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Amazon.ca This is an outdoor concert for an enormous audience, staged in a large, architecturally striking public square in Dresden in July 1999, and featuring the most glamorous, young husband and wife currently active on the international operatic scene, soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna. Before his untimely death at age 54, Giuseppe Sinopoli was considered one of Europe's finest opera conductors, and in the Dresden orchestra and chorus he has performers who match his creative energy. The program seems to have been selected, quite successfully, with two criteria in mind: mass popularity and opportunities to display technical brilliance. Gheorghiu and Alagna join their voices in love duets from Verdi's Otello and Puccini's Madame Butterfly that will appeal especially to the many fans who have been attracted to them as a couple. But each also sings impressive solos in some of opera's top-40 numbers, notably the "Flower Song" from Carmen and "E lucevan le stelle" from Tosca for Alagna, and "Un bel di" from Madame Butterfly and "Pace, pace, mio Dio" from La forza del Destino for Gheorghiu. The chorus and orchestra take the spotlight powerfully in showpieces from La traviata, Il trovatore, Carmen, and Aida, among other selections. The only problem, a small one, is the self-consciously chic dance numbers to selections from Carmen and Aida. --Joe McLellan From the Back Cover A spectacular open-air gala concert at the Semper Oper, Dresden, featuring well-loved operatic and orchestral works by popular composers. The love duets "Gia nella notte densa" from Verdi's Otello and "Vogliatemi bene" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly, the "Flower Song" from Bizet's Carmen, "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's Tosca, "Un bel di" ( Madama Butterfly), "Pace, pace, mio Dio" from Verdi's La forza del destino, Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" from Il trovatore, the Chorus of Hebrew Slaves ( Nabucco), the Triumphal Chorus and March from Aida, and many more. Angela Gheorghiu, soprano, Roberto Alagna, tenor, Staatskapelle, Dresden and the Chorus of the Semper Oper, Dresden, conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli. Recorded live on July 11, 1999. Verdi: La traviata overture Otello: "Gia nella notte densa" Il trovatore: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" Bizet: Carmen: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetee" Puccini: Madama Butterfly: "Un bel di" Verdi: Nabucco overture Bizet: Carmen prelude Carmen (suite): Danse boheme Carmen: "Les voici! Voici la quadrille" Verdi: La forza del destino: "Pace, pace, mio Dio" Puccini: Tosca: "E lucevan le stelle" Verdi: Luisa Miller overture Puccini: Madama Butterfly: "Vogliatemi bene" Verdi: Aida: "Gloria all'Egitto," Ballabile, "Vieni, o guerriero vindice" Nabucco: "Va, pensiero sull'ali dorate!"

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