Rita Hunter in Concert

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Ivor Novello (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Donald Kahn (Composer), Arthur [1] Penn (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Haydn Wood (Composer), Oscar Straus (Composer), Paolo Tosti (Composer), Victor Morris (Performer), Rita Hunter (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Victor Morris, Rita Hunter
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Ivor Novello, Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, et al.
• Audio CD (July 17, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tall Poppies
• ASIN: B000003IYN
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #693,235 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aida, opera: Ritorna, vincitor!

2. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete

3. King's Rhapsody, operetta: Some day my heart will awake

4. The Dancing Years, operetta: Waltz of my heart

5. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro

6. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492

7. Springtime: When April sings

8. Smilin' Through for voice & piano (or orchestra)

9. La bohème, opera: Sì Mi chiamano Mimì

10. The New Moon, operetta: One kiss

11. Aida, opera: O patria mia

12. A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano

13. Love's Garden of Roses

14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel dì

15. Don Carlo, opera: Tu che le vanità

16. Der Tapfere Soldat (The Chocolate Soldier), operetta: My hero

17. Goodbye (Addio), for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 68

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Severely Missed, Always Cherished, February 10, 2005

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This review is from: Rita Hunter in Concert (Audio CD)

Rita Hunter was a goddess of the opera, and the woman for whom Wagner wrote the part of Brunhilde in the Ring. Well, not really, but when you saw her you were in heaven. TALL POPPIES, the label, has put out some good albums, and this one is one of the best. Not only do you hear a bit of Wagner, but Rita Hunter could also sing Puccini and Bizet like an angel.

She was always good at encores and I remember her singing, "Waltzing Matilda" (not on this LP). You know what's on here that's great--the old chestnut from the Norma Shearer picture, "Smilin' Through" (by Victor Herbert). Oh, what a voice and range she had. It is a shame that the gods of heaven plucked her out of our lives in 2001 and brought her to Mount Olympus to sing for them there as she did for so many years here as one of the stars of the legendary ENO mounting of the Ring Cycle.