Archive for January 22nd, 2019
02/23/19 – Rigoletto – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera GIUSEPPE VERDI Rigoletto ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 11 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Verdi’s tragic jester returns in Michael Mayer’s neon-bedecked, Las Vegas–themed production. Baritones Roberto Frontali and George Gagnidze share the title role, and soprano Nadine Sierra reprises her portrayal of Gilda, the […]
02/16/19 – Don Giovanni – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Don Giovanni ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 25 MINS, 1 intermissions SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera Baritone Peter Mattei and bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni star as opera’s most notorious seducer in Mozart’s masterpiece of dark comedy. Cornelius Meister makes his Met debut conducting performances that also include sopranos […]
02/09/19 – Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera Iolanta / Bluebeard’s Castle PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY / BÉLA BARTÓK ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 22 MINS, 1 intermissions SUNG IN RUSSIAN photo credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Mariusz Treliński’s haunting production of the pairing of Tchaikovsky’s and Bartók’s one-act operas makes its first return to the stage since its Met premiere […]
02/02/19- CARMEN- 1PM
The Metropolitan Opera Carmen GEORGES BIZET ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 21 MINS, 1 intermission SUNG IN FRENCH photo credit: Karen Almond/Metropolitan Opera Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performances, with impassioned tenors Yonghoon Lee and Roberto Alagna as her lover, Don José. Omer […]
Tuesday 01/22/19 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Strauss: Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma) Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 (Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)
Playlist: Jan/22/19
10:54 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Sins of Old Age:A Deep Sleep Frederic Chiu, pianoHarm Mundi, 907102 10:17 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 8 Key: GOpus: 88Conductor: Marin AlsopEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraNaxos, 572112 10:13 PM Sir Edward Elgar — Salut d’amour (Love’s Greeting) Opus: 12Conductor: David ZinmanEnsemble: Baltimore Symphony OrchestraTelarc, 80192 9:47 PM Wolfgang Amadeus […]
