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Opera Gala - 35Th Anniversary (A Tribute To Delos Founder Amelia S. Haygood)

1/1/2008, 15 Tracks, 1:17:50

Featuring

  • Constantine Orbelian
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Marina Domashenko
  • Olga Guryakova
  • Elena Prokina
  • Ewa Podleś
  • Daniil Shtoda
  • Alfred Heller
  • Renée Fleming
  • Gerard Schwarz
  • Arleen Augér
  • Mario Bernardi
  • Alexander Vinogradov
  • Tatiana Pavlovskaya
  • Vsevolod Grivnov
  • Vasily Gerello
  • Andrew Litton
  • Alessandra Marc
  • Philharmonia of Russia
  • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Mostly Mozart Orchestra
  • Russia Spiritual Revival Choir
  • Dallas Symphony Orchestra
  • Dallas Symphony Chorus
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo
  • Francesco Cilea
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Alexander Borodin
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Giuseppe Verdi
  • Anton Arensky
  • Giacomo Puccini
  • Salvatore Cardillo

Did you know?

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Recording & Production

Amelia S. Haygood, the founder of Delos, would attend recording sessions at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, which typically ran from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album features a span of extraordinary singing, from Delos's first great vocal artist, Arleen Auger, to superstar Dmitri Hvorostovsky in his most recent aria album.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This 35th Anniversary Opera Gala album is a tribute to Delos founder Amelia S. Haygood, who had a lifelong admiration for vocal artistry.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a baritone featured on this album, has been called "undoubtedly one of the voices of the century" by Opera News.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Constantine Orbelian, the American pianist/conductor on this album, is described as finding and promoting "synergistic harmony from the best of each" of two great societies.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Ewa Podles', a contralto on this album, has been described as a "vocal hurricane" and a "force of nature" by critics.

Source: Booklet

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