Composer: Gaetano Donizetti, George Frideric Handel, Franz Lehár, Albert Lortzing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Bedrich Smetana, Robert Stolz, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Lucia Popp
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Werner Schmidt Boelcke, Hans Zanotelli, Kurt Eichhorn, Heinz Wallberg, Lamberto Gardelli
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900306
Release: 2011
Size: 273 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Stolz: Der Favorit
01. Act I: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein
Stolz: Venus in Seide
02. Spiel auf deiner Geige das Lied von Leid und Lust
Lehár: Paganini
03. Act II: Ich kann es nicht fassen – Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden
Weber: Der Freischütz J. 277
04. Act II: Kommt ein schlanker Bursh gegangen
Lortzing: Undine
05. Act II: So wiss, dass in allen Elementen
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (Sung in German)
06. Act II: Ich lieb euch, ihr Augen (V’adoro, pupille) (Sung in German)
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
07. Act IV: Giunse al fin il momento
08. Act IV: Deh vieni non tardar
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
09. Act I: Una voce poco fa
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
10. Act I: Quel guardo il cavaliere
11. Act III: So anch’io la virtu magica
Smetana: The Bartered Bride
12. Act III: Endlich allein
13. Act III: Wie fremd und tot ist alles um mich her
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339
14. Laudate Dominum
Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to sing a very wide range of repertoire. Her acting talent was extraordinary as well. Before she began her vocal studies she had studied medicine and drama and acted in a number of movies. This new release shows a richly varied program with soprano arias by Mozart to Weber and Rossini all the way to Lehár and Stolz taken from concerts given in 1968 to 1982.
Previously unreleased live recordings from the “Sunday Concerts” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester.
Singer portrait featuring Lucia Popp’s core repertoire, including famous arias from the likes of Mozart to Lehár.
After Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov and Margaret Price, this release continues the successful “Great Singers Live” series