1antimuzak
Saturday 15th July 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 20:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Dido and Aeneas.
A performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, starring Sarah Connolly and Gerald Finley in the title roles, with Age of Enlightenment Orchestra and the Choir of the Enlightenment. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly (mezzo: Dido), Gerald Finley (baritone: Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (soprano: Belinda), Patricia Bardon (mezzo: Sorceress), Carys Lane (soprano: First witch), Rebecca Outram (soprano: Second witch), Sarah Tynan (soprano: Second woman), William Purefoy (countertenor: Spirit), John Mark Ainsley (tenor: Sailor). Age of Enlightenment Orchestra, Choir of the Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine (directors).
Time: 18:30 to 20:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Dido and Aeneas.
A performance of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, starring Sarah Connolly and Gerald Finley in the title roles, with Age of Enlightenment Orchestra and the Choir of the Enlightenment. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Sarah Connolly (mezzo: Dido), Gerald Finley (baritone: Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (soprano: Belinda), Patricia Bardon (mezzo: Sorceress), Carys Lane (soprano: First witch), Rebecca Outram (soprano: Second witch), Sarah Tynan (soprano: Second woman), William Purefoy (countertenor: Spirit), John Mark Ainsley (tenor: Sailor). Age of Enlightenment Orchestra, Choir of the Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine (directors).
2antimuzak
Saturday 30th September 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Massenet: Manon.
Jules Massenet's Manon from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, starring Amina Edris in the title role and conducted by Marc Minkowski. Presented by Martin Handley, with guest Sarah Hibberd. The beautiful Manon is supposed to be in a convent, but instead elopes with the Chevalier des Grieux, much to the annoyance of Manon's brother, Lescaut, and De Bretigny who is in love with her. She's soon tempted away by the rich De Bretigny, but leaves her heart with Des Grieux. Massenet: Manon - opera in 5 acts. Amina Edris (soprano: Manon), Pene Pati (tenor: Le Chevalier des Grieux), Jarrett Ott (baritone: Lescaut), Tomeu Biblioni (baritone: Monsieur de Bretigny), Jean-Vincent Blot (bass: Le Comte des Grieux), Albert Casals (tenor: Guillot de Morfontaine), Pau Armengol (bass: Innkeeper), Gran Teatre de Liceu Chorus and Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Massenet: Manon.
Jules Massenet's Manon from the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, starring Amina Edris in the title role and conducted by Marc Minkowski. Presented by Martin Handley, with guest Sarah Hibberd. The beautiful Manon is supposed to be in a convent, but instead elopes with the Chevalier des Grieux, much to the annoyance of Manon's brother, Lescaut, and De Bretigny who is in love with her. She's soon tempted away by the rich De Bretigny, but leaves her heart with Des Grieux. Massenet: Manon - opera in 5 acts. Amina Edris (soprano: Manon), Pene Pati (tenor: Le Chevalier des Grieux), Jarrett Ott (baritone: Lescaut), Tomeu Biblioni (baritone: Monsieur de Bretigny), Jean-Vincent Blot (bass: Le Comte des Grieux), Albert Casals (tenor: Guillot de Morfontaine), Pau Armengol (bass: Innkeeper), Gran Teatre de Liceu Chorus and Orchestra, Marc Minkowski (conductor).
3antimuzak
Saturday 7th October 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner's Das Rheingold.
Georgia Mann presents as Antonio Pappano conducts Barrie Kosky's Royal Opera House production of Wagner's Das Rheingold, with a cast including Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Christopher Purves (Alberich). When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner: Das Rheingold. Christopher Maltman (baritone: Wotan), Christopher Purves (baritone: Alberich), Sean Panikkar (tenor: Loge), Marina Prudenskaya (mezzo: Fricka), Kiandra Howarth (soprano: Freia), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto: Erda), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone: Donner), Rodrick Dixon (tenor: Froh), Brenton Ryan (tenor: Mime), Insung Sim (bass: Fasolt), Soloman Howard (bass: Fafner), Katharina Konradi (soprano: Wogline), Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo: Wellgunde), Marvic Monreal (mezzo: Flosshilde), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner's Das Rheingold.
Georgia Mann presents as Antonio Pappano conducts Barrie Kosky's Royal Opera House production of Wagner's Das Rheingold, with a cast including Christopher Maltman (Wotan) and Christopher Purves (Alberich). When a precious hoard of gold is stolen from the river Rhine, it unleashes a chain of destructive events, pitting gods and mortals against one another for generations. Wagner: Das Rheingold. Christopher Maltman (baritone: Wotan), Christopher Purves (baritone: Alberich), Sean Panikkar (tenor: Loge), Marina Prudenskaya (mezzo: Fricka), Kiandra Howarth (soprano: Freia), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto: Erda), Kostas Smoriginas (bass-baritone: Donner), Rodrick Dixon (tenor: Froh), Brenton Ryan (tenor: Mime), Insung Sim (bass: Fasolt), Soloman Howard (bass: Fafner), Katharina Konradi (soprano: Wogline), Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo: Wellgunde), Marvic Monreal (mezzo: Flosshilde), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).
4antimuzak
Saturday 14th October 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
George Benjamin's Picture a day like this.
Andrew McGregor presents a production of George Benjamin's Picture a day like this, the composer's eagerly awaited fourth opera with librettist Martin Crimp, which is a moving fable of human nature and self-discovery. Mired in grief after the death of her child, a woman is promised the opportunity to bring the infant back to life if during the course of one day she can find a happy person. It proves harder than she would like until, towards the end of her increasingly desperate journey, she encounters the enigmatic owner of a splendid garden. George Benjamin: Picture a day like this. Ema Nikolovska (mezzo: Woman), Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Zabelle), Beate Mordal (soprano: Lover 1/Composer), Cameron Shahbazii (countertenor: Lover 2/Composer's assistant), John Brancy (baritone: Artisan/Collector), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Carden, Corinna Niemeyer (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
George Benjamin's Picture a day like this.
Andrew McGregor presents a production of George Benjamin's Picture a day like this, the composer's eagerly awaited fourth opera with librettist Martin Crimp, which is a moving fable of human nature and self-discovery. Mired in grief after the death of her child, a woman is promised the opportunity to bring the infant back to life if during the course of one day she can find a happy person. It proves harder than she would like until, towards the end of her increasingly desperate journey, she encounters the enigmatic owner of a splendid garden. George Benjamin: Picture a day like this. Ema Nikolovska (mezzo: Woman), Jacquelyn Stucker (soprano: Zabelle), Beate Mordal (soprano: Lover 1/Composer), Cameron Shahbazii (countertenor: Lover 2/Composer's assistant), John Brancy (baritone: Artisan/Collector), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Carden, Corinna Niemeyer (conductor).
