Opera Lover's Broadway: Great Voices Sing Broadway's Greatest Hits

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The Opera Lover's Broadway--more aptly named "Kiri Te Kanawa and some others"--is an eclectic mixed bag of composers and singers. The outrageous high C's in Nilsson's "I Could Have Danced All Night" and Sutherland's "Make Believe" will topple you quicker than a hurricane. Cesare Siepi's selections from Kiss Me Kate and London's Old Man River are appropriate and tuneful. Although Eileen Farrell's Carousel arrangements overwhelm both song and singer, she gloriously delivers, with an impressive understanding of the style. Te Kanawa and Carreras, singing excerpts from West Side Story, are beautiful, thanks to Leonard Bernstein's stellar conducting. The light and lyrical pieces Te Kanawa sings with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra seem pleasantly out of place. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Tracks:

I Could Have Dacned All Night (My Fair Lady)
So In Love (Kiss Me Kate)
Make Believe (Show Boat)
Ol' Man River (Show Boat)
Wouldn't It Be Loverly? (My Fair Lady)
Wunderbar ((Kiss Me Kate)
If I Loved You (Carousel)
I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Too Many Girls)
Maria (West Side Story)
I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
Tonight (West Side Story)
One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story)
Somewhere (West Side Story)
Speak Low (One Touch Of Venus)
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof)
Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel)

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The Opera Lover's Broadway--more aptly named "Kiri Te Kanawa and some others"--is an eclectic mixed bag of composers and singers. The outrageous high C's in Nilsson's "I Could Have Danced All Night" and Sutherland's "Make Believe" will topple you quicker than a hurricane. Cesare Siepi's selections from Kiss Me Kate and London's Old Man River are appropriate and tuneful. Although Eileen Farrell's Carousel arrangements overwhelm both song and singer, she gloriously delivers, with an impressive understanding of the style. Te Kanawa and Carreras, singing excerpts from West Side Story, are beautiful, thanks to Leonard Bernstein's stellar conducting. The light and lyrical pieces Te Kanawa sings with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra seem pleasantly out of place. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

Opera on Broadway.......2000-09-30

I love songs from Broadway and I love voices from opera. When I saw them combined in this CD, I knew I would have to give it a try. I think it is fabulous! Te Kanawa is, as always, very versatile and does a great job in these selections; I especially like her version of "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", a song that is not very well known. George London singing "Ol' Man River" is great, and Cesare Siepi's rich voice is simply beautiful in "So In Love". "One Hand, One Heart" is one of my favorite songs of all time, and Carreras and Te Kanawa give it depth that most musical stars cannot. I highly recommend this CD to anyone who appreciates great voices and loves the music from Broadway.

Track Listings:

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Track Listings

Please Leave My Mind [Import]

Vivaldi: Concertos from L'estro armonico

Very Best Of Peter Allen [Import]

Music: 31 Stunning Live Performances [Import] [Live]

Tu-Plang [Import]

Wack Wack: the Best of [Import]

We Cry Out

Verdi: Requiem Mass; Bruckner: Te Deum WAB45

This Old Hat

Ven Conmigo

Tragic Animal Stories

Voyage [Import]

Trance Psychedelic Exp V.3: During the Night [Import]

Melodies for Meditation

Mr. Lucky