edyta Kulczak (mezzo-soprano) : Grimgerde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Lorin Maazel

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/155967280/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-02-Feb-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/155974857/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-02-Feb-2008.zip.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/155976330/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-02-Feb-2008.zip.003

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 67, 97 and 72 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - MET - 22 MARCH 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 22 March 2008

Webcast : WBAA (256 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Tristan und Isolde (1865)

 

Robert Dean Smith (tenor) : Tristan

Deborah Voigt (soprano) : Isolde

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Brangäne

Matti Salminen (bass) : König Marke

Eike Wilm Schulte (barytone) : Kurwenal

Stephen Gaertner (tenor) : Melot

Matthew Plenk (tenor) : Seemann

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Ein Hirt

James Courtney (barytone) : Steuermann

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154630660/Wagner-Tristan-Met-22-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154642796/Wagner-Tristan-Met-22-March-2008.zip.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/154644987/Wagner-Tristan-Met-22-March-2008.zip.003

 

MP3, 256 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 79, 77, 76 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - MET - 28 MARCH 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 28 March 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (96 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Tristan und Isolde (1865)

 

Ben Heppner (tenor) : Tristan

Deborah Voigt (soprano) : Isolde

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Brangäne

Matti Salminen (bass) : König Marke

Eike Wilm Schulte (barytone) : Kurwenal

Stephen Gaertner (tenor) : Melot

Tony Stevenson (tenor) : Seemann

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Ein Hirt

James Courtney (barytone) : Steuermann

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/154610112/Wagner-Tristan-Met-28-March-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/154611291/Wagner-Tristan-Met-28-March-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 81, 79, 78 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - MET - 28 NOVEMBER 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 28 November 2008

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Tristan und Isolde (1865)

 

Peter Seiffert (tenor) : Tristan

Katarina Dalayman (soprano) : Isolde

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Brangäne

René Pape (bass) : König Marke

Gerd Grochowski (barytone) : Kurwenal

Stephen Gaertner (tenor) : Melot

Matthew Plenk (tenor) : Seemann

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Ein Hirt

James Courtney (barytone) : Steuermann

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/168704182/Wagner-TristanUndIsolde-Met-28-Nov-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/168704648/Wagner-TristanUndIsolde-Met-28-Nov-2008.zip.002

 

MP3, 128 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 78, 76 and 71 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

76 seconds missing in act 2, 42 minutes after beginning

 

  

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WAGNER - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - MET - 06 DECEMBER 2008

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 06 December 2008

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Tristan und Isolde (1865)

 

Gary Lehman (tenor) : Tristan

Katarina Dalayman (soprano) : Isolde

Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) : Brangäne

Kwangchul Youn (bass) : König Marke

Gerd Grochowski (barytone) : Kurwenal

Stephen Gaertner (tenor) : Melot

Matthew Plenk (tenor) : Seemann

Mark Schowalter (tenor) : Ein Hirt

James Courtney (barytone) : Steuermann

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Daniel Barenboim

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/170954122/Wagner-TristanUndIsolde-Met-06-Dec-2008.zip.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/170963036/Wagner-TristanUndIsolde-Met-06-Dec-2008.zip.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/170968427/Wagner-TristanUndIsolde-Met-06-Dec-2008.zip.003

 

to be joined with HJSplit

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts - 3 files : 79, 77 and 72 minutes

very good sound - saturation in the loudest parts

 

 

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