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- 04/23 Cellist David Finckel Joins Faculty
of The Juilliard
- 04/20 Alan Hacker dies
- 04/16 Did Humans Invent Music?
- 04/12 World-Class Contenders
- 04/06 The Maestro’s Mojo
- 04/01 Unleashing Playful Music
- 03/28 Famed mezzo-soprano might rethink career
- 03/26 Shostakovich's Seventh - Review
- 03/22 Florian Boesch - Malcolm Martineau
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WCPE Features: Opera
WCPE offers 2 wonderful opportunities each week to hear the best in opera... Thursday nights at 7pm, and Saturday afternoons at 1:30 (when the Met is in season.) The WCPE Opera House has been a regular Thursday night feature at WCPE since April of 1980. On Saturday afternoons during the Met season, tune in for live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera.
On December 4th, 2008, Bob Chapman became only the third host in the history of the WCPE Opera House, succeeding Robert Galbraith. Bob is an experienced opera singer himself, and continues to use his wealth of experience and talents to bring the very best works of opera to our listeners with his show.
If you wish to email Bob Chapman, please click here!
Click here to listen to Bob Chapman's interview with Anthony Roth Costanzo
as well as performance of "Stille amare" ( MP3 format )
Click here to listen to Bob's Interview with Teresa Stratas
Soprano
12/25/10
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WCPE Opera House Schedule for Winter 2011/12:
Thursdays at 7pm with host Bob Chapman
March 1— Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Seduced by Venus (Meier), the knight Tannhäuser
(König) takes part in a minstrel contest for
the hand of the Landgrave’s (Moll) daughter
Elisabeth (Popp).
March 8— Mozart, et al., Der Stein der Weisen
First performed in 1790, The Philosopher’s Stone
is a pastiche—with music by Mozart, Hennebert,
Schack, Gerl, and Schikaneder—that anticipates
The Magic Flute.
March 15 & 22 — Spring Membership Drive
Pledge your support in our Spring Membership
Drive. Enjoy two evenings of opera highlights, as
we feature selections from two of our thank-you
gifts: Verismo Arias, a CD starring tenor Jonas
Kaufmann, and Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment,
a DVD starring Juan Diego Flórez and Natalie
Dessay.
March 29— Walton’s Troilus and Cressida
Cressida (Howarth) loves Troilus (Davies) but reluctantly
agrees to marry Diomede (Opie) instead.
After Troilus is killed, Cressida takes her own life
rather than become a prostitute.
April 5— Wagner’s Parsifal
Amfortas (Van Dam), the keeper of the Holy
Grail, has been seduced by Kundry (Meier) and
wounded by Klingsor (Kannen). Parsifal (Jerusalem)
learns from Gurnemanz (Hölle) that he may
be the “perfect fool” who can heal Amfortas.
April 12 — Bellini’s Il Pirata
Deprived of his estates, Gualtiero (Neill) turns to
piracy. Learning that his beloved Imogene (Aliberti)
has married his enemy Ernesto (Frontali), he
kills the latter—and Imogene goes mad.
April 19 Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Belmonte (Winbergh) rescues Konstanze (Gruberova),
Blonde (Battle), and Pedrillo (Zednik)
from a Turkish harem despite Osmin’s (Talvela)
roadblocks. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)
April 26 — Auber’s Fra Diavolo
The bandit Fra Diavolo (Gedda) tries to rob Lord
Cockburn (Corazza) and compromises the honor
of Zerline (Mesplé) and Lady Pamela (Berbié).
May 3 — Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane
Banned by the Nazis as “degenerate,” this fairy
tale about the triumph of goodness over evil is
the last word in orchestral glitter and opulence—
sort of like Richard Strauss on steroids!
May 10 — Rossini’s Le Comte Ory
Adèle (Jo), Dame Ragonde (Pierotti), and their
companions take a vow of chastity while their
men are away on Crusade. Helped by his page Isolier
(Montague) and friend Raimbaud (G. Quilico),
the amorous Ory (Aler) disguises himself and
takes advantage of the situation.
May 17 — Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Delilah
Samson (Vickers) leads a successful Hebrew
revolt against the Philistines. Prompted by the
High Priest of Dagon (Blanc), Delilah (Gorr)
robs Samson of his power by cutting off his hair.
But Samson’s hair grows back…with disastrous
results. (From the Ruocchio Archives.)
May 24 — Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani
Sicily is ruled by a French governor, Guido di Monteforte
(Milnes). Among the oppressed populace
is the Duchess Hélène (Arroyo), who loves Arrigo
(Domingo), a young Sicilian rebel, who turns out
to be the son of Monteforte.
May 31 — Thomas’s Desire Under the Elms
Based on Eugene O’Neill’s play, this “American
folk opera” by Edward Thomas stars Jerry Hadley,
James Morris, Victoria Livengood, and Mel Ulrich.
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