METROPOLITAN OPERA UPLOADS

2008-2009

 

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.

 

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

 

 

GALA - 15 MARCH 2009

 

The 125th Anniversary Gala

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

 

Sunday 15 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

Hector Berlioz : La Damnation de Faust, 07 November 2008

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 06 February 2009

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 21 February 2009

Francesco Cilea : Adriana Lecouvreur, 25 February 2009

Gaetano Donizetti : L'Elisir d'amore 31 March 2009

Gaetano Donizetti : L'Elisir d'amore, 04 April 2009

Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, 03 October 2008

Gaetano Donizetti : Lucia di Lammermoor, 07 February 2009

Antonin Dvorak : Rusalka, 14 March 2009

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice, 09 January 2009

Christoph Willibald Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice, 24 January 2009

Pietro Mascagni : Cavalleria rusticana, 19 March 2009

Jules Massenet : Thais, 08 December 2008

Jules Massenet : Thais, 20 December 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

Gioacchino Rossini : La Cenerentola, 01 May 2009

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 : Il Trovatore, 16 February 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : Il Trovatore, 28 February 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : La Traviata, 31 October 2008

Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto, 31 January 2009

Giuseppe Verdi : Rigoletto, 12 February 2009

Richard Wagner : Das Rheingold, 25 March 2009

Richard Wagner : Das Rheingold, 28 March 2009

Richard Wagner : Die Walküre, 06 April 2009

Richard Wagner : Die Walküre, 11 April 2009

Richard Wagner : Götterdämmerung, 25 April 2009

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 28 November 2008

Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde, 06 December 2008

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

2009 March 25 : Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold

2009 March 28 : Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold

2009 March 31 : Gaetano Donizetti : L'Elisir d'amore

2009 April 04 : Gaetano Donizetti, L'Elisir d'amore

2009 April 06 : Richard Wagner, Die Walküre

2009 April 11 : Richard Wagner, Die Walküre

2009 April 25 : Richard Wagner : Götterdämmerung

2009 May 01 : Gioacchino Rossini, La Cenerentola

 

 

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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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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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 - L'ELISIR D'AMORE - MET - 31 MARCH 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Tuesday 31 March 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : L'Elisir d'amore (1832)

 

Massimo Giordano (tenor) : Nemorino

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Adina

Franco Vassallo (barytone) : Belcore

Simone Alaimo (bass) : Dulcamara

Ying Huang (soprano) : Giannetta

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288218483/Donizetti-ElisirDAmore-Met-31-Mar-2009.rar

 

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 65 and 52 minutes

 

 

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DONIZETTI - L'ELISIR D'AMORE - MET - 04 APRIL 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 04 April 2009

Broadcast live

 

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) : L'Elisir d'amore (1832)

 

Massimo Giordano (tenor) : Nemorino

Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) : Adina

Franco Vassallo (barytone) : Belcore

Simone Alaimo (bass) : Dulcamara

Ying Huang (soprano) : Giannetta

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288203084/Donizetti-ElisirDAmore-Met-04-Apr-2009.rar.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/288208974/Donizetti-ElisirDAmore-Met-04-Apr-2009.rar.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 65 and 52 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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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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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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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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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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ROSSINI - LA CENERENTOLA - MET - 01 MAY 2009

 

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Friday 01 May 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) : La Cenerentola (1817)

 

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) : Angelina

Lawrence Brownee (tenor) : Don Ramiro

Simone Alberghini (barytone) : Dandini

Alessandro Corbelli (bass) : Don Magnifico

Rachelle Durkin (soprano) : Clorinda

Patricia Risley (mezzo-soprano) : Tisbe

John Relyea (bass) : Alidoro

 

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Conductor : Maurizio Benini

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288231215/Rossini-Cenerentola-Met-01-May-2009.rar

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

2 acts, 2 files : 102 and 58 minutes

 

 

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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 - 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 - 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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WAGNER - DAS RHEINGOLD - MET - 25 MARCH 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Wednesday 25 March 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Das Rheingold (1869)

 

