Anthony León, winner of both the Opera and Zarzuela categories of the 2022 Operalia Competition, joins WFMT to discuss Mozart’s operatic roles for tenor. The Cuban-American tenor makes his Lyric Opera debut as Ferrando in Lyric’s upcoming production of Così fan tutte next month. Learn more HERE.
All selections by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
“Un aura amorosa” from Così fan tutte, K. 588
Anthony León, tenor
Carol Anderson, piano
Private recording used with kind permission.
“Dalla sua pace” from Don Giovanni, K. 527
Luigi Alva, tenor
Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
“Dalla sua pace” (fragment)
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic/Dmitri Mitropoulos
“Il mio tesoro” from Don Giovanni, K. 527
John McCormack, tenor
“Il mio tesoro” (fragment)
Rockwell Blake, tenor
“Un aura amorosa” from Così fan tutte, K. 588
Francisco Araiza, tenor
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
“Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Berlin Opera Orchestra/Selmar Meyrowitz
“Fuor del mar” from Idomeneo, re di Creta, K. 366
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic/Sir John Pritchard
“Se all’impero” from La clemenza di Tito, K. 621
Rockwell Blake, tenor
London Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas McGegan
“Ich baue ganz” from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Munich Radio Orchestra/Horst Stein
