With the conclusion of the Metropolitan Opera season, WCLV continues with opera on Saturday afternoons through the summer and fall of 2013. We'll present full length opera broadcasts from the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, the San Francisco Opera and two opera performances by The Cleveland Orchestra. These opera broadcasts all begin at 1:00 PM, following the BBC News.
LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
May 18, 2013
OPERA: SIMON BOCCANEGRA (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
Boccanegra: Thomas Hampson
Fiesco: Ferruccio Furlanetto
Amelia: Krassimira Stoyanova
Adorno: Frank Lopardo
Paolo: Quinn Kelsey
Pietro: Evan Boyer
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
May 25, 2013
OPERA: WERTHER (in French)
COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
Werther: Matthew Polenzani
Charlotte: Sophie Koch
Sophie: Kiri Deonarine
Albert: Craig Verm
Bailiff: Philip Kraus
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
June 1, 2013
OPERA: DON PASQUALE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale: Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Norina: Marlis Petersen
Ernesto: René Barbera
Malatesta: Corey Crider
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Lord
June 8, 2013 DOUBL BILL!
OPERA: ELEKTRA |
COMPSER: Strauss, R.
OPERA: HANSEL & GRETEL (in German)
COMPOSER: Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel: Elizabeth DeShong
Gretel: Maria Kanyova
Witch: Jill Grove
Mother: Julie Makerov
Father: Brian Mulligan
CONDUCTOR: Ward Stare
June 15, 2013
OPERA: LA BOHEME (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini
Mimì: Anna Netrebko
Rodolfo: Joseph Calleja
Musetta: Elizabeth Futral
Marcello: Lucas Meachem
Colline: Andrea Silvestrelli
Schaunard: Joseph Lim
Benoit/Alcindoro: Dale Travis
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuel Villaume
June 22, 2013
OPERA: DIE MEISTERSINGER (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
Hans Sachs: James Morris
Stolzing: Johan Botha
Eva: Amanda Majeski
Beckmesser: Bo Skovhus
David: David Portillo
Magdalene: Jamie Barton
Pogner: Dimitry Ivashchenko
Kothner: Darren Jeffery
CONDUCTOR: Sir Andrew Davis
June 29, 2013
OPERA: RIGOLETTO (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: Andrzej Dobber
Gilda: Albina Shagimuratova
Duke: Giuseppe Filianoi
Sparafucile: Andrea Silvestrelli
Maddalena: Nicole Piccolomini
Monterone: Todd Thomas
CONDUCTOR: Evan Rogister
July 6, 2014
OPERA: A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE
COMPOSER: Andre Previn
July 13, 2013
OPERA: Oklahoma
COMPOSERS: Rodgers and Hammerstein
LA OPERA ON AIR
July 20, 2013
OPERA: THE TWO FOSCARI (I Due Foscari) (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
Barbarigo, A Senator: Ben Bliss
Jacopo Loredano: Levegen Orlov
Officer of Council of Ten: Omar Crook
Jacopo Foscari: Francesco Meli
Lucrezia Contarini: Marina Poplavskaya
Pisana: Tracy Cox
Francesco Foscari: Placido Domingo
Servant of the Doge: Hunter Phillips
CONDUCTOR: James Conlon
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
July 27, 2013
OPERA: SEMELE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
Performance of December 28, 1967
Beverly Sills
Helen Vanni
Mark Deller
Seth McCoy
Thomas Paul
Ara Berberian
CONDUCTOR: Robert Shaw
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
July 27, 2013
OPERA: SEMELE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
Performance of December 28, 1967
Beverly Sills
Helen Vanni
Mark Deller
Seth McCoy
Thomas Paul
Ara Berberian
CONDUCTOR: Robert Shaw
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
August 31, 2013
OPERA: DIE WALKÜRE (in German)|
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner|
Brünnhilde Nina Stemme
Wotan Mark Delavan
Sieglinde Anja Kampe
