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 Berardeng…

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

Antonia: Carol Vaness La Mère d’Antonia: Jane Shaulis Hoffmann: Riccardo Calleo Miracle: Justino Diaz Frantz: Douglas Perry Crespel: Maurice Brown Conductor: David Effron New York City Opera 1 August 1981 Broadcast

Antonia: Angela Gheorghiu Nicklausse: Petia Petrova La Mère d’Antonia: Catherine Wyn-Rogers Hoffmann: Marcelo Alvarez Miracle: Michele Pertusi Frantz: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Crespel: Peter Rose Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume Royal Opera, Covent Garden 29 September 2000 Broadcast

Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella: Patrizia Ciofi Nicklausse/Muse: Sarah Jouffroy La Mère d’Antonia: Anne Salvan Hoffmann: Gordon Gietz Lindorf/Coppélius/Dappertutto/Miracle: Nicolas Cavallier Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio: Steven Cole Crespel: Michel Trempont Hermann/Schlemil: Patrice Berger Nathanaël: Vincent Ordonneau Luther: François Ca…

Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella: Virginia Zeani Nicklausse/Muse: Daniele Millet La Mère d'Antonia: Arlette Chedel Hoffmann: Jon Crain Lindorf /Coppélius/Miracle/Dappertutto: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Andres/Frantz/Piticchinaccio/Cochenille: Ricardo Cassinelli Nathanael: Jaume Baro Spalanzani: Jacques Loreau Hermann: Gregor Koubrak Schlemil: Michel Bouvi…

(Keck edition)Olympia/Antona/Giulietta/Stella: Mireille Delunsch Nicklausse/Muse: Stéphanie d’Oustrac La Mère d’Antonia: Sylvie Brunet Hoffmann: Marlin Miller Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracle/Dappertutto: Laurent Naouri Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pittichinaccio: Steven Cole Luther: Brian Bonnatyne Hermann/Schlemil: Frank Leguérinel Nathnael: Emiliano Gonzal…

Fricka: Stefanie Irányi Freia: Sarah Wegener Erda: Gerhild Romberger Woglinde: Ania Vegry Wellgunde: Ida Aldrian Flosshilde: Eva Vogel Wotan: Derek Welton Loge: Thomas Mohr Alberich: Daniel Schmutzhard Donner: Johannes Kammler Froh: Tansel Akzeybek Mime: Thomas Ebenstein Fasolt: Tijl Faveyts Fafner: Christoph Seidl Concerto Köln Kent Nagano Concert…

Amelia: Karita Mattila Oscar: Camilla Tilling Ulrica: Elisabetta Fiorillo Riccardo: Marcelo Alvarez Renato: Thomas Hampson Samuel: Giovanni Battista Parodi Tom: Matthew Rose Conductor: Antonio Pappano Royal Opera. Covent Garden 25 April 2005 Broadcast

Ariadne/The Prima Donna: Karita Mattila Zerbineta: Jane Archibald The Composer: Ruxandra Donose Naiad: Sofia Fomina Dryad: Karen Cargill Echo: Kiandra Howarth Bacchus/The Tenor: Roberto Saccà Harlequin: Markus Werba Music Master: Thomas Allen Dancing Master: Ed Lyon Wig Maker: Ashley Riches Lackey: Jihoon Kim Scaramuccio: Wynne Evans Brighella: Pau…

Leonore: Karita Mattila Marcellina: Henriette Bonde-Hansen Florestan: Ben Heppner Jaquino: Pavol Breslik Don Pizarro: Juha Uusitalo Rocco: Matti Salminen Don Fernando: François Lis Choeur et Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris 29 June 2006 Broadcast…

Karita Mattila Boston Symphony OrchestraConductor: James Levine4 November 2004Broadcast

Charlotte: Rita Gorr Sophie: Anne Elgar Werther: Nicolai Gedda Albert: Theodor Uppman Schmidt: Charles May Johann: Daniel Ferro Conductor: Robert Lawrence Friends of French Opera, Carnegie Hall 14 November 1965 In-house recording

