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老司机传媒 Symphony Orchestra
A Night at the Opera
February 23, 2008
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni | Massenet: En Fermant les Yeux je Vois from Manon | Puccini: Chi il bel Sogno di Doretta Potè Indovinar from Rondine | Mozart: Non Piu Andrai Farfallone from Nozze di Figaro | Strauss: Aber der Richtige from Arabella | Korngold: Glück, das Mir Verblieb from Die Tote Stadt | Mozart: Come Scoglia from Cosi fan Tutte | Puccini: O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi | Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana | Puccini: Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni di Malìa from Madama Butterfly
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Overture to Don Giovanni
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Holoman, D. Kern. Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers. New York: W.W.
Norton & Company, 1956.
Nettl, Paul. “Overture to Don Giovanni.” In Great Orchestral Music: A Treasury of Program Notes 5 of The Field
of Music. Edited by Julian Seaman. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1950.
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
En Fermant les Yeux je Vois from Manon
Anonymous. "Manon" and "The Story." Forward to Manon. Wisconsin: G. Schirmer, 1983.
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Milnes, Rodney. “Manon.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17 February 2008.<http://www.grovemusic.com>
———. “Massenet, Jules (Emile Frédéric).” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com >
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Chi il bel Sogno di Doretta Potè Indovinar from Rondine
Budden, Julian. “Rondine, La.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 18 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Ravenni, Gabriella Biagi. “Giacomo (Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (ii): ‘La rondine’, or
disenchantment.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 18 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com>
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Non Piu Andrai Farfallone from Nozze di Figaro
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Sadie, Stanley. “Le Nozze di Figaro.” Booklet. Chor und Orch. der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Cond. Karl Böhm. CD.
Deutsche Grammophon, [1996].
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Aber der Richtige from Arabella
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Murray, David. “Strauss, Richard (Georg).” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com >
———. “Arabella.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com >
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
Glück, das Mir Verblieb from Tote Stadt
Anonymous. “Die Tote stadt.” New York Opera Synopsis. Erich Wolfgang Korngold 1897-1957. 18 February
2008. <www.korngold-society.org/synopsis2.html>
Branscombe, Peter. “German Opera Arias.” Booklet. Philharmonia Orch. Cond. Julius Rudel. CD. EMI Classics,
1997.
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Palmer, Christopher. “Korngold, Erich Wolfgang.”Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com>
———. “Tote Stadt, Die.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com>
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Come Scoglia from Cosi fan Tutte
Anonymous. "Characters" and "Argument." Forward to Così fan tutte (The School for Lovers) . London: Novello and
Company, 1951.
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Rushton, Julian. “Così fan tutte [Così fan tutte, ossia La Scuola degli amanti (‘All Women do the Same, or The School
for Lovers’)].” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com>
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
Budden, Julian. “Gianni Schicchi.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com>
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Girardi, Michele. “Mascagni, Pietro.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com>
———. “Cavalleria rusticana (i).” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com>
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Bimba Dagli Occhi Pieni di Malìa from Madama Butterfly
Fellner, Rudolph. Opera Themes and Plots . New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.
Budden, Julian. “Madama Butterfly.” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 13 February 2008.
<http://www.grovemusic.com>
———. “Puccini, Giacomo (Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria).” Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. 17
February 2008. <http://www.grovemusic.com>
Simon, Henry W., rev. The Victor Book of the Opera. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968.
Program notes by Linda Mack. Copyright 2008.
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