Archive for the ‘Operafest’ Category

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)

By Diana Ross | Posted in Met Opera, Operafest | Comments Off on WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule (9/17/22-12/03/22)

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

By Diana Ross | Posted in Met Opera, Operafest | Comments Off on WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule 6/18/22-9/10/22

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 […]

May. 13 2022

5-13-22 Maryland Lyric Opera Don Carlo Interview with Maestro Louis Salemno

By Jonathan Palevsky | Posted in Host Blogs, Operafest | Comments Off on 5-13-22 Maryland Lyric Opera Don Carlo Interview with Maestro Louis Salemno

I love Verdi’s Don Carlo and spending a few minutes speaking with Maestro Louis Salemno about his favorite opera was time very well spent.  Don Carlo is at the Music Center at Strathmore 5/13 & 15.  For information MDLO.org.  The recording I used is the amazing Giulini EMI recording…You can hear more on the Opera […]

Nov. 22 2021

2021-2022 Metropolitan Opera Schedule

By Diana Ross | Posted in Met Opera, Operafest | Comments Off on 2021-2022 Metropolitan Opera Schedule

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

By Diana Ross | Posted in Met Opera, Operafest | Comments Off on WBJC Operafest Schedule 6/12/21-9/4/21

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 […]

Nov. 30 2020

Metropolitan Opera 2020-2021 Broadcast Schedule

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TOLL BROTHERS–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK 2020-21 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time December 5, 2020 @1 PM Prokofiev’s War and Peace Performance from March 2, 2002 Valery Gergiev; Anna Netrebko (Natasha Rostova), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Sonya), Elena Obraztsova (Mme. Akhrosimova), Gegam Grigorian (Count Pierre Bezukhov), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Andrei), Vassily Gerello […]

Nov. 24 2020

The Met Returns!

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Dear Radio Network Partners, I am very pleased to present the line-up for the 2020-21 Saturday Matinee Radio broadcast season of special encore broadcasts – our 90th consecutive broadcast season on the radio. […] These encore broadcasts will feature new commentary and intermission content from host Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff, including new artist […]

Oct. 30 2020

WBJC Operafest schedule 11/7/20-11/28/20

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November 7, 2020 @1pm OPERA: Double-Bill: Scalia/Ginsburg & Trial by Jury VENUE: The Grand (Wilmington, DE) PRESENTING COMPANY: OperaDelaware FIRST BILL: Scalia/Ginsburg (in English) COMPOSER: Derrick Wang LIBRETTO: Derrick Wang DIRECTOR: Fenlon Lamb CAST: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg Jennifer Zetlan, soprano Justice Antonin Scalia Brian Cheney, tenor Commentator Ben Wager, bass-baritone SECOND BILL: Trial by […]

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