Ilia: Yvonne Kenny Elettra: Magdalena Cononovici Idamante: Janet Baker Idomeneo: Stuart Burrows Arbace: John Lanigan High Priest: Thomas Allen Neptune: Gwynne Howell Conductor: Colin Davis Royal Opera, Covent Garden 18 March 1978 Broadcast

Penelope: Janet Baker Minerva: Anne Howells Melanto: Janet Hughes Ericlea: Virginia Popova Giunone: Vivien Townley Fortuna: Patricia Craig Amore: Laureen Livingstone L’umana Fragilità: Annabel Hunt Ulisse: Benjamin Luxon Telemaco: Ian Caley Eurimaco: John Wakefield Iro: Alexander Oliver Eumete: Richard Lewis Nettuno: Clifford Grant Giove: David Hug…

Vitellia: Aleksandra Kurzak Sesto: Stéphanie d”Oustrac Annio: Angela Brower Servilia: Valentina Nafornita Tito: Michael Spyres Publio: Marko Mimia Conductor: Dan Ettinger Palais Garnier, Paris 3 December 2017 In-house recording

Elsa: Johanni van Oostrum Ortrud: Martina Serafin Lohengrin: Michael Spyres Telramund: Josef Wagner Heinrich: Timo Riihonen Herald: Edwin Fardini Conductor: Aziz Shokhakimov Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg 10 March 2024 In-house recording

Iphise: Jennifer Smith Une Lacédémonienne: Anne-Marie Rodde Lycurge: Bruce Brewer Tirtée: Ian Caddy Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner ORTF 24 January 1981 Broadcast

Sapho: Alison Hargan Une Naiade: Anne-Marie Rodde Le Ruisseau: William Kendall Thélème: William Kendall Alcée: David Wilson-Johnson Hymas: Ian Caddy Le Fleuve: Christopher Booth-Jones Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner ORTF 24 January 1981 Broadcast

Églé: Anne-Marie Rodde Une Bergère: Elisabeth Priday Mercure: William Kendall Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner ORTF 24 January 1981 Broadcast

Gundula Janowitz Luciana Ticinelli-Fattori Julia Hamari Anna De Luca Ursula Boese Lajos Kozma Ennio Buoso Lothar Ostenburg Robert Amis El Hage Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI Conductor: Herbert Albert RAI of Milano 27 January 1967 Broadcast

Armida: Gundula Janowitz Zelmira: Nancy Burns Rinaldo: Waldemar Kmentt Ubaldo: Werner Hollweg Clotarco: Horst R. Laubenthal Idreno: Günter Reich Cappella Coloniensis Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner Cologne 12 January 1968 Broadcast

Gundula Janowitz Maureen Forrester Berlin Philharmonic Conductor: Claudio Abbado Salzburg Festival 6 August 1968 Broadcast

Susanna: Graziella Sciutti Gil: Renato Césari Sante: Italo Pasini Conductor: Juan Emilio Martini Teatro Colón August 1968 Broadcast

(performed in German as Die Vier Grobiane) Lucieta: Barbara Bonney Margarita: Cornelia Wulkopf Marina: Cheryl Studer Felice: Nancy Shade Magd: Helena Jungwirth Lunardo: Artur Korn Maurizio: Bodo Brinkmann Filipeto: Yoshihisa Yamaji Simon” Hans-Günter Nöcker Cancian: Karl Christian Kohn Conte Riccardo: Christer Bladin Conductor: Alberto Zedda Bayeri…

(In Italian) Marfa: Irina Arkhipova Emma: Rita Talarico Susanna: Clara Petrella Andrei Khovansky: Giorgio Merighi Ivan Khovansky: Nicolai Ghiaurov Dosifei: Paolo Washington Golitsin: Giampaolo Corradi Shaklovity: Lorenzo Saccomani Scribe: Piero de Palma Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni Teatro alla Scala 25 January 1971 Broadcast…

