American Dream: Andrea Bocelli's Statue of Liberty Concert

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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.

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