Performer Voice Type: Bass

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Kiri te Kanawa – Ella giammai m’amò (Verdi)

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​Master Artist: ​Kiri te Kanawa

​Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Soprano

Venue:​ ​​​Royal Welsh College of Music

Date:​ ​June, 2015

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Ella giammai m’amò

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Don Carlo

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Gerald Finley – Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy (Karlowicz)

Master Artist: Gerald Finley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: Julliard School of Music

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy (Whence the First Stars)

Composer:  Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

From:  Opus 1, #2

Genre:  Polish Art Song

Translation

Grace Bumbry – Ella giammai m’amo (Verdi) – 7/8

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​Master Artist: Grace Bumbry

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Mezzo-Soprano

Venue:​ Boston University

Date:​ 2010

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

Selected Video - Scene 7 of 8

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​Performer Voice Type: Bass

Title: Ella giammai m’amo

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

From: Don Carlo

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Un aura amorosa

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Cosi fan tutte

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Bass-Baritone

Title: Ah per sempre

Composer: Vincenzo Bellini

From: I Puritani

Genre: Italian Bel Canto Opera

Synopsis - Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Auf dem Kirchhofe

Composer: Johannes Brahms

From: N/A

Genre: German Lieder

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Donde lieta usci

Composer: Giacomo Puccini

From: La Bohème

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: De’ miei bollenti spiriti

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

From: La Traviata

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Ach so fromm

Composer: Friedrich von Flotow

From: Martha

Genre: German Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Vision fugitive

Composer: Jules Massenet

From: Hèrodiade

Genre: French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Julian Rodescu – Gremin’s aria (Tchaikovsky)

Master Artist: Julian Rodescu

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Bass

Venue: University of Georgia

Date: 2011

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type: Bass

Title: Gremin's Aria

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

From: Eugene Onegin

Genre: Russian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Mikhail Svetlov – Vecchia zimarra (Puccini) – 1/2

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​Master Artist: ​​​Mikhail Svetlov

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Bass

Venue: ​​​​Slavyanka Festival, San Francisco

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 1 of 2

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Vecchia zimarra, senti

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Ombra mai fu

Composer:  G. F. Handel

From:  Serse

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Translation/Synopsis

Bruno von Nünlist – Les bijoux aux poitrines (Poulenc)

Master Artist: Bruno von Nünlist

Biography (German)

Master Artist Voice:  Baritone

Venue:  Zevenaar

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: German

 

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Les bijoux aux poitrines

Composer:  Francis Poulenc

From:  Mazurka

Genre:  French Mélodie

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Mirella Freni – Il lacerate spirito (Verdi) – 2/7

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​Master Artist: ​​​Mirella Freni

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Soprano

Venue: ​​​N/A

Date:​ N/A

Language of Instruction: ​Italian (translated to Russian)

 

​Selected Video - Scene 2 of 7

​Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Il lacerate spirito

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Simon Boccanegra

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

​Scene One

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Ah, quel giorno ognor rammento

Composer:  Gioachino Rossini

From:  Semiramide

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Regnava nel silenzio

Composer:  Gaetano Donizetti

From:  Lucia di Lammermoor

Genre:  Italian Bel Canto Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Faust

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

​Scene Five

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Caro nome

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Rigoletto

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Fia dunque vero

Composer:  Gaetano Donizetti

From:  La Favorita

Genre:  Italian Bel Canto Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Non piu andrai

Composer:  Wolfgang A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Denyce Graves – Vecchia zimarra (Puccini) – 2/7

Master Artist: Denyce Graves

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: Boston University

Date: 2006

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 7

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Vecchia zimarra

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  La Bohème

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene One

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Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Opening Comments

Scene Three

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante

Composer:  Georges Bizet

From:  Carmen

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene Four

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Sein wir wieder gut

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  Ariadne auf Naxos

Genre:  German Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene Five

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Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Hai gia vinta la causa

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Six

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Werther! Qui m’aurait dit…Ces lettres!

Composer:  Jules Massenet

From:  Werther

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Seven

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Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Question and Answer

Montserrat Caballé – Auf dem Fluße (Schubert)

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​Master Artist: ​Montserrat Caballé

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Soprano

Venue: N/A

Date:​ 1992

Language of Instruction: Spanish

 

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Auf dem Fluße

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Die Winterreise

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

Placido Domingo – Vous qui faites l’endormie (Gounod) – 3/3


Master Artist: Placido Domingo

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Tenor

Venue: Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  Vous qui faites l’endormie

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Faust

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene One

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  L’anima ho stanca

Composer:  Francesco Cilea

From:  Adriana Lecouvreur

Genre:  Italian Opera

Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Je veux vivre

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Roméo et Juliette

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation