A Tribute to George London, 1984

A Tribute to George London, 1984

DVD9 - NTSC - 4:3 - All Regions - Dolby Digital 2.0 119'02 + 24'24

Subtitles: English

VAI 2005

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Jacques Offenbach, Modest Mussorgsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Wagner
Performer: George London, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Popp, Tatiana Troyanos, Edita Gruberova, Catherine Malfitano, Francisco Araiza, Sona Ghazarian, Thomas Moser, James King, Leonie Rysanek
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Gala 1984 operatic concert organized by the George London Foundation for Singers. Performances by Leonie Rysanek, Tatiana Troyanos, Nicolai Gedda, Edita Gruberova, Lucia Popp, James King, Catherine Malfitano, Francisco Araiza, Simon Estes, and Sona Ghazarian. Radio Symphony Orchestra of Vienna; Heinrich Hollreiser, Erich Binder, Hans Graf, and Lothar Zagrosek, conductors. Arias and Scenes from Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito, Fidelio, Les Contes d’ Hoffmann, Boris Godunov, Eugene Onegin, Arabella, Tosca, Der Fliegende Holländer, and Die Walküre.

Bonus material includes excerpts from London's Bell Telephone and CBC telecast appearances, as well as excerpts of his role as Scarpia in VAI's Tosca, with Renata Tebaldi.

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