GREAT PERFORMANCES: LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER: PAVAROTTI PLUS! {ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES} (TV)
Summary
One in this series on the performing arts. This program -- one in a series of live broadcasts from the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City -- is a celebration of Lucianno Pavarotti and other opera singers. With Anton Guadagno conducting the New York City Opera Orchestra, they perform Pucinni's "Recondita armonia" from Act I of "Tosca," "Vissi d'arte" from Act II of "Tosca," and the entire Act III from "Tosca." During the intermission, pretaped segments show Harolyn Blackwell's life in and around her Caribbean and Harlem homes; Leona Mitchell discussing topics such as growing up in Oklahoma and learning Italian for the opera; Leo Nucci being mentored by Pavarotti; and Carol Vaness discussing her passion for Italy and food. After a short pause, the singers perform Verdi's "Di tu se fedele" from "Un Ballo in Maschera" and Act III, Scene 2 of "Un Ballo in Maschera." As encores they perform Puccini's "Tra voi, bella" and "Donna non vidimai" from "Manon Lescaut," Di Capua's "O Sole Mia," and De Curtis's "Torna a Surriento."
(This program is sung in Italian with English subtitles.)
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The Edward John Noble Foundation.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: February 28, 1990 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:59:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:73389
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Choral music; Operas - Excerpts
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1976-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Marc Bauman … Coordinating Producer
- John Goberman … Producer
- Karen McLaughlin … Associate Producer
- Andrew Kazdin … Audio Producer
- Howard L. Weinberg … Production (Misc.), Direction (Misc.), Pretaped Intermission Feature Produced and Directed by
- William W. Lockwood, Jr. … Director
- Kirk Browning … Director
- Danny Abelson … Writer
- De Curtis, Ernesto … Composer
- Di Capua, Eduardo … Composer
- Giacoma Puccini … Composer
- Giuseppe Verdi … Composer
- Anton Guadagno … Conductor
- New York City Opera Orchestra … Symphony Orchestra
- Collegiate Chorale … Choir
- Luciano Pavarotti … Singer, Tenor
- Harolyn Blackwell … Singer, Soprano
- Leona Mitchell … Singer, Soprano
- Carol Vaness … Singer, Soprano
- Leo Nucci … Singer, Baritone
- Robert Briggs … Singer, Bass
- Alan Held … Singer, Bass
- Ted Huffman … Singer, Boy Soprano
- Martin Bookspan … Announcer