La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La bohème was in Turin on February 1 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide. In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance was eventually released on records and on Compact Disc. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor. This 1946 recording stars Licia Albanese and Jan Peerce. Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
At the Opera, Puccini's La Boheme and Menotti's Amhal and the Night Visitors
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8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
Licia Albanese
G. Puccini
La bohème
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor
10:00 p.m.
Menotti
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Vienna; Thomas Schippers, conductor
11:00 p.m.
Luciano Pavarotti
Adam
O holy night
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
trad.
Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful)
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
Franz Schubert
Ave Maria
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor
Luciano Pavarotti
Yon
Gesu Bambino
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Luciano Pavarotti
Mario Lanza
Mohr-Gruber
Silent Night
RCA Orchestra; Henri Rene, conductor Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza
Wesley-Mendelssohn
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
RCA Orchestra; Henri Rene, conductor Mario Lanza
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
White Christmas
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor Kiri Te Kanawa
Felix Bernard
Felix Bernard
Winter Wonderland
Philharmonia Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor Kiri Te Kanawa
Kiri te Kanawa
trad.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Philharmonic Orchestra; Carl Davis, conductor Kiri te Kanawa
various
trad.
Joy to the world
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Joan Sutherland
various
trad.
O Tannenbaum
National Philharmonic; Kurt Herbert Adler, conductor Leontyne Price
London Symphony
Waldteufel - The skaters' waltz
Kiri Te Kanawa
Mary's boy child
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor