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Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano)

Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem (1874)

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor)

Choir and orchestra of the theater alla Scala. C. Richarelli (soprano), S. Verrett (mezzosoprano), Placedo Domingo (tenor), N. Giaurov). 1980
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera `Don Carlos` (1867)

Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Montserrat Caballe (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor) , Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Placido Domingo - tenore; Monserrat Caballe - soprano; Shirley Verrett - mezzo-soprano; Ruggero Raimondi - basso; Sherrill Milnes - baritono; Giovanni Foiani - basso; Simon Estes - basso; Delia Wallis - soprano; Ryland Davies - tenore; John Noble - baritono; Maria-Rosa del Campo - soprano. 1970.
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Gaetano Donizetti - Opera `Anna Bolena` (1830)

Julius Rudel (conductor), John Alldis (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) , London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir

Enrico (Henry) VIII, King of England - Pauel Plishka, Anna Bolena, his wife - Beverley Sills, Giovanna Seymour - Shirley Verrett, Lord Rochefort - Robert Lloyd, Lord Riccardo Percy - Stuart Burrows, Smeton - Patricia Kern, Sir Hervey - Robert Tear. 1972.
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera «La forza del destino» (1862)

Thomas Schippers (conductor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor)

RCA Italiana Orchestra and Chorus. Leonora di Vargas - Leontyne Price, Il Marchese di Calatrava - Giovanni Foiani, Don Carlo - Robert Merrill, Don Alvaro - Richard Tucker, Preziosilla - Shirley Verrett, Fra Melitone - Ezio Flagello, Curra - Corinna Vozza, Padre Guardiano - Giorgio Tozzi, Mastro Trabuco - Piero De Palma, Un Chirurgo - Mario Rinaudo, Un Alcalde - Rolf Bottcher. Studio recording made in July-August 1964, at the RCA Italiana Studios, Rome.
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Igor Stravinsky - Cantata `A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer` for alto and tenor soli, speaker, chorus and orchestra (1961), K095

Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano) , CBC Symphony Orchestra

Lorren Driscoll - tenor, John Horton - speaker. Festival Singers of Toronto - Elmer Iseler (director). April 29, 1962, Toronto.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck - Opera `Orfeo ed Euridice` (1762), Wq.30

Renato Fasano (conductor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Judith Raskin (soprano) , Virtuosi di Roma

Roman Polyphonic Choir, w/ Collegium Musicum Italicum
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Igor Stravinsky - `Oedipus Rex`, opera-oratorio in two acts by Sophocles (1926-27), K047

Igor Stravinsky (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Donald Gramm (bass-baritone)

George Shirley - Oedipus, Shirley Verrett - Jocaste, Donald Gramm - Créon, John Reardon - messenger, Chester Watson - Tirésias, Loren Driskoll - The Shepherd, John Westbrook - narrator. January 20, 1962, Washington.
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Gioachino Rossini - Stabat Mater per soli, coro a quattro voci miste e orchestra (1831-1841), GR IIIb. 6

Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) , Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI

Teresa Zylis-Gara, Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicola Zaccaria, Rome Italian Radio Orchestra - Carlo Maria Giulini. 22.12. 1967
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in d-moll for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra `Ode an die Freude` (1822-24), op.125

Jozef Krips (conductor), Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano) , London Symphony Orchestra

Rudolf Petrak - tenor, Donaldson Bell - bass. BBC Chorus.
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Gustav Mahler - Symphony ¹ 3 in d-moll for alto, women`s chorus and orchestra

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano) , Boston Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1962.
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera `Un ballo in maschera` (1859)

Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Leontyne Price (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)

Riccardo - Carlo Bergonzi, Renato - Robert Merrill, Amelia - Leontyne Price, Ulrica - Shirley Verrett, Oscar - Reri Grist, Silvano - Mario Basiola II, Samuel - Ezio Flagello, Tom - Ferruccio Mazzoli, Juez - Piero de Palma, Siervo de Amelia - Fernando Jacopucci. Orchestra: RCA Italiana. 1966.
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera «Luisa Miller» (1849)

Fausto Cleva (conductor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)

Conde Walter - Giorgio Tozzi, Rodolfo - Carlo Bergonzi, Federica - Shirley Verrett, Wurm - Ezio Flagello, Miller - Cornell MacNeil, Luisa - Anna Moffo, Laura - Gabriella Carturan, Campesino - Piero de Palma. Orchestra: RCA Italiana. 1964.
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera «Macbeth» (1847)

Claudio Abbado (conductor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Nikolay Gyaurov (bass) , Orchestra Teatro alla Scala (Milano)

1976 - Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghaiurov (Banquo), Placido Domingo (Macduff), Antonio Sabastano (Malcolm), Stefania Malagu (Lady in Waiting), Carlo Zardo (Doctor), Giovanni Foiani (Servant), Alfredo Mariotti (Assassin), Sergio Fontana (Herald) - La Scala Milan Chorus
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Gaetano Donizetti - Opera `Lucrezia Borgia` (1833)

Jonel Perlea (conductor), Montserrat Caballe (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor) , Orchestra Teatro dell`Opera di Roma

