Текст песни Met Orchestra - La Traviata - Prelude to Act III

Recording from a performance of Der Fliegende Holländer on 03.05.1960

Rudolf Bing :

"Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am sure all of you, far away and here, know the great loss that the Metropolitan Opera and indeed the world of music have suffered last night.
I am equally sure that all of you share our grief, as indeed you share that loss.
No more fitting tribute could be made to Leonard Warren than to play the music of the composer whom he loved and served so well.
Our orchestra will now play the prelude to the last act of Traviata in his memory."