parterre box presents Chris's Cache

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

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

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 Elias Mamma Lucia: Thelma Votipka Turiddu: 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 Castel Spalanzani: Christophe Mortagne Conductor: Stéphane Denève Opéra de Marseille 26 December 2004 In-house recording

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 Bouvier Luther: Rene Chambaz Crespel: José van Dam Conductor: George Sebastian Grand Theatre, Geneva 24 January 1965 Broadcast

(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 Gonzalez-Toro Spalanzani: Eric Huchet Crespel: François Le Roux Conductor: Marc Minkowski Théâtre Municipal. Lausanne 2 March 2003 Broadcast

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 Concertgebouw Amsterdam 20 November 2021 Broadcast

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: Paul Schweinester Truffaldino: Jeremy White Officer: David Butt Philip Major Domo: Christopher Quest Conductor: Antonio Pappano Royal Opera, Covent Garden June/July 2014 Broadcast

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