[2/5/2012] Storms that set three great operatic scenes in motion (bonus material)

AS PROMISED, LET'S HEAR THE OTHER
ACT-OPENERS OF WALKÜRE AND BOHÈME


WAGNER: Die Walküre

Act II Prelude

Act III Prelude (start of the" Ride of the Valkyries")

Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, cond. Decca, recorded Oct.-Nov. 1965


PUCCINI: La Bohème

Act I opening

Ettore Bastianini (b), Marcello; Carlo Bergonzi (t), Rodolfo; Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Tullio Serafin, cond. Decca, recorded August 1959

Rolando Panerai (b), Marcello; Luciano Pavarotti (t), Rodolfo; Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, cond. Decca, recorded October 1972

Act II opening

Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Leonard Bernstein, cond.
DG, recorded May-June 1987

Act IV opening

Ettore Bastianini (b), Marcello; Carlo Bergonzi (t), Rodolfo; Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome), Tullio Serafin, cond. Decca, recorded August 1959

Luciano Pavarotti (t), Rodolfo; Rolando Panerai (b), Marcello; Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, cond.
Decca, recorded October 1972


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