Archive for January 15th, 2017
02/25/17 – Rusalka – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Rusalka Composed by Antonín Dvořák Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil sung in Czech ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 40 MINS front page photo credit: Ken Howard/ Met Opera Kristine Opolais stars in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Mary Zimmerman brings her […]
2/18/17 – I Puritani – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera I Puritani Composed by Vincenzo Bellini sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 32 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The art of bel canto will take center stage in Bellini’s lyrical jewel. The electrifying Diana Damrau is Elvira, gripped by madness and love; Javier Camarena, a sensation in his recent […]
Music From Movies 1-15-17
7:00 PM Ennio Morricone Two Mules for Sister Sara: Main Theme Silva 1057 COND Paul Bateman ORCH City of Prague Philharmonic ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:06 PM Bernard Herrmann Vertigo: Suite CBS/Sony 62700 COND Esa-Pekka Salonen ORCH Los Angeles Philharmonic Winds 11:55 C 1 16-18 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7:19 PM 27791 Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Prince and the Pauper-Suite from […]
02/11/17 – Carmen – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Carmen Composed by Georges Bizet Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy sung in French ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 17 MINS front page photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Two French mezzo-sopranos, Sophie Koch and Clémentine Margaine, alternate as Bizet’s immortal heroine. Tenor Marcelo Álvarez is her hapless soldier Don José, and newcomer Maria […]
02/04/17 – Rigoletto – 1pm
Metropolitan Opera Rigoletto Composed by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave Sung in Italian ESTIMATED RUN TIME 3 HRS 2 MINS front page photo credit: Karen Almond/Metropolitan Opera Michael Mayer’s hit production of Rigoletto places the action in a neon-bedecked Las Vegas in 1960. Stephen Costello and Joseph Calleja alternate as the womanizing Duke, Olga Peretyatko is […]
Choral Hour 1-15-17
Today at 4:30 PM the Choir of St. David’s with music director, Douglas Buchanan will offer their annual Evensong celebrating the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Last year for the MLK celebration they performed excerpts from Judah Adashi’s “Rise,” a civil rights cantata with poetry by Tameka Cage Conley. […]
Playlist: Jan/15/17
8:51 PM Willem de Fesch — Violin Concerto Key: COpus: 2Conductor: Arie van BeekEnsemble: Orchestre D’AuvergneGordan Nikolic,violinOlympia, 450 8:13 PM Antonin Dvorak — Symphony No. 8 Key: GOpus: 88Conductor: Myung-Whun ChungEnsemble: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraDG/Archiv, 469046 7:43 PM Philip Glass — Hours: Selections Ensemble: Studio OrchestraMicheal Riesman,keyboardsNonesuch, 79693 7:19 PM Erich Wolfgang Korngold — The Prince […]
