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West Side Story Audio Clips

Gee, Officer Krupke!

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music

Gee, Officer Krupke!

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music
 

Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Somewhere

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music

Somewhere

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music
 

Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

The Dance at the Gym

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music

The Dance at the Gym

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music
 

Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Tonight

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Musi

Tonight

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Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music
 

Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez


Podcasts

2011-12 Season Podcasts

West Side Story Podcast

VO General Director James W. Wright on West Side Story

West Side Story Podcast

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Tony - Larry Kent
Maria - Carol Lawrence
Riff - Mickey Calin
Bernardo - Ken Le Roy
Anita - Chita Rivera
Anybodys - Lee Becker
Chino - Jamie Sanchez

Original Broadway Cast Recording
Sony Classical / Columbia SK604724
Courtesy Sony Music
 


Romeo et Juliette

VO General Director James W. Wright on Gounod's Roméo et Juliette

Romeo et Juliette

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Roméo - Robert Alagna
Juliette - Angela Gheorghiu
Friar Laurence - José Van Dam
Stephano - Marie-Ange Todorovitch
Mercutio - Simon Keenlyside
Capulet - Alain Fondary
Gertrude - Claire Larcher
Tybalt - Daniel Galvez-Vallejo
Benvolio - Guy Flechter
Paris - Didier Henry
Live Recording: Choeur et Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, conducted by Michel Plasson
EMI Classics 6407002
Courtesy EMI Music Canada

The Barber of Seville

VO General Director James W. Wright on Rossini's Barber of Seville

The Barber of Seville

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Rosina - Beverly Sills
Conte Almaviva - Nicolai Gedda
Figaro - Sherrill Milnes
Bartolo - Renata Capecchi
Basilio - Ruggero Raimondi
Berta - Fedora Barbieri
Fiorello - Joseph Galiano
Ambrogio/Ufficiale - Michael Rippon
Live Recording: London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, conducted by James Levine. Continuo: John Constable
EMI Classics 5855232
Courtesy EMI Music Canada

Aida

VO General Director James W. Wright on Verdi's Aida

Aida

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Aida - Montserrat Caballé
Radamès - Plácido Domingo
Amneris - Fiorenza Cossotto
Ramfis - Nicolai Ghiaurov
Amonasro - Piero Cappuccilli
The King of Egypt - Luigi Roni
Messenger - Nicola Marinucci
Priestess - Esther Casas
Live Recording: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera Chorus, conducted by Riccardo Muti
EMI Classics 6406302
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 


2010-11 Season Podcasts

Lucia di Lammermoor

Selections from Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti

Lucia di Lammermoor

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Lucia – Maria Callas
Edgardo – Giuseppe di Stefano
Enrico – Rolando Panerai
Raimondo – Nicola Zaccaria
Live Recording: RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Chorus of Teatro alla Scalla, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
EMI Classics 66441
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

La Clemenza di Tito

Selections from La Clemenza di Tito
by W.A. Mozart

La Clemenza di Tito

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Vitellia – Carol Vaness
Sesto – Delores Ziegler
Annio – Martha Senn
Servilia – Christine Barbaux
Tito – Gösta Winbergh
Live recording: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Ricardo Muti
EMI Classics 55489
Courtesy of EMI Music Canada
 

La Traviata

Selections from La Traviata
by Giuseppe Verdi

La Traviata

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Violetta – Renata Scotto
Alfredo – Alfredo Kraus
Germont – Renato Bruson
Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, conducted by Ricardo Muti
EMI Classics 09695
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 


2009-10 Season Podcasts

Norma

Selections from Norma
by Vincenso Bellini

Norma

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"Casta Diva"
"Oh, di qual sei tu vittima"
"Qual cor tradisti"

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla
Scala, Milano
cond. Tullio Serafin

EMI Classics 5 86834 2
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

Nixon in China

Selections from Nixon in China
by John Adams

Nixon in China

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"The people are the heroes now"
"News has a kind of mystery"
"Ladies and gentlemen, Comrades and friends"
"Cheers"

Orchestra of St. Luke's
cond. Edo de Waart

Elektra Nonesuch 9 79177 2
Courtest Warner Music Canada

EMI Classics 5 86834 2
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

The Marriage of Figaro

Selections from The Marriage of Figaro
by W.A. Mozart

The Marriage of Figaro

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"Non più andrai"
"Dove sono…"
"Contessa perdone…"

Konzertvereinigung Wiener
Staatsopernchor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
cond. Riccardo Muti

EMI Classics 5 74745 2
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 

Madama Butterfly

Selections from Madama Butterfly
by Giacomo Puccini

Madama Butterfly

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"Vogliatemi bene…"
"Un bel di"
"Muore Butterfly…"

Orchestra e Coro
dell'Accademia Nazionale di
Santa Cecilia
cond. Antonio Pappano

EMI Classics 2 64187 2
Courtesy EMI Music Canada
 


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