Archive for July 13th, 2016
08/20/16 – Falstaff – 1pm
LA Opera On Air Falstaff BY GIUSEPPE VERDI Two hours and 40 minutes, including one intermission SUNG IN ITALIAN front-page photo credit: Robert Millard OVERVIEW In honor of Verdi’s 200th birthday, LA Opera presents a new production of the crowning glory of the composer’s magnificent career, his comic masterpiece Falstaff. LA Opera Music Director James Conlon, […]
08/13/16 – Moby Dick – 1pm
LA Opera On Air Moby Dick BY JAKE HEGGIE AND GENE SCHEER Three hours, including one intermission SUNG IN ENGLISH front-page photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera OVERVIEW “Call it a success… A whale tale with staying power” – Los Angeles Times “Theatrically stunning… epic in scale. A vibrant, compelling piece of musical theater” – […]
08/06/16 – The Two Foscari – 1pm
LA Opera On Air The Two Foscari BY GIUSEPPE VERDI Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Based on the historical play by Lord Byron SUNG IN ITALIAN front-page photo credit: OVERVIEW Plácido Domingo and James Conlon join forces in a new production of this Verdi masterpiece. The languid canals and boisterous festivals of 15th-century Venice conceal […]
Wednesday 7-13-16 San Francisco Symphony
11:00 PM Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas Soloist: Yefim Bronfman, piano Wong: Carnival Fever Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 6 Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Playlist: Jul/13/16
10:52 PM Johann Christian Bach — Sinfonia No.3 Key: B-Flat Opus: 9Conductor: Hanspeter GmurEnsemble: Camerata BudapestNaxos, 8553085 10:06 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Orchestral Suite No.3 Key: GOpus: 55Conductor: Antal DoratiEnsemble: New Philharmonia OrchestraPhilips, 454253 10:01 PM Carl Maria von Weber — Turandot Conductor: Neeme JarviEnsemble: The PhilharmoniaChandos, 8766 9:24 PM Carl Reinecke — Symphony […]
