James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32 CDs featuring 11 historic performances from the longtime Music Director’s record-breaking career with the company.

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's 1971 company debut...In celebration of Levine's forty-year Met career, the Met has issued two boxed sets of Levine performances, all captured live, and most of which have never been previously available in any format...the sets stand as a fitting testament to an era and a career that will never be equaled - and deliver the goods at a very fair price." -Opera News

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Berg, Alban : Lulu, opera

Performers: Abraham Marcus (Percussion); Stephen West (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 1929-35.
Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1929-1935

Berg, Alban : Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7

Performers: Ragnar Ulfung (Tenor); William Vendice (Piano); José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1917-1922

Berlioz, Hector : Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23

Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 05/1834-09/1838.
Running Time: 9 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 05/1834-09/1838

Berlioz, Hector : Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a

Performer: Brian Davis (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 1858.
Running Time: 146 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1858

Debussy, Claude : Pelléas et Mélisande

Performer: José Van Dam (Bass Baritone)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: The Metropolitan Opera (01/22/1983); The Metropolitan Opera (03/04/1978); The Metropolitan Opera (04/08/1995)
Running Time: 127 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1893-1902

Harbison, John : The Great Gatsby, opera

Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Written: 1999

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra

Performers: Nicholas Flair (Voice); Liyana Silver (Voice); Sarah Gallo (Voice); Jennifer Manino (Voice); Victoria Rinaldi (Voice); Simone Cardoso (Voice); Andrew Robinson (Voice); Steve Oltorik (Voice); Dmitry Povolotsky (Voice); Christine McMillan (Voice); Blanche Hampton (Voice); Ami Levy (Voice); Sam Meredith (Voice); Tom Patrick (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Damian Woetzel (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Jeff Lewis (Voice); Desiree Sanchez (Voice); Warren Adams (Voice); Glenn Harris (Voice); Andreas Bjorneboe (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Ballet
Written: 1916-1917

Poulenc, Francis : Les mamelles de Tirésias, opera, FP 125

Performer: Ian Greenlaw (Baritone)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 1939-44.
Running Time: 49 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1939-1944

Ravel, Maurice : L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts

Performers: Danielle Niese (Voice); Wendy White (Mezzo-soprano)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1920-1925

Schoenberg, Arnold : Moses und Aron, biblical drama in 3 acts (unfinished)

Performers: Ellen Rabiner (Mezzo Soprano); John Tomlinson (Bass); Andrea Trebnik (Voice); Rich Vernon (Voice); Joyce Guyer (Soprano); Christopher Schaldenbrand (Baritone); Richard Fracker (Tenor)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: Composition written: 05/1930-03/1932.
Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 05/1930-03/1932

Stravinsky, Igor : Le sacre du printemps

Performers: Jeff Lewis (Voice); Ami Levy (Voice); Sam Meredith (Voice); Glenn Harris (Voice); Tom Patrick (Voice); Damian Woetzel (Voice); Warren Adams (Voice); Dmitry Povolotsky (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Desiree Sanchez (Voice); Blanche Hampton (Voice); Steve Oltorik (Voice); Victoria Rinaldi (Voice); Andreas Bjorneboe (Voice); Sarah Gallo (Voice); Nicholas Flair (Voice); Liyana Silver (Voice); Jennifer Manino (Voice); Andrew Robinson (Voice); Christine McMillan (Voice); Simone Cardoso (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 31 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Ballet
Written: 1911-1913

Stravinsky, Igor : Le Rossignol, opera (lyric tale) in 3 acts

Performers: Jennifer Manino (Voice); Liyana Silver (Voice); Nicholas Flair (Voice); Andrew Robinson (Voice); Desiree Sanchez (Voice); Christine McMillan (Voice); Blanche Hampton (Voice); Andreas Bjorneboe (Voice); Sarah Gallo (Voice); Simone Cardoso (Voice); Jeff Lewis (Voice); Damian Woetzel (Voice); Warren Adams (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Victoria Rinaldi (Voice); Steve Oltorik (Voice); Dmitry Povolotsky (Voice); Tom Patrick (Voice); Glenn Harris (Voice); Ami Levy (Voice); Sam Meredith (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1908-1914

Stravinsky, Igor : Oedipus rex

Performers: Andrew Robinson (Voice); Jennifer Manino (Voice); Liyana Silver (Voice); Nicholas Flair (Voice); Sarah Gallo (Voice); Simone Cardoso (Voice); Steve Oltorik (Voice); Victoria Rinaldi (Voice); Ami Levy (Voice); Andreas Bjorneboe (Voice); Sam Meredith (Voice); Jeff Lewis (Voice); Tom Patrick (Voice); Glenn Harris (Voice); Blanche Hampton (Voice); Christine McMillan (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Warren Adams (Voice); Damian Woetzel (Voice); Dmitry Povolotsky (Voice); Desiree Sanchez (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1927

Stravinsky, Igor : Rake's Progress

Performers: Sam Meredith (Voice); Glenn Harris (Voice); Ami Levy (Voice); Warren Adams (Voice); Dmitry Povolotsky (Voice); Jeff Lewis (Voice); Matt Baker (Voice); Tom Patrick (Voice); Damian Woetzel (Voice); Victoria Rinaldi (Voice); Desiree Sanchez (Voice); Blanche Hampton (Voice); Andreas Bjorneboe (Voice); Christine McMillan (Voice); Sarah Gallo (Voice); Steve Oltorik (Voice); Nicholas Flair (Voice); Simone Cardoso (Voice); Jennifer Manino (Voice); Andrew Robinson (Voice); Liyana Silver (Voice)
Conductor: James Levine
Period Time: Modern
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1951

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin

Performer: Ian Greenlaw (Baritone)
Conductor: James Levine
Notes: The Metropolitan Opera (02/16/1985); The Metropolitan Opera (03/21/1998); The Metropolitan Opera (12/04/1976)
Running Time: 36 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1848
Studio/Live: Live

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