Candide Overture, conducted by the composer himself, Leonard Bernstein. Concert performance of Candide with June Anderson, Jerry Hadley, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda - London, December 13, 1989.
David Daniels, American countertenor, sings "Ombra mai fu" from Xerxes by Handel. Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.
June Anderson, Jerry Hadley, cast and chorus sing Make Our Garden Grow, the finale to Candide, conducted by the composer himself, Leonard Bernstein - London, December 13, 1989.
Jerry Hadley sings "Il lamento di Federico" ("E la solita storia") from L'arlesiana by Cilea, Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.
June Anderson and Ferruccio Furlanetto join Carlo Bergonzi (at age seventy-one, substituting for an absent Luciano Pavarotti) to sing a scene ("Qui posa il fianco") and trio ("Qual volutta trascorrere sento") from Act III of Verdi's I Lombardi alla prima crociata, conducted by James Levine, at the April 1996 gala celebrating Levine's 25th Anniversary at the Metropolitan Opera.
David Daniels performs "Oh Patria!... Tu che accendi questo core... Di tanti palpiti" from Tancredi by Rossini. Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.
Deborah Voigt performs "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" from Manon Lescaut by Puccini. Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.
Part 1: June Anderson, as Amina in Bellini's La Sonnambula, sings part one of Act II's final aria, "Oh! se una volta..." Rome Opera, 1989. Alberto Ventura, conducting.
June Anderson in Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor, singing "Regnava nel silenzio . . . quando rapita in estasi" Geneva, 1983. Nello Santi, conducting.
June Anderson sings "Sempre libera" from La Traviata by Verdi, with Marcello Giordani, and Julius Rudel conducting. Richard Tucker Foundation Gala, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1997.
June Anderson, as Elena, sings "Tanti affetti in tal momento . . . Fra il padre e fra l'amante" from the finale of Rossini's "La donna del lago", at La Scala, in 1992. Conductor, Riccardo Muti. Director, Werner Herzog. It was the first production of the opera in 150 years at La Scala, staged to mark the bicentenary of Rossini's birth.
June Anderson as Norma sings "Casta Diva", Teatro Regio di Parma, 2001, Fabio Biondi conducting. Sorry for the sound blip at around 3:08 (it sounds like an unwritten key change by the Chorus - I guarantee it's not in my original copy!).