Trove Thursday

Amelia: Montserrat Caballé Oscar: Joy Clements Ulrica: Irene Dalis Riccardo: Plácido Domingo Renato: Robert Merrill Samuel: Paul Plishka Tom: Andrij Dobriansky Silvano: Raymond Gibbs Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Metropolitan Opera 13 October 1970 In-house recording

Leonora: Montserrat Caballé Azucena: Viorica Cortez Ines: Carlotta Ordassy Manrico: Plácido Domingo Count Di Luna: Robert Merrill Ferrando: Paul Plishka Ruiz: Nico Castel Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario Metropolitan Opera 11 April 1973 In-house recording

Wally: Eva-Maria Westbroek Afra: Serena Malfi Walter: Inna Dukach Hagenbach: Mats Carlsson Gellner: Piero Terranova Stromminger: Kristof Klorek Il pedone: Hugo Oliveira Groot Omroepkoor & Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Conductor: Guiuliano Carella Concertgebouw, Amsterdam 27 February 2010 Broadcast

Wally: Stefka Evstatieva Afra: Marion van den Akker Walter: Ghyslaine Raphanel Hagenbach: Kristjan Johannsson Gellner: Sigmund Cowan Stromminger: Henk Smit Il Pedone: Henk Smit Dutch Radio Chorus & Orchestra Conductor: Henry Lewis Vredenburg, Utrecht 5 April 1992 Broadcast

La Wally: Carol Neblett Afra: Marilu Anselmi Walter: Martha Millan Hagenbach: Ermanno Mauro Gellner: Gianpiero Mastromei Stromminger: Nino Meneghetti Il Pedone: Jose Crec Conductor: Michelangelo Veltri Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires 16 September 1981 Broadcast

Wally: Magda Olivero Afra: Laura Zannini Walter: Ida Farina Hagenbach: Amedeo Zambon Gellner: Silvano Carroli Stromminger: Nicola Zaccaria Il Pedone: Giovanni Foiani Conductor Ferruccio Scaglia Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo October 1972 In-house recording

Wally: Renata Tebaldi Afra: Deborah Kieffer Walter: Isabel Penagos Hagenbach: Carlo Bergonzi Gellner: Peter Glossop Stromminger: Andrzehj Saciuk Il Pedone: Fernando Corena Conductor: Fausto Cleva American Opera Society, Carnegie Hall 13 March 1968 In-house recording

Francesca: Raina Kabaivanska Samaritana: Barbara Hoffman Adonella: Alice Marie Nelson Biancofiore: Frederika Wisehart Smaragdi: Carole Walters Garsenda: Sheryl King Altichiara: Carole Walters Paolo: Placido Domingo Gianciotto: Matteo Manuguerra Malatestino: Nuccio Saetta A Jester/Tower Warden: Donald Chapman Ostasio: Harlan Foss Ser Toldo Berardengo/Archer: John Sandor Conductor: Eve Queler Opera Orchestra of New York, Carnegie Hall 22 March 1973 In-house recording

1. Maria Agresta 2. Angel Blue 3. Saioa Hernandez 4. Angela Meade 5. Anna Pirozzi 6. Maria José Siri 7. Krassimira Stoyanova 8. Rachel Willis-Sørensen

1. Maria Parazzini 2. Françoise Pollet 3. Orianna Santunione 4. Lynne Strow Piccolo 5. Sharon Sweet 6. Ilona Tokody 7. Amber Wagner 8. Felicia Weathers

1. Horiana Branistenau 2. Marcella De Osma 3. Seta Del Grande 4. Susan Dunn 5. Galina Gorchakova 6. Ljilijana Molnar-Talajic 7. Silvia Mosca

1. Martina Arroyo 2. Grace Bumbry 3. Montserrat Caballé 4. Anja Harteros 5. Gwyneth Jones 6. Anna Netrebko 7. Sondra Radvanovsky 8. Renata Scotto 9. Anna Tomowa-Sintow 10. Julia Varady

Your task here is to identify the ten samples drawn from the sixteen sopranos listed below. Lucine Amara Maria Chiara Elizabeth Connell Michele Crider Cristina Deutekom Ghena Dimitrova Angeles Gulin Rita Hunter Jennifer Rowley Eva Marton Lotte Rysanek Sylvia Sass Elena Souliotis Cheryl Studer Astrid Varnay Mara Zampieri

Santuzza: Mignon Dunn Lola: Isola Jones Mamma Lucia: Geraldine Decker Turiddu: Ermanno Mauro Alfio: Cornell MacNeil Conductor: David Stivender Met Tour to the Kennedy Center 25 April 1981 In-house

Santuzza: Rita Hunter Lola: Mildred Miller Mamma Lucia: Carlotta Ordassy Turiddu: Harry Theyard Alfio: Morley Meredith Conductor: John Nelson 27 November 1974 Metropolitan Opera In-house

Santuzza: Régine Crespin Lola: Judith Forst Mamma Lucia: Batyah Godfrey Ben-David Turiddu: Enrico Di Giuseppe Alfio: Matteo Manuguerra Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario 9 June 1973 Metropolitan Opera In-house

Santuzza: Fiorenza Cossotto Lola: Nedda Casei Mamma Lucia: Jean Kraft Turiddu: Carlo Bergonzi Alfio: Anselmo Colzani Conductor: Christopher Keene 24 September 1971 Metropolitan Opera In-house

Santuzza: Giulietta Simionato Lola: Rosalind EliasMamma Lucia: Thelma VotipkaTuriddu: Jussi Björling Alfio: Walter Cassel Conductor: Nino Verchi 16 November 1959 Metropolitan Opera In-house

Fiordiligi: Christine Goerke Dorabella: Joyce DiDonato Despina: Judith Christin Ferrando: Richard Croft Guglielmo: Nathan Gunn Don Alfonso: Alfonso Antoniozzi Conductor: Patrick Summers Houston Grand Opera 19 January 2001 Broadcast

Antonia: Mirella Freni La Mère d’Antonia: Teresa Mandalari Hoffmann: Agostino Lazzari Miracle: Sesto Bruscantini Frantz: Sergio Tedesco Crespel: Vito De Taranto Conductor: Peter Maag Teatro San Carlo di Napoli 27 February 1960 Broadcast