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Giacomo Puccini: Tosca "Recondita armonia" Luciano Pavarotti National Philharmonic Nicola Rescigno, conductor Decca 470-006 Buy the CD
Emmanuel Chabrier: l'Etoile "O petite etoile!" Colette Alliot-Lugaz Lyons Opera Orchestra John Elliot Gardiner, conductor EMI 747-8898 Buy the DVD
Giuseppe Verdi: A Masked Ball"Di tu se fedele" Jussi Bjoerling Maggio Muscale Alberto Erede, conductor Decca 443-930 (1959 recording)
Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine "Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta" Leontyne Price Rome Opera Orchestra Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor RCA 68883 (1960 recording)
Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur "Io son l'umile ancella" Maria Callas Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin, conductor EMI 66458 (1954 recording)
Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino "Sventurata navicella" Cecilia Bartoli Il Gardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini, conductor Decca 466-569 Buy the CD
Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser "An Island Sheiling Song" Lois Marshall, mezzo-soprano Judy Loman, harp Marquis 102
Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers "Je crois entendre encore" Nicolai Gedda Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera, conductor EMI 67446 (1953 recording) Buy the CD
Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier "Come un bel di di maggio" Carlo Bergonzi Santa Cecilia Orchestra Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor Decca 475-392 (1957 recording) Buy the CD
Stephen Foster "Open Thy Lattice, Love" Thomas Hampson Jay Ungar Ensemble EMI 54621
Peter Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame "Ya vas Lyublyu" Dmitri Hvorostovsky Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor RCA 60992 Buy the CD
Giuseppe Verdi: A Masked Ball "Morro, ma prima in Grazia" Aprile Millo London Philharmonic Orchestra Giuseppe Patane, conductor EMI 47396
Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann "Scintille Diamant" Robert Merrill (Orchestra/conductor unknown) LV 89501 (1949 recording)
Cincinnati Opera Artistic Director Evans Mirageas shares his love of the art form through music and interviews. Mirageas's varied career in classical music has included radio production with the nationally renowned WFMT radio station in Chicago, Artistic Administrator to Seiji Ozawa at the Boston Symphony, and Senior Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for the Decca Record Company. In addition, he is an award-winning record producer, lecturer, interviewer, presenter and awards panelist. Since 1999, Mirageas has served as an independent artistic advisor to conductors, instrumentalists, singers, symphony orchestras, opera companies, and other performing arts organizations throughout the United States and Europe.
Cincinnati Opera Artistic Director Evans Mirageas shares his love of the art form through music and interviews. Mirageas's varied career in classical music has included radio production with the nationally renowned WFMT radio station in Chicago, Artistic Administrator to Seiji Ozawa at the Boston Symphony, and Senior Vice President of Artists and Repertoire for the Decca Record Company. In addition, he is an award-winning record producer, lecturer, interviewer, presenter and awards panelist. Since 1999, Mirageas has served as an independent artistic advisor to conductors, instrumentalists, singers, symphony orchestras, opera companies, and other performing arts organizations throughout the United States and Europe.
