Patricia Racette
Patricia Lynn Racette (born in 1965) is an American operatic soprano. A winner of the Richard Tucker Award in 1998, she has been a regular presence at major opera houses internationally. Racette has enjoyed long-term partnerships with the San Francisco Opera, where she has been a regular performer since 1989, and with the Metropolitan Opera, where she has performed since 1995. Also active on the concert stage, Racette has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. She also received the award for Best Opera Recording for her performance in the Los Angeles Opera's production of The Ghosts of Versailles at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
Racette has particularly excelled in Puccini and Verdi operas. Among her most well-known roles is Violetta in La traviata; Blanche de la Force and Madame Lidoine in Dialogues of the Carmelites; both Mimì and Musetta in La bohème; the title heroine in Jenůfa; Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly; the title role in Tosca; Alice Ford in Falstaff; Liù in Turandot; Desdemona in Otello; and Káťa in Káťa Kabanová. She has performed in several world premieres, including the title role in Tobias Picker's Emmeline (1996), and as Leslie Crosby in Paul Moravec's The Letter (2009) at the Santa Fe Opera. She appeared in the premiere of Picker's An American Tragedy (2005) at the Met, and portrayed Love Simpson in the premiere of Carlisle Floyd's Cold Sassy Tree (2000) at the Houston Grand Opera.
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Mon coursier hors d'haleine - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Hurry, hurry... It's late! The second act is beginning! - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: All-powerful Queen of Beauty and ruler of my willing heart - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Watch. Now Figaro comes back - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: They are always with me - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Wait!... Figaro was supposed to return the necklace - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: My wife was always hard to please - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Damn that Figaro. He's your husband - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Oh no. Here we go again - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: As summer brings a wistful breeze - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: They wish they could kill me - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: And now I must go Bless you Madam, bless you - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Bravo, Beaumarchais! Briljant! Then why are you weeping, your Majesty? - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: What is happening - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Magic! It is Paris, the autumn of '93 - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Antoinette, we want your head. Order! Order! - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: And with the one million pounds, grant Her Majesty a safe refuge in the New World - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Marie Antoinette of Lorraine and Austria - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Fool! Idiot! Moron! You forgot where Almaviva plans to sell the jewels? - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Monarchy. Revolution. It's all the same to me Women of Paris, listen! - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: I can't wait to betray Almaviva - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Welcome, Madeleine, welcome - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Oh, the lion may roar and the eagle may soar - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Remember the chestnut trees in the gardens of the Tuileries - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: I remember, Master, I remember! - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: I hope I'm not too late for your party - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Poor Florestine, I pity her - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Interlude - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: New Scene - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: I am very well, my dear Marquis - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Now we go back in time. Cherubino, Cherubino - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: O God of love, O Lord of light - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Look at the green here in the glade - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: We are finished Farewell, my faithful friend - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: No I've had enough. I see what's happening here - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Look, her breathing is diminished - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Selamunaleykum - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Goodbye, Figaro. Goodbye, Beaumarchais - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: His Excellency, the English Ambassador - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: No, Beaumarchais. It is as it should have been. Once there was a golden bird - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: I am in a valley and you are in a valley - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act II: Come, Antonia - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Ya omri. Limatha hajartani? - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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The Ghosts of Versailles, Act I: Tafaddaloo marhabun bikoom Shall we - Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles -
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