Archive for December 3rd, 2016
01/07/17 – Nabucco – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Nabucco Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Temistocle Solera Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 2 HRS 44 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/ Met Opera The legendary Plácido Domingo brings another new baritone role to the Met under the baton of his longtime collaborator James Levine. Liudmyla Monastyrska is Abigaille, the warrior […]
12/31/016 – L’Italiana In Algeri – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera L’Italiana In Algeri Composed by Gioachino Rossini Libretto by Angelo Anelli Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 2 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera James Levine conducts this comedy of a feisty Italian girl turning the tables on her bumbling captors via Rossini’s blend of madness and fun. Mezzo-soprano Marianna Pizzolato […]
12/24/16 – Hansel and Gretel – 1PM
Metropolitan Opera Hansel and Gretel Composed by Engelbert Humperdinck Libretto by by Humperdinck’s sister, Adelheid Wette (based on the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale) recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House on January 1, 2008 Matinee Performed in English HD Transmission/Simulcast HÄNSEL UND GRETEL Humperdinck–Wette Hänsel………………Alice Coote Gretel………………Christine Schäfer Gertrud……………..Rosalind Plowright Peter……………….Alan Held Witch……………….Philip Langridge Sandman……………..Sasha Cooke […]
Vocalise – 12/03/16
Rossini was in his opera writing prime when he wrote his “Messa di Gloria.” Hope you enjoy this work that is a bit off the beaten path. 🙂 8:00 PM Gioacchino Rossini Messa di Gloria Philips 4757781 COND Sir Neville Marriner ORCH Academy of St Martin in Fields SOLO Sumi Jo, soprano SOLO Ann Murray,alto […]
Booknotes takes a coffee break
Award winning chef and restaurateur Spike Gjerde‘s latest venture is a new bookstore-café named Bird in Hand in Charles Village. It’s a delicious enterprise for book lovers.
Playlist: Dec/03/16
8:00 PM Gioacchino Rossini — Messa di Gloria Conductor: Sir Neville MarrinerEnsemble: Academy of St Martin in FieldsSumi Jo, sopranoAnn Murray,altoFrancisco Araiza, tenorSamuel Ramey, bassand ChorusPhilips, 4757781 7:27 PM Gian Carlo Menotti — Violin Concerto 1952 Conductor: Edward PolochickEnsemble: Concert Artists of BaltimoreJose Cueto, violinSonora, 22597 7:04 PM Randall Thompson — The Peaceable Kingdom Conductor: […]
