Into a new year of opera listening we go. . . . .
I have posted the new schedules for the next two weeks. They can be found
at:
This Week: http://www.angelfire.com/or3/opnetradio/thiswk.htm
Next Week: http://www.angelfire.com/or3/opnetradio/nextwk.htm
A few high spots - Among Live as they happen broadcasts this week - The Met
broadcast of Mozart's Idomeneo, with Hei-Kyung Hong, Alexandra Deshorties,
Anne Sofie von Otter and Placido Domingo and Covent Garden's new production
of Mozart's Don Giovanni with Bryn Terfel singing the Don, Robert Lloyd as
the Commendatore, Adrianne Pieczonka as Donna Anna, Melanie Diener as Donna
Elvira, Rainer Trost as Don Ottavio, Alan Held as Leporello and Rebecca
Evans as Zerlina, all conducted by Colin Davis; a L'Elisir d'amore from
Amsterdam (a Dec. 13th performance) with Bryn Terfel as Dulcamara; Handel's
Tamerlano from Teatro Comunale di Bologna in May of last year with Monica
Bacelli as Tamerlano, Bruce Ford as Bajazet, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz as
Asteria, Sara Mingardo as Andronico, Laura Polverell as Irene and Umberto
Chiummoas Leone; Dario Volontč as Calaf in a performance of Turandot from
the Teatro San Carlo in Naples (from January 19th); WHRB will be running an
orgy of Fritz Busch operatic performances; one can preview a couple of new
recordings this week - the Lagnas in Tosca and or John Adams' oratorio El
Nino; and also waht looks like another gem -
A 1964 recording of Lortzing's Der Wildschutz with Hermann Prey, Gisela
Litz, Fritz Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Gertrud Vordemfelde, Lotte
Schadle, Fritz Ollendorff,
Robert Heger conducting.
Highlights for this week include:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26:
Robert SCHUMANN
Genoveva, op.81
Opéra en quatre actes sur un počme du compositeur, d'aprčs Ludwig Tieck et
Friedrich Hebbel
Edda Moser, soprano : Genoveva
Gisela Schröter, mezzo-soprano : Margaretha
Peter Schreier, ténor : Golo
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baryton : Siegfried, comte palatin
Siegfried Lorenz, baryton : Hidulfus
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig
Direction : Kurt Masur
(This can also be heard on Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
SPONTINI Olympie J. VARADY S. TOCZYSKA F. TAGLIAVINI D. FISCHER-DIESKAU G.
FORTUNE O. S. Radio Berlin / G. ALBRECHT
[LIVE] CHEVRON-TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA [starts at 1:00 EST]:
Mozart's Idomeneo
Casting
Ilia: Hei-Kyung Hong
Elettra: Alexandra Deshorties
Idamante: Anne Sofie von Otter
Idomeneo: Plácido Domingo
Conducted by: James Levine
]I also not (via an earlier posting by one Victor Han) that Vermont Public
Radio (VPR) will be carrying a pre-Met broadcast show running about 45
minutes devoted to the Canadian tenor Leopold Simoneau.]
L'elisir d'amore
Opera in twee bedrijven
Componist: Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto: Felice Romani
Dirigent: Gabriele Ferro
Nederlands Kamerorkest en Koor van De Nederlandse Opera
Opname van donderdag 13 december 2001 in het Muziektheater, Amsterdam
Cast:
Adina Norah Amsellem (sopraan)
Nemorino Roberto Aronica (tenor)
Belcore Mariusz Kwiecien (bariton)
Il dottor Dulcamara Bryn Terfel (bas-bariton)
Giannetta Anne-Catherine Gillet (sopraan)
Cuvillestheater München
Henry Purcell
"Dido und Aeneas"
Tragische Oper in 3 Akten - AND -
ca. 19.45 Theater am Goetheplatz Bremen
Luigi Nono
Intolleranza 1960
fra Det Kgl. Teater
Poul Ruders
Tjenerindens fortćlling
Medvirkende: Marianne Rřrholm, Hanne Fischer, Poul Elming, Aage Haugland
m.fl.
