Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with Marion Newman
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Here's where to get your weekly opera fix, presented by Kwagiulth and Stó: lō First Nations mezzo-soprano Marion Newman - Nege'ga. Newman hosts Saturday Afternoon at the Opera on radio and online. What's more, you get a chance to sample the best new recordings and rediscover some of the greatest voices of the past.
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SAATO LINEUP, SEPT 2023 - JUNE 2024
Sept 2/23 - Listener’s Choice
Operatic scenes and arias chosen by CBC listeners. Highlights include:
Juan Diego Florez in Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment
End of Act 2 of Verdi’s Macbeth
Renato Bruson (Macbeth); Mara Zamperi (Lady Macbeth); Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor.
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts excerpts from Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte
Miah Persson, (Fiordiligi); Angela Brower, (Dorabella); Rolando Villazon, (Ferrando); Adam Plachetka, (Guglielmo) Renee Fleming sings Gluck, das mir verblieb (Marietta’s Lied) from Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt
Sept 9/23 - Handel: Alcina from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Emily D’Angelo (Ruggiero); Lisette Oropesa (Alcina); Mary Bevan (Morgana), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Bradamante); Rupert Charlesworth (Oronte); Jose Coca Loza (Atlante); Rafael Flutter (Oberto);
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Christian Curnyn, conductor.
Sept 16/23 - Why Opera? With guest Jonathan Brandani
Puccini: Il Trittico
Il tabarro
Melody Moore (Giorgetta); Lester Lynch (Michele); Brian Jagde (Luigi);
Dresden Philharmonic; Marek Janowski, conductor
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Puccini: Suor Angelica
Kristine Opolais (Angelica); Lioba Braun (Princess); Nadezhda Serdyuk (Sister Monitor); Mojca Erdmann (Sister Genovieffa); WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Andris Nelsons, conductor
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Puccini: Gianni Schicci
Jose Van Dam ( Gianni Schicchi); Angela Gheorghiu (Lauretta); Felicity Palmer (Zita); Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio);
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, conductor
Sept 23/23 - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (historic performance from 1964)
Joan Sutherland (Lucia); Sándor Kónya (Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood); Nicolae Herlea (Lord Enrico Ashton); Bonaldo Giaiotti ( Raimondo Bidebent); Robert Nagy (Normanno);
Carlotta Ordassy (Alisa) Charles Anthony (Lord Arturo Bucklaw);
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Silvio Varviso, conductor
Sept 30/23 - Why Opera? With guest Carla Huhtanen
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Act One
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Don Giovanni); Diana Damrau (Donna Anna); Luca Pisaroni (Leporello); Vitalij Kowaljow (Il Commendatore); Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira); Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio); Konstantin Wolff (Masetto); Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina);
Mahler Chamber Orchestra;
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
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Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande, Acts 4 & 5
Magdalena Kozena (Melisande); Christian Gerhaher (Pelleas); Gerald Finley (Golaud);
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
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Berg: Lulu, Act 2, Scene 1,
Teresa Stratas ( Lulu); Yvonne Minton (Countess Geschwitz); Franz Mazura (Dr. Schoen)
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
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George Benjamin: Written on Skin, Scenes 14 & 15
Barbara Hannigan (Agnes); Christopher Purves (Protector); Bejun Mehta (Boy)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
George Benjamin, conductor
Oct 7/23 - Bellini: La Sonnambula, from Liege
Jessica Pratt (Amina); René Barbera (Elvino);|
Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Giampaolo Bisanti, conductor
Oct 14/23 - Why Opera? With guest Asitha Tennekoon
Britten: Turn of the Screw
Joan Rodgers (Governess); Ian Bostridge (Prologue/Peter Quint); Jane Henschel (Mrs Gros); Vivian Tierney (Miss Jessel); Julian Leang (Miles); Caroline Wise (Flora)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Oct 21/23 - Berlioz: Les Troyens, from the BBC Proms - early start at 12:05 local time
Michael Spyres (Aeneas); Alice Coote (Cassandra); Paula Murrihy (Dido); Lionel Lhote, (Coroebus); Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Dinis Sousa, conductor
Oct 28/23 - Why Opera? With guest Rodney Sharman
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea
Helen Donath (Poppea); Elisabeth Söderström (Nerone); Giancarlo Luccardi (Seneca);
Cathy Berberian (Ottavia)
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nov 4/23 - Meyerbeer: La Prophete from Aix en Provence Festival, 2023
Early start at 12:05 (pre-empts Centre Stage)
John Osborn (Jean de Leyde); Elizabeth DeShong (Fidès); Mané Galoyan (Berthe); James Platt, (Zacharie);Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Oberthal);
Bouches du Rhône Children's Chorus, Lyon Opera Chorus
Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Nov 11/23 - George Benjamin: Picture a Day Like This (world premiere) from Aix en Provence Festival, 2023
Marianne Crebassa (Woman); Anna Prohaska (Zabelle); Beate Mordal (Lover 1/Composer); Cameron Shahbazi (Lover 2/Composer’s Assistant); John Brancy (Artisan/Collector)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
George Benjamin, conductor
Nov 18/23 - Verdi: Otello from Aix en Provence Festival, 2023
