Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Extraits de "Carmen"

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
"Oh, si Signore vi manda", extrait de "Cavalleria Rusticana"

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
"Afraid, am I afraid?", extrait de "The Medium"

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Extraits de "La Joconde"

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Extraits de "Samson et Dalila"

Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
"Connais-tu le pays", extrait de "Mignon"

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
"O don fatale", extrait de "Don Carlos"

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
"Weiche, Wotan, weiche!", extrait de "L'Or du Rhin"

Claramae Turner, contralto

Best remembered today as Cousin Nettie in the 1956 film version of Carousel (“You’ll Never Walk Alone”), American contralto Clarame Turner enjoyed a major operatic career. Among other distinctions, she created the role of Madame Flora in Menotti’s The Medium in 1946, and in 1954 Arturo Toscanini chose her as Ulrica for his nationwide radio broadcast of Un Ballo in Maschera. This CD collection features the great singer in live radio and concert performances of arias and scenes from Carmen, Samson and Delilah, Cavalleria Rusticana, The Medium, and more.