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Opera on 3

1antimuzak
feb 26, 2022, 1:51 am

Saturday 26th February 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Vivaldi: Bajazet.

Sean Rafferty presents the first opera by Vivaldi to be staged at the Royal Opera House in London, in a co-production with Irish National Opera featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra and its artistic director Peter Whelan, with stage direction by Adele Thomas. The brutal conqueror Tamerlano has crushed the Ottoman Emperor Bajazet and imprisoned him in his own palace. But now Tamerlano has fallen for Bajazet's traumatised daughter Asteria - to the horror of both Asteria's admirer, Greek prince Andronico, and Tamerlano's intended bride Irene, Princess of Trebizond. Vivaldi: Bajazet. Gianluca Margheri (bass-baritone: Bajazet), Francesco Giusti (countertenor: Tamerlano), Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo: Asteria), Eric Jurenas (countertenor: Andronico), Claire Booth (soprano: Irene), Aoife Miskelly (soprano: Idaspe), Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (conductor).

2antimuzak
mrt 5, 2022, 1:51 am

Saturday 5th March 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Handel: Theodora.

In an alternative modern-day reality, religious fundamentalist Theodora plots for the resistance against the Roman occupation. But when her secret plan to destroy the Roman embassy is discovered, she learns the true brutality of her oppressors. A Royal Opera House production of Handel's Theodora, conducted by Baroque specialist Harry Bicket, with Julia Bullock, Joyce DiDonato and Jakub Jozef Orlinski starring in Katie Mitchell's new interpretation of the story. Presented by Andrew McGregor, in conversation with Suzanne Aspden. Handel: Theodora. Julia Bullock (soprano: Theodora), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo: Irene), Jakub Jozef Orlinski (counter-tenor: Didymus), Ed Lyon (tenor: Septimus), Gyula Orendt (baritone: Valens), Thando Mjandana (tenor: Marcus), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Harry Bicket (conductor).

3antimuzak
mrt 12, 2022, 1:50 am

Saturday 12th March 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos.

Lisa Davidsen stars in a New York Met production of Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos, in which the gods of ancient Greek myth meet the clowns of Italian commedia dell'arte. Vienna's richest man has ordered three different after-dinner entertainments - a serious opera, a comedy and a firework display, but there simply isn't enough time to fit them all in. The solution, to the horror of the young composer, is to concertina the opera and the comedy into one piece. So Ariadne, abandoned by her lover Theseus on the isle of Naxos, learns from the commedia dell'arte troupe and their flighty leading lady Zerbinetta that her best bet is to accept the next man who turns up - who just happens to be the god Bacchus. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentator Ira Siff. R Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos. Lise Davidsen (soprano: Ariadne), Brandon Jovanovich (tenor: Bacchus), Brenda Rae (soprano: Zerbinetta), Sean Michael Plumb (baritone: Harlequin), Isabel Leonard (mezzo: Composer), Johannes Martin Kränzle (baritone: Music Master), Thomas Allen (baritone: Major-Domo), Deanna Breiwick, Maureen McKay (soprano: Nymphs), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano: Nymph). Miles Mykkanen (tenor: Brighella), Alok Kumar (tenor: Scaramuccio), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone: Truffaldino), Brenton Ryan (tenor: Dancing Master), Patrick Carfizzi (bass-baritone: A lackey), Thomas J Capobianco (tenor: Officer), Philip Cokorinos (bass-baritone: Wigmaker) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Marek Janowski (conductor).

4antimuzak
mrt 19, 2022, 2:48 am

MUSIC: Opera on 3 from the Met
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 19th March 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

One of Handel's most successful operas when first performed in 1725, and one of his most highly regarded in recent times, Rodelinda is an involving, taut, and remarkably modern drama. Much of its power lies in the appeal of its protagonist, a realistic portrait of a woman rather than an allegorical type, and every character is driven by dramatically credible motivations and the human emotions that accompany them, all masterfully captured in Handel's music, by turns subtle and bold. Soprano Elza van den Heever takes the title role, Harry Bicket, a champion of the composer's operas, takes the podium to conduct the Met's moving production, which also stars mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, countertenors Iestyn Davies and Anthony Roth Costanzo, tenor Paul Appleby, and bass-baritone Adam Plachetka. Handel: Rodelinda. Elza van den Heever (soprano: Rodelinda), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano: Eduige), Iestyn Davies (countertenor: Bertarido), Anthony Roth Costanzo (contertenor: Unulfo), Paul Appleby (tenor: Grimoaldo), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone: Garibaldo). Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, Harry Bicket (conductor).

