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Vanessa op. 32 (1958, rev. 1964)

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

  • Act I

    • 1. "Potage crème aux perles" (Erika, Nicholas, Vanessa)
      03:31
    • 2. "No, I cannot understand why he has not arrived yet" (Vanessa, Erika)
      04:59
    • 3. "Must the winter come so soon?" (Erika)
      02:16
    • 4. "Listen! ...They are here...I can see the lights" (Erika, Vanessa)
      01:38
    • 5. "Do not utter a word, Anatol" (Vanessa)
      04:45
    • 6. "Yes, I believe I shall love you" (Anatol, Vanessa)
      01:50
    • 7. "Who are you? Why did you come here?" (Erika, Anatol)
      05:40
    • 8. "And then?" (Baroness, Erika)
      04:09
    • 9. "No, you are not as good a skater as your father was" (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Doctor)
      03:00
    • 10. "Under the willow tree two doves cry" (Doctor, Anatol, Vanessa, Erika)
      02:21
    • 11. "Erika, I am so happy" (Vanessa, Erika)
      01:19
    • 12. "Our arms entwined" (Vanessa, Erika)
      04:03
    • 13. "Did you hear her?" (Erika, Baroness, Anatol)
      04:01
    • 14. "Outside this house the world has changed" (Anatol, Erika, Vanessa, Doctor)
      05:11
    • 15. Interlude - Hymn "In morning light let us rejoice" (Chorus)
      04:35

  • Act II

    • 1. Entr'acte - "The Count and Countess d'Albany" (Footman, Nicholas, Doctor)
      03:17
    • 2. "I should never have been a doctor, Nicholas" (Doctor)
      03:14
    • 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 III

    • 1. "Why did no one warn me?" (Vanessa, Doctor)
      04:28
    • 2. "Why must the greatest sorrows come from those we most love?" (Vanessa)
      02:02
    • 3. "There, look! ...a group of men is coming towards the house" (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol)
      05:25
    • 4. "Anatol, tell me the truth!" (Vanessa, Anatol)
      01:05
    • 5. "Take me away from this house, Anatol" (Vanessa, Anatol, Doctor)
      01:26
    • 6. "Grandmother! - Yes, Erika" (Erika, Baroness)
      02:18
    • 7. Intermezzo
      03:33
    • 8. "By the time we arrive in Paris the new house should be ready" (Anatol, Doctor, Vanessa)
      01:02
    • 9. "For every love there is a last farewell" (Doctor)
      02:20
    • 10. "And you, my friend, what are you mumbling about?" (Vanessa, Doctor, Erika)
      06:08
    • 11. "To leave, to break, to find, to keep" (All)
      03:43
    • 12. "Goodbye, Erika! ... Goodbye, be happy, Aunt Vanessa, please be happy" (Erika, Vanessa, Anatol, Doctor, Nicholas)
      06:14