Siegmund Brandon Jovanovich
Fricka Elizabeth Bishop
Hunding Daniel Sumegi
CONDUCTOR: Donald Runnicles
September 7, 2013
OPERA: THE CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
Giulietta Nicole Cabell
Romeo Joyce DiDonato
Tebaldo Saimir Pirgu
Lorenzo Ao Li
Capellio Eric Owens
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Frizza
September 14, 2013
OPERA: MOBY-DICK (in English)
COMPOSER: Jake Heggie
LIBRETTO: Gene Scheer
Greenhorn (Ishmael) Stephen Costello
Captain Ahab Jay Hunter Morris
Starbuck Morgan Smith
Queequeg Jonathan Lemalu
Pip Talise Trevigne
Flask Matthew O’Neill
Stubb Robert Orth
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
September 21, 2013
OPERA: MAGIC FLUTE (in English)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pamina Heidi Stober
Tamino Alek Shrader
Papageno Nathan Gunn
The Queen of the Night Albina Shagimuratova
Sarastro Kristinn Sigmundsson
CONDUCTOR: Rory Macdonald
September 28, 2013
OPERA: LOHENGRIN (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
Lohengrin Brandon Jovanovich
Elsa von Brabant Camilla Nylund
Ortrud Petra Lang
Friedrich von Telramund Gerd Grochowski
Heinrich der Vogler Kristinn Sigmundsson
King’s Herald Brian Mulligan
CONDUCTOR: Nicola Luisotti
October 5, 2013
OPERA: COSI FAN TUTTE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fiordiligi Ellie Dehn
Dorabella Christel Lötzsch
Despina Heidi Stober
Ferrando Francesco Demuro
Guglielmo Philippe Sly
Don Alfonso Marco Vinco
CONDUCTOR: Nicola Luisotti
October 12, 2013
OPERA: THE TALES OF HOFFMAN (in French)
COMPOSER: Jacques Offenbach
Hoffmann Matthew Polenzani
Olympia Hye Jung Lee
Antonia Natalie Dessay
Giulietta Irene Roberts
Stella Jennifer Cherest
Nicklausse Alice Coote
Coppélius, Dapertutto
Dr. Miracle, Lindorf Christian Van Horn
Frantz, Andrès, Cochenille
Pittichinaccio Steven Cole
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Fournillier
October 26, 2013 (NOTE)
OPERA: LUSIA MILLER
COMPOSER: Verdi
TBA
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
October 19, 2013
OPERA: FALSTAFF (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Sutcliff
Twyla Robinson
Vladimir Chernov
Cinzia Forte
Cataldo Caputo
Jane Henschel
Kelly O’Connor
Max Rene Cosotti
Scott Scully
Ain Anger
CONDUCTOR: Franz Welser-Möst
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
November 2, 2013
OPERA: THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Gioacchino Rossini
Isabella Daniela Barcellona
Lindoro Lawrence Brownlee
Mustafa Patrick Carfizzi
Taddeo Daniel Belcher
Elvira Lauren Snouffer
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Rizzi
November 9, 2013
OPERA: IL TROVATORE (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi
Leonora Tamara Wilson
Manrico Marco Berti
Azucena Dolora Zajick
Count di Luna Tómas Tómasson
Ferrando Peixin Chen
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers
November 16, 2013
OPERA: XERXES (in Italian)
COMPOSER: George Frederic Handel
Serse (Xerxes) Susan Graham
Romilda Laura Claycomb
Arsamene (Arsamenes) David Daniels
Amastre (Amastris) Sonia Prina
Atalanta Heidi Stober
Ariodate (Ariodates) Philip Cutlip
Elviro Adam Cioffari
CONDUCTOR: William Lacey
November 23, 2013
OPERA: DON GIOVANNI (in Italian)
COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni Adrian Eröd
Leporello Kyle Ketelsen
Donna Anna Rachel Willis-Sørensen
Donna Elvira Veronika Dzhioeva
Don Ottavio Joel Prieto
Zerlina Malin Christensson
Masetto Michael Sumuel
Commendatore Morris Robinson
CONDUCTOR Trevor Pinnock
November 30, 2013
OPERA: TRISTAN AND ISOLDE (in German)
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner
Isolde Nina Stemme
Tristan Ben Heppner
Brangaene Claudia Mahnke
Kurwenal Ryan McKinny
King Marke Christof Fischesser
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Summers