Archive for the ‘Operafest’ Category

Jun. 14 2019

07/13/19 – Andrea Chenier (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Andrea Chenier Giordano The poet Andrea Chénier attends a party at the Countess di Coigny’s mansion. He expresses outrage at the corruption in King Louis XVI’s government and the poverty of many Frenchmen. This moves the Countess’s daughter Maddalena, and inspires the footman and revolutionary-in-the-making Carlo Gérard to quit his servitude. […]

Jun. 14 2019

07/06/19 – Billy Budd (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Billy Budd Benjamin Britten Three new recruits join the warship HMS Indomitable, commanded by the scholarly Captain Vere. The first two are nothing special, but the third, young Billy Budd, is hailed by the Master at Arms John Claggart as a jewel – despite his occasional stammer. Billy settles in happily […]

Jun. 14 2019

06/29/19 – La forza del Destino (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s La Forza del Destino Giuseppe Verdi The Marquis of Calatrava forbids his daughter Leonora to marry the South American nobleman Don Alvaro. The lovers attempt to elope, but the Marquis catches them. In the ensuing altercation, Alvaro accidentally kills the Marquis, who curses his daughter as he dies. Leonora and Alvaro […]

May. 17 2019

06/22/19 – The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Queen of Spades Title: Queen of Spades The penniless soldier Gherman has fallen in love with Liza, even though she is engaged to his friend Yeletsky. Gherman learns that Liza’s grandmother the Countess knows a winning three-card formula. Gherman determines to wrest the secret from the Countess, gain a fortune through […]

May. 17 2019

06/15/19 – Simon Boccanegra (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Simon Boccanegra Title: Simon Boccanegra Verdi’s tragedy about the ill-fated Doge of Genoa Simon Boccanegra returns in Elijah Moshinsky’s handsome Renaissance production. Hosts: Martin Handley, Lisa Flynn Broadcast Producer: BBC WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg Conductor: Henrik Nánási Cast (in order of vocal appearance): Paolo Albani – Mark Rucker Pietro – […]

May. 17 2019

06/08/19 – Siegfried (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Siegfried Title: Siegfried The third opera in Richard Wagner’s epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen revels in its depiction of heroism even as it sets up the cycle’s dramatic conclusion. Hosts: Tom Service, Lisa Flynn Broadcast Producer: BBC WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg Conductor: Antonio Pappano Cast (in order of vocal […]

May. 17 2019

06/01/19 – Die Walküre (Royal Opera) – 1pm

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The Royal Opera House’s Die Walküre Title: Die Walküre Hosts: Tom Service, Lisa Flynn Broadcast Producer: BBC WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg Conductor: Antonio Pappano Cast (in order of vocal appearance): Siegmund – Stuart Skelton Sieglinde – Emily Magee Hunding–Ain Anger Wotan – John Lundgren Brunnhilde – Nina Stemme Fricka – Sarah Connolly Gerhilde – […]

May. 13 2019

05/25/19 – Das Rheingold – 1pm (Royal Opera House)

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The Royal Opera House’s Das Rheingold Title: Das Rheingold Hosts: Tom Service and Lisa Flynn Broadcast Producer: BBC WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg Conductor: Antonio Pappano Cast (In order of vocal appearance): Woglinde – Lauren Fagan Wellgunde – Christina Bock Flosshilde– Andela Simkin Alberichr – Johannes Martin Kränzle Wotan – John Lundgren Fricka – Sarah Connolly Freia – Lise Davidsen Fasolt – Günther Groissböck Fafner– Brindley Sherratt Froh […]

May. 13 2019

05/18/19 – Falstaff – 1pm (Royal Opera House)

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The Royal Opera House’s Falstaff Title: Falstaff Hosts: Sean Rafferty, Lisa Flynn Broadcast Producer: BBC WFMT Series Producer: Daniel Goldberg Conductor: Nicola Luisotti Cast (in order of vocal appearance): Dr. Caius – Carlo Bosi Sir John Falstaff – Bryn Terfel Bardolph –Michael Colvin Pistol – Craig Colclough Meg Page – Marie McLaughlin Alice Ford – Ana Maria Martinez Mistress Quickly – Marie-Nicole Lemieux Nannetta– Anna […]

May. 13 2019

—WBJC Operafest 2019 Full Schedule—

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schedule subject to change Royal Opera House (Presented in partnership with the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union) May 18                                                Falstaff / Verdi / Royal Opera May 25                                                Das Rheingold / Wagner / Royal Opera June 1                                     Die Walküre / Wagner / Royal Opera June 8                                     Siegfried / Wagner / Royal Opera June […]

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