5antimuzak
Saturday 4th November 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 22:30 (4 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner: Parsifal.
A production of Wagner's Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival, starring Georg Zeppenfeld, Andreas Schager and El?na Garan?a. Wagner's great final music drama was the only work written expressly for the acoustics of his theatre in Bayreuth, and the score abounds in the blended sonorities and rich harmonies of Wagner's late style. In his final masterpiece, Wagner entered the realm where drama and religion become one. Martin Handley presents in conversation with Wagner expert Chris Walton. Wagner: Parsifal. Georg Zeppenfeld (bass: Gurnemanz), Andreas Schager (tenor: Parsifal), Elina Garanca (soprano: Kundry), Derek Welton (baritone: Amfortas), Tobias Kehrer (bass-baritone: Titurel), Jordan Shanahan (baritone: Klingsor), Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 22:30 (4 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner: Parsifal.
A production of Wagner's Parsifal from the Bayreuth Festival, starring Georg Zeppenfeld, Andreas Schager and El?na Garan?a. Wagner's great final music drama was the only work written expressly for the acoustics of his theatre in Bayreuth, and the score abounds in the blended sonorities and rich harmonies of Wagner's late style. In his final masterpiece, Wagner entered the realm where drama and religion become one. Martin Handley presents in conversation with Wagner expert Chris Walton. Wagner: Parsifal. Georg Zeppenfeld (bass: Gurnemanz), Andreas Schager (tenor: Parsifal), Elina Garanca (soprano: Kundry), Derek Welton (baritone: Amfortas), Tobias Kehrer (bass-baritone: Titurel), Jordan Shanahan (baritone: Klingsor), Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Pablo Heras-Casado (conductor).
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Saturday 11th November 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart: the Marriage of Figaro.
Kate Molleson presents a performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival, with Polish bass Krzysztof Baczyk and French soprano Sabine Devieilhe leading an international cast in the enduring comic masterpiece. A philandering count is determined to exercise his droit de seigneur with his wily valet's bride-to-be on her wedding day. leaving a humiliated countess bent on revenge. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro. Andrè Schuen (bass: Count Almaviva), Adriana González (soprano: Countess Almaviva), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano: Susanna), Krzysztof Baczyk (bass: Figaro), Lea Desandre (mezzo: Cherubino), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo: Marcellina), Péter Kálmán (bass: Bartolo), Manuel Günther (tenor: Basilio), Andrew Morstein (tenor: Don Curzio), Serafina Starke (soprano: Barbarina), Rafal Pawnuk (bass: Gardener), Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphaël Pichon (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart: the Marriage of Figaro.
Kate Molleson presents a performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival, with Polish bass Krzysztof Baczyk and French soprano Sabine Devieilhe leading an international cast in the enduring comic masterpiece. A philandering count is determined to exercise his droit de seigneur with his wily valet's bride-to-be on her wedding day. leaving a humiliated countess bent on revenge. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro. Andrè Schuen (bass: Count Almaviva), Adriana González (soprano: Countess Almaviva), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano: Susanna), Krzysztof Baczyk (bass: Figaro), Lea Desandre (mezzo: Cherubino), Kristina Hammarström (mezzo: Marcellina), Péter Kálmán (bass: Bartolo), Manuel Günther (tenor: Basilio), Andrew Morstein (tenor: Don Curzio), Serafina Starke (soprano: Barbarina), Rafal Pawnuk (bass: Gardener), Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Raphaël Pichon (conductor).
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Saturday 18th November 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Erlanger: L'Aube rouge.
A production of Erlanger's L'Aube rouge recorded at the O'Reilly Theatre in Wexford's National Opera House, starring Andreea Soare and Andrew Morstein as star-crossed lovers Olga and Serge. The opera had its was premiere in Rouen in 1911 and its passionate music tells a classic Romeo-and-Juliet story of love across political divides, with Serge the leader of a group of anarchists and Olga the daughter of the general who's sworn to destroy them. Erlanger: L'Aube rouge. Andreea Soare (soprano: Olga), Andrew Morstein (tenor: Serge), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (baritone: Pierre de Ruys, Olga's husband), Ava Dodd (soprano: Sonia), Hannah O'Brien (soprano: Tatiana), Emma Jüngling (mezzo: Natacha/Sister Therese), Dominica Williams (mezzo: Countess/Sister Marthe), Giorgi Manoshvili (bass: Kouraguine), Connor Baiano (bass: General Lovarof), Andrii Kharlamov (bass-baritone: Captain/Doctor), Rory Musgrave (baritone: Grand Duke Gregorief), Thomas Birch (tenor: Vassili/Neapolitan singer), Rory Lynch (tenor: Danilo), Gabriel Seawright (tenor: Yvan), Vladimir Sima (tenor: Voice), Women: Ami Hewitt, Leah Redmond, Corina Ignat (sopranos), Judith Le Breuilly (mezzo), Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Erlanger: L'Aube rouge.
A production of Erlanger's L'Aube rouge recorded at the O'Reilly Theatre in Wexford's National Opera House, starring Andreea Soare and Andrew Morstein as star-crossed lovers Olga and Serge. The opera had its was premiere in Rouen in 1911 and its passionate music tells a classic Romeo-and-Juliet story of love across political divides, with Serge the leader of a group of anarchists and Olga the daughter of the general who's sworn to destroy them. Erlanger: L'Aube rouge. Andreea Soare (soprano: Olga), Andrew Morstein (tenor: Serge), Philippe-Nicolas Martin (baritone: Pierre de Ruys, Olga's husband), Ava Dodd (soprano: Sonia), Hannah O'Brien (soprano: Tatiana), Emma Jüngling (mezzo: Natacha/Sister Therese), Dominica Williams (mezzo: Countess/Sister Marthe), Giorgi Manoshvili (bass: Kouraguine), Connor Baiano (bass: General Lovarof), Andrii Kharlamov (bass-baritone: Captain/Doctor), Rory Musgrave (baritone: Grand Duke Gregorief), Thomas Birch (tenor: Vassili/Neapolitan singer), Rory Lynch (tenor: Danilo), Gabriel Seawright (tenor: Yvan), Vladimir Sima (tenor: Voice), Women: Ami Hewitt, Leah Redmond, Corina Ignat (sopranos), Judith Le Breuilly (mezzo), Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor).
