Opera Night Saturday 8 December 2018
Opera Night with Paul Herriott
Irish National Opera's production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
The Metropolitan Opera New York Saturday Matinee Broadcasts - 2018-19 Season
Launched in 1931, the Met’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical radio series in American broadcast history. The 87th season of Saturday broadcasts will once again be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. You can hear the 2017/18 Season every Saturday from 7pm on Opera Night and for details of the season, view their schedule here. **Please note we will not be taking the broadcasts of December 8th, 22nd and 29th**
Saturday December 15th - The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Verdi's La Traviata
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Michael Mayer's richly textured new production, featuring a dazzling 19th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Soprano Diana Damrau plays the tragic heroine, Violetta, and tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to the Met for the first time in five seasons to sing the role of Alfredo, Violetta's hapless lover. Baritone Quinn Kelsey is Alfredo's father, Germont, who destroys their love. (Juan Diego Florez and Diana Damrau in Verdi's La Traviata Photo Vincent Peters, Met Opera)
Saturday December 22nd - Robert O'Dwyer's Eithne
Doireann Ní Bhriain presents Robert O'Dwyer's Eithne recorded live at the National Concert Hall, Dublin. In this romantic adaptation of a mysterious ancient Irish legend, the mortal son of Ireland's High King falls in love with the magical Eithne, daughter of the King of Tír na nÓg. A rare example of an opera with the libretto in the Irish language. Eithne stars internationally acclaimed artists soprano Orla Boylan as Eithne, baritone Gavan Ring as the High King of Ireland and tenor Robin Tritschler as Ceart, Eithne's lover. The chorus of Opera Theatre Company (now the Irish National Opera) and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra are conducted by Fergus Sheil. (This production was first broadcast on Saturday 14th October 2017)
Music Played on the Show
Title: The Marriage Of Figaro Act Ii
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Tara Erraught (Mezzo-Soprano), Maire Flavin (Soprano), Aoife Miskelly (Soprano), Suzanne Murphy (Mezzo-Soprano), Ben Mcateer (Baritone), Amy Ni Fhearraigh (Soprano) And Jonathan Lemalu (Bass), Irish Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of The Irish National Opera
Album: Irish National Opera presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in April 2018) / RTE
Duration: 47:00
Title: The Marriage Of Figaro Act Iii
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Tara Erraught (Mezzo-Soprano), Maire Flavin (Soprano), Aoife Miskelly (Soprano), Suzanne Murphy (Mezzo-Soprano), Ben Mcateer (Baritone), Amy Ni Fhearraigh (Soprano) And Jonathan Lemalu (Bass), Irish Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of The Irish National Opera
Album: Irish National Opera presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in April 2018) / RTE
Duration: 41:26
Title: The Marriage Of Figaro Act I
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Tara Erraught (Mezzo-Soprano), Maire Flavin (Soprano), Aoife Miskelly (Soprano), Suzanne Murphy (Mezzo-Soprano), Ben Mcateer (Baritone), Amy Ni Fhearraigh (Soprano) And Jonathan Lemalu (Bass), Irish Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of The Irish National Opera
Album: Irish National Opera presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in April 2018) / RTE
Duration: 45:32
Title: The Marriage Of Figaro Act Iv
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Tara Erraught (Mezzo-Soprano), Maire Flavin (Soprano), Aoife Miskelly (Soprano), Suzanne Murphy (Mezzo-Soprano), Ben Mcateer (Baritone), Amy Ni Fhearraigh (Soprano) And Jonathan Lemalu (Bass), Irish Chamber Orchestra, Chorus Of The Irish National Opera
Album: Irish National Opera presents Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (Recorded in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin in April 2018) / RTE
Duration: 42:36
Opera Night with Paul Herriott
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Presenter: Paul Herriott
Producer: Gail Henry
Production Co-ordinator: Ian McGlynn