5antimuzak
mrt 26, 2022, 2:53 am

Saturday 26th March 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 22:00 (4 hours long)

Verdi: Don Carlos.

From the New York Metropolitan Opera - the original 1867 five-act French version of Verdi's epic opera of doomed love among royalty, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a world-beating cast of opera's leading lights, including tenor Matthew Polenzani in the title role, soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Élisabeth de Valois, and mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton as Eboli. Bass-baritones Eric Owens and John Relyea are the King of Spain Philippe II and the Grand Inquisitor, and baritone Etienne Dupuis rounds out the all-star principal cast as Rodrigue. Verdi's longest and most ambitious opera offers a profound look at the intersection of the personal and the political spheres. The opera features a number of complex one-on-one confrontations, and the chorus, when it appears, is imposing, most notably in the central auto-da-fé. The grandeur of the score telescopes in Acts 4 and 5 to the individuals, with magnificent and melodically rich solo scenes. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentator Ira Siff. Verdi: Don Carlos. Sonya Yoncheva (soprano: Élisabeth de Valois), Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano: Eboli) Matthew Polenzani (tenor: Don Carlos), Etienne Dupuis (baritone: Rodrigue) Eric Owens (bass-baritone: Phillippe II), John Relyea (bass-baritone: Grand Inquisitor), Meigui Zhang (soprano: Thibault), Joo Won Kang (baritone: Count of Lerma), Matthew Rose (bass: Monk), Eric Ferring (tenor: Royal Herald), Vladyslav Buialskyi, Jeongcheol Cha, Paul Corona, Christopher Job, Samson Setu (bass-baritones: Flemish Deputies), Msimelelo Mbali (bass), Amanda Woodbury (soprano: Voice from Heaven). Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).

6antimuzak
apr 2, 2022, 1:49 am

ARTS: Opera on 3
On: BBC Radio 3 (703)
Date: Saturday 2nd April 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin.

James Gaffigan conducts a New York Metropolitan Opera production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, starring Igor Golovatenko in the title role, with Ailyn Pérez and Piotr Beczala. At the heart of Pushkin's story is Tatiana, who as a teenager falls for the urbane but cynical nobleman Eugene Onegin. When he cruelly rejects her, Tatiana builds her own life and marries a prince - and when Onegin meets her again as a strong, mature woman, and realises his mistake, it's too late for both of them. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary by Ira Siff. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Ailyn Pérez (soprano: Tatiana), Igor Golovatenko (baritone: Eugene Onegin), Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo: Olga, Tatiana's sister), Piotr Becza?a (tenor: Lensky, her lover), Ain Anger (bass: Prince Gremin), Elena Zaremba (mezzo: Larina, Tatiana's mother), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo: Filippyevna, nanny), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Triquet), Richard Bernstein (bass: Zaretsky), Marco Antonio Jordão (tenor: Offstage voice), Vladyslav Buialskyi (bass-baritone: Captain).

7antimuzak
apr 9, 2022, 1:49 am

Saturday 9th April 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Handel's Alcina.

Donald Macleod presents an Opera North production of Handel's Alcina, directed by Tim Albery and starring soprano Máire Flavin in the title role, with countertenor Patrick Terry as Ruggiero. Tim Albery directs and Laurence Cummings conducts the Orchestra of Opera North. Alcina is an enchantress who transforms her discarded lovers into non-human form. Her island is a barren wasteland and its beauty is maintained only by Alcina's powers of illusion. When Bradamante arrives on the island in disguise, she is intent on reclaiming her fiance, Ruggiero, and Alcina's magic is tested to breaking point. Presented by Donald Macleod. Handel: Alcina. Máire Flavin (soprano: Alcina), Patrick Terry (countertenor: Ruggiero), Mari Askvik (mezzo soprano: Bradamante), Fflur Wyn (soprano: Morgana), Nick Pritchard (Oronte), Claire Pascoe (Melissa). Orchestra of Opera North, Laurence Cummings (conductor), Tim Albery (director).

