Menno Feenstra on Opera. Today: the Canadian bass-baritone George London.
1. Modest Mussorgsky– Mephistopheles’ Song of the Flea
2. Charles Gounod – “Le veau d’or” from “Faust”
3. Hector Berlioz – “Serenade” from “La Damnation de Faust”
4. Arrigo Boito – “Ecco il mondo” from “Mefistofele”
Vienna Symphony conducted by Rudolf Moralt
5. Jules Massenet – “Voila donc la terrible cite” from “Thais”
Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Morel
6. Jules Massenet – Akte V from “Thais”
7. Alexander Borodin – Aria from “Vorst Igor”
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by Jean Morel
8. Modest Moessorgski – 2 monologues by Boris from “Boris Godunov”
Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean Morel
9. Richard Wagner – Finale “Das Rheingold”
Soloists, Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Georg Solti