Opera

Vanessa, op. 32

First released 1993English28 recordingson 2 releases

Written by

Samuel BarberComposer Gian Carlo MenottiLibrettist

Recordings

Performance	By
Do Not Utter a Word	Roberta Alexander, Edo de Waart, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest	4:48
Vanessa: Introduction	Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act I: Must the winter come so soon? (Erika, Vanessa)	Rosalind Elias, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act I: Do not utter a word, Anatol (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act I: Who are you? (Erika, Anatol)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: And then? - He made me drink too much wine (Baroness, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: No, you are not as good a skater (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Doktor)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: Erika, I am so happy (Vanessa, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: Our arms entwined (Vanessa, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: Did you hear her? (Erika, Baroness)	Rosalind Elias, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: Anatol, I must speak to you (Erika, Anatol)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: Ah, what a meager offer yours is! (Erika, Anatol, Vanessa, Doktor)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act II: In Morning light let us rejoice (Chorus)	Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act III: Introduction	Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act III: The Count and Countess d'Albany (Diener, Nicholas, Doktor)	Norman Foster, Alois Pernerstorfer, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act III: Here you are! (Vanessa, Doktor)	Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act III: At last I've found you (Anatol, Vanessa)	Nicolai Gedda, Ira Malaniuk, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act III: Nothing to worry about (Doctor, Vanessa, Erika, Chorus, Nicholas)	Rosalind Elias, Alois Pernerstorfer, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: Why did no one warn me? (Vanessa, Doktor)	Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: Why must the greatest sorrows come (Vanessa)	Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: There, look a group of men! - Do you suppose (Doctor, Vanessa, Anatol)	Nicolai Gedda, Ira Malaniuk, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: Grandmother! - Yes, Erica (Erika, Baroness)	Rosalind Elias, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: Intermezzo	Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: By the time we arrive in Paris (Anatol, Doktor, Vanessa)	Nicolai Gedda, Ira Malaniuk, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: Erica, sit down here next to me (Vanessa, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: You must hurry if we want to reach the station (Anatol, Vanessa, Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Eleanor Steber, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: To leave, to break, to find, to keep (Vanessa, Anatol, Erika, Baroness, Doktor)	Rosalind Elias, Nicolai Gedda, Ira Malaniuk, Eleanor Steber, Giorgio Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos
Vanessa: Act IV: No, I must never say that name again (Erika)	Rosalind Elias, Wiener Philharmoniker, Dimitri Mitropoulos

On these albums

Roberta Alexander sings Samuel BarberRoberta Alexander, Edo de Waart & Radio Filharmonisch Orkest · 1993

VanessaBarber; Steber, Elias, Malaniuk, Gedda, Tozzi, Dimitri Mitropoulos · 2006

Source: MusicBrainz work 689c45dc-ba19-4bb7-97ef-112ba4f396cd (CC0).