Archive for October 18th, 2014
10/25/14 – Falstaff – 1pm
San Francisco Opera OPERA: Falstaff (in Italian) MUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI Libretto by Arrigo Boito PRODUCTION NEW TO SAN FRANCISCO OPERA Bryn Terfel, the “definitive” Falstaff of our day (Chicago Tribune), returns to San Francisco Opera in one of his truly legendary roles. Based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Verdi’s last opera […]
10/18/14 – Vocalise Rundown
8:00 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff- Vocalise Op 34/14 RCA/BMG 70931 COND Leopold Stokowski ORCH American Symphony Orchestra SOLO Anna Moffo, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:07 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams- Songs of Travel CBC(RCI) 1115 SOLO Gerald Finley, baritone SOLO Stephen Ralls, piano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:31 PM Richard Strauss- Six Songs Chandos 9166 COND Neeme Jarvi ORCH Royal Scottish National […]
Playlist: Oct/18/14
8:31 PM Richard Strauss — Six Songs Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: Royal Scottish National OrchesEileen Hulse, sopranoChandos, 9166 8:07 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Songs of Travel Gerald Finley, baritoneStephen Ralls, pianoCBC(RCI), 1115 8:00 PM Sergei Rachmaninoff — Vocalise Opus: 34Conductor: Leopold StokowskiEnsemble: American Symphony OrchestraAnna Moffo, sopranoRCA/BMG, 70931 4:46 PM David Popper — Fantasy on […]