8antimuzak
apr 16, 2022, 1:45 am

Saturday 16th April 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Richard Strauss: Elektra.

A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Richard Strauss's Elektra, conducted by Donald Runnicles and starring sopranos Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen. Based on Sophocles's play of the same name, revenge is the engine that drives Strauss's compelling, blood-soaked masterpiece, where ancient Greek tragedy combusts with early 20th-century expressionism, unleashed in a one-act opera of gripping and unrelenting intensity. R Strauss: Elektra. Nina Stemme (soprano: Elektra), Lise Davidsen (soprano: Chrysothemis), Michaela Schuster (mezzo: Klytämnestra), Stefan Vinke (tenor: Aegisth), Greer Grimsley (bass: Orest), Harold Wilson (bass: Orest's tutor), Thomas J Capobianco (tenor: Young servant), Richard Bernstein (bass: Old servant), Alexandra LoBianco (soprano: Overseer/Klytämnestra's confidante), Tichina Vaughn, Eve Gigliotti, Krysty Swann (mezzos: Maids), Alexandria Shiner, Hei-Kyung Hong (sopranos: Maids), New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor).

9antimuzak
apr 23, 2022, 1:53 am

Saturday 23rd April 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Britten's Peter Grimes from ROH, Covent Garden.

A production of Britten's Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Allan Clayton in the title role, with Bryn Terfel, Maria Bengtsson and John Tomlinson. Set in a small fishing village, Britten's take on the original Crabbe poem paints Grimes as a more tortured character, who is despised by the local community after the suspicious death of his apprentice. Teacher Ellen Orford is his only supporter, but as the community's mistrust grows, Grimes spirals into a downfall with tragic consequences. Martin Handley presents Deborah Warner's new production and is joined by writer and broadcaster Kate Kennedy. Britten: Peter Grimes. Allan Clayton (tenor: Peter Grimes), Maria Bengtsson (soprano: Ellen Orford), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone: Captain Balstrode), John Tomlinson (bass: Swallow), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone: Ned Keene), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo: Auntie), Rosie Aldridge (mezzo: Mrs Sedley), John Graham-Hall (tenor: Bob Boles), Jennifer France (soprano: First niece), Alexandra Lowe (soprano: Second niece), James Gilchrist (tenor: The Rev Horace Adams), Stephen Richardson (bass: Hobson), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Richard Hetherington (conductor).

10antimuzak
mei 7, 2022, 1:52 am

Saturday 7th May 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Puccini's Turandot from the Met.

A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Puccini's Turandot, a classic of 20th-century opera. Liudmyla Monastyrska performs the title role of the proud princess of ancient China whose riddles doom every suitor who seeks her hand. She appears opposite Yonghoon Lee, who as Calàf the brave prince, sings Nessun dorma and wins her love, while Ermonela Jaho sings the role of Liù, the faithful slave girl, and Marco Armiliato conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary by Ira Siff. Puccini: Turandot. Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano: Turandot), Ermonela Jaho (soprano: Liu), Yonghoon Lee (tenor: Calaf), Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass-baritone: Timur), Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Marco Armiliato (conductor).

11antimuzak
mei 14, 2022, 1:52 am

Saturday 14th May 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Sir John in Love - Vaughan Williams 150.

