Songs from West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Porgy And Bess, Cats, Girl Crazy, The Merry Widow.
Opera stars sing favorite Broadway numbers in this concert from the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona.
Supported by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the singers Renata Scotto, Melanie Holliday, Paolo Coni, Gail Gilmore, and Ramon Vargas bring their talents to songs by George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and other great composers for the Broadway stage.
Moods shift from the lighthearted to the highly dramatic in a repertoire ranging from the street savvy and musical modernity of "West Side Story" to the classic operetta "The Merry Widow", from "Porgy and Bess" to "Cats," from some deft Gershwin pop tunes to "My Fair Lady". Scotto, Gilmore, Vargas and the other stars of' grand opera bring new beauty and meaning to these well-loved songs of the Broadway stage.
Renata Scotto, Gail Gilmore, Ramon Vargas, Melanie Holliday, Paolo Coni.
With the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Erich Binder.
Playing time: 55 min.
Color, Dolby Digital Stereo, Format: 4:3, NTSC, All
Released 2003.