Every Saturday (starting at noon, unless otherwise noted)
Series host & producer: Katrina Becker
Executive producer: Sterling Beeaff
May 16, 2009: 'Betrothal in a Monastery' by Sergei Prokofiev | May 23, 2009: 'Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage)' by Domenico Cimarosa | May 30, 2009: 'Later the Same Evening' by John Musto | June 6, 2009: 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell | June 13, 2009: 'Gianni Schicchi' by Giacomo Puccini and 'Sheherazade' by Maurice Ravel | June 20, 2009: 'The Little Prince' by Rachel Portman | June 27, 2009: 'The Royal Guest' by Håkon Børresen | July 4, 2009: 'The Sofa' and 'The Departure' by Dame Elizabeth Maconchy | July 11, 2009: 'The Mines of Sulphur' by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett |
July 11, 2009: 'The Mines of Sulphur' by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
three acts; libretto by Beverley Cross, based on his play 'Scarlet Ribbons'; bass-baritone Kristopher Irmiter; mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton; tenor Brandon Jovanovich; baritone James Maddalena; soprano Caroline Worra; recorded in New York in August 2004; Glimmerglass Opera, cond. Stewart Robertson
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July 4, 2009: 'The Sofa' and 'The Departure' by Dame Elizabeth Maconchy
'The Sofa': comic opera in one act; libretto by Ursula Vaughan Williams; freely adapted from 'Le Sofa' by Crébillon fils; tenor Nicholas Sharratt; soprano Sarah Tynan; mezzo-soprano Josephine Thope; soprano Alinka Kozári; tenor Patrick Ashcroft; baritone George von Bergen
'The Departure': opera in one act; libretto by Anne Ridler; mezzo-soprano Louise Poole; baritone Håkan Vramsmo
Both operas recorded November 2007; Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells, cond. Dominic Wheeler
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'The Departure': opera in one act; libretto by Anne Ridler; mezzo-soprano Louise Poole; baritone Håkan Vramsmo
Both operas recorded November 2007; Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells, cond. Dominic Wheeler
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June 27, 2009: 'The Royal Guest' by Håkon Børresen
comedy to music in one act; libretto by Svend Leopold after Henrik Pontoppidan's short story; recorded in June 2003 at Odense Concert Hall; Stig Fogh Andersen; Tina Kiberg; Guido Paevatalu; Edith Guillaume; Lise-Lotte Nielsen; Odense Symphony Orchestra; cond. Tamás Vetö
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June 20, 2009: 'The Little Prince' by Rachel Portman
children's opera in two acts to a libretto by Nicholas Wright, based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; recorded in Aug/Sep 2004 in London; Teddy Tahu Rhodes; Joesph McManners; Mairead Carlin; Willard White; Lesley Garrett; Tom Randle; Timothy Robinson; BBC Concert Orchestra; cond. David Charles Abell
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June 13, 2009: 'Gianni Schicchi' by Giacomo Puccini and 'Sheherazade' by Maurice Ravel
'Gianni Schicchi' -- opera in one act; text by Giovacchino Forzano after Dante; recorded in April 2002 in Malaga; Alberto Rinaldi; Tatiana Lisnic; Mabel Perelstein; Stefano Secco; Malaga Symphony Orchestra; cond. Alexander Rahbari;
'Sheherazade' -- song-cycle; text by Arthur LeClère (alias Tristan Klingsor); Jennifer Larmore; Grant Park Orchestra; cond. Carlos Kalmar
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'Sheherazade' -- song-cycle; text by Arthur LeClère (alias Tristan Klingsor); Jennifer Larmore; Grant Park Orchestra; cond. Carlos Kalmar
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June 6, 2009: 'Dido and Aeneas' by Henry Purcell
tragic opera in three acts to a libretto by Nahum Tate after Tate's play "Brutus of Alba" and Virgil's "Aeneid"; recorded in October 1961 in London; Janet Baker; Patricia Clark; Raimund Herincx; Monica Sinclair; The St. Anthony Singers; English Chamber Orchestra; cond. Anthony Lewis
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May 30, 2009: 'Later the Same Evening' by John Musto
libretto by Mark Campbell; Michael Barrett, conductor; Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater; recorded live during the December 2008 production; on the Albany Records label
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May 23, 2009: 'Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage)' by Domenico Cimarosa
Carlos Feller; Barbara Daniels; Georgine Resick; Marta Szirmay; Claudio Nicolai; David Kuebler; Werner Sindemann; conductor Hilary Griffiths; Drottningholm Courth Theatre Orchestra at the 1986 Schwetzinger Festival
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May 16, 2009: 'Betrothal in a Monastery' by Sergei Prokofiev
Anna Netrebko; Larissa Diadkova; Nikolai Gassiev; Aleksander Gergalov; Sergei Aleksashkin; conductor Valery Gergiev; Kirov Orchestra and Opera Chorus at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg
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