Bolshoi and Plácido Domingo: Life in Opera

PART I

Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to the opera Forza del Destino
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Umberto Giordano
Gérard’s aria “Nemico della patria” from the opera Andrea Chénier
Plácido Domingo (baritone)

Gioacchino Rossini
Rosina’s cavatina “Una voce poco fa” from the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Pretty Yende (soprano)

Giuseppe Verdi
Don Alvaro’s aria “La vita è inferno . . . O tu che in seno agli angeli” from the opera La Forza del Destino
Yusif Eyvazov (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Rodrigo’s Death Scene “O! Carlo, ascolta…” from the opera Don Carlo
Michael Volle (baritone)

Giacomo Puccini
Duet of Marcello and Rodolfo “In un coupé...O Mimi, tu più non torni” from the opera La boheme
Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Plácido Domingo (baritone)

Richard Wagner
Elisabeth’s aria “Dich, teure Halle” from the opera Tannhäuser
Christina Nilsson (soprano)

Gaetano Donizetti
Tonio’s cavatina “Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fête!” from the opera La fille du regiment
Xabier Anduaga (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Aida’s aria “Ritorna vincitor!” from the opera Aida
Anna Netrebko (soprano)

Giuseppe Verdi
Duet of Simone and Fiesco “Piango, perché mi parla” from the opera Simone Boccanegra
Plácido Domingo (baritone)
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)


PART II

Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor’s Aria “No sleep, no rest for my tormented soul” from the opera Prince Igor
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)

Georges Bizet
Duet of Nadir and Zurga “Au fond du temple saint” from the opera Les pêcheurs de perles
Plácido Domingo (baritone)
Xabier Anduaga (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Recitative and aria of Rodolfo «Oh! fede negar potessi agl'occhi miei! … Quando le sere» from the opera Luisa Miller
Piotr Beczala (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Scene and aria of Violetta “È strano!... Sempre libera” from the opera La Traviata
Pretty Yende (soprano)
Xabier Anduaga

Giuseppe Verdi
Duet of Don Alvaro and Don Carlo “Invano Alvaro ti celasti al mondo” from the opera La forza del destino
Plácido Domingo (baritone)
Yusif Eyvazov (tenor)

Richard Wagner
Duet of the Dutchman and Senta “Wie aus der Ferne... Versank ich jetzt” from the opera Der Fliegende Holländer
Christina Nilsson (soprano)
Michael Volle (baritone)

Giuseppe Verdi
Duet of Count di Luna and Leonora “Udiste?… Mira, di acerbe lagrime” from the opera Il Trovatore
Plácido Domingo (baritone)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev