Saturday, July 19th -- Operacasts
Elizabeth Hubbell
of the internet
. . .
We have posted the new schedules for the next two weeks. They can be
found at:
This Saturday: http://www.operacast.com/thissat.htm
This Sunday: http://www.operacast.com/thissun.htm
This coming week Monday-Friday: http://www.operacast.com/thiswkdays.htm
And
Next Saturday: http://www.operacast.com/nextsat.htm
Next Sunday: http://www.operacast.com/nextsun.htm
Next Week Monday-Friday: http://www.operacast.com/nextwkdays.htm
A prospectus of the top items this Saturday. -
A "live" 1993 LES TROYENS under Edo de Waart (Soile Isokoski in the
cast); Seiji Ozawa conducts Krenek's JONNY SPIELT AUF; re-broadcast of
Dvorak's rarely heard VANDA; Daniela Barcellona/Raul Gimenez in TANCREDI
and Roberto Alagna in an all-Berlioz concert; a superb new tenor, the
real thing, Vsevelod Grivnov, stars in a re-broadcast of a "live"
performance of Tchaikovsky's rarely heard OPRICHNIK; finally, we get to
hear the fine young maestro, Yves Abel, conduct Verdi, his BALLO IN
MASCHERA; Sylvia McNair, David Walker and Patrick Carfizzi star in
Britten's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, recorded
"live" from this year, reads from his Hugo Wolf biography; MERLIN by
Isaac Albeniz (Carol Vaness in the cast); Rosemary Joshua and John Mark
Ainsley in concert at the Proms; perhaps the only opportunity in years
to hear Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's last opera, L'OLIMPIADE; from
Gottingen, Handel's ALCINA with Yvonne Kenny, led by Nicholas McGegan;
re-broadcast of Franklin's LOSS OF EDEN.
Remember to check our schedule pages for other gems from among studio
recordings of the standard repertoire, special retrospectives of opera
excerpts and other related programming.
Fuller details follow:
DURING THIS SATURDAY:
[ALREADY IN PROGRESS!] Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759), libretto by
Haym, Nicola
Francesco (1678-1729)
Tamerlano, opera in three acts
Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor: Tamerlan, Emperor of the
Tartars), Nigel Robson (tenor: Bajazet, Emperor of the Turks),
Jane Findlay (mezzo-soprano: Irene, Princess of Trebizond),
Nancy Argenta (soprano: Asteria, Daughter of Bajazet), Michael
Chance (countertenor: Andronicus, a Greek Prince), English
Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) [ANOTHER CHANCE
ITEMIZED BELOW TO HEAR THIS SHATTERING WORK========>]
J.B. Lully – Phaëton, Tragédie en musique. H. Crook, Phaëton – R. Yakar,
Clymène – J. Smith, Théone – V. Gens, Libye – G. Théruel, Epaphus –
J.-P. Fouchécourt, Triton/Le Soleil/déesse de la terre – Ph.
Huttenlocher, Mérops – L. Naouri, Saturne/Protée – V. Pochon, Astrée/Une
heure du jour – J. Varnier, L’Automne/Jupiter – Fl. Couderc, Une bergère
/Une heure du jour. Les Musiciens du Louvre. Ensemble vocal Sagittarius,
dir. M. Minkowski [ERAT3984-26998-2]
Opera lirica – La favola di Orfeo
RO-FD 020254
La favola di Orfeo – Opera in un atto di Angelo Ambrogini detto Il
Poliziano – (Riduzione di Corrado Pavolini) – Musica di Alfredo Casella
Personaggi ed Interpreti: Mercurio: Luciano Virgilio – Orfeo: Antonio
Liviero – Euridice: Carmen Lavani – La voce di Aristeo, giovane pastore:
Angelo Romero – Plutone: Ubaldo Carosi – Una Driade – Una Baccante:
Silvana Mazzini
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI
Direttore: Franco Caracciolo
M° del Coro: Giulio Bertola
Durata: 38.00
MI 0080246 / MI 0080247 ED. CARISCH
Emmanuel CHABRIER
L'Etoile
Opéra bouffe en trois actes sur des paroles d'Eugène Leterrier et Albert
Vanloo, créé le 28 novembre 1877
Georges Gautier, ténor : Le Roi Ouf 1er
Gabriel Bacquier, basse : Siroco
François Le Roux, baryton : Hérisson de Porc-Epic
Antoine David, ténor : Tapioca
Colette Alliot-Lugaz, soprano : Lazuli
Ghyslaine Raphanel, soprano : La Princesse Laoula
Magali Damonte, mezzo-soprano : Aloès
Choeurs et Orch. de l'Opéra de Lyon
Direction: John-Eliot Gardiner
EMI 7 47889 8
* LES TROYENS, Grand Opéra in vijf bedrijven van Hector Berlioz op een
libretto van de componist. Opname van de Matinee van 5 juni 1993.