8antimuzak
Saturday 25th November 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata.
Sean Rafferty presents a production of Donizetti's Zoraida di Granata from the O'Reilly Theatre in Wexford's National Opera House, starring Claudia Boyle in the title role with Konu Kim and Matteo Mezzar as the love rivals battling for her favour. Premiered in Rome in 1822, the opera tells the story of a love triangle set in 15th-century Granada, as wicked usurper king Almuzir and the Moorish general Abenamet tussle over Zoraida's heart. Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata. Claudia Boyle (soprano: Zoraida), Konu Kim (tenor: Almuzir), Matteo Mezzar (tenor: Abenamet), Julian Henao Gonzalez (tenor: Almanzor), Rachel Croash (soprano: Ines), Matteo Guerzè (baritone: Ali Zegri), Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Diego Ceretta (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata.
Sean Rafferty presents a production of Donizetti's Zoraida di Granata from the O'Reilly Theatre in Wexford's National Opera House, starring Claudia Boyle in the title role with Konu Kim and Matteo Mezzar as the love rivals battling for her favour. Premiered in Rome in 1822, the opera tells the story of a love triangle set in 15th-century Granada, as wicked usurper king Almuzir and the Moorish general Abenamet tussle over Zoraida's heart. Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata. Claudia Boyle (soprano: Zoraida), Konu Kim (tenor: Almuzir), Matteo Mezzar (tenor: Abenamet), Julian Henao Gonzalez (tenor: Almanzor), Rachel Croash (soprano: Ines), Matteo Guerzè (baritone: Ali Zegri), Wexford Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Diego Ceretta (conductor).
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Saturday 2nd December 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Tosca.
On the 100th anniversary of the soprano's birth, a chance to hear Maria Callas's 1953 performance in the title role of Puccini's Tosca at La Scala in Milan, with Giuseppe Di Stefano as Cavaradossi and Tito Gobbi as Scarpia, and Victor de Sabata conducting. Famous opera singer Floria Tosca's lover Cavaradossi has been arrested by the merciless chief of police Scarpia and she knows that only she can save his life, but how far will she go to do so? Martin Handley presents and is joined by writer and broadcaster Sarah Lenton to discuss Callas's voice, life and legacy, and also celebrate some of her other signature roles. Puccini: Tosca. Maria Callas (soprano: Tosca), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor: Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (bass: Scarpio), Franco Calabrese (bass: Cesare Angelotti), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor: Spoletta), Alvaro Cordova (boy soprano: Shepherd boy), Dario Caselli (bass: Sciarrone/Gaoler), Melchiorre Luise (bass: Sacristan), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata (conductor). Plus highlights from other famous Maria Callas recordings - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - mad scene (Act 3 Scene 2). Maria Callas (soprano: Lucia), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone: Enrico), Bernard Ladysz (bass: Raimondo), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (conductor). Bellini: Norma - final scene (Act 2 Scene 3). Maria Callas (soprano: Norma), Mario Filippeschi (tenor: Pollione), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass: Oroveso), Rina Cavallari (soprano: Clotilde), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor). Bizet: Carmen - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Act 1); C'est toi... Carmen, il est temps encore... Viva viva! La course et belle! (Act 4). Maria Callas (soprano: Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (tenor: Don José), Choeurs Rene Duclos, Paris Opera Orchestra, Georges Pretre (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Tosca.
On the 100th anniversary of the soprano's birth, a chance to hear Maria Callas's 1953 performance in the title role of Puccini's Tosca at La Scala in Milan, with Giuseppe Di Stefano as Cavaradossi and Tito Gobbi as Scarpia, and Victor de Sabata conducting. Famous opera singer Floria Tosca's lover Cavaradossi has been arrested by the merciless chief of police Scarpia and she knows that only she can save his life, but how far will she go to do so? Martin Handley presents and is joined by writer and broadcaster Sarah Lenton to discuss Callas's voice, life and legacy, and also celebrate some of her other signature roles. Puccini: Tosca. Maria Callas (soprano: Tosca), Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor: Cavaradossi), Tito Gobbi (bass: Scarpio), Franco Calabrese (bass: Cesare Angelotti), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor: Spoletta), Alvaro Cordova (boy soprano: Shepherd boy), Dario Caselli (bass: Sciarrone/Gaoler), Melchiorre Luise (bass: Sacristan), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata (conductor). Plus highlights from other famous Maria Callas recordings - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - mad scene (Act 3 Scene 2). Maria Callas (soprano: Lucia), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone: Enrico), Bernard Ladysz (bass: Raimondo), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (conductor). Bellini: Norma - final scene (Act 2 Scene 3). Maria Callas (soprano: Norma), Mario Filippeschi (tenor: Pollione), Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (bass: Oroveso), Rina Cavallari (soprano: Clotilde), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin (conductor). Bizet: Carmen - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Act 1); C'est toi... Carmen, il est temps encore... Viva viva! La course et belle! (Act 4). Maria Callas (soprano: Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (tenor: Don José), Choeurs Rene Duclos, Paris Opera Orchestra, Georges Pretre (conductor).
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Saturday 9th December 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Florencia en el Amazonas.
A production of Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas opens a new season of broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Ailyn Pérez stars Florencia Grimaldi, the operatic soprano who returns to her native South America to perform at the Amazonas opera house in Manaus - and to search for her lost lover. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas. Ailyn Pérez (soprano: Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (soprano: Rosalba, journalist), Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone: Steamboat captain), Mario Chang (tenor: Arcadio, his nephew), Mattia Olivieri (baritone: Riolobo, first mate), Fabiola Herrera (mezzo: Paula), Michael Chioldi (baritone: Álvaro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Florencia en el Amazonas.
A production of Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas opens a new season of broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Ailyn Pérez stars Florencia Grimaldi, the operatic soprano who returns to her native South America to perform at the Amazonas opera house in Manaus - and to search for her lost lover. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas. Ailyn Pérez (soprano: Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (soprano: Rosalba, journalist), Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone: Steamboat captain), Mario Chang (tenor: Arcadio, his nephew), Mattia Olivieri (baritone: Riolobo, first mate), Fabiola Herrera (mezzo: Paula), Michael Chioldi (baritone: Álvaro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
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Saturday 23rd December 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve.
