Archive for November, 2019
01/11/20- Wozzeck- 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera Wozzeck ALBAN BERG ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 1 HRS 40 MINS, 0 intermissions SUNG IN GERMAN photo credit: / Met Opera After wowing audiences with his astounding production of Lulu in 2015, South African artist William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary visual imagination on Berg’s other operatic masterpiece, set in an apocalyptic pre–World War I […]
01/04/20 – Der Rosenkavalier – 1pm
The Metropolitan Opera Der Rosenkavalier RICHARD STRAUSS ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 4 HRS 20 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN GERMAN photo credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera Robert Carsen’s splendid staging returns for the first time since its blockbuster 2017 premiere, with Sir Simon Rattle on the podium to conduct Strauss’s glittering score. Star soprano Camilla Nylund […]
A Musical Message of Peace
The holiday season is almost upon us, so of course that means choral concerts, especially Handel’s Messiah. Recently, I spoke with Columbia Pro Cantare’s Executive Director, Elladean Brigham, about the group’s upcoming performance of the famous work as well as their Chamber Chorus seasonal offering, A Christmas Noel.
Toccata listings 11/24/19
On tonight’s program, a world premier recording of piano music by American composer Leo Sowerby, an organ performance of a work originally written for the Pedal Piano, and Prokofiev’s 5th and final piano concerto. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! 6:00 PM 45746 Leo Sowerby Passacaglia, Interlude, & Fugue Cedille 7006 SOLO Gail Quillman, piano […]
Playlist: Nov/22/19
11:58 PM Benjamin Britten — Peter Grimes: Storm Scene Conductor: Bernard HaitinkEnsemble: Royal Opera House,Covnt GardenAnthony Rolfe Johnson, tenorThomas Allen, baritoneSimon Keenlyside, baritoneAngel/EMI, 9156 11:27 PM Silvestre Revueltas — La Noche de los Mayas Conductor: Gustavo DudamelEnsemble: Simon Bolivar Youth OrchestraDG/Archiv, 4778775 10:57 PM Arvo Part — Tabula Rasa Conductor: Eri KlasEnsemble: Kremerata BalticaGidon Kremer, […]
12/28/19 The Magic Flute -1PM
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA The Magic Flute Mozart ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 1 HR 45 MINS, no intermission SUNG IN ENGLISH photo credit: Karen Almond / Met Opera A beloved holiday tradition continues as Mozart’s delightful fairy tale returns in the Met’s abridged, English-language version for families, perfect for younger audiences, with no intermission and a running […]
12/21/19 – MACBETH -1PM
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA MACBETH Verdi ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 10 MINS, 1 intermission SUNG IN ITALIAN photo credit: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera Soprano Anna Netrebko created a sensation when she made her Met role debut as Lady Macbeth in 2014, opposite baritone Željko Lučić in the title role. Now, the two stars reunite to reprise […]
12/14/19 – The Queen of Spades -1 PM
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA The Queen of Spades Tchaikovsky ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 35 MINS, 1 intermission SUNG IN RUSSIAN photo credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera Tchaikovsky’s eerie thriller of imperial Russia has its first performances at the Met since 2011. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko is Hermann, the fanatical gambler whose obsession with a powerful secret […]
12/07/19 – Akhnaten – THE MET RETURNS! – 1PM
The Metropolitan Opera AkhnatenPhilip Glass ESTIMATED RUN TIME: 3 HRS 30 MINS, 2 intermissions SUNG IN VARIOUS photo credit: Paola Kudacki/ Met Opera Director Phelim McDermott tackles another one of Philip Glass’s masterpieces, following the now-legendary Met staging of Satyagraha. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt, with […]
Thursday 11/21/19 The Cleveland Orchestra
11pm Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Paul Jacobs, organ HAYDN: Symphony No. 34 DEUTSCH: “Okeanos” for Organ and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 Wagner: “Tannhauser” Overture conducted by Robert Spano;
