Schedule

MAY 2009


BASICALLY BAROQUE

May 2, 2009, 1:00pm
SEMELE
Music by Georg Frideric Handel
Text by William Congreve, rev. with additions from his poems and from Pope: Summer, or Alexis
PACIFIC OPERA VICTORIA
Semele: Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Jupiter: Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Juno: Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano
Conductor: Timothy Vernon
Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus
recorded Feb. 2009

May 9, 2009, 1:00pm
PARTENOPE
Music by Georg Frideric Handel
Anonymous libretto adapted from Silvio Stampiglia's 'Partenope' (1699, Naples)
LES TALENS LYRIQUES
Theatre an der Wien
Partenope: Christine Schäfer, soprano
Prince Emilio of Cuma: Kurt Streit, tenor
Prince Arsace of Corinth: David Daniels, counter tenor
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
recorded Feb. 2009

May 16, 2009, 1:00pm
ACIS AND GALATEA
Music by Georg Frideric Handel, arr. F. Mendelssohn
Text by John Gay and others, after Ovid's Metamorphosis
GOTTINGEN FESTIVAL
Galatea: Julia Kleitner, soprano
Acis: Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Polyphemus: Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass
Damon: Michael Slattery, tenor
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
NDR Chorus / Göttingen Festival orchestra
recorded May 2008

May 23, 2009, 1:00pm
LES PECHEURS DE PERLES
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
OPERA DE MONTREAL
Zurga: Phillip Addis, baritone
Nadir: Antonio Figueroa, tenor
Leïla: Karina Gauvin, soprano
Nourabad: Alexandre Sylvestre, bass
Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Chœur de l’Opéra de Montréal
recorded Nov. 2008

May 30, 2009, 1:00pm
Highlights from the Montreal International Vocal Competition
from Place des Arts, Montreal