The third of nine programmes featuring performances by the great tenor, presented by Michael Oliver. In recent years, Domingo has spent time between his singing engagements pursuing a second career as a conductor, with appearances at the Vienna State Opera and the New York Metropolitan Opera. This programme features a performance only possible in the recording studio - Domingo conducts and sings simultaneously.
Johann Strauss (son) Die Fledermaus An operetta in three acts to a libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genee.
The action is set in Vienna and tells of a practical joke played by Dr Falke on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein - a revenge for one played by Falke a few years earlier. Sung in German.
Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio
Orchestra/Placido Domingo Discs
Next Saturday, Domingo sings in Saint-Saens' Samson et Dalita