Broadcast of Operalia, a worldwide contest for opera singers, founded by tenor Placido Domingo, includes 11 finalists presented by Domingo and Ross. Each performance is preceded by short biographical information about the participants.
Opening / Domingo -- Traviata: E strano / Verdi (E. Lamoris) -- La bohème: Che gelida manina / Puccini (S. Sano) -- Don Carlo: O don fatale / Verdi (M. Diaz) -- Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero / Donizetti (M. Zachariassen) -- La Forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio / Verdi (N. Youl) -- Pagliacci: Stridono lassù / Leoncavallo (O. Arkaeva) -- Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò / Verdi (S. Alberghini) -- Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete / Masagni (M. Teshima) -- Fille du régiment: Ah, mes amis / Donizetti (B. Fowler) -- Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice / Gluck (B. Asawa) -- Fanciulla del West: Ch'ella mi creda / Puccini (J. Cura) -- Award ceremony / Domingo, Ross -- Nabucco: Va, pensiero sull' ali dorate (finale) / Verdi (orchestra, chorus, winners, Domingo).
Call number
*LVH 2719
Note
Title from the opening screen.
Access (note)
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Source (note)
Margaret Carson
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.
Title
Operalia, 1994 : the World Opera Competition / a Televisa Production ; David Hockney, designer.
Production
1994.
Country of producing entity
Mexico.
Type of content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
video
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Placido Domingo, host and presenter ; Diana Ross, presenter ; Eteri Lamoris, soprano from Georgia ; Shigehiro Sano, tenor from Japan ; Maria Cecilia Diaz, mezzo-soprano from Argentina ; Mathias Zachariassen, tenor from Sweden ; Nicole Youl, soprano from Australia ; Oxana Arkaeva, soprano from Ukraine ; Simone Alberghini, bass from Italy ; Masako Teshima, mezzo-soparno from Japan ; Bruce Fowler, tenor from US ; Brian Asawa, counter-tenor from US ; Jose Cura, tenor from Argentina.
Event
Filmed at Televisa studio Mexico City, Mexico; Broadcast live on Fox TV New York 1994 September 17.
Original version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.
Linking entry
Forms part of: Margaret Carson audio-visual materials, *L(Special) 92-23.