Gorr, Rita

Overview

Works:	371 works in 1,064 publications in 6 languages and 10,823 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Live sound recordings Drama Excerpts Musical settings Songs and music History Stories, plots, etc Incidental music Librettos
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Vocalist, Author, Other, Interviewee, s=s, Musician, mzs, Actor
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Rita Gorr

Rita Gorr & Ernest Blanc : les Telramund de Bayreuth by Georges Farret( Book )

Most widely held works by Rita Gorr

Dialogues des Carmélites by Francis Poulenc( )

81 editions published between 1957 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 2,543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The tragic fate of the nuns of the Carmelite convent at Copiègne during the French Revolution inspired one of Francis Poulenc's most personal works, and one of the most profoundly moving operas in the repertoire. At its center is Isabel Leonard as Blanche de la Force, a shy young aristocratic woman who joins the order on the eve of the Revolution, flees when the sisters, forced to leave their convent, take a vow of martyrdom, and is finally reunited with them as they face death by the guillotine. Felicity Palmer is Madame de Croissy, Patricia Racette is Madame Lidoine, and Elizabeth Bishop is Mother Marie. Paul Appleby and David Pittsinger co-star as Blanche's brother and father

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi( Recording )

92 editions published between 1900 and 2019 in 7 languages and held by 1,367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The impressive and breathtaking scenery of the wild-romantic Roman quarry of St. Margarethen provides the perfect and unique backdrop for this live-recording of a colorful open-air staging of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida

Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns( Recording )

42 editions published between 1963 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 694 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The opera is based on the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah found in Chapter 16 of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament. It is the only opera by Saint-Saëns that is regularly performed. The second act love scene in Delilah's tent is one of the set pieces that define French opera. Two of Delilah's arias are particularly well known: "Printemps qui commence" ("Spring begins") and "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" ("My heart opens itself to your voice", also known as "Softly awakes my heart"), the latter of which is one of the most popular recital pieces in the mezzo-soprano/contralto repertoire

Lohengrin by Richard Wagner( )

29 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in German and Undetermined and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded June 1990, Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

Faust by Charles François Gounod( )

12 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in French and German and held by 562 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

René Pape's swaggering Mephistophélès is as seductive as it is demonic in this story of Faust (Roberto Alagna) who sells his soul to the devil to reclaim his youth. Wasting no time, Faust falls in love with Marguerite (Solie Isokoski) but things soon begin to go horribly wrong. Her brother (Dmitri Hvorostovvsky) is murdered, she goes insane, and Faust is dragged to hell. But the music is unforgettable

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner( Recording )

39 editions published between 1962 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's powerful and wrenching tale of ill-fated love requires a cast of great singing actors, and that's just what this broadcast provides. Jon Vickers and Régine Crespin are the brother and sister who fall rapturously in love, only to be torn apart by death. The legendary Birgit Nilsson sings Brünnhilde, the Valkyrie of the title who is punished by her father (the magnificent Theo Adam as Wotan) for doing what he really wants her to do. Herbert von Karajan conducts his final Met performance

Aida : (highlights) by Giuseppe Verdi( )

14 editions published between 1962 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Features highlights from Riccardo Muti's interpretation of Verdi's Aida, whose cast includes Montserrat Caballe and Placido Domingo

Faust : (Highlights) by Charles Gounod( )

4 editions published in 2007 in French and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Werther by Jules Massenet( )

12 editions published between 1964 and 2003 in French and held by 327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of a young poet and his tragic love affair with Charlotte, the eldest daughter of the town Magistrate

Le roi d'Ys by Édouard Lalo( )

15 editions published between 1957 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le Roi d'Ys: Opéra en trois actes. Livret: Edouard Blau (Stanislas Viateur)

The ultimate Aïda album by Giuseppe Verdi( )

3 editions published in 2000 in Italian and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le martyre de Saint-Sébastien by Claude Debussy( )

1 edition published in 2018 in French and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien: Musique de scène sur le mystère en cinq actes de Gabriele d'Annunzio pour récitant, soli, choeur et orchestre

Katya Kabanova by Leoš Janáček( Visual )

4 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Katya and her husband, Tichon, are dominated by Tichon's mother, Kabanicha. When Kabanicha sendsTichon away on a short trip, Katya falls in love with Boris

Samson and Delilah : [opera in three acts] by Camille Saint-Saëns( Recording )

10 editions published between 1963 and 1974 in French and English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Don Juan de Mañara : drama lyrique en 4 actes et 6 tableaux ; Triomphe de Jeanne : oratorio by Henri Tomasi( )

6 editions published in 1992 in French and held by 142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Iphigénie en Tauride : highlights by C. W. von Gluck( Recording )

6 editions published between 1961 and 1962 in French and Undetermined and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Highlights from Hérodiade by Jules Massenet( Recording )

6 editions published in 1963 in French and Undetermined and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Henri Tomasi: La Triomphe De Jeanne by Henri Tomasi( )

1 edition published in 2009 in French and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

La damnation de Faust op. 24 : Highlights by Hector Berlioz( Recording )

5 editions published in 1961 in French and Undetermined and held by 76 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Padmavati by Albert Roussel( Recording )

13 editions published between 1977 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 65 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Padmâvatî: Opéra-ballet en deux actes. Livret: Louis Laloy