Archive for January 1st, 2017
01/28/17 – Il Barbiere di Siviglia – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia Composed by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Cesare Sterbini Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 4 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Argentina, Rome, 1816. Rossini’s perfectly honed treasure survived a famously disastrous opening night (caused by factions and local politics more than any reaction to […]
01/21/17 – Romeo et Juliette – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Roméo et Juliette Composed by Charles Gounod Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré Sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 56 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera World premiere: Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, 1867. Perhaps the most enduringly successful of the many operatic settings of the world’s consummate love story, Roméo et […]
01/14/17 – La Boheme – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera La Bohème Composed by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 58 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/ Met Opera World premiere: Teatro Regio, Turin, 1896. Met company premiere: Los Angeles (on tour), November 9, 1900. La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among […]
Music From Movies 1-1-17
7:00 PM Mark Knopfler The Princess Bride: Main Titles Telarc 80342 COND Erich Kunzel ORCH Cincinnati Pops Orchestra ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:04 PM Howard Shore Lord of the Rings: Return of the King selections Reprise 48521 COND Howard Shore ORCH Studio Orchestra SOLO Sir James Galway, flute SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano SOLO Annie Lennox, soprano ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:27 […]
Choral Hour 1-1-17
Happy New Year! On the first choral hour of 2017 you’ll hear music by Bach and Strauss. Also, Jonathan Palevsky will be chatting with T. Herbert Dimmock about Bach In Baltimore’s New Year’s Day Baroque Celebration taking place this afternoon. 8:00 AM Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 29: (We thank you, God, we thank […]
Playlist: Jan/01/17
8:28 PM Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings Key: COpus: 48Conductor: Vladimir AshkenazyEnsemble: Saint Petersburg PhilharmonicLondon, 4758355 7:48 PM Jerry Goldsmith — First Knight: Original Soundtrack Conductor: Jerry GoldsmithEnsemble: Studio OrchestraEpic, 67270 7:37 PM Richard Wagner — Gotterdammerung: Conductor: Klaus TennstedtEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicAngel/EMI, 86248 7:27 PM Richard Wagner — Gotterdammerung: Conductor: Klaus TennstedtEnsemble: Berlin […]