Andrew McGregor introduces a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve, recorded in the Philharmonie, Berlin, last December, with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and George Enescu Philharmonic Chorus. A snowstorm has hit the Ukrainian village of Dikank, where the blacksmith Wakula is unhappily in love with Oksana, who will only marry him if he gets her the Tsarina's golden shoes. In desperation, he turns to the Devil to fly him to the capital to get the shoes for Oksana. Will this be enough to win her hand? Andrew is joined in conversation by Rosamund Bartlett. Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve. Mikhail Vekua (tenor: Vakula the smith), Dmitry Ulyanov (bass: Chubb, an elderly Cossack), Sofia Fomina (soprano: Oksana), Ksenia Dudnikova (mezzo: Solokha), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo: Tsaritsa), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone: Golova, the mayor), Alexander Fedorov (tenor: Devil), Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone: Patsyuk/Panas), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor: Sexton Ossip), Nadine Weissmann (alto: Woman with a violet nose), Josefine Mindus (soprano: Woman with an ordinary nose), George Enescu Philharmonic Chorus, Iosif Ion Prunner (chorus master), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve.
Andrew McGregor introduces a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve, recorded in the Philharmonie, Berlin, last December, with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and George Enescu Philharmonic Chorus. A snowstorm has hit the Ukrainian village of Dikank, where the blacksmith Wakula is unhappily in love with Oksana, who will only marry him if he gets her the Tsarina's golden shoes. In desperation, he turns to the Devil to fly him to the capital to get the shoes for Oksana. Will this be enough to win her hand? Andrew is joined in conversation by Rosamund Bartlett. Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve. Mikhail Vekua (tenor: Vakula the smith), Dmitry Ulyanov (bass: Chubb, an elderly Cossack), Sofia Fomina (soprano: Oksana), Ksenia Dudnikova (mezzo: Solokha), Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo: Tsaritsa), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone: Golova, the mayor), Alexander Fedorov (tenor: Devil), Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone: Patsyuk/Panas), Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor: Sexton Ossip), Nadine Weissmann (alto: Woman with a violet nose), Josefine Mindus (soprano: Woman with an ordinary nose), George Enescu Philharmonic Chorus, Iosif Ion Prunner (chorus master), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor).
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Saturday 30th December 2023 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi.
Andrew McGregor presents a production of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival, starring Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina, with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg conducted by Marco Armiliat. In this adaption of the tale of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, Bellini gives both the leading roles to female voices, which adds a special eroticism to the love music. Andrew is joined in conversation by opera expert Roger Parker. Bellini: Capuleti e i Montecchi. Elsa Dreisig (soprano: Giulietta), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo: Romeo), Giovanni Sala (tenor: Tebaldo), Roberto Tagliavini (bass: Lorenzo), Michele Pertusi (bass: Capellio), Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Walter Zeh (chorus director), Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Marco Armiliato (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bellini's I Capuleti e I Montecchi.
Andrew McGregor presents a production of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi recorded at this year's Salzburg Festival, starring Elsa Dreisig and Aigul Akhmetshina, with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg conducted by Marco Armiliat. In this adaption of the tale of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, Bellini gives both the leading roles to female voices, which adds a special eroticism to the love music. Andrew is joined in conversation by opera expert Roger Parker. Bellini: Capuleti e i Montecchi. Elsa Dreisig (soprano: Giulietta), Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo: Romeo), Giovanni Sala (tenor: Tebaldo), Roberto Tagliavini (bass: Lorenzo), Michele Pertusi (bass: Capellio), Vienna Philharmonia Chorus, Walter Zeh (chorus director), Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, Marco Armiliato (conductor).
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Saturday 6th January 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00
Nabucco.
A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's Nabucco, starring George Gagnidze in the title role of the king of Babylon and Liudmyla Monastyrska as his scheming daughter. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi's early masterpiece, a stirring biblical story of persecution, exile and war. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary by Ira Siff. Verdi: Nabucco. George Gagnidze (baritone: Nabucco), Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano: Abigaille), Maria Barakova (mezzo: Fenena), SeokJong Baek (tenor: Ismaele), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass: Zaccaria), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Daniele Callegari (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00
Nabucco.
A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Verdi's Nabucco, starring George Gagnidze in the title role of the king of Babylon and Liudmyla Monastyrska as his scheming daughter. Daniele Callegari conducts Verdi's early masterpiece, a stirring biblical story of persecution, exile and war. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary by Ira Siff. Verdi: Nabucco. George Gagnidze (baritone: Nabucco), Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano: Abigaille), Maria Barakova (mezzo: Fenena), SeokJong Baek (tenor: Ismaele), Dmitry Belosselskiy (bass: Zaccaria), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Daniele Callegari (conductor).
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Saturday 13th January 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
La Bohème.
Puccini's La Bohème from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, set in the garrets of Montmartre, with Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina as lovers Rodolfo and Mimì, the struggling poet and the seamstress next door. Presented by Debra Lew Harder with Ira Siff. Elena Stikhina (soprano: Mimi), Stephen Costello (tenor: Rodolfo), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone: Marcello, a painter), Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Musetta, a singer), Rodion Pogossov (baritone: Schaunard, a musician), Krzysztof Baczyk (bass: Colline, a philosopher), Donald Maxwell (baritone: Benoît, the landlord/Alcindoro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Marco Armiliato (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
La Bohème.
Puccini's La Bohème from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, set in the garrets of Montmartre, with Stephen Costello and Elena Stikhina as lovers Rodolfo and Mimì, the struggling poet and the seamstress next door. Presented by Debra Lew Harder with Ira Siff. Elena Stikhina (soprano: Mimi), Stephen Costello (tenor: Rodolfo), Adam Plachetka (bass-baritone: Marcello, a painter), Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Musetta, a singer), Rodion Pogossov (baritone: Schaunard, a musician), Krzysztof Baczyk (bass: Colline, a philosopher), Donald Maxwell (baritone: Benoît, the landlord/Alcindoro), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Marco Armiliato (conductor).
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Saturday 20th January 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking.
