San Francisco Opera Gala

Beverly Sills, Host
Derek Jacobi, Master of Ceremonies
Puccini: La Bohème Che gelida manina 2:00 Mi chiamano Mimì 6:42; O soave fanciulla 12:05
Patricia Racette, soprano
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Puccini: Tosca Vissi d'arte 19:03
Carol Vaness, soprano
Puccini: Tosca Tre sbirri, una carozza … Te Deum 23:00
James Morris, bassbaritone
Bellini: I Puritani Qui la voce sua soave¹ 30:52
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov Boris's Monologue 40:28
Samuel Ramey, bass
Puccini: Turandot Nessun dorma 47:35
Richard Margison, tenor
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette Je veux vivre 53:57
Janet Williams, soprano
Wagner: Die Walküre Winterstürme 58:40 …Du bist der Lenz 1:01:25 to end of Act I
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Plácido Domingo, tenor
Bizet: Carmen Habanera 1:14:25
Frederica von Stade, mezzosoprano
Wagner: Tannhäuser Dich, teure Halle 1:20:06
Deborah Voigt, soprano
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Ensemble 1:23:55
Including: Stuart Skelton, tenor and John Relyea, bassbaritone
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Francisco Opera Chorus
Donald Runnicles, conductor
Richard Bonynge, conductor