“Overture”
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2017/18 opera excerpts
Transport yourself to Ceylon, China, or even the underworld with these musical excerpts from the operas of our 2017/18 season. Listen for those songs you know you've heard somewhere before ("Ride of the Valkyries" from Die Walküre or "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot) some of opera's biggest hits ("La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto or the duet "Au fond du temple saint" from The Pearl Fishers), and maybe find your new favorite aria. Listen to selections here then hear them live onstage at Lyric.
Orphée et Eurydice
by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Croft, Delunsch; Les Musiciens du Louvre, cond. Minkowski.
Courtesy of Universal Music Group.
“Objet de mon amour"
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“Viens, Viens, Euridice"
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“Chaconne"
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Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi
EMI recording — MacNeil, Grist, Gedda, di Stasio, cond. Molinari-Pradelli.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Gualtier Maldè!...Caro nome”
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“La donna è mobile”
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“Bella figlia dell’amore”
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Die Walküre
Warner Classics label — Poul Elming, John Tomlinson, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Hitomi Katagiri, Shirley Close, Ruth Florean, Eva Johansson, Hebe Dijkstra, Birgitta Svendén; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Winterstürme”
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Ride of the Valkyries
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Wotan's Farewell
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The Pearl Fishers
by Georges Bizet
EMI recording — Cotrubas, Vanzo, Sarabia, cond. Prêtre.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Au fond du temple saint”
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“Je crois entendre encore”
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“Me voilà seule…Comme autrefois”
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Turandot
by Giacomo Puccini
Warner Classics recording — Nilsson, Corelli, Scotto, cond. Molinari-Pradelli.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Signore, ascolta”
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“Straniero, ascolta!”
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“Nessun dorma”
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I Puritani
by Vincenzo Bellini
EMI recording — Caballé, Kraus, Manuguerra, Ferrin, cond. Muti. Courtesy of Warner Classics.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“A te, o cara”
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“Vien, diletto”
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“Suoni la tromba”
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Così fan tutte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Warner Classics recording — Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Kraus, cond. Böhm.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Una bella serenata”
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“Alla bella Despinetta”
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“Prenderò quel brunettino”
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Faust
by Charles Gounod
Warner Classics recording — Studer, Leech, Van Dam, Hampson, cond. Rizzi.
Musical excerpts provided through a generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Salut, demeure chaste et pure”
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“O Dieu! que de bijoux!”
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“Alerte! Alerte!”
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Fellow Travelers
An opera by Gregory Spears
Libretto by Greg Pierce
Purchase on Amazon or Apple Music.
“Bermuda”
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“Last Night”
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“I Worry That's All”
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Musical excerpts for Rigoletto, Die Walküre, The Pearl Fishers, Turandot, I Puritani, Così fan tutte, and Faust provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Music for Orphée et Eurydice furnished through an arrangement with Universal Music Group.
Photo: Todd Rosenberg, Cory Weaver