Deborah Voigt Sings Opening Night of New York Philharmonic

PBS aired the 170th opening night concert of the New York Philharmonic with Music Director Alan Gilbert and guest soloist Deborah Voigt. Throughout the broadcast it was announced that the concert would be available online to view in its entirety for one week after last evening's performance. The link for the concert is here, but it seems there is no content. You might also check on the NY Phil's website periodically here to see if the video becomes available. The guest artist may have had final approval rights on whether to replay the concert based on her performance. More photos after the jump.

Live From Lincoln Center
September 21, 2011

New York Philharmonic Opening Night
Alec Baldwin, Host
Alan Gilbert, Conductor
Deborah Voigt, Soprano

Trad. Star Spangled Banner; Barber, The School for Scandal Overture; Wagner, “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser; Barber, Andromache’s Farewell; Wagner, Overture to Tannhäuser; INTERMISSION; R. Strauss, Intermezzo, Dance and Final Scene from Salome.

Live Intermission features: (1) Alec Baldwin backstage with Maestro Gilbert talks about conducting and composing. (2) Alec Baldwin chats backstage with Deborah Voigt.

Program Length: 1:56:46

Opera Singers Join Andrea Bocelli in Central Park Concert

South African soprano Pretty Yende is a
frequent concert guest of Mr. Bocelli.

"Ordinarily it is difficult for officials to estimate the crowd size for a concert in Central Park. But every attendee at Thursday night’s free performance there by the superstar crossover tenor Andrea Bocelli had to have a ticket, obtained in advance. And 60,000 were given out....Mr. Bocelli’s fans seemed thrilled, rain or no rain. There remains a considerable divide between the passions of the audience he has reached (his recordings have sold more than 65 million, according to his Web site) and the assessment of most music critics....The soprano Ana María Martínez joined Mr. Bocelli for the impassioned

Puerto Rican soprano
Ana María Martínez

duet 'Vicino a te,' from Giordano’s Andrea Chénier. And the soprano Pretty Yende was his partner in the 'O soave fanciulla' duet from Puccini’s Bohème. But once again, other than the announcement of her name, there was no introduction of Ms. Yende, a young artist from South Africa who was a co-winner of Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition this summer." [Source] The New York Philharmonic was the back-up band for the evening with Music Director Alan Gilbert conducting the whole affair.