Winning universal critical acclaim at its premiered in 2000, American composer Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is the most widely performed opera of the last two decades. With a libretto by Terence McNally, it's an adaptation of the powerful memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun and anti-death-penalty activist from New Orleans. Joseph De Rocher is a convicted murderer on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and Sister Helen reluctantly becomes his spiritual advisor. As their relationship develops, Sister Helen is able to bring a kind of peace to De Rocher and his family, and persuades him to acknowledge his guilt. Finally, when the time comes, she is there to support him at the hour of his death. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's dynamic music director, conducts a cast including Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato and Ryan McKinny, and continues to make good his pledge to refresh the repertoire and bring new audiences to the august institution. Recorded in October and presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking. Latonia Moore (soprano: Sister Rose), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo: Sister Helen Prejean), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone: Joseph De Rocher), Susan Graham (mezzo: Mrs Patrick De Rocher), Raymond Aceto (baritone: Warden Benton), Chad Shelton (tenor: Father Grenville), Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano: Kitty Hart), Rod Gilfry (baritone: Owen Hart), Chauncey Packer (tenor: Howard Boucher), Justin Austin (baritone: A motor cop), Mark Joseph Mitrano (tenor: Older brother), Jonah Mussolino (treble: Younger brother), Magdalena Ku?ma (soprano: Sister Catherine), Briana Hunter (mezzo: Sister Lillianne), Christopher Job (baritone: First prison guard), John Hancock (baritone: Second prison guard), Helena Brown (soprano: First mother), Alexa Jarvis (soprano: Mrs Charlton), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking.
Winning universal critical acclaim at its premiered in 2000, American composer Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is the most widely performed opera of the last two decades. With a libretto by Terence McNally, it's an adaptation of the powerful memoir by Sister Helen Prejean, a Catholic nun and anti-death-penalty activist from New Orleans. Joseph De Rocher is a convicted murderer on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and Sister Helen reluctantly becomes his spiritual advisor. As their relationship develops, Sister Helen is able to bring a kind of peace to De Rocher and his family, and persuades him to acknowledge his guilt. Finally, when the time comes, she is there to support him at the hour of his death. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's dynamic music director, conducts a cast including Latonia Moore, Joyce DiDonato and Ryan McKinny, and continues to make good his pledge to refresh the repertoire and bring new audiences to the august institution. Recorded in October and presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking. Latonia Moore (soprano: Sister Rose), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo: Sister Helen Prejean), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone: Joseph De Rocher), Susan Graham (mezzo: Mrs Patrick De Rocher), Raymond Aceto (baritone: Warden Benton), Chad Shelton (tenor: Father Grenville), Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano: Kitty Hart), Rod Gilfry (baritone: Owen Hart), Chauncey Packer (tenor: Howard Boucher), Justin Austin (baritone: A motor cop), Mark Joseph Mitrano (tenor: Older brother), Jonah Mussolino (treble: Younger brother), Magdalena Ku?ma (soprano: Sister Catherine), Briana Hunter (mezzo: Sister Lillianne), Christopher Job (baritone: First prison guard), John Hancock (baritone: Second prison guard), Helena Brown (soprano: First mother), Alexa Jarvis (soprano: Mrs Charlton), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
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Saturday 27th January 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart: Don Giovanni.
This evening's programme marks both Mozart's birthday and the 50th anniversary year of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with a recording from 1996 of Don Giovanni, one of Mozart's most celebrated works, conducted by Charles Mackerras. Bo Skovhus leads the stellar cast as the legendary bad boy Don Giovanni, who hopes his womanising ways can continue unchecked - until he meets the ghost of the man he kills. Kate Molleson introduces this performance in conversation with soprano Christine Brewer, who sang the role of Donna Anna and shares her memories of working with Mackerras. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Bo Skovhus (baritone: Don Giovanni), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone: Leporello), Christine Brewer (soprano: Donna Anna), Jerry Hadley (tenor: Don Ottavio), Felicity Lott (soprano: Donna Elvira), Nuccia Focile (soprano: Zerlina), Umberto Chiummo (bass: Il Commendatore/Masetto), Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Charles Mackerras (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mozart: Don Giovanni.
This evening's programme marks both Mozart's birthday and the 50th anniversary year of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra with a recording from 1996 of Don Giovanni, one of Mozart's most celebrated works, conducted by Charles Mackerras. Bo Skovhus leads the stellar cast as the legendary bad boy Don Giovanni, who hopes his womanising ways can continue unchecked - until he meets the ghost of the man he kills. Kate Molleson introduces this performance in conversation with soprano Christine Brewer, who sang the role of Donna Anna and shares her memories of working with Mackerras. Mozart: Don Giovanni. Bo Skovhus (baritone: Don Giovanni), Alessandro Corbelli (baritone: Leporello), Christine Brewer (soprano: Donna Anna), Jerry Hadley (tenor: Don Ottavio), Felicity Lott (soprano: Donna Elvira), Nuccia Focile (soprano: Zerlina), Umberto Chiummo (bass: Il Commendatore/Masetto), Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, Charles Mackerras (conductor).
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Saturday 10th February 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Richard Strauss: Elektra.
Martin Handley presents a Royal Opera House production of Richard Strauss's Elektra, based on Sophocles's play of the same name. Determined to honour her father King Agamemnon and longing to avenge his murder by her mother Klytämnestra and the queen's lover Aegisth, Elektra becomes increasingly unkempt, desperate and unhinged. Elektra tells the now guilt-wracked Klytämnestra that she will die a violent death, but then hears the devastating news that her brother Orest is dead. However, a mysterious stranger appears. Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar international cast, including Ausrine Stundyte in the title role and Karita Mattila as her murderous mother Klytämnestra. Recorded last month at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with contributions from Antonio Pappano and Karita Mattila. Richard Strauss: Elektra. Ausrine Stundyte (soprano: Elektra), Sara Jakubiak (soprano: Chrysothemis), Karita Mattila (mezzo: Klytämnestra), Lukasz Golinski (tenor: Aegisth), Charles Workman (bass: Orest), Michael Mofidian (bass: Orest's companion), Michael Gibson (tenor: Young servant), Jeremy White (bass: Old servant), Lee Bisset (soprano: Overseer), Noa Beinart (contralto: Maid), Veena Akama-Makia, Gabriele Kupsyte (mezzos: Maids), Ella Taylor, Valentina Puskas (sopranos: Maids), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Richard Strauss: Elektra.
