Verdi: La Traviata

Act 1: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Chorus, Violetta) (Live) [feat. Matthew Polenzani, Lyric Opera of Chicago Chorus, Renée Fleming & Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra]

David Loebel conducts the New England Conservatory Symphony in a performance of Rossini: Overture to William Tell. Recorded live in Jordan Hall October 9, 2013.

Rossini: Overture to William Tell

Another great album. This is a bit longer. 

Also Sprach Zarathustra

PONCHIELLI: Dance of The Hours from "La Gioconda"

For his 1871 opera celebrating the world of ancient Egypt, Giuseppe Verdi invented a strange musical world full of pungent harmonies and curling arabesques to give an otherworldly character to the prayers to the god Ptah. Marcy Stonikas sings the Priestess in Seattle Opera’s “Aida." John Fiore conducts the chorus and orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Philip Newton.

To learn more about operatic orientalism, go to http://www.seattleoperablog.com/2015/10/western-fantasies-of-east-orientalism.html

Verdi's "Ancient Egyptian" Music

Lithuanian soprano Ausrine Stundyte sang Tosca at several of the January 2015 performances of Puccini’s popular melodrama, before an illness forced her to cancel. Here she sings a passage from her famous Act Two aria, “Vissi d’arte.”
“I gave my jewels for the Madonna’s cloak. I gave my song to heaven, and it became even more beautiful. In the hour of my sorrow, why, why, O Lord, do You repay me thus?”
Julian Kovatchev conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Elise Bakketun.

TOSCA: "Vissi d'arte"

Stefano Secco sings “E lucevan le stelle” from Seattle Opera’s January 2015 performances of “Tosca.” Doomed to be shot at dawn, the painter remembers a night in the garden with his beloved Tosca.
“O sweet kisses, melting caresses...my hands were trembling as I loosened her veils...but that dream of love is gone forever. The moment has passed, and I die in despair, and never have I loved life so much.”
Julian Kovatchev conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Elise Bakketun.

TOSCA: "E lucevan le stelle"

Brahms - Symphony No. 3 In F Major, Op. 90 - III. Poco Allegretto

This song is from Origen albums "Ave Maria"
http://www.origenmusic.com/ave-maria-music.html

Free MP3: http://www.origenmusic.com/mp3.html

Ave Maria

Handel: Lascia Ch'io Pianga

Luciano Pavarotti (Modena, 12 ottobre 1935 – Modena, 6 settembre 2007) è stato un tenore italiano.
È stato tra gli artisti italiani più apprezzati in tutto il mondo grazie alle sue capacità vocali e musicali, nonché per una riuscita gestione del proprio look e della propria immagine mediatica. Insieme a Enrico Caruso, Franco Corelli e Carlo Bergonzi è stato finora l'ultimo dei cantanti lirici italiani di massima notorietà a livello mondiale. Con il Pavarotti & Friends e le sue numerose collaborazioni (fra le quali è da ricordare in particolare la costituzione del gruppo de Tre Tenori, con Plácido Domingo e José Carreras), ha consolidato una popolarità che gli ha dato fama mondiale anche al di fuori dell'ambito musicale

Luciano Pavarotti Una furtiva lagrima Nemorino Budapest 1991

Over the past years literally NOBODY sent me anything, not even a dime.  This brings me the message that you just don't care, whether I live or not.  Obviously this way I'm  unable to make a recording of the other 3 seasons (this was among my plans), furthermore I'm thinking of taking even this recording down. (as of March 1, 2025) 

The previous remark/"description" was this: 

Short version: 
Please support me with a few dollars - or just 50 cents... ! 
(There's no such amount as "too small"! Anything, really.) 
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Hey guys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, I'm really glad that so many of you like this ! Every week 4-6 people share this recording of mine, and many more people give me a "like" (without sharing).  This feels great, thank you !   

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Because , you know, when I must do "something else" to pay the bills (something that I do only for the money, no vocation whatsoever), then this takes away my precious (and limited) Time, and during the hours of this type of "survival work"  I obviously cannot practice, I cannot make new recordings, cannot prepare the projects in my head or on the computer, cannot fix a cable, etc.   After work I'm tired,  for even trying to sit down with my instruments... I just take a shower, eat something, sleep... and the next day it starts over.  Which is totally normal for so many of you - we both know what hard work is!  But the day consists of only 24 hours for me as well.  Then some of you may 'suggest' "okay, then don't sleep so much  ;-) " ! As if I'd be a robot.. but I'm a human being.  You know, the nature of artistic creation is such, that it needs a tranquil and well-rested mind - and the same is true, for instance, when I drive a car, or when I fly an aircraft.  If I try to live 2-3 lives at the same time, sooner or later something (or someone) would suffer... 

Anyway, I'm asking  EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU who tends to like this recording of mine, to send me at least a ridiculously small amount.  I mean, is 1 dollar too much to ask?  No worries, then please send me 50 cents !  If  1000 people would send me three or four dollars  each month, I could spend all my time with what I REALLY want to do - for instance continuing the production of this recording, the Summer, then Autumn/Fall... And I have many (MANY !) more project ideas in my head. But my beautiful instrument often just rests at home while I have to do "something else"... 

On this particular recording that you just liked and/or shared: 
Zoltan Lengyel (myself) on church organ, with Berthold Oppitz on violin. 

And most certainly you're welcome to check the other recordings of this same page, too  ! (They were made with the same artistical standards.)

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Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Spring

Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera is a leading American opera company. The company presents the classics of the European repertoire as well as new works of American opera. Frequent productions of Wagner's RING, beginning in 1975, established the company's worldwide reputation. Seattle Opera usually presents five opera productions each year.

TOSCA: "E lucevan le stelle"

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