Archive for February 16th, 2013

Feb. 16 2013

02/23/13 – Carmen – 1:00pm

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Metropolitan Opera Carmen by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Sung in French Approximate running time:  3 hrs. 13 min., including 1 intermission The Met’s hit production of Bizet’s Carmen stars Anita Rachvelishvili, who made a sensational Met debut in the title role in 2010. “With her smoldering, earthy sexuality, she is ideal for the role” of the sultry […]

Feb. 16 2013

02-16-13 Face The Music Listings!

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It’s an all Copeland show…and it’s not the usual stuff either!  Everything from his second and third symphonies to a film he actually won an Oscar for!  Our panelists for this show were Jim Weiss from Johns Hopkins Medical School, David Donovan from Pratt Library Fine Arts and Ed Goldstein from the Peabody Ragtime Ensemble.  […]

Feb. 16 2013

Playlist: Feb/16/13

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8:10 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Four Sacred Pieces Conductor: Carlo Maria GiuliniEnsemble: Berlin PhilharmonicChamber Choir Ernst SenffSharon Sweet, sopranoCBS/Sony, 46491 8:02 PM Giuseppe Verdi — La Traviata: “Pura siccome un angelo” Conductor: John PritchardEnsemble: Orch. of Maggio MusicaleRobert Merrill, baritoneJoan Sutherland, sopranoLondon, 443828 8:00 PM Giuseppe Verdi — Il Trovatore: “Vedi, le fosche notturne” Conductor: […]

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