Giuseppe Verdi Pietro Mascagni Ivor Novello - Rita Hunter in Concert (17 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ivor Novello
Rita Hunter in Concert
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Aida, opera: Ritorna, vincitor!
2. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete
3. King's Rhapsody, operetta: Some day my heart will awake
4. The Dancing Years, operetta: Waltz of my heart
5. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
6. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
7. Springtime: When April sings
8. Smilin' Through for voice & piano (or orchestra)
9. La boh?me, opera: S? Mi chiamano Mim?
10. The New Moon, operetta: One kiss
11. Aida, opera: O patria mia
12. A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano
13. Love's Garden of Roses
14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel d?
15. Don Carlo, opera: Tu che le vanit?
16. Der Tapfere Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier), operetta: My hero
17. Goodbye (Addio), for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 68

CD Details

All Artists: Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ivor Novello, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Donald Kahn, Arthur [1] Penn, Sigmund Romberg, Haydn Wood, Oscar Straus, Paolo Tosti, Victor Morris, Rita Hunter
Title: Rita Hunter in Concert
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tall Poppies
Release Date: 7/17/1995
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 034060272121, 182478111324

CD Reviews

Severely Missed, Always Cherished

Kevin Killian | San Francisco, CA United States | 02/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Rita Hunter was a goddess of the opera, and the woman for whom Wagner wrote the part of Brunhilde in the Ring. Well, not really, but when you saw her you were in heaven. TALL POPPIES, the label, has put out some good albums, and this one is one of the best. Not only do you hear a bit of Wagner, but Rita Hunter could also sing Puccini and Bizet like an angel.

She was always good at encores and I remember her singing, "Waltzing Matilda" (not on this LP). You know what's on here that's great--the old chestnut from the Norma Shearer picture, "Smilin' Through" (by Victor Herbert). Oh, what a voice and range she had. It is a shame that the gods of heaven plucked her out of our lives in 2001 and brought her to Mount Olympus to sing for them there as she did for so many years here as one of the stars of the legendary ENO mounting of the Ring Cycle."