METROPOLITAN OPERA UPLOADS

2007-2008

 

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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.

 

Voici les liens pour télécharger certains enregistrements du Metropolitan Opera de New York.

 

 

ALPHABETICAL ORDER

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Vincenzo Bellini : Norma, 04 December 2007

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

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

Philipp Glass : Satyagraha, 19 April 2008

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Iphigenie en Tauride, 08 December 2007

Charles Gounod : Romeo et Juliette, 15 December 2007

Engelbert Humperdinck : Jansel and Gretel, 29 December 2007

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 : La Bohème, 01 April 2008

Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème, 05 April 2008

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, 22 January 2008

Gioacchino Rossini : Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 26 January 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Aida, 02 November 2007

Giuseppe Verdi : Ernani, 17 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Ernani, 29 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Macbeth, 12 January 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Otello, 01 March 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Un Ballo in maschera, 17 December 2007

Giuseppe Verdi : Un Ballo in maschera, 05 January 2008

Richard Wagner : Die Walküre, 02 February 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 22 March 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 28 March 2008

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

 

 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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 - 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 - 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 - 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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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 - 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 - 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 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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