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Thomson Smillie narrated by David Timson

Comprised of:

  1. Thomson Smillie Male Person, Born: 20 Sep 1942 in Glasgow , Died: 18 Jan 2014 in Louisville
  2. David Timson Male Person, Born: 1950 in Leicester

Releases (5)

Official

Album - Audiobook

  1. An Introduction to Verdi's "Aida" Mar 2001
  2. An Introduction to Verdi's "Rigoletto" Apr 2002
  3. An Introduction to Mozart's "The Magic Flute" 22 Aug 2002
  4. An Introduction to Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" 2002
  5. An Introduction to Verdi's "Falstaff" Oct 2004

Recordings (60)

  1. Introduction 3:50 (Mar 2001)
  2. Verdi's three periods in a sixty - year span 1:38 (Mar 2001)
  3. The political backround 2:19 (Mar 2001)
  4. Aida - the beginnings 3:36 (Mar 2001)
  5. The Prelude and Act I 16:48 (Mar 2001)
  6. Act II 6:07 (Mar 2001)
  7. The Grand March 9:38 (Mar 2001)
  8. Act III 6:37 (Mar 2001)
  9. Act IV 4:52 (Mar 2001)
  10. The death scene 7:44 (Mar 2001)
  11. Rigoletto and the censors 4:43 (Apr 2002)
  12. Verdi's career - the long view 3:17 (Apr 2002)
  13. Act I - Prelude 4:58 (Apr 2002)
  14. Monterone's curse 4:06 (Apr 2002)
  15. Rigoletto and Sparafucile 3:51 (Apr 2002)
  16. Rigoletto's love for his daughter - Gilda's entrance 3:33 (Apr 2002)
  17. The Duke and Gilda 3:24 (Apr 2002)
  18. Gilda's aria 'caro nome' - Gilda's abduction 7:39 (Apr 2002)
  19. Rigoletto's grief 5:52 (Apr 2002)
  20. Gilda's love - Rigoletto's call for revenge 4:24 (Apr 2002)
  21. Quartet - the Duke, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto 5:16 (Apr 2002)
  22. 'Ah, la maledizione!' - 'The curse!' 7:55 (Apr 2002)
  23. Example of the ’Sublime’ Mozart 7:03 (22 Aug 2002)
  24. Mozart’s Operas 2:24 (22 Aug 2002)
  25. Overture to Act I: Introduction to the Magic Flute 8:26 (22 Aug 2002)
  26. Act I: The Curtain Rises 2:28 (22 Aug 2002)
  27. Introduction of Characters: Papageno and Tamino Enter 4:30 (22 Aug 2002)
  28. The Queen of the Night 6:18 (22 Aug 2002)
  29. Inside Sarastro’s Palace 2:43 (22 Aug 2002)
  30. Act I: Finale 7:27 (22 Aug 2002)
  31. ‘Der Holle Rache’: The Queen of the Night Interrupts 4:10 (22 Aug 2002)
  32. Sarastro: “In Diesen Heil’gen Hallen” 5:54 (22 Aug 2002)
  33. The Reunion of Tamino and Pamina 3:25 (22 Aug 2002)
  34. Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena! 6:34 (22 Aug 2002)
  35. Act 1 5:46 (2002)
  36. Sharpless counsels caution 4:59 (2002)
  37. Introduction and Entrance of Butterfly 6:40 (2002)
  38. The Wedding Ceremony 3:18 (2002)
  39. Butterfly and Pinkerton 3:59 (2002)
  40. End of Act 1 3:25 (2002)
  41. Act 2 - Introduction and 'Un bel di' 6:24 (2002)
  42. Sharpless and Butterfly 2:59 (2002)
  43. Butterfly's son 4:25 (2002)
  44. The return of Pinkerton 3:37 (2002)
  45. Waiting for Pinkerton - The Humming Chorus 5:35 (2002)
  46. Butterfly's suicide 5:34 (2002)
  47. Falstaff's qualities 3:07 (Oct 2004)
  48. Verdi and Shakespeare 3:13 (Oct 2004)
  49. Shakespeare's Falstaff and Verdi's librettist 3:31 (Oct 2004)
  50. Opening: The Garter Inn 4:17 (Oct 2004)
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