Unnatural Acts of Opera

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parterre box, the queer opera zine, presents extraordinary performances of opera, one act at a time. Your hostess is La Cieca, cultural doyenne at parterre box. parterre box, the queer opera zine, presents extraordinary opera performances, one act at a time. Hosted by La Cieca, cultural doyenne at parterre box.

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• (117mb)
  Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 2
  Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Lohengrin: Jess Thomas
  Elsa: Claire Watson
  Telramund: Walter Berry
  Ortrud: Christa Ludwig
  Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela
  Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter
  
  Vienna State Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.

  
  
  
• (90mb)
  Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 1
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Lohengrin: Jess Thomas
  Elsa: Claire Watson
  Telramund: Walter Berry
  Ortrud: Christa Ludwig
  Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela
  Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter
  
  Vienna State Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.

  
  
  
• (77mb)
  Hamlet (Thomas) Acts 4 and 5
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside
  Claudius: Robert Lloyd
  Gertrude: Yvonne Naef
  Ophelie: Natalie Dessay
  Laerte: Yann Beuron
  Le Spectre: Markus Hollop
  Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas
  Horatio: Graeme Broadbent
  Polonius: Jonathan May
  Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.
  
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.
  May 20, 2003.

  
  
  
• (65mb)
  Hamlet (Thomas) Act 3
  Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside
  Claudius: Robert Lloyd
  Gertrude: Yvonne Naef
  Ophelie: Natalie Dessay
  Laerte: Yann Beuron
  Le Spectre: Markus Hollop
  Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas
  Horatio: Graeme Broadbent
  Polonius: Jonathan May
  Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.
  
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.
  May 20, 2003.

  
  
  
• (75mb)
  Hamlet (Thomas) Act 2
  Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside
  Claudius: Robert Lloyd
  Gertrude: Yvonne Naef
  Ophelie: Natalie Dessay
  Laerte: Yann Beuron
  Le Spectre: Markus Hollop
  Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas
  Horatio: Graeme Broadbent
  Polonius: Jonathan May
  Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.
  
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.
  May 20, 2003.

  
  
  
• (76mb)
  Hamlet (Thomas) Act 1
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside
  Claudius: Robert Lloyd
  Gertrude: Yvonne Naef
  Ophelie: Natalie Dessay
  Laerte: Yann Beuron
  Le Spectre: Markus Hollop
  Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas
  Horatio: Graeme Broadbent
  Polonius: Jonathan May
  Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.
  
  Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.
  May 20, 2003.

  
  
  
• (97mb)
  Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 4 and 5
  Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani
  Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi
  Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau
  Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen
  Nevers - Zeljko Lucic
  Urbain - Sara Alegretta
  Marcel - Soon-Won Kang
  De Cosse - Jacek Pazola
  Maurevert - Simon Bailey
  Tavannes - Peter Marsh
  November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

  
  
  
• (117mb)
  Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 2 and 3
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani
  Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi
  Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau
  Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen
  Nevers - Zeljko Lucic
  Urbain - Sara Alegretta
  Marcel - Soon-Won Kang
  De Cosse - Jacek Pazola
  Maurevert - Simon Bailey
  Tavannes - Peter Marsh
  November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

  
  
  
• (88mb)
  Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Act 1
  Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani
  Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi
  Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau
  Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen
  Nevers - Zeljko Lucic
  Urbain - Sara Alegretta
  Marcel - Soon-Won Kang
  De Cosse - Jacek Pazola
  Maurevert - Simon Bailey
  Tavannes - Peter Marsh
  November 26, 2002. Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.

  
  
  
• (79mb)
  Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2
  Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat Caballe
  Gennaro - Alain Vanzo
  Maffio Orsini - Jane Berbie
  Don Alfonso - Kostas Paskalis
  Jacopo Liveretto - Jerold Siena
  Don Apostolo Gazella - Vern Shinall
  Ascanio Petrucci - William Wiederanders
  Oloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. Clements
  Gubetta - Adib Fazah
  Rustighello - Mauro Lampi
  Astolfo - Arnold Voketatis
  American Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.
  April 20, 1965.

  
  
  
• (77mb)
  Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1
  Sun, 18 May 2008 00:15:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat Caballe
  Gennaro - Alain Vanzo
  Maffio Orsini - Jane Berbie
  Don Alfonso - Kostas Paskalis
  Jacopo Liveretto - Jerold Siena
  Don Apostolo Gazella - Vern Shinall
  Ascanio Petrucci - William Wiederanders
  Oloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. Clements
  Gubetta - Adib Fazah
  Rustighello - Mauro Lampi
  Astolfo - Arnold Voketatis
  American Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.
  April 20, 1965.