Det Kgl. Operakor, Det Kgl. Kapel
Dirigent: Michael Schřnwandt
Fra CD-udgivelse
From Czech National Radio: OPERNÍ VECER
Zdenek Fibich: NEVESTA MESSINSKÁ
Tragická zpevohra o trech dejstvích. Text podle Schillerovy tragédie napsal
Otakar Hostinský. Nahrávka z roku 1954. Pripravil a uvádí Zbynek Brabec.
Osoby a obsazení: Donna Isabella, knezna Messinská (Marta Krásová), Don
Manuel, její syn (Premysl Kocí), Don César, její syn (Ivo Zídek), Beatrice,
její dcera (Milada Subrtová), Diego, sluha (Josef Celerin), Kajetán,
nácelník Manuelovy druziny (Jaroslav Veverka), Bohemund, nácelník Césarovy
skupiny (Antonín Votava), Panos z druziny Césarovy (Vlasta Mlejnková).
Spoluúcinkuje Pevecký sbor Cs. rozhlasu v Praze, sbormistr Jirí Pinkas.
Hraje Symfonický orchestr prazského rozhlasu, rídí Václav Jirácek
Tamerlano
Opéra en trois actes sur un livret d'Agostino Piovene adapté par Nicolň Haym
Musique de Georg-Friedrich Haendel (premičre représentation : Londres - 31
octobre 1724)
Une production de la RAI, Rome
un enregistrement réalisé le 8 mai 2001 au Teatro Comunale di Bologna avec
Monica Bacelli, Tamerlano
Bruce Ford, Bajazet
Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Asteria
Sara Mingardo, Andronico
Laura Polverelli, Irene
Umberto Chiummo, Leone
Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin
Direction musicale : Ivor Bolton
Stagione lirica 2001 / 2002 del
TEATRO SAN CARLO DI NAPOLI
TURANDOT
Dramma lirico in 3 atti e cinque quadri di Giuseppe Adami e Renato Simoni
Musica di Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, Giovanna Casolla
L'Imperatore Altoum, Aldo Bottion
Calaf, Dario Volontč
Liů, Norah Amsellem
Timur, Giorgio Giuseppini
Ping, Fabio Previati
Pang, Gregory Bonfatti
Pong, Patrizio Saudelli
Il mandarino, Carlo Di Cristoforo
Orchestra e coro del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Direttore, Gabriele Ferro
Regia e scene, David Hockney
Costumi, Ian Falconer
Registrata il 19 gennaio 2002 al Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Jules Massenet
GRISELIDIS
Fiaba in tre atti e un prologo
Griselidis: Michčle Command, soprano
Fiamina: Claire Larcher, mezzosoprano
Bertrade: Brigitte Desnoues, mezzosoprano
Il Diavolo: Jean-Philippe Courtis, basso
Alain: Jean-Luc Viala, tenore
Le Marquis: Didier Henry, basso
Coro di Lione
Orchestra sinfonica Franz Liszt di Budapest
dir. Patrick Fournillier
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27:
NICOLAI Otto
"Las alegres comadres de Windsor"
Ridderbusch, Brendel, Ahnsjö, Donath, Schmidt, Sukis, Coro y Orq. Sinf.
Radio Bávaria / Kubelik (Decca 1978) (120' 00)
There is a new recording out of Dvorak's five-act tragic opera Wanda (1881).
A German conductor, Gerd Albrecht, has given us what might be the most
musically complete recorded version of Wanda. It was made for Orfeo, the
record label of Radio Austria, under the auspices of West German Radio.
Albrecht leads the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Radio Cologne, with a
cast of soloists from Germany, Ukrainia, the Czech Republic and South
Africa.
Vanda, opera, B. 55 (Op.25)
Composed by Antonin Dvorak with Ivan Kusnjer, Olga Romanko, Peter Straka,
Pavel Daniluk
Conducted by Gerd Albrecht
For those who wish to preview before they buy . . .: G. Puccini. Tosca -
Opéra en 3 actes : (1900). Angela Gheorghiu : Tosca. Roberto Alagna :
Cavaradossi. Ruggero Raimondi : Scarpia. Maurizio Muraro : Angelotti. Enrico
Fissore : Le sacristain. David Cangelosi : Spoletta. Sorin Coliban :
Sciarone. Gwynne Howell : Le geôlier. Ch. de l'Opéra Royal de Covent Garden.
Orch. du Royal Opera House de Covent Garden. Antonio Pappano, dir. (EMI
5572162) [this can also be heard on Wednesday morning]
From WHRB, yet another Orgy of interest: THE BUSCH BROTHERS ORGY: Puccini:
Turandot, scene with Ping, Pang, and Pong; Tessmer, Siegmund, Schöffler,
Fritz Busch, Staatskapelle Dresden (1927, Acanta LP) Mozart: Cosi fan tutte,
K. 588; Souez, Helletsgrüber, Eisinger, Nash, Domgraf-Fassbaender, Brownlee,
Fritz Busch, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra and Chorus (1935, Seraphim LPs)
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, excerpts; Souez, Helletsgrüber, Mildmay, von
Pataky, Brownlee, Henderson, Baccaloni, , Fritz Busch, Glyndebourne Festival
Orchestra (1936, Seraphim LPs) Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366, Aria, "Se il padre
perdei"; Jurinac, Fritz Busch, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra (1950, EMI)
Verdi: La Forza del destino, excerpts (preceded by interview with Fritz
Busch ); Wegner, Fehenberger, Fischer-Dieskau, Fritz Busch, Cologne Radio
Chorus and Orchestra (February 15, 1951, Gala)
The audio stream for station KRTS has been down for several days. If it
comes back by Sunday: Houston Grand Opera Presents: Tchaikovsky's Eugene
Onegin. Starring: Thomas Allen, Mirella Freni, Anne Sofie von Otter, and
Neil Shicoff
MONDAY, JANUARY 28:
Try before you buy. . . : Oratorio - John Adams - Lapsuke (El Nino)
Esitavad Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Dawn Upshaw, Willard White, Theatre of
Voices, London Voices, Berliini Sümfooniaorkester, dirig. Kent Nagano.
(Nonesuch 2001)
[LIVE] - This has received some pretty stellar reviews here at RMO:
Direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Soloists including Bryn
Terfel (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House under Colin
Davis, perform Mozart: Don Giovanni
Conducted by: Colin Davis
Don Giovanni: Bryn Terfel
Commendatore: Robert Lloyd
Donna Anna: Adrianne Pieczonka
Don Ottavio: Rainer Trost
Donna Elvira: Melanie Diener
Leporello: Alan Held
Zerlina: Rebecca Evan
Mazetto: Ashley Holland
F. Busoni: "Turandot" 73'44". René Pape, Linda Plech, Gabriela
Schreckenbach, Josef Protschka, Friedrich Molsberger, Celina Lindsley,
Robert Wörle, Johannes Werner Prein, Gotthold Schwarz. Coro de Câmara da
RIAS. Orq. Sinf. da Rádio de Berlim. Dir. Gerd Albrecht
THURSDAY, JANUARY 31:
Lortzing's Der Wildschutz. Cast: Hermann Prey, Gisela Litz, Fritz
Wunderlich, Anneliese Rothenberger, Gertrud Vordemfelde, Lotte Schadle,
Fritz Ollendorff
Conductor/Year Recorded: Robert Heger - - 1964
Happy listening. The "Weather Report" will be posted later on this evening
Liz Riggs
For www.operacast.com
Late yesterday (yes, it IS listed in our schedule listings for this week)
Musique 3 posted the info for its broadcast today. They are broadcasting a
recording of Bellini's La Straniera with Caballe and Sardinero, and with
Guadagno conducting. According to the Omega Archives site this is the real
thing, a rare pirate recording of a live performance from 1969. There are
other exciting items being broadcast today, but this is certainly one of
them and we felt you should at least be aware of it as you plan the day's
listening.
