Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Dukas - Ariane et barbe-bleu

Today's Thursday Opera Matinee is a performance of Dukas Ariane et barbe-bleu from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It stars André Cognet as Barbe-Bleu and Katarina Karnéus as Ariane, with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. Plus the Leipzig and Dresden theme continues with Haydn's 'Surprise' Symphony in a performance by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Presented by Louise Fryer. 2.30pm Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleu Barbe-Bleue ..... André Cognet, bass-baritone Ariane ..... Katarina Karnéus, mezzo soprano The Nurse ..... Marie-Nicole Lemieux, alto Sélysette ..... Diana Axentii, mezzo soprano Ygraine ..... Pauline Courtin, soprano Mélisande ..... Hélène Guilmette, soprano Bellangère ..... Estafanía Perdomo, soprano Old Peasant ..... Palle Fuhr Joergensen, bass Second Peasant ..... Ludovic Provost, tenor Third Peasant ..... Lars Terray, bass Netherlands Radio Chorus Flemish Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Lothar Zagrosek (conductor) 4.30pm Haydn Symphony no.94 in G major, 'Surprise' Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Gérard Korsten (conductor).