  
  
  
• (77mb)
  Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Prologue
  Thu, 08 May 2008 23:43:29 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat Caballe
  Gennaro - Alain Vanzo
  Maffio Orsini - Jane Berbie
  Don Alfonso - Kostas Paskalis
  Jacopo Liveretto - Jerold Siena
  Don Apostolo Gazella - Vern Shinall
  Ascanio Petrucci - William Wiederanders
  Oloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. Clements
  Gubetta - Adib Fazah
  Rustighello - Mauro Lampi
  Astolfo - Arnold Voketatis
  American Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.
  April 20, 1965.

  
  
  
• (110mb)
  Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 3
  Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:07:58 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Tristan - Spas Wenkoff
  Isolde - Catarina Ligendza
  Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
  Marke - Karl Ridderbusch
  Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre
  Melot - Heribert Steinbach
  Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff
  Hirte - Heinz Zednik
  Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

  
  
  
• (117mb)
  Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 2
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:25:25 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Tristan - Spas Wenkoff
  Isolde - Catarina Ligendza
  Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
  Marke - Karl Ridderbusch
  Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre
  Melot - Heribert Steinbach
  Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff
  Hirte - Heinz Zednik
  Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

  
  
  
• (116mb)
  Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Act 1
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:49:27 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Tristan - Spas Wenkoff
  Isolde - Catarina Ligendza
  Brangaene - Yvonne Minton
  Marke - Karl Ridderbusch
  Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre
  Melot - Heribert Steinbach
  Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff
  Hirte - Heinz Zednik
  Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.

  
  
  
• (88mb)
  Edipo Re (Leoncavallo)
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:00:47 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  

  Creon - Keith Lewis
  Oedipus - Alan Titus
  Jocasta - Yvonne Naef
  Messenger - Roland Bracht
  Shepherd - Johannes Chum
  Teiresias - Cheyne Davidson.

  Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.

  
  
  
• (87mb)
  Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 2
  Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:40:56 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia;
  Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani;
  Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli;
  Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe;
  Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo;
  Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt;
  Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto;
  Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi;
  Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara;
  Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo;
  Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic;
  Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini;
  Maddalena: Gabriele Sima;
  Modestina: Barbara Frittoli;
  Antonio: Marzio Giossi;
  Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano.
  Vienna State Opera, 20 January 1988.
  Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  
  
• (125mb)
  Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini) Part 1
  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:46:16 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia;
  Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani;
  Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli;
  Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe;
  Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo;
  Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt;
  Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto;
  Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi;
  Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara;
  Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo;
  Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic;
  Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini;
  Maddalena: Gabriele Sima;
  Modestina: Barbara Frittoli;
  Antonio: Marzio Giossi;
  Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano.
  Vienna State Opera, 20 January 1988.
  Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  
  
• (100mb)
  Faust (Gounod) Acts 4 and 5
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Faust: Neil Shicoff;
  Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey;
  Valentin: Richard Stilwell;
  Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones;
  Marguerite: Diana Soviero;
  Marthe: Geraldine Decker.
  Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.
  
  
• (99mb)
  Faust (Gounod) Act 3
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Faust: Neil Shicoff;
  Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey;
  Valentin: Richard Stilwell;
  Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones;
  Marguerite: Diana Soviero;
  Marthe: Geraldine Decker.
  Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.
  
  
• (93mb)
  Faust (Gounod) Acts 1 and 2
  Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Faust: Neil Shicoff;
  Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey;
  Valentin: Richard Stilwell;
  Siebel: Gwendolyn Jones;
  Marguerite: Diana Soviero;
  Marthe: Geraldine Decker.
  Tulsa Opera, March 1986. Edoardo Mueller.
  
  
• (95mb)
  Macbeth (Verdi) Act 4
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli;
  Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett;
  Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov;
  Macduff - Franco Tagliavini;
  Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci.
  Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala.
  Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  December 7 1975.
  
  
• (82mb)
  Macbeth (Verdi) Acts 2 and 3
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli;
  Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett;
  Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov;
  Macduff - Franco Tagliavini;
  Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci.
  Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala.
  Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  December 7 1975.
  Special feature: Miss Tallulah Bankhead joins the Apocryphal Opera Anecdote Theater of the Air for scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
  
  
• (91mb)
  Macbeth (Verdi) Act 1
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0500 Author: lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)
  Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli;
  Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett;
  Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov;
  Macduff - Franco Tagliavini;
  Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci.
  Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala.
  Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
  December 7 1975.