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor o.l.v. Edo de Waart.
Vocale solisten: Chris Merritt, Gilles Cachemaille, Jan Alofs,
Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Keith Ikaia-Purdy, Soile Isokoski, Karan
Armstrong, Ludmila Schemtschuk, Eugenie Grunewald, Robert Chafin, Lionel
Sarrazin, Quentin Hayes, Henk van Heijnsbergen & Anna Maria Dur
* Opéra
Présentation : Martine Kaufmann
Donné le 16 décembre 2002 à l'Opéra d'Etat à Vienne
Jonny spielt auf
de Ernst Krenek
Orchestre de l'Opéra d'Etat de Vienne
Torsten Kerl : Max
Ildiko Raimondi : Yvonne
direction : Seiji Ozawa
El Mundo de la Fonografía.
-Actualidad.- * A los 100 años de la muerte de Hugo Wolf (1860-1903): la
obra completa (X).
WOLF: Spanisches Liederbuch (“Libro Español de Canciones”, sobre poemas
y canciones populares españolas en versión alemana de Emanuel Geibel y
Paul Heyse). E. Schwarzkopf (sopr.), D. Fischer-Dieskau (barít.), G.
Moore (p.) (Grab. histórica de diciembre de 1966 y enero de 1967, Berlín).
-Audición.- * Paul Chihara, 65 años (9/7/1938)
CHIHARA: Redwood (1971) (11’53”). K. Kashkashian (vla.). R. Schulkowsky
(perc.). CHIHARA: Missa Carminum (Folk Song Mass) (1975) (22’22”). Coral
“Roger Wagner”. Dir.: R. Wagner. CHIHARA: Symphony In Celebration
(Ceremony 5) (1975) (18’43”). Orq. Sinf. de Houston. Dir.: L. Foster
* Scala Zomers. Vandaag een live-opname van 31 mei in het Amsterdamse
Concertgebouw van een minder bekende opera van Antonin Dvorak
Info op het web: www.concertgebouw.nl
17.05: instrumentale introductie tot de opera
18.00: Antonin Dvorak: "Vanda", grand opéra in vijf bedrijven op een
libretto van Vùacalv Benes-Sumavsky en Frantisek Zákrejs naar een
verhaal van Julian Surzycki (Olga Romanko: Vanda; verder Irina
Tsjistjakova, Michelle Breedt, Peter Straka, Ivan Kusjner en Pavel
Daniluk; het Nederlands Radiokoor en Nederlands Radio Filharmonisch
Orkest o.l.v. Gerd Albrecht
* -VI Festival Mozart de La Coruña.
ROSSINI: Tancredi (150´). Daniela Barcellona (mezzo) (Tancredi), María
José Moreno (sopr.) (Amenaide), Raúl Giménez (tenor) (Argirio), Nicola
Ulivieri (bajo) (Orbazzano). Orq. Sinf. de Galicia, Coro de la Comunidad
de Madrid. Dir.: Alberto Zedda. (Grab. de RNE-La Coruña, el 5 de julio
de 2003).
