On GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET "Lise Davidson In Concert," the soprano performs arias and songs that brought her success around the world including selections from Wagner’s “Tannhäuser,” Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos,” Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” and more from Oslo’s Oscarshall Palace in Norway.
Musical Selections:
- “Dich, teure Halle” from "Tannhäuser" / Music by Richard Wagner / Libretto by Richard Wagner
- “Morrò, ma prima in grazia” from "Un Ballo in Maschera" / Music by Giuseppe Verdi / Libretto by Antonio Somma
- “En Svane,” Op. 25, No. 2 / Music by Edvard Grieg / Libretto by Henrik Ibsen
- “Säf, säf, susa,” Op. 36 / Music by Jean Sibelius / Libretto by Gustaf Fröding / Published by Breitkopf-Haertel Musikverlag and Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
- “Es gibt ein Reich” from "Ariadne auf Naxos" / Music by Richard Strauss / Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal / By arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.
- “Cäcilie,” Op. 27, No. 2 / Music by Richard Strauss / Libretto by Heinrich Hart / With permission of Universal Edition AG Vienna, universaledition.com
- “Heimliche Aufforderung,” Op. 27, No. 3 / Music by Richard Strauss / Libretto by John Henry Mackay / With permission of Universal Edition AG Vienna,universaledition.com
- “Morgen!” Op. 27, No. 4 / Music by Richard Strauss / Libretto by John Henry Mackay / With permission of Universal Edition AG Vienna, universaledition.com
- “Sola, perduta, abbandonata” from "Manon Lescaut" / Music by Giacomo Puccini / Libretto by Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga, Luigi Illica, and others, based on the novel "L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut" by Abbé Prévost
- “Johnny” / Music by Benjamin Britten / Libretto by W.H. Auden / Used by arrangement with European American Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Faber Music Ltd., London, publisher and copyright owner
- “Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland” / from "Die Csárdásfürstin" / Music by Emmerich Kálmán / Libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach / By arrangement with Boosey and Hawkes, Inc., Agent in the USA for Josef Weinberger, Ltd., London, publisher and copyright owner
- “O lovely night!” / Music by Landon Ronald / Libretto by Edward Teschemacher
- “I Could Have Danced All Night” from "My Fair Lady" / Music by Frederick Loewe / Libretto by Alan Jay Lerner /The Alan Jay Lerner Testamentary Trust (ASCAP) and Frederick Loewe Foundation (NS) / All rights administered by WC Music Corp.
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