Archive for March 22nd, 2015
05/09/15 – The Rake’s Progress – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera The Rake’s Progress by Igor Stravinsky Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman Approximate running time 3 hrs. 10 min. James Levine revisits one of his favorite 20th-century classics: Stravinsky’s only full-length opera, with its wondrous neo-classical score, back on the Met stage for the first time in 12 years. Paul Appleby adds another leading role […]
05/02/15 – Un Ballo in Maschera – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Antonio Somma Approximate running time 3 hrs. 20 min. Tenor Piotr Beczala sings King Gustavo for the first time at the Met in his very first collaboration with Music Director James Levine. Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky reprise their acclaimed interpretations in the revival of David […]
04/25/15 – Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo Approximate running time 3 hrs. 5 min. Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar (Giulio Cesare, Maria Stuarda, Il Trovatore), who sets the verismo action across two […]
04/18/15 – Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk by Dmitri Shostakovich Libretto by Alexander Preys and the composer Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min. Shostakovich’s towering tragedy of adultery and murder stars the commanding dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the heroine who suffers the vicissitudes of her treachery. Brandon Jovanovich is her co-conspirator and lover, and James Conlon conducts. […]
04/11/15 – Don Carlo – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle Approximate running time 4 hrs. 35 min. Dynamic maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s ambitious score with a stand-out cast in Nicholas Hytner’s handsome production. Yonghoon Lee sings the title role, with Barbara Frittoli, Ekaterina Gubanova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, James Morris, and Ferruccio Furlanetto, reprising […]
04/04/15 – Ernani – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Hernani by Victor Hugo. Approximate running time 3 hrs. 25 min. James Levine and Plácido Domingo reunite for Levine’s first Met Ernani since 1983 and Domingo’s first-ever performances of the baritone role of Don Carlo. Francesco Meli stars in the title role, and Angela […]
03/22/15 Toccata
6:36 PM Minuetta Kessler — Alberta Concerto Conductor: Robert Black Ensemble: Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava Helena Vesterman, piano MMC, 2009 6:10 PM Charles Tomlinson Griffes — Four Roman Sketches Opus: 7 Sylvia Parker, piano Centaur, 2811 6:00 PM Johannes Brahms — Prelude and Fugue Key: a Robert Parkins, organ Naxos, 8550824
WBJC Choral Hour 3-22-15
8:00 AM Carl Nielsen Springtime in Funen Op 42 CBS/Sony 53276 COND Esa-Pekka Salonen ORCH Swedish Radio Symphony Orchest SOLO Asa Baverstam,soprano SOLO Kjell Magnus Sandve, tenor SOLO Per Hoyer,baritone SOLO Swedish Radio Choir ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8:22 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Motet: Jesu meine Freude BWV 227 Jesus,RCA/BMG 77368 COND Konrad Junghanel ORCH Cantus Colln ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
Playlist: Mar/22/15
8:29 PM Paul Hindemith — Mathis der Maler -Symphony Conductor: Herbert BlomstedtEnsemble: San Francisco SymphonyLondon, 421523 8:00 PM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 17 Key: GConductor: Claudio AbbadoEnsemble: Chamber Orchestra of EuropeMaria Joao Pires, pianoDG/Archiv, 439941 6:36 PM Minuetta Kessler — Alberta Concerto Conductor: Robert BlackEnsemble: Slovak Radio SO, BratislavaHelena Vesterman, pianoMMC, 2009 […]