Yaroslavna: Tamara Milashkina Konchakovna: Tamara Sinyavskaya Polovtsian Girl: Makvala Kasrashvili Yaroslavna's Nanny: Nina Grigorieva Vladimir Igorevich: Vladimir Atlantov Vladimir Yaroslavich: Arthur Eisen Konchak: Alexander Vedernikov Prince Igor: Evgeny Nesterenko Ovlur: Vitaly Vlasov Skula: Valery Yaroslavtsev Eroshka: Konstantin Baskov Conduc…

Stephen Sondheim: “In Buddy’s Eyes” (New York 2024) Christine Ebersole Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024 Stephen Sondheim: “I’m Still Here” (New York 2024) Jennifer Holliday Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024

Vrenchen: Joan Rodgers Sali: Timothy Robinson Dark Fiddler: William Shimell Manz: Stephen Roberts Marti: Nathaniel Webster Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Münchner Rundfunkorchester Conductor: Vernon Handley München, Philharmonie im Gasteig 15 February 2004 Broadcast

Maria: Nadine Sierra Anita: Tia Architto Rosalia: Aigul Akhmetshina Consuelo: Francesca Calò Francisca: Marta Vulpi Tony: Alek Shrader Riff: Mark Stone Bernardo: Andrea D'Amelio Action: Andrea Giovannini Baby John/A-rab/Snowboy/Big Deal/Diesel: Kris Belligh Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Conductor: Antonio Pappano Parco …

Giulietta: Edy Amedeo Romeo: Ferrando Ferrari Gregorio/Il Cantatore: Mario Carlin Banditore/Sansone/Bernabo: Giovanni Foiani Tebaldo: Guido Mazzini Groot Omroepkoor Omroeporkest Conductor: Fulvio Vernizzi AVRO Hilversum 1964 Broadcast

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Matthew Polenzani Frère Laurent: Julien Robbins Tanglewood Festival Chorus Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: James Levine Symphony Hall, Boston 4 December 2004 Broadcast

Giulietta: Adriana Maliponte Romeo: Agnes Baltsa Tebaldo: Yordi Ramiro Capellio: Kurt Rydl Lorenzo: Peter Wimberger Conductor: Piero Bellugi Vienna Staatsoper 27 May 1982 In-house Recording

Hamlet: Stéphane Degout Ophélie: Jodie Devos Gertrude: Renée Tatum Claudius: Raymond Aceto Laërte: Aaron McKone Spectre: Nmon Ford Polonius: Mark Hockenberry Marcellus / gravedigger: Logan Wagner Horatio / gravedigger: Michael Anthony McGee May Festival Chorus Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Louis Langrée CINCINNATI OPERA Music Hall. Cinci…

Narrator: Joanna Gleason Cora Hoover Hooper: Vanessa Williams Faye Apple: Elizabeth Stanley Bowden Hapgood: Santino Fantana Comptroller Shub: Douglass Sills Treasurer Cooley: Eddie Cooper Police Commissioner Magruder: Michael Mulheren Conductor: Ted Sperling MasterVoices Carnegie Hall 10 March 2022 In-house recording…

Domina: Lizabeth Pritchett Philia: Pamela Hall Pseudolus: Phil Silvers Hysterium: Larry Blyden Senex: Lew Parker Hero: John Hansen Lycus: Carl Ballantine Erronius: Reginald Owen Miles Gloriosus: Carl Lindstrom Conductor: Jack Lee Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles October/November 1971 In-house recording

Judith: Nina Stemme Bluebeard: Gerald Finley Speaker: Judith Chemla (in French) Orchestre de Paris Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Philharmonie de Paris 8 December 2021 Broadcast

Judith: Agnes Baltsa Bluebeard: Samuel Ramey Vienna Philharmonic Conductor: Bernard Haitink Salzburg Festival 15 August 1993 Broadcast

Judith: Tatiana Troyanos Bluebeard: Siegmund Nimsgern New York Philharmonic Conductor: Rafael Kubelik Avery Fisher Hall 27 March 1981 Broadcast