A 2006 English National Opera production of Vaughan Williams' comedy Sir John in Love, based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. The opera premiered as The Fat Knight in a 1929 student production at the Royal College of Music, but didn't receive its first professional outing until 1946. Since then the number of UK opera house productions of Sir John can be counted on the fingers of one hand. So Radio 3's Vaughan Williams 150 celebrations is the perfect time for another chance to hear this archive recording made at English National Opera, with its fine ensemble cast led by baritone Andrew Shore in the title role. Presented by Flora Willson in conversation with Kate Kennedy. Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love. Acts 1& 2. 7.40 Interval. 7.55 Acts 3 & 4. Andrew Shore (baritone: Falstaff), Jean Rigby (mezzo: Mrs Ford), Alastair Miles (bass-baritone: Mr Ford), Marie McLaughlin (soprano: Mrs Page), Russell Smythe (baritone: Mr Page), Sarah Fox (soprano: Anne Page), Andrew Kennedy (tenor: Fenton), Sally Burgess (soprano: Mrs Quickly), Nicholas Folwell (baritone: Host of the Garter Inn), Christopher Gillett (tenor: Slender), Robert Tear (tenor: Dr Caius), Iain Paterson (bass: Sir Hugh Evans), Peter Kerr (tenor: Bardolph), Paul Napier-Burrows (bass: Nym), Graeme Danby (bass: Pistol), Mark Richardson (bass: Rugby), Richard Coxon (tenor: Peter Simple), Stuart Kale (tenor: Shallow), English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Oleg Caetani (conductor).

12antimuzak
mei 21, 2022, 1:48 am

Saturday 21st May 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor from the Met.

A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, with soprano Nadine Sierra taking on the title role of the haunted heroine. Tenor Javier Camarena adds to the bel canto fireworks as Lucia's beloved Edgardo, with baritone Artur Rucinski as her overbearing brother Enrico, and bass Matthew Rose as her tutor Raimondo. Donizetti's tragic masterpiece tells of the innocent Lucia, who is forced into a marriage by her brother Enrico to save the family fortunes, although she is desperately in love with another man. Enrico's ruthlessness and deceit devastate his fragile sister Lucia, with tragic consequences. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, in conversation with Ira Siff. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. Nadine Sierra (soprano: Lucia), Javier Camarena (tenor: Edgardo), Artur Rucinski (baritone: Enrico), Matthew Rose (bass: Raimondo), Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, Riccardo Frizza (conductor).

13antimuzak
jun 11, 2022, 1:49 am

Saturday 11th June 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress.

Debra Lew Harder presents a New York Metropolitan Opera production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, starring Ben Bliss, Golda Schultz and Christian Van Horn. Anne Trulove is to marry Tom Rakewell, but their plans are thwarted by the mysterious stranger Nick Shadow, who takes Tom under his diabolical wing. Featuring magical bread machines, and a bearded lady, things don't go to plan for Anne. Ben Bliss sings Tom, with Golda Schultz as his virtuous Anne, while Susanna Malkki conducts Stravinsky's neoclassical tale of love, self-delusion and madness. With commentatry by Ira Siff. Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress. Golda Schultz (soprano: Anne Trulove), Ben Bliss (tenor: Tom Rakewell), Christian Van Horn (bass-baritone: Nick Shadow), Raehann Bryce-Davis (mezzo: Baba the Turk), James Creswell (bass: Trulove), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Susanna Malkki (conductor).

14antimuzak
jun 18, 2022, 1:48 am

Saturday 18th June 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 20:35 (2 hours and 5 minutes long)

Leos Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen.

An English National Opera production of Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen at the Coliseum in London, starring Sally Matthews in the title role. Despite its simple story (a forester captures a vixen who then escapes, breeds and is eventually shot by a poacher) the opera nevertheless explores the big themes as the human condition - ageing, life lived in misery and regret - is contrasted with the freedom, joy and vigour of animal life and the ineluctable force of nature and its constant renewal. Soprano Sally Matthews took the title role in a production including a cast of fauna drawn from local schools, and in the pit, Martyn Brabbins conducted the luminous score. Recorded in February at the Coliseum in London and introduced by Flora Willson in conversation with Nigel Simeone. Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Acts 1 & 2. 7.40 Interval. 7.55 Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen - Act 3. Sally Matthews (soprano: Vixen Sharp-Ears), Pumeza Matshikiza (soprano: Fox), Lester Lynch (baritone: Forester), Alan Oke (tenor: Schoolmaster/Mosquito), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo: Forester's wife/Owl), Clive Bayley (bass: Priest/Badger), Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo: Dog), Ossian Huskinson (bass-baritone: Harasta, a poacher), John Findon (tenor: Innkeeper/Cock), Gweneth Ann Rand (mezzo: Inkeeper's wife/Hen), Alexandra Oomens (soprano: Pepik/Woodpecker), Ffion Edwards (soprano: Frantik/Jay), Robert Berry-Roe (treble: Frog), Ethan James (treble: Cricket), Kavya Kutsa (child soprano: Grasshopper), Esme Gupta-Wright (child soprano: Young Vixen), Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

