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Vanessa op. 32 (1958, rev. 1964)

Libretto: Gian Carlo Menotti
Dimitri Mitropoulos, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Regina Resnik (Mezzo Soprano), Eleanor Steber (Soprano), Rosalind Elias (Mezzo Soprano), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Giorgio Tozzi (Bass), Robert Nagy (Tenor), George Cehanovsky (Baritone)
1958 - 1958, New York City, Manhattan Center NYC
32 Tracks, 1:53:45

  • Act I

    • 1. Introduction – "Potage crème aux perles" (Erika, Nicholas, Vanessa)
      03:31
    • 2. "No, I cannot understand" (Vanessa, Erika)
      05:00
    • 3. "Must the winter come so soon?" (Erika)
      02:16
    • 4. "Listen! They are here" (Erika, Vanessa)
      01:39
    • 5. "Do not utter a word, Anatol" (Vanessa)
      04:46
    • 6. "Yes, I believe I shall love you" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      01:51
    • 7. "Who are you? Why did you come here?" (Erika, Anatol)
      05:39

  • Act II

    • 1. "And Then? - He made me drink too much wine" (Baroness, Erika)
      04:09
    • 2. "No, you are not as good a skater as your father was" (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Doctor)
      03:00
    • 3. "Under the willow tree" (Doctor, Anatol, Vanessa, Erika)
      02:21
    • 4. "Erika, I am so happy" (Vanessa, Erika)
      01:19
    • 5. "Our arms entwined" (Vanessa, Erika)
      04:04
    • 6. "Did you hear her?" (Erika, Baroness, Anatol)
      04:01
    • 7. "Outside this house the world has changed" (Anatol, Erika, Vanessa, Doctor)
      05:09
    • 8. Orchestral Interlude – Hymn "In morning light let us rejoice" (Chorus, Erika)
      04:33

  • Act III

    • 1."The Count and the Countess d'Albany" (Footman, Nicholas, Doctor)
      03:15
    • 2. "I should never have been a doctor, Nicholas" (Doctor)
      03:15
    • 3. "Here you are" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      01:24
    • 4. "At last I found you" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      06:22
    • 5. "Nothing to worry about" (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol, Chorus, Nicholas, Erika, Baroness)
      06:26

  • Act IV

    • 1. "Why did no one warn me?" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      04:27
    • 2. "Why must the greatest sorrows" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      02:02
    • 3. "There, look!" (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol)
      05:27
    • 4. "Anatol, tell me the truth!" (Vanessa, Anatol)
      01:06
    • 5. "Take me, take me away from this house" (Vanessa, Anatol, Doctor)
      01:37
    • 6. "Grandmother! - Yes, Erika" (Erika, Baroness)
      02:05
    • 7. Intermezzo
      03:32
    • 8. "By the time we arrive in Paris" (Anatol, Doctor, Vanessa)
      01:10
    • 9. "For every love there is a last farewell" (Doctor)
      02:17
    • 10. "And you, my friend" (Vanessa, Doctor, Erika, Anatol)
      06:05
    • 11. "To leave, to break, to find, to keep" (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Baroness, Doctor)
      03:44
    • 12. "Goodbye, Erika" (Vanessa, Erika, Anatol, Doctor, Nicholas)
      06:13