Happy listening,
Charles
http://operacast.com
Another week of great opera coming to our ears courtesy of the internet . .
.
I have posted the new schedules for the next two weeks. They can be found
at:
This Week: http://www.angelfire.com/or3/opnetradio/thiswk.htm
Next Week: http://www.angelfire.com/or3/opnetradio/nextwk.htm
A few high spots - a live Otello from the Théâtre du Châtelet, featuring
José Cura and Karita Mattila; the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Rossini's
Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Ruth Ann Swenson and Juan Diego Florez (in his
Met broadcast debut), and conducted by Yves Abel; and for comparison's sake,
yet another live Barbiere from Teatro Comunale in Florence, with Paul Austin
Kelly, Bruno De Simone, Daniela Barcellona, and Franco Vassallo; a live
performance of Dimitri Chostakovitch's The Nose from the Théâtre Municipal
de Lausanne; from English National Opera, Stravinsky' The Rakes Progress,
with Gidon Saks, Lisa Milne, Gerard O'Connor, Rebecca de Pont Davies, and
Sally Burgess; Pagliacci with José Cura and Barbara Frittoli; a live
performance of Prokoviev's The Love for Three Oranges from Hamburg
Staatsoper; a live Parsifal from Lyric Opera of Chicago, with Gösta
Winbergh, Catherine Malfitano, Hakan Hagegard, Matti Salminen, Egils Silins,
Bjarni Thor Kristinsson, Sir Andrew Davis conducting; among rarities being
aired this week: Heiniö's The knight and the dragon, Adam's LE POSTILLON DE
LONGJUMEAU, two operas by Niccolo Piccini: Le donne vendicate and Roland, H.
Desmarest's A Diana de Fontainebleau, and J. Naumann's Cora e Alonzo.
Highlights for this week include:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2:
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Verdi: Otello - opera in 4 acts
José Cura (tenor) Otello
Karita Mattila (soprano) Desdemona
Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone) Iago
Cesare Catani (tenor) Roderigo
Egils Sillins (bass) Ludovico
Mariusz Kwiecien (bass) Montano/herald
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo) Emilia
Radio France Chorus and Children's Chorus
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
Radio France Chorus and Children's Chorus, Radio France Philharmonic
Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) [recorded at the Théâtre du
Châtelet, Paris on 29 March 2001]
Heiniö. The knight and the dragon. Curt Appelgren, bas-bariton. Helena
Juntunen, sopraan. Turku Opera Koor. Turku Filharmonisch Orkest olv Ulf
Söderblom
Orfeo ed Euridice de Christoph Willibald von GLUCK
Opéra en trois actes, sur un livret de Raniero de Calzabigi (version de
Vienne, 1762)
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano : Orfeo
Veronica Cangemi, soprano : Euridice
Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano : L'Amour
Rias-Kammerchor
Freiburger Barockorchester
Direction : René Jacobs
[This broadcast can be g=heard again on Monday, Wednesday and Friday]
from Odense
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana
Medvirkende: Gitta-Maria Sjöberg, Vladimir Kouzmienko, Jørn Pedersen, Kari
Hamnøy
Odense Symfoniorkester
Dirigent: Matthias Aeschbacher
[LIVE] CHEVRON-TEXACO METROPOLITAN OPERA [starts at 1:00 EST]:
Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Casting
Rosina: Ruth Ann Swenson
Count Almaviva: Juan Diego Flórez
Figaro: Dwayne Croft
Dr. Bartolo: John Del Carlo
Don Basilio: Simone Alaimo
Conducted by: Yves Abel
[This broadcast can be heard on a two-hour delayed basis on Lyric FM
(Ireland) and again on Sunday afternoon on station KUAC]
donné le 16 novembre 2001 au Théâtre Municipal de Lausanne. Dimitri
Chostakovitch : "Le Nez" op.15. Opéra en 3 actes d'après la nouvelle de
Nikolaï Gogol. Andrew Schröder : Kovalyev. Vladimir Matorin : Ivan
Yakovlevitch. Jennifer Smith : Praskov'ia Ossipovna. Alexandre Krawetz :
Inspecteur de police. Ivan Matiakh : Serviteur de Kovalyev. Beau Palmer : le
Nez. Barry Mora : Employé du journal. Dimiter Petkov : le Médecin. Linda
Ormiston : Podtotchine. Jeannette Fischer : Fille de Podtochina. Afra Val
d'Or : Récitante. György Mozsar : Vendeur. Frédéric Caton : un Laquais.