19,30 -Roberto Alagna canta páginas de BERLIOZ: Les Troyens, La
damnation de Faust, Béatrice et Bénédict, Benvenuto Cellini, L’Enfance
du Christ. Orq. de la Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Dir.: Bertrand
de Billy (Grab. de abril de 2002)
[ANOTHER CHANCE HERE TO CATCH THIS SPECIAL WORK====================>]
Handel: Tamerlano, an opera in 3 Acts
Parnassus PACD96039/40 (2CDs)
Recorded in 1970; Re-released in 2003
Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym adapted from Agostin Piovene’s
Tamerlano (1711, Venice) and from Bajazet (1719, Reggio Emilia), a
revised version of the same libretto prepared by Ippolito Zanelli and
Francesco Borosini, after Jacques Pradon’s play Tamerlan, ou La mort de
Bajazet (1675, Paris);
John Moriarty, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Copenhagen
Lars Holm Johansen, cello
Albert Fuller, harpsichord
Tamerlano.....Gwendolyn Killebrew (mezzo-soprano)
Asteria..........Carole Bogard (soprano)
Andronicus....Sophia Steffan (mezzo soprano)
Irene..............Joanna Simon (mezzo soprano)
Bajazet..........Alexander Young (tenor)
Leone............Marius Rintzler (bass)
Handel, George Frederic
HANDEL Rinaldo; Genaux, Persson, Freiburg Baroque/Rene Jacobs
* THE OPRICHNIK
Duration: 03:08:30
PETER ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY, COMPOSER
VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV, TENOR, ANDREI
MIKHAIL RISSOV, BASS, PRINCE ZHEMCHUZHNY
STEFAN SZKAFAROWSKY, BASS, MOLCHAN MITKOV
YELENA LASSOSKAYA, SOPRANO, NATALYA
CINZIA DE MOLA, SOPRANO, ZAKHAREVNA
ALEXANDRA DURSENYEVA, CONTRALTO, BASMANOV
TEATRO LIRICO CHROUS & ORCHETSTRA,
GENNADI ROZHDESTVYENSKY, CONDUCTOR
Rossini in Wildbad - Live aus dem Kurhaus - Simon Mayr: "L'accademia di
Musica", Farsa giocosa per musica di Gaëtano Rossi (Guglielmo, reicher
Herr Vater von Valerie: Roberto Abbondanza; Valerio, Liebhaber von
Annetta: Florian Mock; Annetta, geistreiche junge Venezianerin: Roberta
Canzian; Cecchino, Diener von Guglielmo/eifersüchtiger Liebhaber von
Vespina: Gioacchino Zarrelli; Vespina, Dienerin von Guglielmo: Svetlana
Donevar; Momoletto, Bruder von Annetta: Donat Havar; Tschechische
Kammersolisten, Ltg.: Gabriele Bellini) - Dazw.: ca. 18.40 Nachrichten -
Anschl.: "Mayrs vergessene Oper"
* Verdi: Maskeballet.
- i en optagelse fra Det Kgl. Teater. Personerne: Gustav III: Lars
Cleveman, Anckarström: Per Høyer, Amelia: Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, grev Clas
Horn: Anders Jakobsson, grev Adolf Ribbing: Christian Christiansen,
Oscar: Lise-Lotte Nielsen, Arfvidsson: Kari Hamnøy og Kristian: Palle
Knudsen. Det Kgl. Operakor. Det Kgl. Kapel. Dirigent: Yves Abel
Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial by Jury (Telarc 80404)
Richard Suart, Rebecca Evans, Barry Banks, Donald Adams, Peter Savidge,
Orchestra & Chorus of the Welsh National Opera,
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor
Gilbert & Sullivan The Mikado (Utah Festival Opera) Kevin Hill, t
(Nanki-Poo); Johanna Wisemann, s (Yum-Yum); Curtis Olds, b (Ko-Ko);
Melissa Parks, ms (Katisha); Utah Festival Opera Chorus & Orchestra,
Karen Keltner, cond.
* Benjamin Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream
Central City Opera Conductor: Hal France
CAST: Sylvia McNair (Helena); Anna Christy (Tytania); David Walker
(Oberon); Mary Phillips (Hermia); Ian Greenlaw (Demetrius); John McVeigh
(Lysander); Adrian Sarple (Puck); Patrick Carfizzi (Bottom); Lawrence
Bianco (Flute); Seth Keeton (Quince); Matt Boehler (Snug); Richard Cox
(Snout); Jessie Hinkle (Hippolyta); Michael Rice (Theseus)
* Lesung & Musik zum 100. Todestag von Hugo Wolf
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau liest aus seiner Hugo-Wolf-Biografie
(Aufzeichnung vom 19. Januar 2003, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Mendelssohn-Saal)
Hugo Wolf: Ausschnitte aus dem "Italienischen Liederbuch"
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bariton; Irmgard Seefried, Mezzosopran;
Erik Werba und Jörg Demus, Klavier
(Aufzeichnungen von 1959)
LA CAPRICCIOSA CORRETTA de V. MARTIN Y SOLER
Marguerite KRULL (Ciprigna), Josep-Miguel RAMON (Fiuta),
Yves SAELENS (Lelio), Katia VELLETAZ (Isabella)
Les Talens Lyriques – Dir. : Christophe ROUSSET
Radio Suisse Romande – Lausanne – 17 décembre 2002
* "Merlin" av Isaac Albéniz
Opera i tre akter. Libretto: Francis Burdett Money-Coutts.
I huvudrollerna:
Merlin - David Wilson-Johnson
Kung Artur - Stewart Skelton
Morgan Le Fey - Eva Marton
Gawain - Angel Rodriguez
Nivian - Carol Vaness
Ärkebiskopen av Canterbury
- Stephen Morscheck
Mordred - Angel Odena
Madrids barnkör och Teatro Reals kör. Madrids symfoniorkester. Dirigent:
José de Eusebio. Från den sceniska urpremiären 31/5, Teatro Real, Madrid
Offenbach: La Perichole
(Jose Carreras as Piquillo, Teresa Berganza as La Perichole, with Chorus
and Orchestra du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson)
* BBC Proms 2003
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Now an established part of the season, this year's Nation's Favourite
Prom features, for the first time, music chosen by the audience, with
two of Britain's top opera stars singing arias and duets voted for in
the BBC Proms/Radio Times readers poll. The concert also includes other
popular classics and Sir David Attenborough narrating Prokofiev's
symphonic children's tale.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Janine Jansen (violin)
Sir David Attenborough (narrator)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth (conductor)
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust Hungarian March
Mozart: Voi che sapete (from "The Marriage Of Figaro")
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (from The Elixir Of Love)
Bernstein: I Feel Pretty (from West Side Story)
Beethoven: Jetzt, Schatzen, jetzt sind wir allein (from Fidelio)
Prokofiev: Peter And The Wolf
Walton: Façade - excerpts
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Britten: Folk Song arrangements
The Plough Boy; O Waly, Waly
The Salley Gardens; Oliver Cromwell
Khachaturian: Spartacus - Suite No. 2
Om niet te vergeten
Serieprogramma´s over muziek, musici, componisten, dirigenten,
concertzalen en festivals in binnen- en buitenland.
Special over Maureen Forrester (2/2).
Handel. Theodora.
Heather Harper, Maureen Forrester, Maureen Lehane, Alexander Young, John
Lawrenson. Amor Artis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra olv Johannes Somary
VIVALDI - Catone in Utica. Solistas: Simon Edwards, Jacek Laszczkowski,
Liliana Faraon, Verónica Cangemi, Philippe Jaroussky, Diana Bertini. La
Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy. Reg.: Jean-Claude Malgoire - DYNAMIC
* FESTIVAL DEI FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL SPONTINI
L'OLIMPIADE
Melodramma in tre atti di Pietro Metastasio
Musica di Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Revisione critica sulle fonti di Francesco Degrada e Claudio Toscani
Clistene, Mirko Guadagnini
Aristea, Gemma Bertagnolli
Argene, Gabriella Costa
Licida, Laura Polverelli
Megacle, Masha Carrera
Aminta, Mark Millhofer
Alcandro, Sonia Prina
Accademia Bizantina
direttore, Ottavio Dantone
regia, Italo Nunziata
impianto scenico, Luigi Scoglio
costumi, Ruggero Vitrani
Registrato il 29 agosto 2002 al Teatro Teatro Studio di San Floriano
François Adrien Boieldieu
LA DAME BLANCHE
Opéra comique in 3 atti
Georges Brown: Rockwell Blake, tenore
Gaveston: Laurent Naouri, baritono
Dickson: Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, tenore/controtenore
Marc-Irton: Bernard Deletré, baritono-basso
Anna: Annick Massis, soprano
Jenny: Mireille Delunsch, soprano
Coro di Radio France
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
dir. Marc Minkowski
* HANDEL: Alcina. Yvonne Kenny
(Alcina); Wilke te Brummelstrote (Ruggiero); Ewa Wolak
(Bradamante); Cyndia Sieden (Morgana); Susanne Ryden
(Oberto); Philharmonia Baroque Orch; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Roussel: "Padmâtavî." Michel Plasson conducts the Toulouse Capitole
Orchestra and Orféon Donostiarra in a 1983 recording. The cast includes
Marilyn Horne in the title role, Nicolai Gedda, José van Dam, Jane
Berbié, Charles Burles, Marc Vento, Laurence Dale and Thierry Dran
* Cary John Franklin: Loss of Eden
The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, featuring members of the Saint Louis
Symphony, presents this world premiere of Loss of Eden, written by the
composer/librettist team of Cary John Franklin and Michael Patrick
Albano. The opera is about the kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's
baby in 1932. Franklin says he chose the Lindbergh kidnapping because of
the close connection between Lindbergh and Saint Louis, as well as being
asked to write on an "American subject". Opera Theatre of Saint Louis;
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, conductor; Keith Pahres
(Charles Lindbergh); Kellie J. Van Horn (Anne Morrow Lindbergh); Kristin
Reierson (Elisabeth Morrow); Mark Duffin (Bruno Hauptmann); Ann
Panagulias (Anna Hauptmann)
"Ariodante" (Handel) from Bavarian State Opera, January 2000:
Bolton/Bavarian State Orchestra and Chorus; Ann Murray; Joan Rodgers;
Julie Kaufmann; Christopher Robson; Paul Nilon; Umberto Chiummo; James
Anderson
FARAO: 108 030
Enjoy,
Liz Hubbell
www.operacast.com