Archive for May 17th, 2015

May. 17 2015

07/18/15 – Tosca – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 07/18/15 – Tosca – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Giacomo Puccini In Italian with projected English texts Approximate running time: 2hrs, 42 min   Living for art…dying for love. A fiery diva, the rebel artist who claims her heart, and the sadistic police chief before whom all Rome trembles — for more than a hundred years, audiences have watched […]

May. 17 2015

Spring drive recap – success!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, Staff Blogs, WBJC News | Comments Off on Spring drive recap – success!

Thank you to each and every one of you who made this membership drive a success! From the 1,007 of you who pledged your financial support, to the generous food donors and dedicated volunteers, we really are truly grateful that classical music has once again proven to be of value to the Baltimore/Washington communities (and […]

May. 17 2015

07/11/15 – The Passenger – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | 2 Comments

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Mieczyslaw Weinberg In Russian, German, Polish, French, Yiddish, Czech, and English with projected English texts Approximate running time: 2hrs, 55 min There’s no escaping your past. Aboard an ocean liner in the early 1960s, a West German diplomat, Walter, and his wife Liese are bound for a new posting in […]

May. 17 2015

07/04/15 – Porgy and Bess – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 07/04/15 – Porgy and Bess – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by The Gershwins Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin In English with projected English texts Approximate running time: 3hrs, 10 min   Redemption is hard to find. Porgy and Bess is the great American opera — bursting with iconic songs that have moved easily […]

May. 17 2015

06/27/15 – Tannhäuser – 1PM

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 06/27/15 – Tannhäuser – 1PM

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Richard Wagner In German with projected English texts Approximate running time: 4hrs, 11 min   Only gods can live in endless bliss. Tannhäuser, minstrel and renegade, is lured into the erotic realm of the love goddess Venus. There he luxuriates in lust and a host of sinful pleasures. But finally […]

May. 17 2015

06/13/15 – Anna Bolena – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 06/13/15 – Anna Bolena – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Gaetano Donizetti In Italian with projected English texts Approximate running time: 3hrs, 18 min   Doomed queen…tour-de-force drama! Anne Boleyn may be Queen of England, but she doesn’t stand a chance. Henry VIII wants her gone — with Jane Seymour taking her place on the throne and in his bed. […]

May. 17 2015

06/20/15 – Carousel – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 06/20/15 – Carousel – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II   The Iconic American Musical in a New Lyric Production Swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. But all too soon, they fall on hard times and unbearable loss. Yet the power of love perseveres, as do […]

May. 17 2015

06/06/15 – Il Trovatore – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 06/06/15 – Il Trovatore – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Giuseppe Verdi In Italian with projected English texts Approximate running time: 2hrs, 45 min   Primal passions. Potent music. The troubadour Manrico and Count di Luna are bitter enemies. But in a twist of fate, they’re both in love with Leonora — and they’re brothers without knowing it. Emotions boil […]

May. 17 2015

05/30/15 – Capriccio – 1pm

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Operafest | Comments Off on 05/30/15 – Capriccio – 1pm

Lyric Opera of Chicago by Richard Strauss In German with projected English texts Approximate running time: 2hrs, 50 min   The poet or the musician — which one will she choose? She’s one of the most glamorous and gifted singers of all time, he’s one of the world’s finest conductors — and both of them […]

May. 17 2015

05/17/15 Toccata

By WBJC Programming | Posted in Member Blogs, Toccata | Comments Off on 05/17/15 Toccata

PLAY DATE: Sun, 05/17/2015 6:00 PM            432 Johann Sebastian Bach         “Little Fugue” in g BWV 578             Knapp      1010 SOLO Richard Wegner, organ 4:47   C  1 4-4 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:07 PM            28191 Anton Arensky                 Suite No.3 “Variations” in C Op 33      Hyperion   66755 SOLO Stephen Coombs, piano SOLO Ian Munro.piano 25:50    C  1 9-18 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6:35 PM            […]

WBJC