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Premieres Sunday, October 3 at 12 p.m. on THIRTEEN
From the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany, recorded in January, this world-famous soprano-tenor pair perform arias and duets from some of their many performances at the Met including Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier,” Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” “Luisa Miller” and Dvořák’s “Rusalka”, accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera on piano.
Musical selections:
“Pace, pace, mio Dio”
from Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino”
Performed by Sondra Radvanovsky
“Mamma, quel vino è generoso”
from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana”
Performed by Piotr Beczała
“Vicino a te s’acqueta … La nostra morte”
from Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier”
Performed by Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała
“Come un bel dì di Maggio”
from Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier”
Performed by Piotr Beczała
“Io son l’umile ancella”
from Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur”
Performed by Sondra Radvanovsky
“Song to the Moon”
from Dvořák’s “Rusalka”
Performed by Sondra Radvanovsky
“Prince’s Aria”
from Dvořák’s “Rusalka”
Performed by Piotr Beczała
“Final Duet”
from Dvořák’s “Rusalka”
Performed by Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała
