musicalpunchlines
opera, regietheater, lieder, obscure baroque, etc.
"Je vole, Amour, où tu m'appelles" (Stephanie d'Oustrac)
"Dissembling, false perfidious Hercules . . . Cease, ruler of the day to rise" (Joyce DiDonato)
"There in myrtle shades reclined" (Joyce DiDonato)
"Le calme rentre dans mon coeur" (Rodney Gilfrey)
Ah, divinites implacables . . .Alceste, aux noms de Dieux!
O malhereux Admete
Overture
Myself I shall adore
Somnus, awake! . . . leave me, loathsome light . . Obey my will
Iris, impatient of thy stay . . .There, from mortal cares . . .Hence, Iris, hence away!
Innocente garzon . . .Sol per te mio dolce amore
"De' miei scherni per far le vendette" (Stephanie Blythe)
"Der Vogelfaenger bin ich ja" (Ruben Drole)
"Your hay it is mow'd" (Michael Schade) and "Fairest isle" (Barbara Bonney)
"How blessed are shepherds" (Michael Schade)
Armide : duet, Armide & Renaud
Overture / introduction
Ah, Medoro, Medoro . . .Ah! Stigie larve
If love's a sweet passion, why does it torment (Lucy Crowe)
Una donna a quindici anni . . . Sorella, cosa dici?
Di molte faci il lumi . . . sola, sola in buio loco
Schubert, Songs of the Harper (Thomas Quasthoff)
Si colmi il calice (Maria Guleghina)
Pieta rispetto amore (Zeljko Lucic)