"Abendlich strahlt"
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2016/17 opera excerpts
Transport yourself to Spain, St Petersburg, the ancient city of Troy, or a magical fantasy house with these musical excerpts from the operas of our 2016/17 season. Listen for those songs you know you've heard somewhere before ("Der Hölle Rache" from The Magic Flute), some of opera's biggest hits ("Casta Diva" from Norma or "Habanera" from Carmen), and maybe find your new favorite aria. Listen to selections here then hear them live onstage at Lyric.
Das Rheingold
Warner Classics label — John Tomlinson, Hilde Leidland, Annette Küttenbaum, Jane Turner; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, cond. Daniel Barenboim.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
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"Lugt, Schwestern”
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Lucia di Lammermoor
by Gaetano Donizetti
Recording by Erato – Damrau, Calleja, Tézier, Testé, cond. Lopez Cobos.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"Chi mi frena in tal momento?"
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"Spargi d'amaro pianto”
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Les Troyens
by Hector Berlioz
Recording by EMI – Crespin, Chauvet, cond. Prêtre.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
“Mahlheureux roi!"
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"Inutiles regrets!"
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Don Quichotte
by Jules Massenet
Recording by EMI – Van Dam, Bergonza, Fondary, Rivenq, cond. Plasson.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"Alza, alza!...Quand la femme a vingt ans"
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“Regarde!...Géant, géant, monstrueux cavalier”
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The Magic Flute
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recording by EMI – Moser, Moll, Berry, Miljakovic, cond. Sawallisch.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"O Isis und Osiris"
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"Der Hölle Rache"
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“Klinget, Glöckchen, klinget…Pa, pa, pa”
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Norma
by Vincenzo Bellini
Recording by EMI – Callas, Ludwig, Corelli, cond. Serafin.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"Casta diva"
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"Vieni in Roma"
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Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Recording by EMI – Bumbry, Vickers, Miljakovic, Hamari, cond. Frühbeck de Burgos.
Musical excerpts provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago.
"Prelude"
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"Habanera"
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"Seguidilla"
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"Flower Song"
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Eugene Onegin
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Recording by Deutsche Grammophon - Allen, Freni, von Otter, Shicoff, cond. James Levine.
Music furnished through an arrangement with Universal Music.
"Waltz"
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"Lenski's aria"
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"Finale"
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Musical excerpts for Das Rheingold, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Quichotte, Les Troyens, The Magic Flute, Carmen, and Norma provided through generous arrangement with Warner Classics, Official Education and Promotion Music Provider for Lyric Opera of Chicago. Music for Eugene Onegin furnished through an arrangement with Universal Music.
Photos: Todd Rosenberg