Jonas Kaufmann (Otello); Maria Agresta (Desdemona); Ludovic Tézier (Iago); Giovanni Sala, (Cassio); Enkelejda Shkoza (Emilia); Carlo Bos (Roderigo); Alessandro Spina (Lodovico); Giovanni Impagliazzo (Montano)
San Carlo Orchestra and Chorus
Michele Mariotti, conductor,
Nov 25/23 - Berg: Wozzeck from Aix-en-Provence Festival, 2023
Christian Gerhaher (Wozzeck); Malin Bystrom (Marie); Thomas Blondelle (The Drum-Major); Brindley Sherratt (The Doctor); Peter Hoare (The Captain); Robert Lewis (Andres); Heloise Mas (Margret); Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor
Dec 2/23 - Listener’s Choice: TBA
Metropolitan Opera Season begins
Dec 9/23 FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (Daniel Catán) – New Production/Met Premiere
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Ailyn Pérez (Florencia), Gabriella Reyes (Rosalba), Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Paula), Mario Chang (Arcadio), Michael Chioldi (Álvaro),
Mattia Olivieri (Riolobo), Greer Grimsley (Captain)
Dec 16/23 THE MAGIC FLUTE (Mozart)
Cristian Măcelaru; Janai Brugger (Pamina), Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night), Piotr Buszewski (Tamino), TBA (Monostatos), Rolando Villazón (Papageno),
Patrick Carfizzi (Speaker), Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro)
Dec 23/23 TANNHÄUSER (Wagner)
Donald Runnicles; Elza van den Heever (Elisabeth), Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus), Andreas Schager (Tannhäuser), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram),
Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann)
Dec 30/23 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
Jan 6/24 NABUCCO (Verdi)
Daniele Callegari; Liudmyla Monastyrska (Abigaille), Maria Barakova (Fenena), SeokJong Baek (Ismaele), George Gagnidze (Nabucco), Dmitry Belosselskiy (Zaccaria)
Jan 13/24 LA BOHÈME (Puccini)
Marco Armiliato; Elena Stikhina (Mimì), Kristina Mkhitaryan (Musetta), Joseph Calleja (Rodolfo), Adam Plachetka (Marcello), Rodion Pogossov (Schaunard),
Krzysztof Bączyk (Colline), Donald Maxwell (Benoit/Alcindoro)
Jan 20/24 DEAD MAN WALKING (Jake Heggie) – New Production/Met Premiere
Performance from October 21, 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Latonia Moore (Sister Rose), Joyce DiDonato (Sister Helen Prejean), Susan Graham (Mrs. Patrick De Rocher), Ryan McKinny (Joseph De Rocher)
Jan 27/24 CARMEN (Bizet) – New Production
Daniele Rustioni; Angel Blue (Micaëla), Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Kyle Ketelsen (Escamillo)
Feb 3/24 X: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM X (Anthony Davis) –
Libretto by Thulani Davis – Story by Christopher Davis – New Production/Met Premiere
Kazem Abdullah; Leah Hawkins (Louise/Betty), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ella), Victor Ryan Robertson (Elijah/Street), Will Liverman (Malcolm), Michael Sumuel (Reginald)
Feb 10/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
Feb 17/24 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Verdi)
Performance from fall 2023
Carlo Rizzi; Elena Stikhina (Amelia), Nina Minasyan (Oscar), Olesya Petrova (Ulrica), Charles Castronovo (Gustavo III), Quinn Kelsey (Count Anckarström)
Feb 24/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
Mar 2/24 Listener’s Choice: Great Met Broadcasts - Opera TBA
Mar 9/24 LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (Verdi) – New Production
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Lise Davidsen (Leonora), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Preziosilla), Brian Jagde (Don Alvaro), Igor Golovatenko (Don Carlo di Vargas),
Patrick Carfizzi (Fra Melitone), Soloman Howard (Marquis of Calatrava/Padre Guardiano)
Mar 16/24 TURANDOT (Puccini)
Oksana Lyniv; Elena Pankratova (Turandot), Aleksandra Kurzak (Liù), SeokJong Baek (Calàf), Vitalij Kowaljow (Timur)
Mar 23/24 ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Gounod)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Nadine Sierra (Juliette), Samantha Hankey (Stéphano), Benjamin Bernheim (Roméo), Frederick Ballentine (Tybalt), Will Liverman (Mercutio),
Alfred Walker (Frère Laurent)
Mar 30/24 REQUIEM (Verdi)
Performance from fall 2023
Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Leah Hawkins, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, Dmitry Belosselskiy
Apr 6/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
Apr 13/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
Apr 20/24 LA RONDINE (Puccini)
Speranza Scappucci; Angel Blue (Magda), Emily Pogorelc (Lisette), Jonathan Tetelman (Ruggero), Bekhzod Davronov (Prunier)
Apr 27/24 FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES (Terence Blanchard) – Libretto by Kasi Lemmons
Evan Rogister; Brittany Renee (Destiny/Loneliness/Greta), Latonia Moore (Billie), Ryan Speedo Green (Charles)
May 4/24 EL NIÑO (John Adams) – New Production/Met Premiere
Marin Alsop; Julia Bullock (Soprano), J'Nai Bridges (Mezzo-Soprano), Key’mon W. Murrah (Countertenor), Siman Chung (Countertenor), Eric Jurenas (Countertenor),
Davóne Tines (Baritone)
May 11/24 MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) HD
Xian Zhang; Asmik Grigorian (Cio-Cio-San), Elizabeth DeShong (Suzuki), Jonathan Tetelman (Pinkerton), Lucas Meachem (Sharpless)
May 18/24 THE HOURS (Kevin Puts) – Libretto by Greg Pierce
Kensho Watanabe; Renée Fleming (Clarissa Vaughan), Kelli O’Hara (Laura Brown), Joyce DiDonato (Virginia Woolf), William Burden (Louis), Sean Panikkar (Leonard Woolf),
Kyle Ketelsen (Richard), Brandon Cedel (Dan Brown)
May 25/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
June 1/24 Program TBA (Archival Broadcast)
June 8/24 ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck)
Christian Curnyn; Ying Fang (Euridice), Elena Villalón (Amore), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Orfeo)
*End of Metropolitan Opera broadcast season*