Donna Lucrezia Borgia-Ì. Caballe, Don Alfonso-Ezio Flagello, Gennaro-À. Kraus, Maffio Orsini-Sh. Verret, Rustighello-Giuseppe Barratti, Astolfo-Robert El Hage, Jeppo Liverotto -Franco Riccardi, Apostolo Gazella-Franco Romano, Ascanio Pertucci-Ferrucio Mazzoli, Oloferno Vitellozo-Fernando Iacopucci, Gubetta -Vito Maria Brunetti, Un Servitore-Camillo Sforza, Un Coppiere-Franco Ruta, Voce fuori campo-Andrea Mineo. May 1966, Rome.
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Giuseppe Verdi - Opera `Il Trovatore` (1853)

Carlo Rizzi (conductor), Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Raina Kabaivanska (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano) , Orchestra di Teatro Carlo Felice

Manrico - Kristjan Johannsson, Azucena - Shirley Verrett, Leonora - Raina Kabaivanska, Conte di Luna - Silvano Carroli, Ferrando - Francesco Ellero d`Artegna, Ines - Barbara Frittoli, Ruiz - Angelo Casertano, Un vecchio zingaro - Bruno Grella, Un messo - Dario Zerial. Recorded: October 18, 1991.
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Hector Berlioz - Opera dilogy `Les Troyens` (1856-58), H133

Georges Pretre (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor) , Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI

Deuxieme Partie: `Les Troyens à Carthage`. Didon - Shirley Verrett, Enee - Nicolai Gedda, Anna - Giovanna Fioroni, Ascagne - Rosina Cavicchioli, Iopas - Veriano Luchetti, Hylas - Carlo Gaifa, Narbal - Boris Carmeli, Panthee - Robert Amis El Hage. Coro di Roma della Rai. Maestro del Coro - Gianni Lazzari. Recorded live 30.5.1969.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer - Opera «L`Africaine» (1865)

Jean Perisson (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor) , Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera Company

Inez - Evelyn Mandac, Selika - Shirley Verrett, Vasco da Gama - Placido Domingo, Nelusco - Norman Mittelmann, Don Pedro - Simon Estes, Don Diego - Daniel Sullivan, Anna - Gwendolyn Jones, Don Alvar - Erik Townsend, Grand Inquisitor - Philip Booth, High Priest of Brahma - Allan Monk. November 3, 1973, San-Francisco.
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Vincenzo Bellini - Opera `Norma` (1831), B I. 8

James Levine (conductor), Beverli Sills (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) , New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir

Norma - Beverly Sills, Adalgisa - Shirley Verrett, Pollione - Enrico Di Giuseppe, Oroveso - Paul Plishka, Clotilde - Delia Wallis, Flavio - Robert Tear. Recorded: July/August 1973, London (Watford).
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Sergei Rachmaninov - Twelve Romances (1896): ¹11 `Spring waters`, op.14, ¹11

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Gaetano Donizetti - Opera `La favorita` (1840)

Jesús Lopez-Cobos (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone) , Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera (New York City)

March 11, 1978, Live performance at Metropolitan opera.
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Sergei Rachmaninov - Six Romances (1889-93): ¹ 5 `Oh you, my corn field!` (Uzh ty, niva moja!),, op. 4/5

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky - 7 Romances (1880): ¹ 7 `Was I Not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow?`, Op. 47/7

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York
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Gaetano Donizetti - Opera `Maria Stuarda` (1835)

Carlo Felice Cillario (conductor), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Montserrat Caballe (soprano) , Orchestra Teatro alla Scala (Milano), Coro del Teatro alla Scala (Milano)

Elisabetta -Shirley Verrett
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Six Songs, poems by D. Rathaus (1893): ¹ 6 `Again, as Before, Alone`, Op. 73/6

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Franz Schubert - Song cycle `Schwanengesang` (åxcerpts), D 957

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Ständchen, D. 957, No. 4. Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Franz Schubert - Song `Der Zwerg` (”Im trüben Licht”) (Op.22/1), D 771

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Joaquin Turina - `Triptico`, op. 45

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Op. 45, No. 1: Farruca. Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Parts and Fragments of Works

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Escultate, jubliate, K. 165: Alleluia. Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Joaquin Nin - Corazón que en prisión

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Hall Johnson - Song `Honor! Honor!`

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Franz Schubert - Song `An die Musik` (”Du holde Kunst…”) (Op.88/4), D 547

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Joaquin Nin - Minué cantado for Voice & Piano

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Hall Johnson - Song `Witness`

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Franz Schubert - Song `An Schwager Kronos` (”Spute dich, Kronos”) (Op.19/1), D 369

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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John Jacob Niles - Song `He`s Going Away`

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Aaron Copland - Old American Songs

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Zion`s Walls; At The River. Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Hall Johnson - Song `Oh, Glory!`

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Joaquin Nin - Paño murciano - Dance Song

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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Franz Schubert - Song `Die Allmacht` (”Groß ist Jehova”) (Op.79/2), D 852

Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), Charles Wadsworth (piano)

Recorded: January 30, 1965, Carnegie Hall, New York (live).
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