Martin Handley presents a Royal Opera House production of Richard Strauss's Elektra, based on Sophocles's play of the same name. Determined to honour her father King Agamemnon and longing to avenge his murder by her mother Klytämnestra and the queen's lover Aegisth, Elektra becomes increasingly unkempt, desperate and unhinged. Elektra tells the now guilt-wracked Klytämnestra that she will die a violent death, but then hears the devastating news that her brother Orest is dead. However, a mysterious stranger appears. Antonio Pappano conducts a stellar international cast, including Ausrine Stundyte in the title role and Karita Mattila as her murderous mother Klytämnestra. Recorded last month at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with contributions from Antonio Pappano and Karita Mattila. Richard Strauss: Elektra. Ausrine Stundyte (soprano: Elektra), Sara Jakubiak (soprano: Chrysothemis), Karita Mattila (mezzo: Klytämnestra), Lukasz Golinski (tenor: Aegisth), Charles Workman (bass: Orest), Michael Mofidian (bass: Orest's companion), Michael Gibson (tenor: Young servant), Jeremy White (bass: Old servant), Lee Bisset (soprano: Overseer), Noa Beinart (contralto: Maid), Veena Akama-Makia, Gabriele Kupsyte (mezzos: Maids), Ella Taylor, Valentina Puskas (sopranos: Maids), Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor).
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Saturday 17th February 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:30 (4 hours long)
Wagner's Tannhäuser.
A New York Metropolitan Opera House production of Wagner's Tannhauser, conducted by Donald Runnicles and starring Andreas Schager in the title role. The eponymous 13th-century German knight and musician is torn between sexual and spiritual love, personified by the goddess Venus and Landgrave's niece Elisabeth. Will Elisabeth's faithful love, the loyal friendship of Wolfram and a penitent pilgrimage to Rome be enough to bring Tannhäuser salvation? Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentary from Ira Siff. Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser: tenor), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus: mezzo-soprano), Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth: soprano), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram von Eschenbach: baritone), Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgrave Herrmann: bass), Kyle van Schoonhoven (Walther von der Vogelweide: tenor), Le Bu (Biterolf: bass-baritone), Tony Stevenson (Heinrich: tenor), Harold Wilson (Reinmar: bass), Maureen McKay (Shepherd: soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:30 (4 hours long)
Wagner's Tannhäuser.
A New York Metropolitan Opera House production of Wagner's Tannhauser, conducted by Donald Runnicles and starring Andreas Schager in the title role. The eponymous 13th-century German knight and musician is torn between sexual and spiritual love, personified by the goddess Venus and Landgrave's niece Elisabeth. Will Elisabeth's faithful love, the loyal friendship of Wolfram and a penitent pilgrimage to Rome be enough to bring Tannhäuser salvation? Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentary from Ira Siff. Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser: tenor), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus: mezzo-soprano), Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth: soprano), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram von Eschenbach: baritone), Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgrave Herrmann: bass), Kyle van Schoonhoven (Walther von der Vogelweide: tenor), Le Bu (Biterolf: bass-baritone), Tony Stevenson (Heinrich: tenor), Harold Wilson (Reinmar: bass), Maureen McKay (Shepherd: soprano), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor).
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Saturday 24th February 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera from the Met.
A New York Metropolitan Opera House production of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), a drama loosely based on real events that led to the assassination of Gustav III of Sweden, with Verdi masterfully developing the story of the personal tragedy of a ruler in love with his best friend's wife. Carlo Rizzi conducts a starry cast led by Charles Castronovo as Gustavo, Angela Meade as Amelia and Quinn Kelsey as her husband Anckarstrom, Gustavo's friend and adviser. Presented by Deborah Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera. Charles Castronovo (tenor: Gustavo, King of Sweden), Angela Meade (soprano: Amelia, wife of Anckarstrom), Liv Redpath (soprano: Oscar), Olesya Petrova (mezzo: Ulrica), Quinn Kelsey (baritone: Count Anckarstrom), Jeongcheol Cha (bass: Cristiano), Kevin Short (bass: Count Ribbing), Christopher Job (bass: Count Horn), Thomas J Capobianco (tenor: Judge), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Amelia's servant), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Rizzi (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera from the Met.
A New York Metropolitan Opera House production of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), a drama loosely based on real events that led to the assassination of Gustav III of Sweden, with Verdi masterfully developing the story of the personal tragedy of a ruler in love with his best friend's wife. Carlo Rizzi conducts a starry cast led by Charles Castronovo as Gustavo, Angela Meade as Amelia and Quinn Kelsey as her husband Anckarstrom, Gustavo's friend and adviser. Presented by Deborah Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera. Charles Castronovo (tenor: Gustavo, King of Sweden), Angela Meade (soprano: Amelia, wife of Anckarstrom), Liv Redpath (soprano: Oscar), Olesya Petrova (mezzo: Ulrica), Quinn Kelsey (baritone: Count Anckarstrom), Jeongcheol Cha (bass: Cristiano), Kevin Short (bass: Count Ribbing), Christopher Job (bass: Count Horn), Thomas J Capobianco (tenor: Judge), Tony Stevenson (tenor: Amelia's servant), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Carlo Rizzi (conductor).
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Saturday 2nd March 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande.
A production of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande starring Bernard Richter and Patricia Petibon, recorded at the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest last September. In a forest in the vaguely medieval kingdom of Allemonde, Prince Golaud finds a mysterious young woman weeping by a fountain. They are soon married, but six months later Golaud knows little more about Mélisande than at their first meeting. When she meets Golaud's half-brother Pelléas they fall in love and the tragic end of the story is inexorably set. Ivan Fischer is both conductor and director of this critically acclaimed production, with he and the orchestra wearing cloaks of leaves, the stage a forest with singers, players and conductor among the trees. Introduced by Kate Molleson in conversation with Ivan Fischer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Bernard Richter (tenor: Pelléas), Patricia Petibon (soprano: Mélisande), Tassis Christoyannis (baritone: Golaud), Nicolas Testé (bass: Arkel), Yvonne Naef (contralto: Geneviève), Peter Harvey (bass: The doctor/Voice of shepherd), Olivier Michael (boy soprano: Yniold), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande.
A production of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande starring Bernard Richter and Patricia Petibon, recorded at the Bela Bartok National Concert Hall in Budapest last September. In a forest in the vaguely medieval kingdom of Allemonde, Prince Golaud finds a mysterious young woman weeping by a fountain. They are soon married, but six months later Golaud knows little more about Mélisande than at their first meeting. When she meets Golaud's half-brother Pelléas they fall in love and the tragic end of the story is inexorably set. Ivan Fischer is both conductor and director of this critically acclaimed production, with he and the orchestra wearing cloaks of leaves, the stage a forest with singers, players and conductor among the trees. Introduced by Kate Molleson in conversation with Ivan Fischer. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Bernard Richter (tenor: Pelléas), Patricia Petibon (soprano: Mélisande), Tassis Christoyannis (baritone: Golaud), Nicolas Testé (bass: Arkel), Yvonne Naef (contralto: Geneviève), Peter Harvey (bass: The doctor/Voice of shepherd), Olivier Michael (boy soprano: Yniold), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor).
