Opera Night Saturday 24 October 2020
Opera Night with Paul Herriott
We delve into the archives again this week for another great recording by the legendary Maria Callas - Verdi's La Traviata.
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Saturday October 31st, Mozart's Don Giovanni
Paul Herrriot brings us to the Archbishop's Theatre, Aix-en-Provence for the Aix-en-Provence Festival for a production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Philippe Sly is Don Giovanni, Nahuel di Pierro is Leporello, Eleonora Buratto is Donna Anna, Pavol Breslik is Don Ottavio, Isabel Leonard is Donna Elvira, Julie Fuchs is Zerlina, Krzysztof Baczyk is Masetto, Daivd Leigh is Il Commednatore and the English Voices and Le Cercle de L'Harmonie is conducted by Jeremie Rhorer.
(First broadcast Saturday October 7th 2017)
Saturday November 7th
This evening Paul brings us to the Opera des Nations in Geneva for a performance of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. Bogdan Mihai sings Count Almavira, Bruno Taddio is Figaro (pictured), Lena Belkina sings Rosina, Bruno de Simone sings Doctor Bartolo, Marco Spotti is Don Basilio, Mary Feminear is Berta, Rodrigo Garcia is Fiorello, Peter Baekeun Cho is Ambrogio, Aleksandar Chaveev sings the Officer and the Grand Theatre Chorus and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is conducted by Jonathan Nott.
Music Played on the Show
01:00
Title: La Traviata
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
Performer(s): Rai Symphony Orchestra Of Turin, Coro Cetra
Album: Verdi La Traviata / Warner Classics / 0825646340859
Duration: 122:26
01:00
Title: Messa Solenne
Composer: Verdi
Performer(s): Elisabetta Scano (Soprano), Cristina Gallardo-Domas (Soprano) Juan Diego Florez (Tenor) Kenneth Tarver (Tenor) Eldar Aliev (Bass), Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Coro Sinfonico Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Album: Verdi Messa Solenne / Decca / 467 280-2
Duration: 21:59
00:00
Title: Canto Bello
Composer: Vincenzo Capirola
Performer(s): Christopher Wilson (Lute)
Album: Early Venetian Lute Music / Naxos / 8.553694
Duration: 1:28
01:00
Title: String Quartet In E Minor
Composer: Verdi, Giuseppe
Performer(s): Vermeer Quartet
Album: Dvorak Verdi: String Quartets / Teldec / 8.43105
Duration: 23:11
21:14
Title: Symphonie À Dix-Sept Parties, Rh64 In F Major
Composer: Gossec, Francois Joseph
Performer(s): Les Siècles
Album: Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no.5 / Harmonia Mundi / HMM902423
Duration: 22:31
21:40
Title: Four Short Pieces (I); Prelude: Non Troppo Allegro
Composer: Ferguson, Howard
Performer(s): John Finucane (Clarinet)
Album: Irish Holidays / Genuin / GEN 18495
Duration: 0:55
21:41
Title: Four Short Pieces (Ii) Scherzo: Allegro Molto
Composer: Ferguson, Howard
Performer(s): John Finucane (Clarinet)
Album: Irish Holidays / Genuin / GEN 18495
Duration: 0:40
21:42
Title: Four Short Pieces (Iii) Pastoral: Allegretto
Composer: Ferguson, Howard
Performer(s): John Finucane (Clarinet)
Album: Irish Holidays / Genuin / GEN 18495
Duration: 2:24
21:44
Title: Four Short Pieces (Iv) Burlesque: Con Spirito
Composer: Ferguson, Howard
Performer(s): John Finucane (Clarinet)
Album: Irish Holidays / Genuin / GEN 18495
Duration: 1:20
21:46
Title: Cinq Melodies De Venise
Composer: Faure, Gabriel
Performer(s): Ailish Tynan (Soprano)
Album: Great Music in Irish Houses (Belvedere House, Mullingar, 2019) / EBU
Duration: 13:22
Opera Night with Paul Herriott
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Presenter: Paul Herriott
Producer: Gail Henry
Production Co-ordinator: Ian McGlynn