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jun 25, 2022, 1:48 am

Saturday 25th June 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila.

Richard Jones's new Royal Opera House production of Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, the Old Testament story where faith and love collide with deceit and vengeance,.with SeokJong Baek and Elina Garanca taking the title roles and Antonio Pappano conducting. After years of oppression under the yoke of the heathen Philistines, the Israelites have almost lost faith in God and seem paralysed in fatalistic despair. Samson, whose strength of faith is mirrored by his physical power, rouses his people to revolt against their oppressors. Bent on revenge for her people, Philistine Dalila seduces Samson and persuades him to reveal the secret of his strength, precipitating the Bible's most famous haircut. Now, unable to fend off the Philistines, Samson is humiliated, tortured and blinded. But his faith never deserts him and in one last superhuman feat Samson pulls down the temple in the midst of the Philistines' idolatrous orgy. Recorded last month and introduced by Georgia Mann in conversation with Sarah Hibberd and including contributions from cast and conductor. Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila - Acts 1 &2. 8.20 Interval. 8.40 Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila - Act 3. SeokJong Baek (tenor: Samson), Elina Garanca (mezzo: Dalila), Lukasz Golinski (baritone: High Priest), Alan Pingarrón (tenor: First Philistine), Chuma Sijeqa (bass: Second Philistine), Thando Mjandana (tenor: Messenger), Blaise Malaba (bass: Abimélech), Goderdzi Janelidze (bass: Samson's rabbi), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).

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jul 2, 2022, 1:51 am

Saturday 2nd July 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 17:00 to 22:00 (5 hours long)

Wagner: Parsifal.

Following its highly acclaimed presentation of The Ring Cycle conducted by Richard Farnes, Opera North turns its attention to Wagner's final opera, Parsifal, his `Buhnenweihfestspiel" or `Festival play for the consecration of the stage", telling of a story set around the Holy Grail about compassion borne of experience. Flora Willson introduces the work from the Leeds Grand Theatre where the orchestra has been placed on the stage and the entire auditorium given over to the singers. Flora is joined by Martin Pickard for background and comment. The cast includes Toby Spence in the title role and Katerina Karnéus as Kundry and the Chorus and Orchestra of Opera North are conducted by Richard Farnes. Parsifal in 3 Acts. Toby Spence (tenor: Parsifal), Katarina Karnéus (soprano: Kundry), Robert Hayward (bass-baritone: Amfortas), Derek Welton (bass-baritone: Klingsor), Brindley Sherratt (bass: Gurnemanz), Stephen Richardson (bass-baritone: Titurel), Ivan Sharpe (tenor: Grail Knight), Richard Mosley-Evans (baritone: Grail Knight), Samantha Clarke (Flowermaiden), Kathryn Stevens (Flowermaiden), Victoria Sharp (Flowermaiden), Elin Prichard (Flowermaiden), Miranda Bevin (Flowermaiden), Helen Evora (Flowermaiden), Falire Pascoe (Esquire), Molly Barker (Esquire), Stuart Laing (Esquire), Campbell Russell (Esquire), Hazel Croft (Voice from Above), Sam Brown (director). Chorus of Opera North, Orchestra of Opera North, Richard Farnes (conductor).