Dimitri Tikhonov : Domestique, Policier. Chour de l'Opéra de Lausanne.
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Dir : Armin Jordan
Igor Stravinskij: The Rake´s progress - opera i tre akter
Bl. a. med tenoren Barry Banks, som Tom Rakewell
Gidon Saks, Nick Shadow
Lisa Milne, Anne
Gerard O'Connor, Trulove
Rebecca de Pont Davies, Mother Goose
Sally Burgess, Baba la Turque
John Graham-Hall, Sellem
Kor og orkester fra The English National Opera, London
Vladimir Jurowski, dirigent
Christoph Willibald Gluck Ifigenia na Taurydzie, Mireille Delunsche, Simon
Keenlyside, Yann Beuron, Laurent Naouri, Alexia Cousin, Laurent Alvaro, Les
Musiciens du Louvre, dyr.Mark Minkowski
Pagliacci de Leoncavallo -J. Cura (Canio) - B. Frittoli (Nedda) - C.
Alvarez, (Tonio) - Ch. Castronovo (Beppe) - S. Keenlyside (Silvio) - A.
Folea, Gert-Jan Alders.Netherlands Radio Choir. Het National Kinderkoor
Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, dir. R. Chailly
Les Noces de Figaro
Opéra en 4 actes sur un livret de Lorenzo Da Ponte
Musique de Wolfgang-Amadeus Mozart
Une production de l'ORF
Un enregistrement réalisé le 23 juin 2001 à l'Opéra National de Vienne avec
Simon Keenlyside, Le comte Almaviva
Melanie Diener, La comtesse Almaviva
Tatjana Lisnic, Susanne
Carlos Alvarez, Figaro
Angelika Kirchschlager, Chérubin
Francesca Pedaci, Marcelline
Choeurs et Orchestre de l'Opéra de Vienne
Direction : Riccardo Muti
Sergej Prokofjew: "Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen"
Oper in einem Prolog und 4 Akten
Libretto von Sergej Prokofjew nach Carlo Gozzi
Inszenierung: Ernst-Theo Richter
König Treff: Harald Stamm, Bass
Prinz: Peter Galliard, Tenor
Prinzessin Clarisse: Renate Spingler, Alt
Leander: Moritz Gogg, Bariton
Truffaldino: Jürgen Sacher, Tenor
Pantalone: Jan Buchwald, Bariton
Zauberer Tschelio: Andreas Hörl, Bass
Fata Morgana: Helen Kwon, Sopran
Linetta: Mercedes Seeboth, Alt
Nicoletta: Maite Beaumont, Mezzosopran
Ninetta: Aleksandra Kurzak, Sopran
Köchin: Simon Yang, Bass
Farfarello: Carl Schultz, Bass
Smeraldine: Katja Pieweck, Mezzosopran
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Einstudierung: Jürgen Schulz
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Ltg.: Alfred Eschwé
Mitschnitt der Premiere vom 27. Januar 2002 in der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Registrata il 19 gennaio 2002 al Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
LE POSTILLON DE LONGJUMEAU
Opera comique in tre atti di Adolph-Charles Adam
Chapelou: Robert Swensen, tenore
Madeleine: Pamela Coburn, soprano
Il Marchese di Corcy
Stuttgarter Choristen
Rundfunkorchester des Südwestdeutschen Rundfunks
dir. Klaus Arp
Stagione 2001 / 2002 del
TEATRO DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Opera buffa in 2 atti di Cesare Sterbini
Musica di Gioacchino Rossini
Il Conte di Almaviva, Paul Austin Kelly
Don Bartolo, Bruno De Simone
Rosina, Daniela Barcellona
Figaro, Franco Vassallo
Fiorello, Paolo Orecchia
Berta, Giovanna Donadini