James Morris (bass-barytone) : Wotan

Kim Begley (tenor) : Loge

Charles Taylor (bass-barytone) : Donner

Garrett Sorenson (tenor) : Froh

Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) : Fricka

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Freia

Jill Grove (contralto) : Erda

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Alberich

Gerhard Siegel (tenor) : Mime

Franz Josef Selig (bass) : Fasolt

John Tomlinson (bass) : Fafner

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Woglinde

Kate Lindsey (soprano) : Wellgunde

Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano) : Flosshilde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288312796/Wagner-DasRheingold-Met-25-Mar-2009.mp3

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

1 file : 154 minutes

 

3 seconds missing in 121 minutes after beginning

 

 

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WAGNER - DAS RHEINGOLD - MET - 28 MARCH 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 28 March 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Das Rheingold (1869)

 

James Morris (bass-barytone) : Wotan

Kim Begley (tenor) : Loge

Charles Taylor (bass-barytone) : Donner

Garrett Sorenson (tenor) : Froh

Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) : Fricka

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Freia

Jill Grove (contralto) : Erda

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Alberich

Gerhard Siegel (tenor) : Mime

Franz Josef Selig (bass) : Fasolt

John Tomlinson (bass) : Fafner

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Woglinde

Kate Lindsey (soprano) : Wellgunde

Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano) : Flosshilde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288325479/Wagner-DasRheingold-Met-28-Mar-2009.mp3.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/288334147/Wagner-DasRheingold-Met-28-Mar-2009.mp3.002

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

1 file : 153 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - DIE WALKÜRE - MET - 06 APRIL 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Monday 06 April 2009

Webcast : Met Opera Radio (128 Kbps), live

 

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

 

Johann Botha (tenor) : Siegmund

Waltraud Meier (soprano) : Sieglinde

Irène Théorin (soprano) : Brünnhilde

James Morris (bass-barytone) : Wotan

Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) : Fricka

John Tomlinson (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

Teresa S. Herold (mezzo-soprano) : Rossweisse

Mary Ann McCormick (mezzo-soprano) : Grimgerde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288351092/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-06-Apr-2009.rar.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/288459824/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-06-Apr-2009.rar.002

 

MP3, 160 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 63, 94 and 70 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - DIE WALKÜRE - MET - 11 APRIL 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 11 April 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

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

 

Gary Lehman (tenor) : Siegmund

Waltraud Meier (soprano) : Sieglinde

Irène Théorin (soprano) : Brünnhilde

James Morris (bass-barytone) : Wotan

Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) : Fricka

John Tomlinson (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

Teresa S. Herold (mezzo-soprano) : Rossweisse

Mary Ann McCormick (mezzo-soprano) : Grimgerde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288471760/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-11-Apr-2009.rar.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/288510482/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-11-Apr-2009.rar.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/288518845/Wagner-DieWalkure-Met-11-Apr-2009.rar.003

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 63, 95 and 70 minutes

to be joined with HJSplit

 

 

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WAGNER - GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG - MET - 25 APRIL 2009

  

Location : New York, The Metropolitan Opera

Performance : Saturday 25 April 2009

Webcast : WUFT (320 Kbps), live

 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) : Götterdämmerung (1876)

 

Christian Franz (tenor) : Siegfried

John Tomlinson (bass) : Hagen

Iain Paterson (barytone) : Gunther

Richard Paul Fink (barytone) : Alberich

Katarina Dalayman (soprano) : Brünnhilde

Margaret Jane Wray (soprano) : Gutrune

Yvonne Naef (mezzo-soprano) : Waltraute

Wandy White (alto) : Erste Norn

Elizabeth Bishop (mezzo-soprano) : Zweite Norn

Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano) : Dritte Norn

Lisette Oropesa (soprano) : Woglinde

Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano) : Wellgunde

Tamara Mumford (alto) : Flosshilde

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor : James Levine

 

 

http://rapidshare.com/files/288533809/Wagner-Gotterdammerung-25-Apr-2009.rar.001

http://rapidshare.com/files/288547721/Wagner-Gotterdammerung-25-Apr-2009.rar.002

http://rapidshare.com/files/288561255/Wagner-Gotterdammerung-25-Apr-2009.rar.003

 

MP3, 320 Kbps

3 acts, 3 files : 121, 66 and 79 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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