Violeta Urmana
1) Parsifal
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This documentary about Wagner's Parsifal explores the history of the grail tradition and how it has been represented in various works, and details the background in which Wagner wrote his final opera.
8) Stabat Mater
12) Lieder
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Pieces from three song collections: Four songs from Ruckert-lieder (text by Friedrich Ruckert) (tracks 1-4) ; Lieder und gesange (texts primarily by Arnim and Brentano, also by Tirso de Molina ; Leander) (tracks 5-15) ; Lieder eines fahreneden gesellen = Songs of a wayfarer (text by Gustav Mahler) (tracks 16-19).
20) Il trovatore
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Fausto Cleva, one of the Metropolitan Opera's most admired Italian specialists, conducts the company's orchestra and chorus in this February 1961 performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore.