World of Opera

May 24, 2013

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Philip Glass: Kepler
Spoleto Festival USA
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra
Westminster Choir
John Kennedy, conductor

May 17, 2013

Sat, 11 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

May 10, 2013

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffman
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Liceu Orchestra and Chorus
Stéphane Denève, conductor

May 3, 2013

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
La Monnaie Theatre, Brussels
La Monnaie Orchestra and Chorus
Carlo Rizzi, conductor

CAST: Eva-Maria Westbroek (Manon Lescaut); Brandon Jovanovich (Chevalier des Grieux); Giovanni Furlanetto (Geronte); Aris Argiris (Lescaut); Julien Dran (Edmondo); Alexander Kravits (Dancing Master/Lamplighter)

April 26, 2013

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite
Champs-Elysées Theatre, Paris
National Orchestra of France, Radio France Chorus
Paolo Arrivabeni, conductor

April 19, 2013

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Antonin Dvorak: Armida
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, Ostrava
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Orchestra and Chorus
Robert Jindra, conductor

April 12, 2013

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani
Vienna State Opera
Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus

April 5, 2013

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
La Scala, Milan
La Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Nicola Luisotti, conductor

March 29, 2013

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Special: Bach's St. Matthew Passion by the Handel and Hayden Society

Directed by Harry Christophers, this masterpiece combines the sounds of a double orchestra, a double choir, and a chorus of soloists to tell the story of Christ’s crucifixion from different characters’ perspectives.

March 22, 2013

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Antonino Fogliani, conductor

March 15, 2013

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Bastille Opera, Paris
Paris National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Michail Jurowski, conductor

March 8, 2013

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Teatro San Carlo, Naples
Teatro San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus
Michele Mariotti, conductor

March 1, 2013

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Leos Janacek: Jenufa
Zurich Opera House
Zurich Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Fabio Luisi, conductor

February 22, 2013

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Vincenzo Bellini: The Capulets and the Montagues
öteborg Opera, Sweden
Göteborg Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Giancarlo Andretta, conductor

February 15, 2013

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme
Chorégies d'Orange Festival, France (Théâtre Antique, Orange)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

February 8, 2013

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Renato Palumbo, conductor

February 1, 2013

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Boston Baroque
Boston Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Martin Pearlman, conductor

CAST: Owen Willets (Orfeo); Mary Wilson (Euridice); Courtney Huffman (Amor)

January 25, 2013

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Georges Bizet:The Pearl Fishers
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Michel Plasson, conductor

CAST: Annick Massis (Leila); Charles Castronovo (Nadir); Jean-Francois Lapointe (Zurga); Nicolas Teste (Nourabad)

January 18, 2013

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
La Fenice, Venice
La Fenice Orchestra and Chorus
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

CAST: Gregory Kunde (Otello); Leah Crocetto (Desdemona); Lucio Gallo (Iago); Elisabetta Martorana (Emilia); Francesco Marsiglia (Cassio); Antonello Ceron (Roderigo); Mattia Denti (Lodovico); Matteo Ferrara (Montano)

January 11, 2013

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:24:19 +0000

Gaetano Donizetti: The Elixir of Love
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Royal Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Bruno Campanella, conductor

January 4, 2013

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Champs-Elysées Theatre, Paris
National Orchestra of France
Radio France Chorus
Enrique Mazzola, conductor

December 28, 2012

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

George Frideric Handel: Semele
Candian Opera Company, Toronto
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra and Chorus
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor

December 21, 2012

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet
Wexford Opera (Ireland)
Wexford Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Rory Macdonald, conductor

CAST: Jessica Muirhead (Vreli); John Bellemer (Sali); Quentin Hayes (Manz); Andrew Greenan (Marti); David Stout (The Dark Fiddler)

December 14, 2012

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Teatro Real, Madrid
Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Intermezzo Chorus
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

December 7, 2012

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Teatro Regio, Turin
Teatro Regio Orchestra and Chorus
Daniele Rustioni, conductor

November 30, 2012

Kimberly Garcia — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: The Enchantress
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Bolshoi Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Alexander Lazarev, conductor

November 23, 2012

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes
Boston Baroque
Boston Baroque Orchestra and Chorus
Martin Pearlman, conductor

November 16, 2012

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Vincenzo Bellini: Zaira
Valle d'Itria Festival, Martina Franca
International Orchestra, Italy
Piacenza Verdi Opera Chorus
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor

November 9, 2012

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:59:00 +0000

P.I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Riga Opera Festival
Latvian National Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Martins Ozolins, conductor

November 2, 2012

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:46:52 +0000

Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Grand Theatre of Geneva
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Grand Theatre Chorus
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor