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CANADIANS AT HOME AND ABROAD

Nov. 7, 2009, 1:00pm
BEATRICE ET BENEDICT
Music by Hector Berlioz
Libretto by Hector Berlioz
after Wm. Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
RADIO FRANCE
Theâtre des Champs-Elysées (concert version)
Béatrice: Joyce Di Donato, soprano
Bénédict: Charles Workman, tenor
Claudio: Jean-Franêois Lapointe, baritone
Ursula: Elodie Méchain, soprano
Somarone: Jean-Philippe Laffont, baritone
Hero: Nathalie Manfrino, soprano
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestre National de France
Radio France Chorus
recorded Feb. 7, 2009

Nov. 14, 2009, 1:00pm
WERTHER
Music by Julkes Massenet
Libretto by
OPERA BASTILLE
Werther: Rollando Villazon, tenor
Charlotte: Susan Graham, mezzo soprano
Albert: Ludovic Tézier,
Sophie: Adriana Kucerová,
Conductor: Kent Nagano
National Orchestra of France
recorded March 2009

Nov. 21, 2009, 1:00pm
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Peter Pears
after William Shakespeare
LA SCALA OPERA, MILAN
Oberon: David Daniels, countertenor
Tytania: Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Puck: Emil Wolk,
Theseus: Daniel Okulitch, baritone
Lysander: Gordon Gietz, tenor
Helena: Erin Wall, soprano
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
La Scala Orchestra
Staging: Robert Carsen
Sets and Costumes: Michael Levine

recorded June 6. 2009

Nov. 28, 2009, 1:00pm
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS
Music by Giacomo Rossini
Libretto by Luigi Balocchi
from Mme de Staël's novel 'Corinne, ou L'Italie'
LA SCALA OPERA, MILAN
Madama Cortese: Carmela Remigio, soprano
Corrina: Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
Contessa di Folleville: Annick Massis, soprano
Don Profundo: Nicola Uliveri, bass
Lord Sidney: Alastair Miles, bass
Modestina: Anna Maria Popescu, contralto
La Scala Orchestra
La Scala Chorus
recorded Apr. 7, 2009

Dec. 5, 2009, 1:00pm
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Music by Richard Strauss
Libretto by Hugo von Hoffmanthsal
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
Octavian: Joyce Di Donatao, soprano
Marschallin: Soile Isokoski, mezzo-soprano
Sophie: Miah Persson, soprano
Baron Ochs: Kristinn Sigmundsson, baritone
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
San Fransisco Opera Chorus
recorded June , 2007



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