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jul 9, 2022, 1:51 am

Saturday 9th July 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Tom Service presents a Royal Opera House production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, starring Armenian soprano Lianna Haroutounian as young Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San and and British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso as American naval officer Pinkerton, who callously breaks her heart. This revival of the Royal Opera production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier, reworked with the participation of Japanese experts, aims to be `both true to the spirit of the original and more authentic in its representation of Japan". Puccini: Madama Butterfly. Lianna Haroutounian (soprano: Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor: Lieutenant BF Pinkerton), Lucas Meachem (baritone: Sharpless, American consul), Kseniia Nikolaieva (mezzo: Suzuki, Cio-Cio San's maid), Alexander Kravets (tenor: Goro, matchmaker), Jeremy White (bass: The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's uncle), Rachael Lloyd (mezzo: Kate Pinkerton), Alan Pingarrón (tenor: Prince Yamadori), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Dan Ettinger (conductor)Lianna Haroutounian (soprano: Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)), Freddie De Tommaso (tenor: Lieutenant BF Pinkerton), Lucas Meachem (baritone: Sharpless, American consul), Kseniia Nikolaieva (mezzo: Suzuki, Cio-Cio San's maid), Alexander Kravets (tenor: Goro, matchmaker), Jeremy White (bass: The Bonze, Cio-Cio-San's uncle), Rachael Lloyd (mezzo: Kate Pinkerton), Alan Pingarrón (tenor: Prince Yamadori), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Dan Ettinger (conductor).

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sep 17, 2022, 1:43 am

Saturday 17th September 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Cav and Pag from the Royal Opera House.

Martin Handley presents a double-bill comprised of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, a popular double-act collectively referred to as Cav and Pag, performed at the Royal Opera House. Antonia Pappano conducts the Royal Opera Chorus and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House as Aleksandrs Antonenko and Dimitri Platanias sing roles in both productions. Set in small villages in southern Italy and Sicily, both operas are part of the verismo movement, and musicologist Alexandra Wilson explores the impact of portraying real life with all its disappointments and betrayals in the operatic format. Plus, Martin interviews director Damiano Michieletto about his concept for the productions, and conductor Antonio Pappano explains why the music in these two operas sit so well together. Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana: Eva-Maria Westbroek (soprano: Santuzza), Aleksandrs Antonenko (tenor: Turridu), Dimitri Platanias (baritone: Alfio), Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano: Lucia), Martina Belli (mezzo-soprano: Lola). Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Aleksandrs Antonenko (tenor: Canio), Carmen Giannattasio (soprano: Nedda), Dimitri Platanias (baritone: Tonio), Dionysios Sourbis (baritone: Silvio), Benjamin Hulett (tenor: Beppe). Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, conducted by Antonio Pappano.

19antimuzak
okt 1, 2022, 1:43 am

Saturday 1st October 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 20:20 (1 hour and 50 minutes long)

Salome at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Kate Molleson presents the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra performing Richard Strauss: Salome at the Usher Hall, recorded during the Edinburgh International Festival. Swedish soprano Malin Bystrom takes the title role in the decadent one-act thriller based on Oscar Wilde's scandalous play. Salome was first performed in Dresden in 1905, but the combination of the biblical and the erotic led it to be banned in London by the Lord Chamberlain's office until 1907. Conductor Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra return to the festival following their acclaimed Peter Grimes in 2017, painting a compelling picture of a court awash with desire and death. Strauss: Salome. Malin Bystrom (Salome), Johan Reuter (Jochanaan), Gerhard Siegel (Herodes), Katarina Dalayman (Herodias), Bror Magnus Todenes (Narraboth), Hanna Hipp (Page of Herodias), Michael Müller-Kasztelan (First Jew), Petter Moen (Second Jew), John W Olsen (Third Jew), James Nathan Kryshak (Fourth Jew), Callum Thorpe (Fifth Jew), Clive Bayley (First Nazarene), James Ley (Second Nazarene), Igor Bakan (First soldier), James Platt (Second soldier), James Berry (A Cappadocian), Rita Therese Ziem (A slave), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner (conductor).

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okt 8, 2022, 1:41 am

Saturday 8th October 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Janacek's The Excursions of Mr Broucek.

