At the Opera

And why shouldn’t the King of Instruments play a special role in our enjoyment of music from the lyric stage?

Music played in the program

WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Die Meistersinger Prelude –Mark Laubach (1993 Reuter/Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA) Pro Organo CD-7045

HUMPERDINCK (trans Lemare): Hansel & Gretel Prelude –Thomas Murray (1929 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT) Priory CD-338

DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L’Elisir d’Amore.

VERDI: Di quella pira, from Il Trovatore –Roberto Cognazzo (1860 Lingiardi/Church of Saint Martin, La Brigue, Italy) ADDA CD-581181

SAINT-SAENS: My heart, at thy sweet voice, from Samson & Dalila –Lyn Larsen (1927 Wurlitzer/Senate Theatre, Detroit, MI) Musical Contrasts CD-206

RAMEAU: Dardanus Dance Suite –Viviane Loriaut (1987 Loriaut/Church of Saint Laurent, Aubenas, France) Gallo CD-768

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera Prelude –Wayne Marshall (1962 Harrison & Harrison/Coventry Cathedral, England, UK) EMI Digital CD-63490

BELLINI: I Puritani (excerpt). DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale (excerpt) –Eric Aubier, trumpet; Thierry Escaich, organ Pierre Verany CD-795061

MASCAGNI: Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118/Riverside Church, New York, NY) EMI Classics CD-65426

ROSSINI: William Tell Overture –Any Johansen, Robert Ampt (1979 Sharp/Sydney Opera House, Australia) Move CD-3170