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Prodana nevesta (The bartered bride) live from MET in 1978. Nicolai Gedda was Jenik, Teresa Stratas was Ma?enka, Martti Talvela Kecal and Jon Vickers Vasek.
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Prodana nevesta (The bartered bride) - live performance from MET in 1978. Jenik was Nicolai Gedda, Ma?enka Teresa Stratas, Kecal Martti Talvela and Vasek Jon Vickers.
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Two aria's from the first act in the MET (1982) with Carreras as Rodolfo burning his play and poems for getting warm and Stratas as Mimi explaining who she is (sung after the famous Che Gelida Manina aria that can be found elsewhere).
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Giuseppe di Stefano
Teresa Stratas
"St. Sulpice Scene" (excerpt) from Manon (Massenet)
from: VAI DVD 4232 Great Stars of Opera, Vol. 2 Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour, 1959-1967 Volumes 1 and 3 also available in this series.
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Three scenes after another: Rodolfo feeling the loss of his dearest, Mimi returning to him to die in his presence and the final cry "Mimi" after her death. The last part I included for the clever way Puccini orchestrated this moment, summing up the whole love story in one powerfull surge of emotion.