David Pountney directs Janacek's surreal comic opera recorded at Grange Park Opera, West Horsley, this summer. Peter Hoare sings the title role of world weary Mr Broucek, who tries to escape his humdrum life through a glass of beer or several, complete with a trip to the moon and the 15th century, where he is required to help liberate Prague. This production was acclaimed for the vitality of the singing and the fabulously imaginative and colourful sets and costumes. Peter Hoare (Mr Broucek, property owner), Fflur Wyn (Malinka Sakristan's daughter), Mark Le Brocq (Mazal, a painter), Andrew Shore (Wurfl), Clive Bayley (Sakristan), Anne-Marie Owens (Fanny, a housekeeper), Adrian Thompson (Spotcek), Jonathan Kennedy (Postdatedcek), Pasquale Orchard (Child prodigy), Robin Horgan (Spotcek), Benjie Del Rosario (Farty), Toki Hamano (Taborite), Marcus Swietlicki (Arty).

Director: David Poutney

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okt 15, 2022, 1:41 am

Saturday 15th October 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress.

Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress, from the London Coliseum, recorded in November 2012. Presented by Martin Handley. Roland Wood (baritone: Pilgrim/John Bunyan), Benedict Nelson (baritone: Evangelist/Watchful/First Shepherd), George von Bergen (baritone: Obstinate/Herald/Lord Hate-Good), Timothy Robinson (tenor: Interpreter/Usher/Mr By-Ends/Second Shepherd), Colin Judson (tenor: Timorous/Lord Lechery/Messenger), Alexander Sprague (tenor: Pliable/Superstition/Celestial Voice 1), Mark Richardson (bass-baritone: Mistrust/Apollyon/Envy/Third Shepherd), Eleanor Dennis (soprano: First Shining One/Madam Wanton/Voice of a Bird/Celestial Voice 3), Aoife O'Sullivan (soprano: Second Shining One/ Branch-Bearer/ Malice), Kitty Whately (mezzo: Third Shining One/Cup-bearer/Pickthank/Woodcutter's Boy), Ann Murray (mezzo: Madam Bubble/Mrs By-Ends/Celestial Voice 2), Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conductor Martyn Brabbins.

22antimuzak
okt 22, 2022, 1:45 am

Saturday 22nd October 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Kaspar Holten's memorable production of Don Giovanni returns to the Royal Opera House with a brand new cast. Luca Micheletti takes on the role of the iconic operatic bad boy, who already has 2,065 female conquests and is after more. But will his plans be thwarted by the ghost of the man he kills? Maria Bengtsson, Paula Murrihy and Christina Gansch play the trio of women who get drawn into his net, and Christopher Maltman sings his unlucky sidekick, Leporello. Constantin Trinks conducts from the fortepiano. Presented by Flora Willson, with guest Timothy Jones. 6.30 Mozart: Don Giovanni - Act 1. c.8.10 Interval. Flora Willson chats to tonight's conductor Constantin Trinks, and discusses the opera with Mozart expert Timothy Jones. c.8.25 Act 2. Luca Micheletti (baritone: Don Giovanni), Christopher Maltman (baritone: Leporello), Maria Bengtsson (soprano: Donna Anna), Paula Murrihy (mezzo-soprano: Donna Elvira), Charles Castronovo (tenor: Don Ottavio), Christina Gansch (soprano: Zerlina), Thomas Faulkner (bass: Masetto), Adam Palka (bass: The Commendatore). Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Constantin Trinks (conductor).

23antimuzak
nov 5, 2022, 2:47 am

Saturday 5th November 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

The Queen of Spades.