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Direttore, Keri-Lynn Wilson
Regia, José Carlos Plaza
Scene e costumi, Sigfrido Martin Begué
In diretta da Firenze, Teatro Comunale
Live from the Civic Opera House: Lyric Opera of Chicago Presents Wagner's
"Parsifal". The title character, "an innocent fool enlightened through
compassion," is being sung in Chicago by Gösta Winbergh, with Catherine
Malfitano as Kundry in a co-production with English National Opera and the
San Francisco Opera
Gösta Winbergh (Parsifal); Catherine Malfitano (Kundry); Hakan Hagegard
(Amfortas); Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz); Egils Silins (Klingsor); Bjarni Thor
Kristinsson (Titurel); Lyric Opera Cho & Orch/Sir Andrew Davis
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3:
Verdi. Don Carlos. Uitvoerenden: Ugo Trama, Renaat Verbruggen, Maria van
Dongen, Joseph Rouleau, Mimi Aarden e.a., Groot Omroepkoor en Omroeporkest
o.l.v. Carlo Maria Giulini en Fulvio Vernizzi
Today will not be the first time that I've broadcast an opera by Anthony
Davis (b.1951) the jazz pianist and composer. His "Opera of Abduction and
Revolution," Tania (1991), was commissioned and first produced for the
Prince Music Theater, formerly the American Music Theater Festival. Tania
was released earlier this year on two CD's through Koch International
Classics
Cynthia Aaronson-Davis, Avery Brooks, Thomas Young; Rand Steiger, Conductor
Niccolo Piccini
"Le donne vendicate"
Giuliana Castellani, Sylva Pozzer, Vincenzo Di Donato och Mauro Boda
Ausführende: I Barocchisti
Leitung: Diego Fasolis
Aufnahme vom 13.10.2001 im Radiostudio Lugano
The audio stream for station KRTS has been down for several weeks. If it
comes back by Sunday: Houston Grand Opera Presents: Kurt Weill's Street
Scene, starring Angelina Reaux, Jerry Hadley, Josephine Barstow and Samuel
Ramey
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4:
H. Desmarest: "A Diana de Fontainebleau" 51'03". Françoise Masset, Raphaële
Kennedy, Marie-Nöelle Maerten e Marie-Louise Duthoit (S). Arnaud Marzoratti
(BT). Patricik Aubailly (T). Christophe Laporte (CT). "La Simphonie du
Marais". Dir. Hugo Teyne
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6:
Johann Sebastian Bach: h-moll Messe
Jenny Ohlson, sopran
Birgitta Antonsson, mezzosopran
Maria Sanner, alt
Mikael Stenbaek, tenor
Gunnar Birgersson, bass
Eric Ericson Kammerkor
Drottningholm Barockensemble
Eric Ericson, dirigent
Ved Maria af Klinteberg Herresthal
Niccolo Piccinni: Roland. Luca Grassi, Alla Simoni, Stefanio Donzelli, Sara
Allegretta; Bratislava Chamber Choir, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia,
Davis Golub
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7:
J. Naumann: "Cora e Alonzo"
Intérpretes: Inga Kalna, Bernarda Fink. Johannes Chum, Markus Marquardt,
Sandra Moon e Raimund Nolte. Coro de Câmara de Dresden. Orq. "Concerto" de
Colónia. Dir. René Jacobs
Happy listening. The "Weather Report" will be posted sometime on Saturday
morning.
Liz Riggs
For www.operacast.com