General Director Matthew Shilvock's 2016-17 Season Preview

~ Release by San Francisco Opera, Matthew Shilvock (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Introduction
spoken vocals:
Matthew Shilvock
Matthew Shilvock8:27
2Andrea Chénier
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Andrea Chénier
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Luigi Illica (in 1896)
Umberto Giordano13:27
3Dream of the Red Chamber
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Dream of the Red Chamber
composer:
盛宗亮 (Bright Sheng)
librettist:
David Henry Hwang and 盛宗亮 (Bright Sheng)
Bright Sheng and David Henry Hwang13:42
4Don Pasquale
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Don Pasquale
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) and Giovanni Ruffini (librettist)
Gaetano Donizetti13:55
5The Makropulos Case
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Affair)
composer and librettist:
Leoš Janáček (Czech composer)
part of:
Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček (number: JW I/10)
is based on:
Věc Makropulos
Leoš Janáček13:25
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Aida
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Aida
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
Giuseppe Verdi14:34
2Madame Butterfly
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Madama Butterfly (complete standard version)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (in 1904)
Giacomo Puccini13:19
3Rigoletto
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Rigoletto
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
Giuseppe Verdi11:42
4Don Giovanni
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni, K. 527
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1787-03 until 1787-10)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 527) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 527)
arrangement of:
Don Giovanni (for 6 winds (and double bass), Sartorius)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart11:41
5La Bohème
orchestra:
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
live partial recording of:
La bohème (Puccini)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica (in 1896)
Giacomo Puccini14:07