Archive for the ‘Operafest’ Category
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts 2024-2025 season
THE ROBERT K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION–METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK 2024-25 SATURDAY MATINEE BROADCAST SEASON All broadcasts at 1 PM Eastern Time except as noted December 7 Strauss: DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Elza van den Heever (Empress), Lise Lindstrom (Dyer’s Wife), Nina Stemme (Nurse), Michael Volle (Barak), Russell Thomas (Emperor), Ryan Speedo Green (Spirit Messenger) […]
WBJC Operafest 9/14/24 – 11/30/24
LA Opera September 14, 2024 Double Bill: Highway 1, USA & The Dwarf William Grant Still & Alexander Zemlinsky September 21, 2024 Turandot Giacomo Puccini Bayreuth Festival September 28, 2024 Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner Aix-en-Provence Festival October 5, 2024 Madama Butterfly Giacomo Puccini October 12, 2024 La clemenza di Tito Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart October […]
WBJC Operafest 6/15/24 – 9/07/24
Vienna State Opera (Austria) JUNE 15 Guillaume Tell / Gioachino Rossini JUNE 22 Die Frau ohne Schatten / Richard Strauss Utrecht Early Music Festival (Netherlands) JUNE 29 The Fairy Queen / Henry Purcell Opéra de Lille (France) JULY 6 Don Giovanni / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Royal Opera House (London) JULY 13 Das […]
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast 2023-2024 schedule
December 9 FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (Daniel Catán) – New Production/Met Premiere – Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ailyn Pérez (Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro), Greer Grimsley (Captain) December 16 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Patrick Furrer; Piotr Buszewski (Tamino), Janai Brugger (Pamina), Rolando Villazón (Papageno), […]
WBJC Operafest schedule 9/2/23 to 12/02/23
National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) SEPTEMBER 2 Tannhäuser / Wagner SEPTEMBER 9 The Ballad of the Canal / YIN Qing SEPTEMBER 16 La Fille du Régiment / Donizetti SEPTEMBER 23 La fanciulla del West / Puccini Aix-en-Provence Festival (France) SEPTEMBER 30 Picture a Day Like This / George Benjamin Music of the Baroque […]
WBJC Operafest schedule 6-17-23 through 9/23/23
Vienna State Opera (Austria) JUNE 17 – Fidelio / Beethoven JUNE 24 – Salome / Strauss Opéra de Paris (France) JULY 1 – Nixon in China / Adams Opera Rara (UK) JULY 8 – il Proscritto / Mercadante Munich Radio Opera (Germany) JULY 15 – I Lombardi / Verdi Royal Opera House (UK) JULY 22 […]
2022-2023 Metropolitan Opera Schedule
All performances at 1PM unless otherwise noted December 10 THE HOURS (Kevin Puts) – Libretto by Greg Pierce – New Production/World Premiere December 17 RIGOLETTO (Verdi) December 24 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart) – Holiday Presentation – Abridged English-language version December 31 Met Debuts On The Air – Archival Broadcast January 7 MEDEA (Cherubini) – New […]
WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule (9/17/22-12/03/22)
National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) – Part 1 SEPTEMBER 17 Les pêcheurs de perles / Bizet SEPTEMBER 24 Rusalka / Dvořák OCTOBER 1 The Merry Widow / Lehár OCTOBER 8 A Village Teacher / HAO Weiya Opera Festival Chicago OCTOBER 15 Il corsaro / Verdi OCTOBER 22 L’inganno felice / Rossini […]
WBJC Operafest 2022 Schedule 6/18/22-9/10/22
Don’t fret! The Met season might be done, but WBJC stays committed to bringing you great opera performances year-round, Saturdays at 1pm (unless otherwise noted). Santa Fe Opera JUNE 18 -The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs / Bates Opéra de Paris (France) JUNE 25 – The Marriage of Figaro / Mozart Salzburg Festival (Austria) JULY 2 […]
5-13-22 Maryland Lyric Opera Don Carlo Interview with Maestro Louis Salemno
I love Verdi’s Don Carlo and spending a few minutes speaking with Maestro Louis Salemno about his favorite opera was time very well spent. Don Carlo is at the Music Center at Strathmore 5/13 & 15. For information MDLO.org. The recording I used is the amazing Giulini EMI recording…You can hear more on the Opera […]