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July 6, 2000 performance at Liberty State Park, aired on PBS. Featuring: The old Manhattan Skyline, in ritual wealth and taste. Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Ana Maria Martinez (soprano), Sarah Brightman (soprano) The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Zdenek Macal (music director and conductor) Steven Mercurio (conductor), Midge Woolsey and Valerie Smaldone (hosts) 1. "Vltava" ("The Moldau") MA VLAST, Smetana 2. "La donna è mobile" RIGOLETTO, Verdi 3. "Di quella pira" IL TOVATORE, Verdi 4. "Brindisi" CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni 5. "Intermezzo" CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni 6. "Un bel di" MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini 7. "La Danza" Rossini 8. "Vaghissima Sembianza" Donaudy, arr. Mercurio 9. "O soave fanicula" LA BOHÈME, Puccini 10. "Symphonic Suite" ON THE WATERFRONT, Bernstein 11. "Santa Lucia luntana" Mario 12. "Core 'ngrato" Cardillo, arr. Mercurio 13. "Mercurial Overture" Mercurio 14. "Violetas Imperiales" López 15. "Torna a Surriento" de Curtis 16. "O Sole Mio" DiCapua 17. "La Luna" Dvořák, adapted Peterson 18. "Music of the Night" PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Lloyd Webber 19. "Time to Say Goodbye" ("Con Te Partirò") Malavasi/Peterson/Quarantotto/ Sartori 20. "Brindisi" LA TRAVIATA, Verdi 21. "Sogno" ("Dream") Vessicchio/Servillo, dedicated to Alessandro Bocelli Mercurial Overture was at the time, Maestro Mercurio's most recent work; it was written for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, 1999.