Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee
A new season of Afternoon on 3's Thursday Opera Matinees begins on Thursday 16th September. Click on "read more" to see the full schedule: Thurs 16th September Verdi - Il Trovatore Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona starring Fiorenza Cedolins and Marco Berti. Conducted by Marco Armiliato. Thusday 23rd September Chabrier – L’Etoile Recorded at the Grand Theatre, Geneva starring Jean-Paul Fouchecourt and conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce. Thursday 30th September Monteverdi – Ritorno d’Ulisse Recorded at the Cour des Hospices, Beaune starring Sara Mingardo and conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini. Thursday 7th October Smetana - The Bartered Bride Recorded at the National Theatre, Prague. Conducted by Ondrej Lenard. Thursday 14th October Berlioz – The Trojans Recorded at the Muziektheater, Amsterdam starring Bryan Hymel, Eva-Maria Westbroek and Charlotte Hellekant. Conducted by John Nelson Thursday 21st October Donizetti – L’Elisir d’amore Recorded at the Lyric Opera, Chicago starring Nicole Cabell, Giuseppe Filianoti and Alessandro Corbelli. Conducted by Bruno Campanella. Thursday 28th October Tchaikovsky - The Queen of Spades Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona starring Emily Magee and Misha Dydik. Conducted by Michael Boder. Thursday 4th November Janacek – Katya Kabanova Recorded at the Lyric Opera, Chicago starring Karita Mattila and conducted by Markus Stenz. Thursday 11th November Rameau – Les Indes Galantes Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Conducted by Frans Bruggen. Thursday 18th November Verdi - Ernani Recorded at the Lyric Opera, Chicago starring Salvatore Licitra and Sondra Radvanovsky. Conducted by Renato Palumbo. Thursday 25th November Weber – Euryanthe Recorded at the Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw starring Melanie Diener and Stephen Gadd. Conducted by Lukasz Borowicz. Thursday 2nd December Puccini – Tosca Recorded at the Lyric Opera, Chicago starring Deborah Voigt, Vladimir Galouzine and James Morris. Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. Thursday 9th December Dukas – Ariane et Barbe-bleu Recorded at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam starring Katarina Karneus and Andre Cognet. Conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. Thursday 16th December Bartok – Bluebeard’s Castle Recorded at the Muziektheater, Amsterdam starring Gabor Bretz and Elena Zhidkova. Conducted by Adam Fischer. Thursday 23rd December Bizet – Carmen Recorded at the Vienna State Opera starring Nadia Krasteva, Massimo Giordano, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo and Anna Netrebko. Conducted by Andris Nelsons. Thursday 30th December Bellini – Norma Recorded at the Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw. Conducted by Fabio Biondi.
Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Beethoven: Fidelio
A performance from the Liceu theatre, Barcelona of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. Plus BBC Performing groups in Mussorgsky, orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition; and Vicentino.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Berlioz: The Trojans (Part 1)
Katie Derham presents Part 1 of Berlioz's epic The Trojans performed by the Netherlands Opera. Plus music from the New York Philharmonic: Schubert: Symphony No 8.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Bizet - Carmen
Katie Derham presents a performance of Bizet's opera Carmen, a tragic tale of gypsies, cigarettes, jealousy and murder. Starring mezzo Nadia Krasteva and tenor Massimo Giordano.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Britten: Peter Grimes
Donald Runnicles conducts Britten's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre in Geneva, with Stephen Gould as Peter Grimes and Gabriele Fontana as Ellen Orford.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Cavalli: La Calisto
Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Cavalli's opera, La Calisto. Plus the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Dukas - Ariane et barbe-bleu
Louise Fryer presents Dukas's opera Ariane et barbe-bleu performed at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Plus the Leipzing Gewandhaus Orchestra in Haydn's Symphony No 94 in G.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Gounod: Faust
Louise Fryer presents Chicago Lyric Opera's production of Gounod's Faust. Andrew Davis conducts a cast of leading soloists in this tragic tale of a man who sells his soul.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Gounod's Mireille
Penny Gore presents a performance given at the Palais Garnier in Paris in September of Gounod's opera Mireille. Albanian soprano Inva Mula features in the title role.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - I Puritani
A recent performance of Bellini's final opera I Puritani (The Puritans) set in England during the Civil War. Plus Schubert Impromptus played by Paul Lewis (piano).