A production of Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades at the Philharmonie, Berlin, starring Arsen Soghomonyan, Elena Bezgodkova, Vladislav Sulimsky and Boris Pinkhasovich. Pushkin's short story of avarice inspired some of Tchaikovsky's greatest music, full of psychological insight, drama and tension. In late 18th-century St Petersburg, impoverished army officer Herman determines to find the secret of the cards and thus both ensure a wealthy future and guarantee his illicit lover Lisa's hand in marriage, but his addiction to gambling quickly becomes an uncontrollable and all-consuming obsession. Convinced that Lisa's grandmother, an elderly countess, knows the mysterious winning combination of cards, he threatens her with a pistol and she dies of fright. Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Op 68. Arsen Soghomonyan (tenor: Hermann), Vladislav Sulimsky (baritone: Count Tomski), Boris Pinkhasovich (baritone: Prince Yeletki), Doris Soffel (contralto: Countess), Elena Stikhina (soprano: Lisa), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo: Polina), Christophe Poncet de Solages (tenor: Chapilitski), Margarita Nekrasova (contralto: Governess), Anatoli Sivko (baritone: Surin), Jevgenij Akimov (tenor: Chekalinsky), Mark Kurmanbayev (bass: Narumov), Slovakian Philharmonic Choir, Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe Youth Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Petrenko (conductor).

24antimuzak
nov 12, 2022, 1:53 am

Saturday 12th November 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Puccini's Il Trittico.

Georgia Mann presents a performance of Puccini's Il Trittico recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival, with soprano Asmik Grigorian starring in all three operas, with Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. In this production by Christof Loy, the normal order of the operas is changed, beginning with the comedy of Gianni Schicchi, before moving on to Il tabarro and finishing with Suor Angelica. Georgia is joined by opera expert Roger Parker to introduce these three tales of love, jealousy, greed, despair and death. Puccini: Il Trittico. 6.30 Gianni Schicchi. Misha Kiria (baritone: Gianni Schicchi), Asmik Grigorian (soprano: Lauretta), Enkelejda Shkosa (contralto: Zita), Alexey Neklyudov (tenor: Rinuccio), Dean Power (tenor: Gherardo), Lavinia Bini (soprano: Nella), Betto di Signa (bass: Manel Esteve Madri), Scott Wilde (bass: Simone), Iurii Samoilov (baritone: Marco), Caterina Piva (mezzo: La Ciesca), Matteo Peirone (bass: Maestro Spinelloccio), Mikolaj Trabka (baritone: Ser Amantio di Nicolao), Aleksei Kulagin (bass: Pinellino), Liam James Karai (bass: Guccio). 7.30 Il Tabarro. Roman Burdenko (baritone: Michele), Asmik Grigorian (soprano: Giorgetta), Joshua Guerrero (tenor: Luigi), Andrea Giovannini (tenor: Tinca), Scott Wilde (bass: Talpa), Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo: La Frugola). 8.30 Suor Angelica Asmik Grigorian (soprano: Sister Angelica), Karita Mattila (mezzo: The Princess), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo: The Abbess), Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo: The Monitress), Caterina Piva (mezzo: The Mistress of the novices), Giulia Semenzato (soprano: Sister Genovieffa), Martina Russomanno (soprano: Sister Osmina), Daryl Freedman (soprano: Sister Dolcina), Juliette Mars (mezzo: The nursing sister). Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor, Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).

25antimuzak
nov 19, 2022, 1:52 am

Saturday 19th November 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)

Dvorak: Armida.

Sean Rafferty introduces a production of Dvorak's Armida staged at the Wexford Festival in Ireland earlier this months. A flop at its 1904 Prague premiere, and rarely revived since, Armida is based on Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata, a 16th-century Italian epic poem about the Crusades, a tale that features a love triangle, a dollop of good and evil magic and ends in tragedy when the knight Rinald kills not only his love rival Ismen (a wicked sorcerer) but also, by mistake, Armida - the woman he loves. Dvorak: Armida. Jozef Benci (bass: King Hydraoth of Damascus), Jennifer Davis (soprano: Armida), Stanislav Kuflyuk (baritone: Ismen), Jan Hnyk (bass: Petr), Rory Dunne (bass-baritone: Bohumir/Muezin), Gerard Schneider (tenor: Rinald), Chris Mosz (tenor: Dudo), Josef Moravec (tenor: Sven), Thomas Birch (tenor: Roger), Andrii Kharlamov (baritone: Gernand), Josef Kovacic (bass: Ubald), Libuse Santorisova (soprano: Siren/A nymph), Chorus and Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera, Norbert Baxa (conductor).

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