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Saturday 9th March 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy Queen.
Hannah French introduces performances of two Purcell operas, with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants. The programme opens with Dido and Aeneas recorded in the Notre-Dame Basilica at the International Baroque and Romantic Opera Festival in Beaune last year. Mezzo Helen Charlston stars as the lovelorn Dido, ending in the heart-stoppingly beautiful lament. The second part of the evening's broadcast is devoted to The Fairy Queen, his semi-opera in five acts adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, recorded last year at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. The Fairy Queen has some of Purcell's finest theatre music, some slapstick elements contrasting with more sublime and magical moments. Hannah is joined by Kirsten Gibson to talk about Purcell's music in these two performances. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Helen Charlston (mezzo: Dido), Renato Dolcini (baritone: Aeneas/Sorceress), Ana Viera Leite (soprano: Belinda), Maud Gnidzaz (soprano: First witch), Virginie Thomas (soprano: Second witch/Second woman), Jacob Lawrence (tenor: Sailor), Michael Loughlin-Smith (tenor: Spirit), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor). Purcell: The Fairy Queen. Paulina Francisco (soprano), Georgia Burashko (mezzo), Rebecca Leggett (mezzo), Juliette Mey (mezzo), Rodrigo Carreto (tenor), Iljia Aksionov (tenor), Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone), Benjamin Schilperoort (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy Queen.
Hannah French introduces performances of two Purcell operas, with William Christie conducting Les Arts Florissants. The programme opens with Dido and Aeneas recorded in the Notre-Dame Basilica at the International Baroque and Romantic Opera Festival in Beaune last year. Mezzo Helen Charlston stars as the lovelorn Dido, ending in the heart-stoppingly beautiful lament. The second part of the evening's broadcast is devoted to The Fairy Queen, his semi-opera in five acts adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, recorded last year at the Utrecht Early Music Festival. The Fairy Queen has some of Purcell's finest theatre music, some slapstick elements contrasting with more sublime and magical moments. Hannah is joined by Kirsten Gibson to talk about Purcell's music in these two performances. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Helen Charlston (mezzo: Dido), Renato Dolcini (baritone: Aeneas/Sorceress), Ana Viera Leite (soprano: Belinda), Maud Gnidzaz (soprano: First witch), Virginie Thomas (soprano: Second witch/Second woman), Jacob Lawrence (tenor: Sailor), Michael Loughlin-Smith (tenor: Spirit), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor). Purcell: The Fairy Queen. Paulina Francisco (soprano), Georgia Burashko (mezzo), Rebecca Leggett (mezzo), Juliette Mey (mezzo), Rodrigo Carreto (tenor), Iljia Aksionov (tenor), Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone), Benjamin Schilperoort (bass-baritone), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor).
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Saturday 16th March 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Turandot.
A New York Metroplitan Opera production of Puccini's Turandot, which was the composer's final opera and imbued with the sounds of mythic China. Beautiful princess Turandot has decided that no man shall ever possess her, so to win her hand suitors must answer three riddles, and if they fail, they are killed. Prince Calaf, however, thinks he's up to the challenge. Oksana Lyniv conducts a starry cast including Elena Pankratova in her Met debut as Turandot, and SeokJong Baek as Calaf. Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff. Puccini: Turandot. Elena Pankratova (soprano: Turandot), SeokJong Baek (tenor: Calaf), Alekasndra Kurzak (soprano: Liu),, Vitalij Kowaljow (bass: Timur) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Oksana Lyniv (conductor).=
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's Turandot.
A New York Metroplitan Opera production of Puccini's Turandot, which was the composer's final opera and imbued with the sounds of mythic China. Beautiful princess Turandot has decided that no man shall ever possess her, so to win her hand suitors must answer three riddles, and if they fail, they are killed. Prince Calaf, however, thinks he's up to the challenge. Oksana Lyniv conducts a starry cast including Elena Pankratova in her Met debut as Turandot, and SeokJong Baek as Calaf. Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff. Puccini: Turandot. Elena Pankratova (soprano: Turandot), SeokJong Baek (tenor: Calaf), Alekasndra Kurzak (soprano: Liu),, Vitalij Kowaljow (bass: Timur) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Oksana Lyniv (conductor).=
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Saturday 23rd March 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette.
A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, with Benjamin Bernheim and Nadine Sierra in the title roles of the star-crossed lovers and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the sumptuous score. Juliette and Roméo meet at a ball and fall instantly in love, but their warring families mean that things are never going to go smoothly. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette. Nadine Sierra (soprano: Juliette), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor: Roméo), Will Liverman (baritone: Mercutio), Frederick Ballentine (tenor: Tybalt), Alfred Walker (bass-baritone: Frère Laurent), Samantha Hankey (mezzo: Stéphano), Eve Gigliotti (mezzo: Gertrude), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette.
A New York Metropolitan Opera production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, with Benjamin Bernheim and Nadine Sierra in the title roles of the star-crossed lovers and Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the sumptuous score. Juliette and Roméo meet at a ball and fall instantly in love, but their warring families mean that things are never going to go smoothly. Presented by Debra Lew Harder, with commentary from Ira Siff. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette. Nadine Sierra (soprano: Juliette), Benjamin Bernheim (tenor: Roméo), Will Liverman (baritone: Mercutio), Frederick Ballentine (tenor: Tybalt), Alfred Walker (bass-baritone: Frère Laurent), Samantha Hankey (mezzo: Stéphano), Eve Gigliotti (mezzo: Gertrude), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor).
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Saturday 30th March 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman.
Donald Macleod presents a production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman recorded at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, starring Bryn Terfel in the title role, with Elisabet Strid as Senta. Forced by a terrible storm to anchor his ship in an unfamiliar bay, Captain Daland instructs his steersman to keep watch, but he falls asleep at his post. A strange ship moors alongside, and its captain, the Flying Dutchman of seafaring legend, comes aboard. He is a cursed man, doomed to sail the seas forever, unless he finds a woman who will be faithful unto death. When the Dutchman discovers that Daland has a daughter, he asks if he can marry her, in exchange for all his wealth. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman. Bryn Terfel (bass baritone: The Dutchman), Elisabet Strid (soprano: Senta), Stephen Milling (bass: Daland), Miles Mykkanen (tenor: Steersman), Kseniia Nikolaieva (mezzo: Mary), Toby Spence (tenor: Erik), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Henrik Nanasi (conductor).