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Janacek - Katya Kabanova
A performance of Janacek's powerful opera Katya Kabanova given at Chicago Lyric Opera. A fine cast is headed by leading Finnish dramatic soprano Karita Mattila.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - La Sonnambula
A performance of Bellini's La Sonnambula, given in early 2010 at the Opera Bastille, Paris. Soprano Natalie Dessay stars as the sleepwalking heroine.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - La Wally
Louise Fryer introduces a performance of Catalani's rarely-staged opera La Wally, starring Eva Maria Westbroek. Plus music by Mahler and Bartok played by orchestras of Radio France.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - L'elisir d'amore
In a performance given at the Lyric Opera, Chicago, Bruno Campanella conducts soprano Nicole Cabell and tenor Giuseppe Filianoti in Donizetti's comedy L'elisir d'amore.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Today's Thursday Opera Matinee is a recording of Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria from the International Baroque Opera Festival in Beaune.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Penny Gore presents Monteverdi's seminal opera L'Orfeo, performed at La Scala Milan, with early music specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini conducting.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Mozart's Don Giovanni
Katie Derham presents a performance given at the Vienna State Opera of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Starring baritone Ildebrando d'Arcangelo and soprano Ricarda Merbeth.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Puccini - Tosca
Katie Derham presents a performance of Puccini's opera Tosca, with Andrew Davis conducting Chicago's Lyric Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Plus music from the BBC SSO.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Rameau - Les Indes galanates
Louise Fryer presents a performance given at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw of Rameau's exotic opera Les indes galantes. With soprano Nicola Wemyss and bass Joao Fernandes.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia
Katie Derham introduces the Los Angeles Opera production of Rossini's comic opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, with Michele Mariott conducting Juan Diego Florez and Joyce DiDonato.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Rossini: La donna del lago
In a performance given in Geneva, American mezzo-soprano performs the title role in Rossini's La donna del lago, the first opera to be based on the writings of Sir Walter Scott.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Rossini's Zelmira
Roberto Abbado conducts Kate Aldrich and Juan Diego Florez in Rossini's opera Zelmira. Plus the Berlin Philharmonic in Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande. Brahms: Gesang der Parzen.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Smetana - The Bartered Bride
Penny Gore presents a performance given at the Prague National Theatre of Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride, conducted by Ondrej Lenard. Plus Dvorak: Othello (concert overture).
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin performed at the Vienna State Opera. Plus Lucerne Festivals 2009.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Tchaikovsky - The Queen of Spades
Thursday Opera Matinee: Penny Gore presents a performance of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, given at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, with Emily Magee and Ludovic Tezier.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Thursday Opera Matinee - Chabrier's L'Etoile
Today's programme begins with Chabrier's comic opera L'Étoile - filled with glorious melody. Then there's Debussy piano music in orchestral dress - and a notorious Bolero!
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Tristan und Isolde (Acts 1 and 2)
Katie Derham presents a performance from the Vienna State Opera of the first two acts of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Plus Schumann: Konzertuck in F for four horns and orchestra.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi - Ernani
Penny Gore introduces a performance given at Chicago's Lyric Opera of Verdi's Ernani. Plus Barber: Essay for Orchestra No 2. BBC Philharmonic/Clark Rundell.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Verdi: Il Trovatore
In his day Gustav Mahler was most famous as a conductor and our celebrations of the 150th anniversary of his birth include the first opera that he conducted - Verdi's Il Trovatore.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Wagner: Der fliegende Hollander
Thursday Opera Matinee: A performance given at the Royal Opera House of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, starring Bryn Terfel as the ghostly sea captain doomed to sail forever.
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Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Weber - Euryanthe
A performance of Weber's rarely-heard opera Euryanthe, a tale of knights and courtly love set in 12th century France. Starring soprano Melanie Diener.
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