Archive for the ‘Operafest’ Category
08/18/12 – Turandot – 1:00pm
San Francisco Opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni Approximate Running Time: 3 hours including two intermissions In Italian This passionate tale of a princess whose cruelty masks her fear of love features some of the composer’s most glorious music, including the stirring anthem “Nessun dorma.” It will be performed by an … Read More »
08/11/12 – La Boheme – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini Approximate Running Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes In Italian In this rebroadcast, a poet discovers true romance with a lovely, fragile seamstress among the evocative rooftops, cafés and garrets of Paris. Soprano Ailyn Pérez and tenor Stephen Costello, fast-rising young singers who are married in real life, … Read More »
08/04/12 – Albert Herring – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 10 minutes In English Benjamin Britten’s comedy takes place in the English countryside, where meek mama’s boy Albert (tenor Alek Shrader) reluctantly becomes his village’s first May King when no maidens of sufficient virtue can be found. Soprano Christine Brewer … Read More »
07/28/12 – Simon Boccanegra – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes In Italian Plácido Domingo sings the title role of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, a grand-scale study of power and treachery that finds an emotional center in the tender bond between father and daughter. Cast/Crew Simon Boccanegra Placido Domingo Amelia Ana Maria … Read More »
07/21/12 – Romeo et Juliette – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 15 minutes In Italian Soprano Nino Machaidze and tenor Vittorio Grigolo star as the world’s most famous lovers. Cast/Crew Juliette Nino Machaidze Romeo Vittorio Grigolo Mercutio Museop Kim Frere Laurent Vitalij Kowaljow Count Capulet Vladimir Chernov Tybalt Alexey Sayapin Duke of Verona Philip … Read More »
07/14/12 – Cosi fan tutte – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes In Italian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s delightfully comic battle of the sexes comes to life with ravishingly beautiful music and sparkling wit. The cast includes soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. Cast/Crew Fiordillgi Aleksandra Kurzak Dorabella Ruxandra Donose Ferrando Saimir Pirgu Guglieimo Ildebrando … Read More »
07/07/12 – Eugene Onegin – 1:00pm
LA Opera On Air Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 30 minutes In Russian Young and impassioned, Tatiana (soprano Oksana Dyka) hastily writes a love letter to the brooding aristocrat Onegin (baritone Dalibor Jenis). She unwittingly sets off an unstoppable series of events, leaving Onegin forever regretting the love he … Read More »
06/30/12 – Aida – 1:00pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago Aida by Giuseppe Verdi Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 23 minutes In Italian Here it is—the granddaddy of grand-opera spectacle—complete with pyramids and potentates, priestesses and dancing girls, plus armies of soldiers and slaves! At its heart, a treacherous love triangle and a relationship that was never meant to be. Aida, the … Read More »
06/23/12 – Rinaldo – 1:00pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago Rinaldo by George Frederic Handel Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 27 minutes In Italian With Jerusalem as the prize, General Goffredo and his chief knight Rinaldo are battling it out with King Argante. But the king’s lover and ally is the sorceress Armida — and she uses every trick in … Read More »
06/16/12 – The Tales of Hoffmann – 1:00pm
Lyric Opera of Chicago The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach Approximate Running Time: 3 hrs. 26 min., sung in French If ever a man was unlucky at love, it’s Hoffmann, the wild-eyed poet who travels the world in search of the ideal woman and ends up thwarted by villains at every turn. First, he’s … Read More »
