# Karita Live!

> Karita Live! – Karita Mattila, Finnish RSO, Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Ondine ODE 968-2, CD, released October 2000. "Karita Live!" was recorded live on 2 September…

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- **Work(s):** Karita Live!
- **Performers:** Karita Mattila, soprano; Finnish RSO; Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 968-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 October 2000
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195096826
- **Tracks:** 15, total 54:31
- **Genres:** Opera, Vocal, Orchestral

## Track listing

**Richard Wagner**

1. Dich teure Halle, from: Tannhäuser (3:16)

**Antonín Dvorák**

2. Měsíčku na nebi hlobokém, from: Rusalka (5:26)

**Giuseppe Verdi**

3. Ritorna vincitor, from: Aida (6:29)
4. Pace, pace mio Dio, from: La forza del destino (5:18)

**Giacomo Puccini**

5. Vissi d'arte, from: Tosca (2:56)

**Johann Strauss II**

6. Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein, from Die Fledermaus (2:45)
7. Mein Herr Marquis, from: Die Fledermaus (3:15)
8. Klänge der Heimat, from: Die Fledermaus (3:52)

**Jean Sibelius**

9. Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte (The Tryst), Op. 37/5 (2:56)

**Leevi Madetoja**

10. Luulit, mä katselin sua (You Thought I Was Watching You) (2:49)

**Oskar Merikanto**

11. Miksi laulan (Why I Sing) (1:15)

**Ralp Maria Siegel**

12. Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin (I Still Have a Suitcase in Berlin) (3:48)

**Friedrich Holländer**

13. Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt (Falling In Love Again) (4:07)

**Jules Styne**

14. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (3:45)

**George Gershwin**

15. Summertime (2:34)

## About this recording

"Karita Live!" was recorded live on 2 September 2000 at the Helsinki Arena in front of an audience of 11,000 people. On the occasion of her 40th birthday, the Finnish star soprano Karita Mattila gave a glorious "monster concert," exhibiting a complete warehouse of repertoire, styles and moods, most of which is presented on this CD. Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducted the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish and the sung texts in the original languages and in English

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## Related pages

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- [George Gershwin (1898-1937)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/gershwin-george.md)
- [Friedrich Holländer](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/holl-nder-friedrich.md)
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- [Jules Styne](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/styne-jules.md)
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- [Richard Wagner (1813-1883)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/wagner-richard.md)
- [Karita Mattila, soprano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/mattila-karita.md)
- [Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/saraste-jukka-pekka.md)