Archive for the ‘Met Opera’ Category

Nov. 28 2023

Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast 2023-2024 schedule

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December 9 FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (Daniel Catán) – New Production/Met Premiere – Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ailyn Pérez (Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Greer Grimsley (Captain)  December 16 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Patrick Furrer; Piotr Buszewski (Tamino), Janai Brugger (Pamina), Rolando Villazón (Papageno), […]

Sep. 05 2023

WBJC Operafest schedule 9/2/23 to 12/02/23

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National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) SEPTEMBER 2   Tannhäuser / Wagner SEPTEMBER 9   The Ballad of the Canal / YIN Qing SEPTEMBER 16   La Fille du Régiment / Donizetti SEPTEMBER 23   La fanciulla del West / Puccini Aix-en-Provence Festival (France) SEPTEMBER 30   Picture a Day Like This / George Benjamin Music of the Baroque […]

May. 17 2023

WBJC Operafest schedule 6-17-23 through 9/23/23

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Vienna State Opera (Austria) JUNE 17 – Fidelio / Beethoven JUNE 24 – Salome / Strauss Opéra de Paris (France) JULY 1 – Nixon in China / Adams Opera Rara (UK) JULY 8 – il Proscritto / Mercadante Munich Radio Opera (Germany) JULY 15 – I Lombardi / Verdi Royal Opera House (UK) JULY 22 […]

Jan. 18 2023

February 11th, 2023 – Historic Met Opera Broadcast

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On Saturday, February 11, there will be a historic Metropolitan Opera broadcast not heard since it was aired live in 1970: Leonard Bernstein leading Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, part of a double bill with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, in a celebrated production by Franco Zeffirelli. This special broadcast is timed to mark the centenary of Zeffirelli’s birth. Leonard Bernstein’s appearances at the […]

Nov. 11 2022

2022-2023 Metropolitan Opera Schedule

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All performances at 1PM unless otherwise noted December 10 THE HOURS (Kevin Puts) – Libretto by Greg Pierce – New Production/World Premiere December 17 RIGOLETTO (Verdi) December 24 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Holiday Presentation – Abridged English-language version December 31 Met Debuts On The Air – Archival Broadcast January 7 MEDEA (Cherubini) – New […]

Sep. 06 2022

WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule (9/17/22-12/03/22)

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National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) – Part 1 SEPTEMBER 17  Les pêcheurs de perles / Bizet SEPTEMBER 24  Rusalka / Dvořák OCTOBER 1  The Merry Widow / Lehár OCTOBER 8  A Village Teacher / HAO Weiya   Opera Festival Chicago OCTOBER 15 Il corsaro / Verdi OCTOBER 22  L’inganno felice / Rossini   […]

Jun. 03 2022

WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule 6/18/22-9/10/22

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Don’t fret! The Met season might be done, but WBJC stays committed to bringing you great opera performances year-round, Saturdays at 1pm (unless otherwise noted). Santa Fe Opera JUNE 18 -The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs / Bates Opéra de Paris (France) JUNE 25 – The Marriage of Figaro / Mozart Salzburg Festival (Austria) JULY 2 […]

Nov. 22 2021

2021-2022 Metropolitan Opera Schedule

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All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time except as noted December 4, 2021 Aucoin’s Eurydice – Network Broadcast- Premiere Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus), Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus’s Double), Nathan Berg (Father), Barry Banks (Hades) December 11 Puccini’s Tosca Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Sondra Radvanovsky (Tosca), Brian Jagde (Cavaradossi), Evgeny Nikitin (Scarpia), Patrick Carfizzi (Sacristan) December 18 Mozart’s The […]

Sep. 01 2021

WBJC Operafest 9/11/21-11/27/21

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September 11, 2021 OPERA: Tancredi (in Italian) COMPOSER: Gioachino Rossini LIBRETTO: Gaetano Rossi VENUE: National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM PRESENTING COMPANY: Opera Southwest CAST: Tancredi Heather Johnson Amenaide Lindsay Ohse Argirio Heath Huberg Orbazzano Matthew Curran Isaura Madelyn Wanner Roggiero Chelsea Duval-Major ENSEMBLE: Opera Southwest Orchestra CHORUS: Opera Southwest Chorus STAGE DIRECTOR: David Bartholemew […]

Jun. 04 2021

WBJC Operafest Schedule 6/12/21-9/4/21

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All operas air at 1pm on Saturdays, unless otherwise noted on the listing. Haymarket Opera Company JUNE 12 Acis and Galatea & Apollo e Dafne / Handel (Double-Bill) Operas from the European Broadcasting Union: Royal Opera (UK) JUNE 19 Tosca / Puccini JUNE 26 Les vêpres siciliennes / Verdi JULY 3 Don Giovanni / Mozart […]

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