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New York Met Gala

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The opening night of the 1993/4 season, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Met debuts of Pavarotti and Domingo. Both tenors perform in these excerpts recorded in New York last week.
Wagner
Die Walkure (Act 1)
Verdi Otello (Act 1)
Il Trovatore (Act 3)
Between the acts, in their first ever joint interview, the two tenors respond to questions sent in by the American radio audience. (In association with Texaco Met
Opera International Radio Network)

Contributors

Siegmund:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Sieglinde:
Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
Hunding:
Hans Sotin (bass)
Otello:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Desdemona:
Kallen Esperian (sop)
logo:
Sherrill Milnes (bar)
Manrico:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Leonora:
Kallen Esperian (sop)
Azucena:
Dolora Zajick (mezzo)
Count di Luna:
Vladimir Chernov (bar)
Source: Radio Times

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