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman.
Donald Macleod presents a production of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman recorded at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, starring Bryn Terfel in the title role, with Elisabet Strid as Senta. Forced by a terrible storm to anchor his ship in an unfamiliar bay, Captain Daland instructs his steersman to keep watch, but he falls asleep at his post. A strange ship moors alongside, and its captain, the Flying Dutchman of seafaring legend, comes aboard. He is a cursed man, doomed to sail the seas forever, unless he finds a woman who will be faithful unto death. When the Dutchman discovers that Daland has a daughter, he asks if he can marry her, in exchange for all his wealth. Wagner: The Flying Dutchman. Bryn Terfel (bass baritone: The Dutchman), Elisabet Strid (soprano: Senta), Stephen Milling (bass: Daland), Miles Mykkanen (tenor: Steersman), Kseniia Nikolaieva (mezzo: Mary), Toby Spence (tenor: Erik), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Henrik Nanasi (conductor).
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Saturday 6th April 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Handel's Semele from Munich Opera.
Georgia Mann presents a Munich Opera production of Handel's Semele, starring soprano Brenda Rae in the title role and tenor Michael Spyres as her lover Jupiter. Semele is supposed to be marrying Athamas, but is infatuated by her lover Jupiter, king of the gods. To halt the plans, Jupiter turns himself into a giant eagle to carry Semele off to a mountaintop palace, guarded by dragons who never sleep. But Jupiter's wife Juno is furious and begins plotting her revenge. Georgia is joined by Suzanne Aspden from the University of Oxford to discuss Handel's score. Handel: Semele, an opera in three acts, HWV 58. Brenda Rae (soprano: Semele), Michael Spyres (tenor: Jupiter), Jonas Hacker (tenor: Apollo), Jakub Józef Orli?ski (countertenor: Athamas), Emily D'Angelo (mezzo: Juno), Philippe Sly (bass: Cadmus/Somnus), Nadezhda Karyazina (mezzo: Ino), Jessica Niles (soprano: Iris), Milan Siljanov (bass: High priest), LauschWerk Vocal Ensemble, Bavarian State Orchestra, Gianluca Capuano (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Handel's Semele from Munich Opera.
Georgia Mann presents a Munich Opera production of Handel's Semele, starring soprano Brenda Rae in the title role and tenor Michael Spyres as her lover Jupiter. Semele is supposed to be marrying Athamas, but is infatuated by her lover Jupiter, king of the gods. To halt the plans, Jupiter turns himself into a giant eagle to carry Semele off to a mountaintop palace, guarded by dragons who never sleep. But Jupiter's wife Juno is furious and begins plotting her revenge. Georgia is joined by Suzanne Aspden from the University of Oxford to discuss Handel's score. Handel: Semele, an opera in three acts, HWV 58. Brenda Rae (soprano: Semele), Michael Spyres (tenor: Jupiter), Jonas Hacker (tenor: Apollo), Jakub Józef Orli?ski (countertenor: Athamas), Emily D'Angelo (mezzo: Juno), Philippe Sly (bass: Cadmus/Somnus), Nadezhda Karyazina (mezzo: Ino), Jessica Niles (soprano: Iris), Milan Siljanov (bass: High priest), LauschWerk Vocal Ensemble, Bavarian State Orchestra, Gianluca Capuano (conductor).
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Saturday 13th April 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rachmaninov's Aleko and Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini.
A double bill of rarely heard Rachmaninov operas - Rachmaninov's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini - from the Prinzregententheater in Munich, starring Kristina Mkhitaryan, Andrei Danilov and Kostas Smoriginas. Presented by Andrew McGregor in conversation with expert on Russian culture, Rosamund Bartlett. Rachmaninov: Aleko. Kostas Smoriginas (baritone: Aleko), Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Zemfira), Andrei Danilov (tenor: Young Gipsy), Shavleg Armasi (bass: Zemfira's father). 7.00 Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini. Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Francesca), Andrei Danilov (tenor: Paolo), Kostas Smoriginas (baritone: Lanceotto), Dmitry Golovnin (tenor: Dante), Shavleg Armasi (bass: Virgil's ghost), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušic (conductor).
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rachmaninov's Aleko and Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini.
A double bill of rarely heard Rachmaninov operas - Rachmaninov's Aleko and Francesca da Rimini - from the Prinzregententheater in Munich, starring Kristina Mkhitaryan, Andrei Danilov and Kostas Smoriginas. Presented by Andrew McGregor in conversation with expert on Russian culture, Rosamund Bartlett. Rachmaninov: Aleko. Kostas Smoriginas (baritone: Aleko), Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Zemfira), Andrei Danilov (tenor: Young Gipsy), Shavleg Armasi (bass: Zemfira's father). 7.00 Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini. Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano: Francesca), Andrei Danilov (tenor: Paolo), Kostas Smoriginas (baritone: Lanceotto), Dmitry Golovnin (tenor: Dante), Shavleg Armasi (bass: Virgil's ghost), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ivan Repušic (conductor).
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Saturday 20th April 2024 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's La Rondine.
Debra Lew Harder presents live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, with Speranza Scappucci conducting a performance of Puccini's La Rondine, starring Angel Blue and Jonathan Tetelman as lovers Magda and Ruggero. Magda is the mistress of the wealthy Rambaldo, but believes that love has nothing to do with wealth. When her palm is read at a party, it's predicted that she will go south in pursuit of romance and soon afterwards meets the idealistic Ruggero. With commentary from Ira Siff. Puccini: La Rondine. Angel Blue (soprano: Magda), Jonathan Tetelman (tenor: Ruggero), Emily Pogorelc (soprano: Lisette), Bekhzod Davronov (tenor: Prunier), The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Speranza Scappucci (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 18:00 to 21:30 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Puccini's La Rondine.
Debra Lew Harder presents live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, with Speranza Scappucci conducting a performance of Puccini's La Rondine, starring Angel Blue and Jonathan Tetelman as lovers Magda and Ruggero. Magda is the mistress of the wealthy Rambaldo, but believes that love has nothing to do with wealth. When her palm is read at a party, it's predicted that she will go south in pursuit of romance and soon afterwards meets the idealistic Ruggero. With commentary from Ira Siff. Puccini: La Rondine. Angel Blue (soprano: Magda), Jonathan Tetelman (tenor: Ruggero), Emily Pogorelc (soprano: Lisette), Bekhzod Davronov (tenor: Prunier), The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Speranza Scappucci (conductor).
(Live)
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