{"product_id":"great-stars-of-opera-from-bell-telephone-hour","title":"Great Stars of Opera: From Bell Telephone Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Video Artists Int'L\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 28-11-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca\n\n\nThe most spectacular of the 21 operatic excerpts on this two-hour collection of\nBell Telephone Hour telecasts is the last and longest--Joan Sutherland singing the Mad Scene from\nLucia di Lammermoor--more than 13 minutes of incredible vocalizing, still as fresh and technically dazzling as it was when it was televised in 1962, shortly after her Metropolitan Opera debut in that role. In a sense, video recording was not Sutherland's best medium. She was not a great actress or a conventionally beautiful woman, but the video representation of her slightly awkward stage presence makes her vocal grace and agility sound all the more impressive. Equally historic is a scene from\nBoris Godunov melodramatically sung by George London shortly after his triumphant Bolshoi debut in that role (though one wishes he had been allowed to sing it in Russian for his American audience). A discovery of sorts is Risë Stevens's performance of a long monologue from\nNatoma, a long-forgotten opera by Victor Herbert.\n Leontyne Price looks very young and extraordinarily talented in selections from Il trovatore and Aida; Birgit Nilsson produces great sounds in music from Turandot and Götterdämmerung. The list could go on much longer. The names on the cover of this disc are (except for the unfortunate absence of Maria Callas) virtually a who's who of the leading Metropolitan Opera singers of the late 1950s and early '60s. It would be pleasant to have Galina Vishnevkaya, Christa Ludwig, Cesare Siepi, and Walter Berry as well, but their careers blossomed elsewhere and we must be thankful for what is here--thankful, in particular, that there were once programs on commercial network television that presented material of deep and permanent value. --Joe McLellan\n\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\n\nGiuseppe di Stefano (1963) - Manon (Massenet)\nJe suis seul...Ah, fuyez, douce image\n Renata Tebaldi (1959) - Madama Butterfly (Puccini) -\nUn bel di and\nCon onor muore\n Rise Stevens (1959) - Natoma (Herbert) -\nBeware of a hawk, my baby...Lonely am I\n Robert Merril \u0026amp; Roberta Peters (1962) - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) -\nLargo al factotum and\nDunque io son\n Anna Moffo \u0026amp; Nicolai Gedda (1962) - La Traviata (Verdi) -\nLibiamo...Un di felice\n Leontyne Price (1966) - Il Trovatore (Verdi) -\nD'amor sull'ali rosee\n Leontyne Price (1966) - Aida (Verdi) -\nRitorna vincitor! Giulietta Simionato \u0026amp; Jon Vickers (1964) - Aida (Verdi) -\nGia i sacerdotti adunansi\n Richard Tucker (1965) - Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) -\nRecitar!...Vesti la glubba\n George London (1964) - Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky) -\nFarewell, my son\n Regine Crespin \u0026amp; Franco Corelli (1964) - Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) -\nTeco io sto!\n Victoria De Los Angeles (1960) - La Boheme (Puccini) -\nSi, mi chiamano Mimi\n Regine Crespin (1965) - Tosca (Puccini) -\nVissi d'arte\n Franco Corelli (1962) - Tosca (Puccini) -\nE lucevan le stelle\n Birgit Nilsson (1963) - Turandot (Puccini) -\nIn questa reggia\n Birgit Nilsson (1963) - Gotterdammerung (Wagner) - Immolation Scene (Finale)\n Eileen Farrell (1959) - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) -\nMild und leise (Liebestod)\n Joan Sutherland (1962) - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) - Mad Scene 120 Minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 089948420194\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0089948420194\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e dvd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49721686688003,"sku":"57-5TWZ-HC32","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/files\/71ccRMoppbL.jpg?v=1790615574","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/great-stars-of-opera-from-bell-telephone-hour","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}